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- Black's Law Dictionary - Reference KF156 .B53 2014
Article Databases
Types of articles (secondary materials) in legal research:
Law Review: A journal published by law students, includes articles by expert scholars and articles ("notes") by students. [Law review articles may or may not be peer reviewed.]
Other publications that publish articles on legal topics. They may or may not be peer reviewed.
Excerpted from Legal Research at Emmanuel College.
Law Review: A journal published by law students, includes articles by expert scholars and articles ("notes") by students. [Law review articles may or may not be peer reviewed.]
Other publications that publish articles on legal topics. They may or may not be peer reviewed.
Excerpted from Legal Research at Emmanuel College.
- HeinOnline This link opens in a new windowContains more than 150 million pages and 160,000 titles of legal history and government documents in fully searchable, image-based format. Also use HeinOnline to access case law, statutes and other primary materials.
Note: AND, OR, NOT must be entered in all uppercase. - JSTOR This link opens in a new window
- Use the Journal Filter, to limit Law
- Since results may contain articles that are not peer reviewed, search for the journal title using the A-Z Journals by Title list to verify the journal's peer-reviewed status.
- Ebsco search for Law/LegalSearch across the following databases: Academic Search Premier and Military & Government Collection.
- Gale Academic OneFile (1980 - current) This link opens in a new window
- ProQuest Criminal Justice This link opens in a new window
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