W. Key materials for additional guidance in research
70. Sources for more detailed information on research tools and methodology

This site has been created to give you a short introduction to the basics of American legal research. Besides the ones discussed in the text, the following websites are worth reviewing:

Harvard Law School Library's general research site

The LLRX law research news and advice site

LLSDC's Legislative Source Book

AllLaw.Com

CataLaw.Com

Internet Legal Resource Guide

WashLaw at Washington University

These exist as of June, 2004.

More detailed information can also be found in the following texts:

Armstrong, J. D. S., and Christopher A. Knott
Where the Law Is, an introduction to advanced legal research
St. Paul: Thomson/West, 2004

Berring, Robert
Finding the law (11th Edition)
St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1999

Cohen, Morris L. and Kent Olsen
Legal research in a nutshell (8th Edition)
St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 2003
Updating information at http://www.law.virginia.edu/nutshell

Svengalis, Ken
The Legal information buyer's guide and reference manual (Annual)
Barrington, R.I. : Rhode Island LawPress, c1996-

The Bluebook, A Uniform System of Citation (17th edition)
Cambridge: Harvard Law Review Association, 2000

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