Legal Research Tips

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Niagara University Library
Guide to Legal Research

 
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Contact the Library subject specialist for Law:

Jonathan Coe
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Finding Case Law and Law Review/Journal Articles

Lexis/Nexis
Contains federal and state legal cases and case law, Shepard's citations of U.S. Supreme Court cases and full-text law review articles.

If your topic relates to business law, then try:

Business Source Premier via EBSCOhost & ABI/Inform via ProQuest


Finding Codes, Statutes and Regulations

Lexis/Nexis
Contains federal code, U.S. Constitution & federal court rules, federal regulations, agency opinions & US Attorney General Opinions, statutory laws, court rules from all states & Attorneys General opinions from all states.


Finding Tax Law

Lexis/Nexis
Contains the IRS Bulletin and tax regulations.


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