Law & Government Resources

Westlaw

NEW! The library provides in-house access to Westlaw, a legal research platform with primary and secondary law sources. The library has a single station which can be used to access Westlaw. Offsite access is now available, and a library card is not required. Please ask at the Reference desk for assistance!

Gale's NH Legal Forms Library

Gale's NH Legal Forms Library provides state-specific (and multi-state) legal forms that may be customized for the most common legal procedures.

Government Documents

The library's page on State Documents and other resources

City of Portsmouth

The official municipal website

Voter Information

Voter information compiled by librarians

City of Portsmouth Maps

Maps from the Planning Department, including tax maps, street maps, parking mats, and more. This includes MapGeo, which permits users to view combinations of layers, search parcels by property owner, address, or parcel, and to perform tasks including measurements and map creation. Thematic overlays for zoning, polling and ward locations, elementary school districts, and solid waste and recycling routes maps.

*NH Legal Guides

Guides on 65 topics from the New Hampshire Law Library

*NH Legal Links

Links from the New Hampshire Law Library

*NH Municipal Association

The New Hampshire Municipal Association is a non-profit, non-partisan association working to strengthen New Hampshire cities and towns and their ability to serve the public as a member-funded, member-governed and member-driven association since 1941. Issues of Town & City are available at this website.