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Research guides
Tue, 2007-01-02 22:53 — Admin1
Books
Canadian
o Banks, M., Using a Law Library: Canadian Guide to Legal Research, 6th ed. (Toronto: Carswell, 1994)
o * Berring & Edinger, Finding the Law, 12th ed. (St. Paul, Minnesota: West Pub. Co., 2005)
o Casetl & Latchman, The Practical Guide to Canadian Legal Research, 2nd ed. (Scarborough: Carswell, 1996)
o Fitzgerald & Barker, The Ultimate Guide to Canadian Legal Research (Markham: LexisNexis Canada, 2011)
o Fitzgerald & Renner, Legal problem solving: reasoning, research & writing, 5th ed. (Markham: LexisNexis Canada, 2010)
o Kerr, M., Legal Research: Step by Step, 3rd ed. (Toronto: E. Montgomery, 2009)
o Le May & Eaton, Essential Sources of Canadian Law (Toronto: Irwin Law, 2009)
o MacEllven et al., Legal Research Handbook, 5th ed. (Markham: Butterworths, 2003)
o MacLean, M., Legal Research Assignment Book (Vancouver: Law Society of British Columbia, 2006)
o McCallum, Schmedemann & Kunz, Synthesis: legal reading, reasoning and writing in Canada, 2nd ed. (Toronto : CCH Canadian, 2008)
o McCormack et al., Practical guide to Canadian legal research, 3rd ed. (Toronto: Carswell, 2010)
o Scalia & Garner, Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts (St. Paul, MN. : Thomson/West, 2012)
o Tjaden, T., Legal Research and Writing, 3rd ed. (Toronto: Irwin Law, 2010)
o Whelan, D., Finding and Managing Legal Information on the Internet, 2nd ed. (Toronto: Canada Law Book, 2012)
o Zivanovic, A., Guide to Electronic Legal Research, 2nd ed. (Markham, Ont: Butterworths, 2002)
English
o Fox, E., The legal research dictionary: from advance sheets to pocket parts (Newton Highlands, Mass.: Legal Information Services, 2006)
o Holborn, G., Legal Research Guide, 2nd ed. (London: Butterworths, 2001)
o McConville & Chui, Research Methods for Law (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2007)
o Thomas & Knowles, Effective legal research, 1st ed. (London: Thomson/Sweet & Maxwell, 2006)
American
o Cohen & Olson, Legal Research in a Nutshell, 9th ed. (St. Paul, Minnesota: West Group, 2007)
o Hazelton, P., Washington Legal Researcher's Deskbook, 3rd. (Seattle: Marian Gould Gallagher Law Library, 2002)
o Hoffman & Berring, International Legal Research in a Nutshell (St. Paul, MN: Thomson West, 2008)
o Marshall, S., Advance directives: a legal research guide (Buffalo, N.Y. : W.S. Hein, 2008)
International
o Guide to International Legal Research, 4th ed. (New Jersey: Matthew Bender, 2005)
Articles
Blogs
Shaunna Mireau: http://mireau.blogspot.com/
Susan McDonald: http://www.researchandwritinglawblog.com/
Tips on using heinonline: http://heinonline.blogspot.com/
Websites
Catherine Best's Guide to Legal Research
UBC Legal Research Handbook
Doing Legal Research in Canada
Glossary of legal research terms
Video on legal research
Database of legal writing papers on the Social Science Research Network
Global legal information network (GLIN)
Advanced google search
Commercial websites
Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (many, but not all, of the articles require subscriptions)
Law firm newsletter distribution website
