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Law Research Guide  Tags: law legal  

Use this guide as an introduction to basic United States legal research
Last update: Sep 30th, 2009 URL: http://guides.library.umass.edu/law  Print Guide  RSS Updates

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Legal Encyclopedias

Legal encyclopedias can provide you with a summary of the law on your topic. 

  • Westlaw Campus (UMass only)  
      
    Click on the "Law" tab, click on "Basic Search" and enter words that describe your research topic. Click on the box next to "American Jurisprudence" and click the blue "Search" button.
  • West's Encyclopedia of American Law (Ref KF 154 W47)  
      
    A print multivolume set that includes a good index and a table of cases
 

Legal Dictionaries

 

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