The World Wide Web is an increasingly useful starting point for organizational information and contacts. Search by keywords in any of the available search engines. "www.google.com" is one of the most frequently used search engines at present.

FindLaw (available at www.findlaw.com) provides links to a growing number of World Wide Web sites focusing on admiralty and maritime law. Click on "Legal Subject Index," then "Admiralty" to connect to an outline and list of pertinent sites. Major categories include laws and government documents; Supreme Court cases; government agencies; journals, newsletters and articles; mailing lists and usenet groups; and databases.

Substantial collections of admiralty/maritime law-related links may be found at the following addresses:

Maritime Law Association of the United States (http://www.mlaus.org)

LawGuru's Internet Law Library on Transportation and Admiralty Law (http://www.lawguru.com/ilawlib/111.htm)

Philip E. Weiss's SHIPLAW (http://home.earthlink.net/~shiplaw)

Betancourt, Van Hemmen & Greco's Admiralty and Maritime Law Guide (http://www.admiraltylawguide.com/index.html)

Massachusetts Maritime Academy's Mariner All-in-One (http://weh.mma.mass.edu:81/library/allinone)

Tetley's Maritime and Other Law and Nonsense (http://tetley.law.mcgill.ca)

WESTLAW (available to subscribers at www.westlaw.com) has a practice area devoted to maritime law, with subdirectories for case law, statutes and legislative history, administrative law, directories, and legal texts and periodicals. Consult a recent WESTLAW directory or use the online database finder to locate the materials you need.