2 December 2019
American Law Reports
Stuck on a topic and none of your Westlaw or Lexis searches seem to be helping? Want a lot of in-depth information about a topic…
15 November 2019
The Miracle of Interlibrary Loan
Did you know that if you are a BYU Law student or faculty member and you can’t find what you need in the BYU Law library, then the…
2 October 2018
Comparing State Laws
Are you looking to compare state laws on a specific topic? The library has several resources that might help you find what you’re looking…
12 February 2018
How to Access Tax Notes
For BYU students and faculty, Tax Notes is available, but only by setting up an individual account. To access Tax Notes, follow these…
30 August 2017
How to Access TWEN
If your professor is using TWEN as their course management tool this semester, watch this screencast on YouTube to make sure you are able…
23 August 2017
Welcome, Class of 2020!
The Law Library is happy to welcome the class of 2020 to the law school! We’re excited that you’re here with us and want you to know that…
23 August 2017
Chicago Manual of Style, 17th Ed.
The 17th Edition of The Chicago Manual of Style has just been released and BYU Law students and faculty have access to the newest edition…
27 January 2017
Research Help
The new semester is well under way and many of our students are already starting the process of thinking about research papers. If you're…
1 December 2015
Finals Help
We do our best to help our students out during finals time. Here are some resources and services we hope will make this time a little less…
15 September 2015
Need Help? Ask The Reference Desk
Are you a 1L working through one of your weekly research assignments? Are you doing research for your substantial writing? Do you have…
29 May 2015
Statistical Abstracts of the U.S. Reboot
ProQuest’s Statistical Abstracts of the U.S. is getting a makeover! The cleaner, more intuitive interface will go live June 1st ProQuest…
22 September 2014
Key Numbers in WestlawNext
When WestlawNext originally launched a number of years ago, I found it interesting that Topics and Key Numbers were less visible than they…
10 September 2014
Legal Info. Overload
Researchers deal with a consistent problem these days - legal information overload. The sheer amount of legal information can be…
21 July 2014
Foreign and Int’l Law Research
While most legal research classes naturally focus on researching the law of the United States, there is a large body of foreign and…
26 June 2014
Hein Search Tip Update
When customers speak, Hein listens and acts--quickly. I recently received an email from HeinOnline's Vice President of Production…
24 June 2014
Local Gov’t Law Research
While much of the research lawyers do revolves around state and federal law, local governments also have laws that lawyers should be…
19 June 2014
Hein Search Tip
I love HeinOnline. It's a must-have for all academic legal research. With that said, there are still a few minor things I've learned to…
13 June 2014
Tax Research
Researching tax law can be tough. We're lucky enough here to have a law librarian, Dennis Sears, who is a tax research expert. To help…
10 June 2014
Low-Cost Legal Research
As school was coming to an end I blogged about student access to Westlaw/Lexis/Bloomberg for the summer. While the access to Lexis and…
3 June 2014
Armed Conflicts Database
The Law Library has recently subscribed to the International Institute for Strategic Studies' Armed Conflicts Database. This database…
1 May 2014
Summer Help
The Write-On is winding down and externships and jobs will soon be starting up. Just because you'll be gone for the summer doesn't mean…
24 April 2014
WL/LX/BL Summer Access
Finals are over! Congrats! Now that "summer" is here, it's time to answer a question that I get often throughout the school year. Can…
8 April 2014
Get Ready for Finals
It's hard to believe finals are already here. As always, the library has a number of resources and services to help you get ready for…
5 March 2014
Lexis Advance Enhancements
A couple of weeks ago, Lexis released some changes to Lexis Advance. I wanted to run through a couple of them that I thought might be…