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CRM Research Guide

Library Resources

 

Treatises (Expert Authors, Primary Sources and Explanation, Updated, mostly U.S. law)

Scholarly Books

CWRU libraries: http://catalog.case.edu  

OhioLINK catalog: http://catalog.ohiolink.edu/iii/encore/;jsessionid=984F44FE287A8A0CC7AEF8492116EC4F?lang=eng  

  • print and e-books at over 100 libraries
  • you can order any book (not already at a CWRU library) that says “available” with your e-mail ID and password and have it sent here in about a week

JSTOR (over 10,000 academic ebooks)  -- does not include current/recent articles -- (also) use Legal Collection, Electronic Journal Center

WorldCat:

https://firstsearch.oclc.org/WebZ/FSPrefs?entityjsdetect=:javascript=true:screensize=large:sessionid=fsapp5-42977-k0piv27t-bye0jj:entitypagenum=1:0  (Interlibrary Loan)

Law Review (and Scholarly) Articles

            Lexis, Westlaw, HeinOnline, Scholarly Commons (bepress)

Ohiolink research databases (560 research databases)

            Legal Collection

            Academic Search Complete

            Business Source Complete

CWRU Law (legal databases): 145 databases

Law Review issues that are symposia will have multiple articles on the same topic, presumably dealing with both sides of an issue. 

Similarly, recent scholarly books (print or electronic), especially from academic presses, should cover both sides of a legal issue.

Meet with a librarian to pick which databases are most relevant to your research.

access to 295 electronic book titles on various international law topics

electronic access to selected Lexis treatises

access to historical American and British legal treatises

multi-disciplinary titles

legal titles from a variety of publishers

electronic access to selected Westlaw books

Study Aids

study aids published by Lexis and Carolina Press, such as the Understanding and Q&A Series

study aids published by West, such as hornbooks, nutshells, and the Black Letter Series

study aids published by WK, including Emmanuel Law Outlines and Examples and Explanations