Electronic Resources

I just returned from Portland, OR where I attended the annual conference of the American Association of Law Libraries. From the little I saw Portland seems like a great city. I wish I …

 The Law Library subscribes to several electronic resources (besides Westlaw and LexisNexis) that can be extremely helpful to you in your research. One of those resources is Indexmaster. Many legal treatises are still …

In an effort to give you access to BYU Law Library resources at all times from your computer, we are pleased to present current students and faculty with the new Law Library Toolbar …

I hate being the bearer of bad news, but so be it - finals are upon us. To help alleviate some of your stress and get you more prepared I wanted to remind …

We're proud to announce the addition of the new Law Library Resources Search Box to our web page. This tool was designed to help you more easily access the print and electronic resources …

U.S. Government websites can often be very helpful when doing legal research.  One way to search government websites is through Google's U.S. Government Search - sometimes called Google Uncle Sam.    The About page explains …

If you've ever wondered why the Bluebook isn't available online, you have one less thing to wonder about. On Feb. 15 editors of the Harvard Law Review announced the launch of an online …

Yesterday I made a presentation on several electronic resources that could be of help to those of you writing research papers this semester. I told those who attended that I would post links …

 You may have noticed that Westlaw has added a new "Key Numbers" link at the top of its research screens. For now it's yellow, so you can't miss it. This new link gives …

When discussing electronic legal research, it's difficult not to focus on Westlaw and LexisNexis. They are, after all, the 800 lb. gorillas of the topic. And while access to these systems is free …

On Thursday, Nov. 8th the library will be providing a training on CALI. Come to rooms 275/76 in the library at 11am to find out how CALI can help you prepare for finals.

Here's a quick tip I learned since becoming a librarian that I wish I would have known as a law student. Since Westlaw and Lexis both contain annotated versions of the U.S. Code, …

Over the past few days I have received several questions regarding CALI (The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction). For those who have wondered, CALI is a resource that can be used to supplement …

A few weeks back I wrote about using subject searching as an electronic research technique. I return to the subject to explore some of the subject searching possibilities in LexisNexis. In looking at …

As a first year, one of the key research tools you learned was the West Key Number system and the Digests. You learned that West editors examined every case and broke those cases …

Contrary to popular belief, keyword searching isn't the only way to search for legal resources on the web. Google and other search engines have programmed us to keyword search for everything and for …

The Law Library has recently acquired access to several important Congressional resources online. These resources are especially valuable to anyone involved in federal legislative history research. With this recent addition the following documents …