The purpose of this guide is to help users unfamiliar with legal research identify the key areas of legal research and locate materials in those areas.
This guide will focus on Federal materials, more specifically statutes, cases, and administrative law. In addition, this guide will also familiarize its users with information public laws, slip laws, and code supplements. Some information on state law will also be included in this guide.
Furthermore, this guide will inform users how to search for useful secondary sources pertaining to particular areas of the law.