Books | Articles | Web Sites | Online Tutorials
Subject Guide: Law
Books
- Black's Law Dictionary (REF KF156 .B53 1999) is the most extensive
legal dictionary available with over 30,000 entries.
- Dictionary of Legal Terms: A Simplified Guide to the Language
of Law (REF KF156 .G53 1998) is organized in traditional dictionary
format, this volume provides a ready, accessible and useful source of
understanding of the language of law and law-related processes and concepts.
- The Oxford companion to American law ( [REF] KF154 .O96 2002)
A one-volume encyclopedia of American law with entries about cases and
topics, and lengthy bibiliographies.
- Historic U.S. Court Cases, 1690-1990: An Encyclopedia (REF
KF385.A4 J64 1992) contains 201 signed essays by political scientists,
historians, and legal scholars that highlight major legal issues in
five thematic areas: crime and criminal law; governmental organization,
power, and procedure; economics and economic regulation; race, gender,
sexual orientation, and disability; and civil liberties.
- Legal Information: How To Find It, How To Use It (REF KF240
.O365 1999) explains why legal information exists in certain formats,
and describes how to get the most out of the major legal reference tools.
It also suggests the best sources for different kinds of information
and explains how these resources compare to other available materials.
- United States Code Annotated (REF KF62.5 .W65) is a compilation
of federal statutes followed by annotations or summaries of court decisions
interpreting and applying the code section. [Note: This source is not
currently being updated]
- West's Analysis of American Law (REF KF240 .W454 2005) is a
useful tool for case law research, these volumes outline West's Key
Number Analysis of American Law, a helpful source when using any of
the West's Digests. They may also be used to identify appropriate keyword
terms for an online search for relevant law.
- West's Encyclopedia of American Law ( REF KF154 W47 2004
v1-13) contains a comprehensive overview of American law, covering historical
and current terms, concepts, events, movements, cases, and significant
persons.
- Massachusetts General Laws Annotated (REF KFM2430 .A42) is
a compilation of Massachusetts statutes together with annotations or
summaries of state court decisions interpreting and applying the code
sections.
Search the NOBLE Web Catalog for more print and electronic books owned by McQuade Library. Try these sample subject headings:
| Law, United States | Commercial Law |
| Law United States History and Criticism | Courts |
| Legal Research United States | Jurisprudence |
| Law , Massachusetts | Justice |
| Justice, Administration of | Natural Law |
| Religion and Law | You can also search by specific topic, i.e., Antitrust Law |
Articles
Print and Electronic Periodicals :
The library subscribes to a number of journals in print. These
are located in the Periodicals Room on the second floor of the
library. There are also many full-text electronic journals available
in the library's online databases. For a complete list of the
library's periodicals holdings in both formats, go to Journal
Finder. Here, you can search by title or subject for all
print and full-text electronic periodical holdings.
Selected journals, magazines and newspapers on the Web:
- E-Journals
and Journals on the Web to the Field of Law compiled by
the Staff of the Robert Crown Law Library at Stanford Law
School for the Association of American Law Schools and the
AALS Committee on Libraries and Technology.
Search these databases to find articles:
- LexisNexis
Academic contains full-text of legal news, law reviews,
and both federal and state legal cases. Includes federal and
state codes and regulations, international legal materials,
patents and directory listings of lawyers and law schools
in the US
- Academic
Search Premier The world’s largest academic
multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides
full text for more than 4,500 publications, including full
text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals.
- Expanded
Academic ASAP coverage ranges from arts and the humanities
to social sciences, science and technology, this database
meets research needs across all academic disciplines. Access
scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers - many
with full text and images.
- CQ
Researcher explores a single "hot" issue
in the news in depth each week. Topics range from social and
teen issues to environment, health, education and science
and technology.
- CQ
Weekly is nonpartisan and contains full-text information
on US Congressional activities, dating back to 1983.
- Wiley Interscience contains the full text of over 300 leading scientific, technical, medical, and professional journals published by John Wiley & Sons. Some law journals are indexed.
Web Sites
General Guides/Subject Directories
- INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections
- Virtual Reference Shelf selected Web resources compiled by the Library of Congress.
Topics in Law
- American Civil Liberties Union
- Legal Information Institute's Alphabetical Listing of "Law About" Topics
- LawLinks - Legal Information on the Internet
- Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute
- FindLaw
- The Guide To Law Online from the Law Library of Congress.
- LexNotes provides categorized links to research sources, bibliographies, pathfinders, articles, reviews, papers, and legal news.
- Internet Legal Resource Guide is a categorized index of more than 4000 select web sites in 238 nations, islands, and territories.
- Internet Law Library (formerly the U.S. House of Representatives Internet Law Library) was originally provided to the public courtesy of the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives, as part of the Counsel's mission to make the law (particularly the U.S. Code) available to the public.
- Federal Web Locator is a service provided by the Villanova Center for Information Law and Policy and is intended to be the one stop shopping point for federal government information on the World Wide Web.
- Supreme Court Antitrust Debates is a site hosted at Ripon College which includes a collection of excerpts from 72 of the Court's antitrust opinions from 1895 through 1993.
Local Resources
Professional Organizations
- American Bar Association
- Massachusetts Bar Association
- New Hampshire Bar Association
- Internet Public Library Associations on the Net
Online Tutorials
PowerPoint Presentations
This presentation is from Special Topics classes taught at McQuade Library.