Purpose – The central objective of this work is to examine internet sources, resources, and strategies, with particular reference to legal research.Design/methodology/approach – The approach adopted was to preface web‐based definitions of the internet and draw some features from the definitions. The next approach was to examine legal research resources on the internet. A web‐based survey and subject analysis of legal resources was then conducted.Findings – The findings reveal the existence of diverse web resources on all subjects of law.Research limitations/implications – Draws implications for legal research based on empirical data presented. Internet legal research is not simplistic, nor are all the web‐accessed materials to be accepted hook, line and sinker. It is, however, critical to state that to a large extent the internet would continue to create distributed research community for scholarship and research on a global basis. It concludes that, for legal research institutions, the need to install IT...