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LexisNexis Academic
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Full text of news and legal sources, as well as company and industry data.
Westlaw Campus
- Westlaw Campus (access expired June 30, 2024)
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UCF access to Westlaw ended as of June, 30 2024. Consider using Nexis Uni for legal research.
Start with legal encyclopedias
- Am.Jur.2d - American Jurisprudence, Second EditionCall Number: UCF Main Library Reference -- KF154.A42"American Jurisprudence, 2nd Edition, is an encyclopedic text of both procedural and substantive American law, state, federal, criminal, civil and procedural. Consisting of over 430 topic headings (titles), Am Jur 2d articles collect, examine, and summarize the broad principles of American law and, at the same time, provide direct leads to supporting cases, related annotations, forms, proofs, and trial techniques."
Start with legal encyclopedias for explanations about general principles of law and appropriate references to statutes and cases:
- C.J.S. - Corpus Juris SecundumCall Number: UCF Main Library Reference -- KF 65 .L8
- West's Encyclopedia of American LawCall Number: UCF Main Library Reference - 2nd Floor -- 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 Researchersprovides research guidance for hundreds of legal topics.
Guides to Legal Research
- Legal Research: How to Find & Understand the LawCall Number: UCF Main Library Reference - 2nd Floor -- KF 240 .E35 1999
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 Information: How to Find It, How to Use ItCall Number: UCF Main Library Reference - 2nd Floor -- KF 240 .O365 1999
- West's Analysis of American LawCall Number: UCF Main Library Reference - 2nd Floor -- KF 240 .W454
- How to Research a Legal Problem: A Guide for Non-Lawyers by"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 by"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."
- CALI - Center for Computer-Assisted Legal InstructionThe UCF Legal Studies Department is a member institution. See your instructor for enhanced access.