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How to Use the SIU Law Library
How Do I Use the SIU Law Library Website for Legal Research? / prepared by Diane Murley.
How Do I Find Books in the Law Library? / prepared by Diane Murley.
How Do I Find Articles in the Law Library? / prepared by Diane Murley.
How Do I Make Copies or Print in the Law Library? / prepared by James Duggan.
How Can I Receive Notices of Updates and Additions to the SIU Law Library Website? / prepared by Diane Murley.
Legal Periodical Indexes Guide / prepared by Heija Ryoo.
Legal Research for Non-Law-School Students / prepared by James Duggan.
Common Legal Abbreviations / prepared by Diane Murley.
Glossary of Legal Research Terms / prepared by Diane Murley.
Basic Legal Research Guides
Archive of Research Tips.
Secondary Sources
Why and How to Use Secondary Sources (audio, outline, and transcript) / by Diane Murley
Duration of audio: ~16.5 minutes.
Introduction to Practice Aids (audio, outline, and transcript) / by Diane Murley
Duration of audio: ~10.5 minutes.
Using WilsonWeb to Find Legal Articles / prepared by Diane Murley.
Using LegalTrac to Find Legal Articles / prepared by Diane Murley.
Cases
Current Sources for Federal Court Decisions / prepared by Frank Houdek.
Using a West Digest to Find Cases by Subject / prepared by Frank Houdek.
Using LexisNexis and Westlaw to Find Cases by Subject / prepared by Frank Houdek.
Citators
Steps In Using a Print Shepard's / prepared by Frank Houdek.
Comparison of Features of Shepard's on LexisNexis and KeyCite on Westlaw / prepared by Diane Murley.
Statutes
Steps in Using a Statutory Code / prepared by Frank Houdek.
Publication of Statutes / prepared by Frank Houdek and Diane Murley.
Publication of Illinois Statutes / prepared by Frank Houdek.
Publication of Federal Statutes / prepared by Frank Houdek.
Finding and Printing a Uniform Act in Illinois / prepared by Diane Murley.
Using the Table of Contents for Statutes on Westlaw / prepared by Diane Murley.
Using the Table of Contents for Statutes on LexisNexis / prepared by Diane Murley.
Regulations
Comparing the Publication of Federal Statutes and Regulations / prepared by Frank Houdek.
Steps In Using the Code of Federal Regulations / prepared by Frank Houdek.
Comparing the Publication of Illinois Statutes and Regulations / prepared by Diane Murley.
Researching Illinois Administrative Regulations / prepared by Frank Houdek.
Steps In Using the Illinois Administrative Code [IAC] / prepared by Frank Houdek.
Introduction to Researching Administrative Law (audio and transcript) / by Diane Murley
Duration of audio: ~5.3 minutes.
Legislative History
Federal Legislative History: Documents & Sources / prepared by Frank Houdek.
Using CIS/Annual for Federal Legislative History Research / prepared by Frank Houdek.
Using LexisNexis Congressional for Federal Legislative History / prepared by Diane Murley.
Comparing Federal and Illinois Legislative History Research / prepared by Frank Houdek.
Illinois Legislative History Research / prepared by Frank Houdek.
LexisNexis and Westlaw
LexisNexis and Westlaw Compared / prepared by James E. Duggan.
LexisNexis and Westlaw Search Examples / prepared by Diane Murley.
Comparison of Features of Shepard's on LexisNexis and KeyCite on Westlaw / prepared by Diane Murley.
Using the Table of Contents for Statutes on Westlaw / prepared by Diane Murley.
Using the Table of Contents for Statutes on LexisNexis / prepared by Diane Murley.
Internet Legal Research
Introduction to RSS and News Aggregators presentation in MindManager or PowerPoint format, prepared by Diane Murley for BlawgThink 2005. If you do not already have the viewers on your computer, you can download a free MindManager Viewer or PowerPoint Viewer.
Types of Internet Sites Used for Legal Information & Research / prepared by Frank Houdek.
Legal Research on the Internet: Primary Sources / prepared by Frank Houdek.
Evaluating Websites and Other Information Resources – links to resources that help you evaluate and choose Internet resources on which you can rely as part of your legal research, prepared by Diane Murley.
Using the Internet for Substantive Legal Research / by Diane Murley.
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