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Law A549
ADVANCED LEGAL RESEARCH
Winter Quarter 2004 Professor Penny A. Hazelton
January 9, 2004
ANALYSIS OF SECONDARY SOURCES
Due January 9, 2004
Please note characteristics of Encyclopedias (AmJur2d, CJS):
‡ Type of Organization (alphabetical, topical, chronological)
‡ Range of Access Methods (index, table of contents, full text )
‡ Connections to Other Research Tools (reporters, statutes, treatises, Shepard’s )
‡ Accuracy, Lack of Bias
‡ Attention to Current Topics
‡ Updating Means and Frequency
‡ Breadth of Topics Covered
‡ Depth of Coverage of Each Topic
‡ Sources of Law Covered
‡ Descriptive Only, or Critique Too?
‡ Location of print copy in Gallagher Law Library (call number and location range in
Reference Area)
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Law A549
ADVANCED LEGAL RESEARCH
Winter Quarter 2004 Professor Penny A. Hazelton
January 9, 2004
ANALYSIS OF SECONDARY SOURCES
Please note characteristics of Legal Periodicals:
‡ Type of Organization (alphabetical, topical, chronological)
‡ Range of Access Methods (index, table of contents, full-text)
‡ Connections to Other Research Tools (reporters, statutes, treatises, Shepard’s )
‡ Accuracy, Lack of Bias
‡ Attention to Current Topics
‡ Updating Means and Frequency
‡ Breadth of Topics Covered
‡ Depth of Coverage of Each Topic
‡ Sources of Law Covered
‡ Descriptive Only, or Critique Too?
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Law A549
ADVANCED LEGAL RESEARCH
Winter Quarter 2004 Professor Penny A. Hazelton
January 9, 2004
ANALYSIS OF SECONDARY SOURCES
Please note characteristics of A.L.R.:
‡ Type of Organization (alphabetical, topical, chronological)
‡ Range of Access Methods (index, table of contents, full-text)
‡ Connections to Other Research Tools (reporters, statutes, treatises, Shepard’s )
‡ Accuracy, Lack of Bias
‡ Attention to Current Topics
‡ Updating Means and Frequency
‡ Breadth of Topics Covered
‡ Depth of Coverage of Each Topic
‡ Sources of Law Covered
‡ Descriptive Only, or Critique Too?
‡ Location of print copy in Gallagher Law Library (call number and location range in
Reference Area)
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Law A549
ADVANCED LEGAL RESEARCH
Winter Quarter 2004 Professor Penny A. Hazelton
January 9, 2004
ANALYSIS OF SECONDARY SOURCES
Please note characteristics of Treatises, Nutshells, Practice Books, Multivolume
Works:
‡ Type of Organization (alphabetical, topical, chronological)
‡ Range of Access Methods (index, table of contents, full-text)
‡ Connections to Other Research Tools (reporters, statutes, treatises, Shepard’s )
‡ Accuracy, Lack of Bias
‡ Attention to Current Topics
‡ Updating Means and Frequency
‡ Breadth of Topics Covered
‡ Depth of Coverage of Each Topic
‡ Sources of Law Covered
‡ Descriptive Only, or Critique Too?
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Law A549
ADVANCED LEGAL RESEARCH
Winter Quarter 2004 Professor Penny A. Hazelton
January 9, 2004
ANALYSIS OF SECONDARY SOURCES
Please note characteristics of Restatements:
‡ Type of Organization (alphabetical, topical, chronological)
‡ Range of Access Methods (index, table of contents, full-text)
‡ Connections to Other Research Tools (reporters, statutes, treatises, Shepard’s )
‡ Accuracy, Lack of Bias
‡ Attention to Current Topics
‡ Updating Means and Frequency
‡ Breadth of Topics Covered
‡ Depth of Coverage of Each Topic
‡ Sources of Law Covered
‡ Descriptive Only, or Critique Too?
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