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Start with legal encyclopedias
Start with legal encyclopedias for explanations about general principles of law and appropriate references to statutes and cases:
Am.Jur.2d - American Jurisprudence, Second Edition
Call Number: Reference KF 154 .A42
C.J.S. - Corpus Juris Secundum
Call Number: Reference KF 65 .L8
West's Encyclopedia of American Law
Call Number: Reference KF 154 .W47
Wex (Cornell University Law School)
a collaboratively-created, public-access law dictionary and encyclopedia
Zimmerman's Research Guide - An Online Encyclopedia for Legal Researchers
provides research guidance for hundreds of legal topics.
Guides to Legal Research
For guides to legal research, take a look at various books in the UCF Library's Reference Collection at REF KF240 and online.
See also annotations and treatises.
Legal Research: How to Find & Understand the Law
Call Number: Reference KF 240 .E35 1999
Legal Information: How to Find It, How to Use It
Call Number: Reference KF 240 .O365 1999
West's Analysis of American Law
Call Number: Reference KF 240 .W454
How to Research a Legal Problem: A Guide for Non-Lawyers
"A free, informative seven-page online guide to help non-lawyers find legal rules that can resolve or prevent conflict. Avoiding jargon throughout, the booklet covers the basic steps in legal research. It also describes basic sources of legal information, giving examples of legal encyclopedias, treatises, articles, codes, reporters, and digests."
State-specific Public Library Toolkits
"meant to help public librarians understand the process of legal research, effectively develop and use the information located within their libraries, utilize information located outside their libraries, with the end goal of helping the patron locate the legal information they need."
Govt Information Librarian |
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