Pathfinders are intended to assist and guide researchers in finding reliable and credible sources for their research needs. It streamlines the research process by providing curated resources tailored to specific topics or subjects of interest. These resources include a wide range of formats, such as books, e-books, articles, laws, bills, websites, and other resources to ensure that researchers have access to diverse and comprehensive information for their research.
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Bangsamoro Culture and Heritage
Basic, Higher, and Technical Education
Democracy and Electoral System
Indigenous Peoples and Communities
Information and Communications Technology
Inter-Parliamentary Relations and Diplomacy
Peacebuilding and Reconciliation
Public Affairs and Administration
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This includes databases and websites that are freely available to the public, such as open-access journals, eBooks, legal resources, educational videos, and other resources that can assist in meeting the information needs of the researchers.
It is a non-profit digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Like a paper library, it provides free access to researchers, historians, scholars, people with print disabilities, and the general public as it aims to provide “Universal Access to All Knowledge.”
It is one of the world's leading digital-first publishers, commissioning, curating, and showcasing research that can make a real difference. Works with thousands of universities and business schools across the world to share knowledge and provoke the kind of debate that leads to positive change.
It is an online library of free eBooks. It was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks founded by Michael Hart, who invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related content today. Its mission is to encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks.
It was founded on May 28, 1988. It was then known as Joselito Guianan Chan & Associates based in Manila. In 1991, Atty. Joselito Guianan Chan was joined by Atty. Reynaldo Bustos Robles to form Chan Robles. Both partners are active, experienced practitioners, authors, and publishers of law books, professors of law, and professional consultants in various fields of law. From its humble beginnings, Chan Robles has now more than a dozen full-time lawyers together with a full complement of professional consultants, paralegals, and support staff. The people composing Chan Robles believe that its continued growth is the result of its faithful commitment to meet the diversity and challenges of practicing law in the present times by providing clients with a wide range of professional services and increased specialization.
It is a legal web site project of Arellano Law Foundation thru its Information Technology Center. Arellano Law Foundation is a non-stock non-profit institution specializing in legal education. Realizing the essence of making the law accessible and understandable not only to the legal community but to all sectors of society, Arellano Law Foundation has embarked to digitize and make available through the internet all Philippine laws, statutes, jurisprudence, presidential decrees, issuances, executive orders, administrative orders, and other legal materials.
It is the official journal of the Republic of the Philippines. It is the online version of the print edition of the official gazette, which was created by the decree of Act 453 and Commonwealth Act No. 638.
ASEAN JUDICIARIES PORTAL (AJP)
This is the website of the Council of ASEAN Chief Justices (CACJ). The AJP is intended to showcase the laws of the ASEAN Member States, foster judicial cooperation, and encourage the development of trade and investment for the ASEAN region.
It aims to become the premier provider of Philippine legal resources and research services. Just like its namesake from the times of the ancient Byzantine Empire, we have strived to create a comprehensive consolidation of the body of laws of the Philippine legal system. From the 1897 Biac-na-Bato Constitution to Republic Act No. 11468 (enacted January 23, 2020), we have always endeavored to deliver the most up-to-date content with the care and precision that Corpus Juris is known for.
It is a service from Google Inc. that searches the full text of books and magazines that Google has scanned, converted to text using optical character recognition, and stored in its digital database.
DIRECTORY OF OPEN ACCESS BOOKS
DOAB is a community-driven discovery service that indexes and provides access to scholarly, peer-reviewed open access books and helps users to find trusted open access book publishers. All DOAB services are free of charge and all data is freely available.
INSTITUTE FOR AUTONOMY AND GOVERNACE
It implements a broad portfolio of programs that are centered on the promotion of democracy, the rule of law, human rights, and pluralism as the foundation of sustainable peace and development.
AGORA (Portal for Parliamentary Development)
It is the leading global knowledge platform on parliamentary development. Its goals are to centralize and share knowledge on parliamentary development and develop and showcase high-quality resources in order to provide technical support to parliaments and relevant information to the community of practice and academia.
It is an international organization committed to stopping violent conflict and creating more peaceful societies. It draws on shared experiences to influence policies and improve peacebuilding practice worldwide.
This is essential for those in the legal field who rely on Foolkit for information and tools to assist them in their work. Additionally, by offering free access to Foolkit, it helps ensure that everyone has equal access to legal resources regardless of financial means.
Provides legal information, lawyer profiles, and a community to help you make the best legal decisions.
AUSTRALIAN LEGAL INFORMATION INSTITUTE
This is Australia's most popular online free-access resource for Australian legal information, serving the needs of a multitude of users with over 700,000 hits daily. AustLII is a joint facility of the UTS and UNSW Faculties of Law.
FEDERAL REGISTER OF LEGISLATION
The Federal Register of Legislation (the Legislation Register) is the authorized whole-of-government website for Commonwealth legislation and related documents. It contains the full text and details of the lifecycle of individual laws and the relationships between them. The Legislation Register is managed by the Office of Parliamentary Counsel in accordance with the Legislation Act 2003.
The Office of the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel (OQPC) is responsible for drafting all Queensland Acts, and subordinate legislation made under Queensland Acts. In addition, OQPC also produces other publications containing information about legislation.
