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Welcome to the Legal Studies Subject Guide
This subject guide provides several starting points for your research in Legal Studies, as well as information about APA citation style and evaluating resources. Explore the tabs above to get started on your research. If you have questions, or you would like to set up a consultation, email me at josepsar@gvsu.edu. Please allow at least 24 business hours for a response.
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Always remember, research is just strategic exploration and you are not searching for one right answer. Keep your mind open and curious, and be aware that there are many different resources, viewpoints, and ways to frame information that can result in different reports about a similar topic. Your task is to find reliable and factual information that you will piece together to create a story or picture about the issue you have chosen to research. Citing reliable sources is a way to show your readers that you are providing information that is based on more than just your own personal opinion. For help understanding the big picture of the research process check out the Instructional Videos tab above.
Find Books, Media, and Articles
- Find It! Search all the things . . .Searches books, media, AND all of the libraries' scholarly databases.
- A-Z Database ListLimit by subject or by content format to find relevant databases for your research.
Legal Databases
- Westlaw This link opens in a new windowSearch for current primary case law and regulations, and secondary sources like legal treatises, encyclopedias, and law reviews. (Not searched by Find it!)
- HeinOnline Government, Politics, and Law This link opens in a new windowSearch this large collection of law reviews & legal periodicals, as well as primary law and congressional records dating back to 1754.
- Legal Periodicals and Books Index This link opens in a new windowSearch for "popular" secondary source articles from trade journals or magazines. You will also find some scholarly articles and primary case law. (Find It! also searches this database.)
- Legal Source This link opens in a new windowA scholarly resource of current issues, studies, and trends of the legal world. For attorneys, educators, business people, law librarians, students, and paralegals.
- OyezOyez offers transcript-synchronized and searchable audio, plain-English case summaries, illustrated decision information, and full-text Supreme Court opinions (through Justia).
Free Public Legal Legal Materials . . .
- Free Public Legal MaterialsBrought to you by Georgetown University Law Library, this page provides a compilation of legal materials that are freely accessible to the public. Thank you, Georgetown Librarians!
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