Librarian
Wendel Cox
He/Him/His
Contact:
231 Baker
HB 6025 Baker-Berry Library
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH 03755
HB 6025 Baker-Berry Library
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH 03755
Recommended Resources
- WestlawNext This link opens in a new windowOne 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 windowOne of two major platforms for legal resources -- the other is Thomson Reuters WestlawNext.
- HeinOnline This link opens in a new windowThe 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 windowInvaluable for federal legislation and the history of law-making in the United States,
Black's Law Dictionary by ISBN: 9780314613004Publication Date: 2014-05-01This 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.
How to Cite
- The Chicago Manual of StylePrint edition available at various Dartmouth libraries.
- The Bluebook: A Uniform System of CitationThe 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 GuidesA diverse list of topical legal research guides created and maintained by the librarians at Yale's Lillian Goldman Law Library.
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.
Guides for Self-Help
- NOLO.COMA 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.
