Bibliography of the chief works on doing US legal research

The best, although now sorrowfully out-of-date.

Price, Miles O., Harry Bitner and Shirley Bysiewicz
Effective Legal Research, 4th Edition
Boston: Little Brown, 1979
3rd Fl REFERENCE & 3rd Fl RES Coll.(2 copies) & 4th Floor(5 copies)

The other classics

Cohen, Morris L., and Robert Berring
How to find the law, 9th ed.
St. Paul, Minn. : West, 1989.
KF240 .C538 1989 -- 4th Floor(3 copies) & 3rd Fl REFERENCE(2 copies)

Which was updated but shortened in its next edition into:

Berring, Robert C., and Kent Olson
Finding the law, 10th ed.
St. Paul, Minn. : West Pub. Co., 1995.
KF240 .B45 1995 -- 3rd Fl REFERENCE & 3rd Fl RES Coll.(9 copies)

And which has evolved into the new -- I got my faculty preview copy August 20th --

Berring, Robert C. and Elizabeth Edinger
Berring and Edinger's Finding the law, 11th ed.
Eagan, MN : West Group, 1999.
(10 Copies on order)

Jacobstein, J. Myron, and Roy Mersky
Fundamentals of legal research, 7th ed. New York, N.Y. : Foundation Press, 1998.
KF240 .J3 1998 -- 3rd Fl REFERENCE (3 Copies)]

For New York:

Gibson, Ellen M.
New York legal research guide : including New York City Legal Research Guide, 2nd ed.
Buffalo, N.Y. : W.S. Hein, 1998.
KFN5074 .G53 1998 -- 3rd Fl REFERENCE & 3rd Fl RES Coll

A newer work which focuses more on publishing than research:

Svengalis, Kendall
Legal Information Buyer's Guide and Reference Manual
Barrington, RI: Rhode Island LawPress, 1997 -
KF1 L442 -- 3rd Fl REFERENCE

Other recent works which might be useful include:

Jones, Steve
Doing Internet research : critical issues and methods for examining the Net.
Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications, c1999.
ZA4201 .D65 1999 -- 4th Floor

Rehberg, Jeanne, and Radu Popa
Accidental tourist on the new frontier : an introductory guide to global legal research.
Littleton, CO : F.B. Rothman, 1998.
Comp 077 Ac25 1998 – 3rd Fl REFERENCE

A beginning lawyer's research companion : a concise guide to sources.
Buffalo, N.Y. : W.S. Hein, 1998.

Zich, Joanne, and Gary McCann
Guide to international legal research, 3rd ed.
Charlottesville, VA : LEXIS Law Publishing, 1998.
JX2000 G942G2 1998 – 3rd Fl REFERENCE & 2nd Fl Intl Law Finding Aids

Blackman, Josh
The Internet fact finder for lawyers : how to find anything on the Net.
Chicago : ABA Law Practice Management Section, c1998.
KF242.A1 B583 1998 -- 3rd Fl REFERENCE

Fine, Toni M
American legal systems : a resource and reference guide
Cincinnati : Anderson Pub. Co., c1997.
KF240 .F56 1997 – 4th Floor

And, of course, the "trot"

Cohen, Morris L., and Kent Olson
Legal Research in a nutshell, 6th ed.
St. Paul, Minn. : West Pub. Co., 1996.
KF240 .C54 1996 – 3rd Fl RES Coll.

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