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Self-Guided Library Tour 1,
Secondary Sources: Legal Dictionaries, Thesauri, Encyclopedias,
Legal Periodicals and Treatises, American Law Reports,
Restatements, and Pattern Jury Instructions
Self-Guided Library Tour 2, Case Reporters and Digests
Self-Guided Library Tour 3, Statutes
Westlaw, Lexis, and CALI Tutorials
Tutorials require passwords to use
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Westlaw (turn off pop-up blockers) |
CALI (Tutorials use Flash) |
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Finding and Printing Documents |
The Westlaw Tutorials (FLASH):
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Retrieving a Document (includes printing) |
Basics: Legal Research 101: The Tools of the Trade (2000) |
Secondary Sources (General) |
Introduction to Secondary Resources (2003) |
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Legal Periodicals |
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Treatises |
Secondary Source Research (Basic) |
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Restatements |
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Using the Restatements of the Law (2003) (Screen shots of Westlaw and Lexis may be outdated) |
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ALRs |
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American Law Reports (2002) |
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Pattern Jury Instructions |
Practical Litigation Materials: Part II Advanced Secondary Sources Research on Westlaw (Forms in general) |
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Cases and Digests |
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Citators: Shepard's and Keycite |
KeyCite for Cases KeyCite tutorial (click link on right side of screen) |
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Statutes |
Codification (2002) Finding Statutes (2004) |
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Regulations |
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