Research Guides

• Administrative Law

» Federal & Minnesota Regulations

 

• Appellate Procedure

» Appellate Procedure in Federal & Minnesota Courts

 

• Business & Commercial Law 

» Researching Business Law

» Closely Held Corporations

» Sales / Uniform Commercial Code Article 2

 

• Case Law Research 

» Finding Case Records & Briefs

 

• Civil Procedure

» Researching Civil Procedure in Federal & Minnesota Trial Courts

• Civil Rights

» Researching Civil Rights in the United States

• Criminal Procedure

» Researching Criminal Procedure in Federal & Minnesota Trial Courts

 

• Dictionaries, Encyclopedias & Restatments of Law - see also Study Aid Publications & Resources

» Sources for Finding General Explanations of the Law

• Drug Law

» Researching Drug Development & Regulation

 

• Environmental Law

» Researching Environmental Law & Policy

 

• E-Resources & Library Technology

» Off-Campus Access to Electronic Resources

» Mobile Applications for Legal Research and Practice

• Ethics & Professional Responsibility - see also Bioethics

» Researching Legal Ethics

 

• Family Law

» Researching Family Law

 

• Foreign & International Law

» Finding Foreign Law

» Frequently-Cited Treaties and Other International Instruments

» Finding Paper Sources for GATT/WTO Documents 

» Researching International Human Rights Law

» Researching International Tax

» Researching International Trade Law

» Researching Islamic Law

» Researching the European Union

» Researching the Law of Canada

» Researching the Law of France

» Researching the Law of Germany

» Researching the Law of the Netherlands

» Researching the Law of Sweden

» Researching the Law of the United Kingdom

» Researching the United Nations

» Researching Treaties

 

• Forms & Form Books

» Finding Forms & Form Books

 

• Gay/Lesbian Legal Issues
  » Researching GLBT & Legal Issues of Sexual Orientation

 

• Health Law & Bioethics 
  » Researching Health Law & Policy
  
  » Researching Drug Development & Regulation
  
  » Researching Health Law and Bioethics

 

• Human Rights Law 
  » Researching International Human Rights Law
  

   

• Immigration & Naturalization Law
  » Researching Immigration Law

   

• Indian (Native American) Law 
  » Researching American Indian Law

   

• Intellectual Property Law
  » Intellectual Property Research

     

• Labor & Employment Law
  » Researching Labor & Employment Law

   

• Law Review & Law Journal Guides

» Choosing a Topic for Your Journal Article

» Frequently-Cited Treaties and Other International Instruments

» Finding Paper Sources for GATT/WTO Documents 

» Guide for Journal Source-Finders

» Where to Find Reliable Imaged Documents for Legal Research 

 

• Legal Education

» Teaching Tools for Law School Faculty

 

• Legal History

» Legal History Research Guide

 

• Legislative History

» Researching Federal Legislative History

 

• Minnesota Legal Research
  » Researching Minnesota Law

   

• Securities Law
  » Researching Securities Law

   

• Self-Help Legal Resources
  » Self-Help Legal Materials

   

• Session Laws & Statutes
  » Federal Statutory Research

   

• Study Aids

» Selected Study Aid Resources

 

• Taxation

» Federal Tax Policy Research

» Researching Federal Tax Law

» Researching International Tax

 

• Treatises, Hornbooks & Nutshells
  » Selected Study Aid Publications

   

• Trial Practice
  » Guide to Pretrial & Trial Practice Materials

   

A selective list of links to guides, pathfinders and bibliographies available on the web.

Legislative History 

• Minnesota Legislative History Step by Step (Minnesota Legislative Reference Library)
  A guide to Minnesota legislative history research."

 

• State Legislative History Guides on the Web
  A collection of links to guides available on the web compiled by the Univ. of Indiana Bloomington, Law Library.

 

Minnesota

• Resources on Minnesota Legislative Issues  (Minnesota Legislative Reference Library)
  These guides to information resources are compiled by staff at the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library on topics of interest to Minnesota legislators. They are designed to provide an introduction to a topic, directing the user to a variety of sources, and are not intended to be exhaustive. In particular, the resources guides focus on items available in the Legislative Reference Library."

• House Research Publications (Research Department, Minnesota House of Representatives)
  Publications and other informational materials covering the broad scope of scope of issue areas of legislative interest, from agriculture to veterans & military affairs prepared by the Minnesota House Research Department.

 

• Hennepin County Law Library - Bibliographies
  Bibliographies compiled by staff at the Hennepin County Law Library covering a variety of law-related topics including: Discovery of Electronic Documents, Judges -- Biography, Verdict & Settlement Awards, and many more.

 

General

• Cornell Legal Research Engine
  A search engine for locating legal research guides covering a wide variety of topics available on the web. The search engine, "searches approximately 20 different web sites that either prolifically publish guides, or index and link to guides."

 

• LLRX.com
  Check out the articles, resource centers, court rules, forms and dockets page.

 

• Zimmerman's Research Guide
  A online legal encyclopedia for legal researchers on the LexisNexis InfoPro web site.

   

• The Virtual Chase 
  Guides for legal research, factual research, company information and people finders.

 

• Law Scout (University of Akron School of Law Library)
  Search or browse (by topic) for legal research guides and pathfinders covering basic and specialized topics from various U.S. law libraries.

 

Foreign & International

• GlobaLex
  Research guides on foreign and international law topics.