Court Reporting

Court Reporting Research Guide

Print Books
E-Books
Journal & Magazine Articles
Websites

Print Books:

Here are lists of suggested titles with their call numbers which are can be found by searching the Online Catalog (http://lib.epcc.edu). Click on the title to see its full description and availability.

Brief Encounters: A Dictionary of Briefs and Phrases for Court Reporting	REF KF255 .B75 1997
Complete Court Reporter's Handbook and Study Guide	KF255 .K58 1999 and KF255 .K582 1999
Court Reporter's Language Arts Workbook	KF255 .K6 1992
Mr. Modem's Web Sites for Reporting Professionals	KF255 .S4 2001
Privacy in the Information Age	KF1263.C65 C38 1997
Successful Court Reporting for the Freelance Court Reporter	KF8805 .C48 2001
Speedwriting Dictation and Transcription	Z56.3.S4L23
Speedwriting for the Legal Secretary	KF320.S4C7

Electronic Books

There may be books on court reporting in our collection of e-books from NetLibrary. They are accessible from any EPCC Library or remotely (from off campus). Books can be viewed online or downloaded to read at your leisure. Consult our tutorial on e-Books for more information.

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Journal and Magazine Articles

The Northwest Library has a current subscription to JCR: The Journal of Court Reporting which is published by the National Court Reporters Association. It is found in the Periodicals area. In addition, articles on court reporting can be found in the following databases:

Websites

Comprehensive Sites | Associations | Dictionaries | Translators | Spell Checkers | Geographic Names | Personal Names

Comprehensive Sites

The Court Reporting Store [http://www.thecourtreportingstore.com/]
"One Stop Shop" to meet all your court reporting needs.
FindLaw LawCrawler [http://lawcrawler.findlaw.com/]
FindLaw, the leading Web portal focused on law and government, provides access to a comprehensive and fast-growing online library of legal resources for use by legal professionals, consumers and small businesses. FindLaw's mission is to make legal information on the Internet easy to find.
Machine Shorthand Info Site [http://www.machineshorthand.com/] and its Student Support Center [http://www.machineshorthand.com/Student%20Support%20Center/students_menu.htm]
The Machine Shorthand Info Site provides directories to aid court reporters and court reporting students with information on State Associations and Organizations, Reporting Agencies, Captioning Companies, CART Providers, Scoping and Proofreading, Law Enforcement Transcription, Business Transcription, Schools, Seminars and Workshops, Educational Product Vendors, Software and Hardware Vendors, Product Vendors, Service Vendors. And much more..

Associations

National Court Reporters Association [http://www.verbatimreporters.com/]
Texas Court Reporters Association [http://www.tcra-online.com/]
United States Court Reporters Association [http://www.uscra.org]

Dictionaries

MedBioWorld [http://www.sciencekomm.at/advice/dict.html]
Provides a list of online translating, scientific, medical and multilingual dictionaries.
MedicineNet's MedTerm Dictionary [http://www.medterms.com/Script/Main/hp.asp]
Pseudodictionary [http://www.pseudodictionary.com/]
"The dictionary for words that wouldn't make it into other dictionaries."
Resource Central [http://www.kalama.com/~mariner/qserdictionary.htm]
Extensive listing of many types of useful dictionaries.

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Translation Tools/Dictionaries

Babel Fish (Altavista Online Translator) [http://world.altavista.com]
Foreignword.com [http://www.foreignword.com]
"The Language Site: Dictionaries and Free Translation Tools. Over 200 online dictionaries."
Travlang [http://dictionaries.travlang.com
Dictionaries grouped by language.

Spell Checkers

QMQA [http://www.quinion.com/mqa/spell.htm]
Downloadable spell checker software for private use. No longer in development, so it is not available for version of Windows after Windows 95/98 (i.e. Windows 2000, ME, XP). Includes French, Italian, German, etc.
Spellex [http://www.spellex.com/cgi-bin/spellex.exe]
This site offers a medical, pharmaceutical and legal spellcheckers for a fee, but they offer free online demo of the medical spellchecker with registration.

Geographic Names & Abbreviations

Dictionary of Abbreviations and Acronyms in Geographic Information Systems, Cartography, and Sensing [http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/abbrev.html]
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names [http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/tgn]
Place Name Servers on the Internet [http://www.asu.edu/lib/hayden/govdocs/maps/geogname.htm]

Personal Names

Names! at Kaori.net: The Strange and Unusual of Names [http://www.kaeori.net]
Search for uncommon, unheard-of, cultural Arabic, German, Greek, unique names and great sibling names. Included are origins, meanings, and pronunciations. There is also a message board and name polls.

Research guide created by Monica Wong, monicaw@epcc.edu