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HB 6025 Baker-Berry Library
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Hanover, NH 03755
Subjects: English and Creative Writing, Government, History, Law, Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Newspapers and News

Recommended Resources

  • WestlawNext This link opens in a new window
    One of two major platforms for legal resources -- the other is Elsevier's LexisNexis, available via Dartmouth College Library as Nexis Uni.
  • Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
    One of two major platforms for legal resources -- the other is Thomson Reuters WestlawNext.
  • HeinOnline This link opens in a new window
    The preeminent platform for legal scholarship as well as in-depth access to legal materials on select topics.
  • ProQuest Congressional This link opens in a new window
    Invaluable for federal legislation and the history of law-making in the United States,
  • Cover ArtBlack's Law Dictionary by A. Bryan Garner (Editor-In-Chief)
    ISBN: 9780314613004
    Publication Date: 2014-05-01
    This comprehensive law dictionary contains more than 50,000 terms and includes definitions of more than 1,000 law-related abbreviations and acronyms. More than 7,500 terms new to this edition include bioweapon, gazump, hacker, mommy track, unperson and zero-tolerance law.
  • Black's Law Dictionary (WestlawNext)
    Up-to-date and searchable online edition of the preeminent dictionary.

Manage Your Research

  • Zotero
    A free citation and research management tool created for historians by historians.
  • Mendeley
    A free citation and research management tool with particular strength with PDFs and recommendations based on your research history.

How to Cite

  • The Chicago Manual of Style Online
  • The Chicago Manual of Style
    Print edition available at various Dartmouth libraries.
  • The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation
    The definitive style guide for legal citation in the United States. Not usually employed outside of legal scholarship or the work of practitioners. Current and recent print editions available at Baker library.

Research Guides

  • Yale Law School Research Guides
    A diverse list of topical legal research guides created and maintained by the librarians at Yale's Lillian Goldman Law Library.
  • University of Illinois Law School: Legal Reference Librarianship

PACER: Public Access to Court Electronic Records

PACER holds billions of pages of documents associated with cases before federal courts. It is not appropriate for historical research but invaluable for recent and pending cases. PACER requires the creation of an account. It is not free, but limited research should not incur a charge. Your liaison librarian has a PACER account; he can demonstrate how to use it but will not conduct research.

  • PACER
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Guides for Self-Help

  • NOLO.COM
    A commercial publisher of a well-regarded and reliable legal self-help books. Generally, Dartmouth College Library does not collect NOLO guides; public libraries may own copies or we may be able to provide copies via Interlibrary Loan.

Footnote ...

This guide is heavily inspired by the organization and observations of Paul D. Healey, whose work Legal Reference for Librarians is an invaluable resource.

  • Cover ArtLegal Reference for Librarians by Paul D. Healey
    ISBN: 0838996949
    Publication Date: 2014-01-24
  • Last Updated: Aug 3, 2024 8:48 AM
  • URL: https://researchguides.dartmouth.edu/law/home
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