Assignment Requirements for Article
  • Must be a professional publication. The below are approved sources for this assignment. 
    Please check with your professor for sources outside of this list.
  • Must be related to a U.S. law topic that is studied in this course.
  • Cannot be an op-ed or opinion piece.
  • Current - from the last 12 months. 
  • Evaluate your sources using SIFT Method (Lateral Reading) (University of Chicago Library).

See the Assignment: Current Event in Business Law Presentation and Paper (posted on ECLearn) for full details on the in class presentation and paper.

 

Bloomberg Terminals


Library Online Databases 

Note: Access databases off-campus with your Emmanuel username and password.


Boston Public Library Sources

Note: Access to the Boston Public Library (BPL) databases are available with either your BPL library card or BPL e-card.


Article Database Sources

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 also publish articles on legal topics.  They may or may not be peer reviewed.

See also the Law Legal guide.

 

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APA Citations (See also the APA Guide for further resources.)


Citation Generator
Note: You are still responsible for your citations even when using a citation generator.
Always verify your citations with APA Style (References and In Text Citations).

Citation Managers allows you to easily gather, organize, store, and share sources and to instantly generate citations and bibliographies. 
Note: You are still responsible for your citations even when using a citation generator.
Always verify your citations with APA Style (References and In Text Citations).

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