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Research Courses

The Law Library research librarians offer 1-credit Advanced Research courses on U.S. and International Law. Both courses introduce students to print and electronic research sources, including both free and commercial web sites, databases, and other sources of law-related information. They are designed to help you perform research more efficiently through the quick employment of appropriate research strategies and rapid identification of the sources needed to locate documents produced by public and private entities. During each 4-week course, the research librarian instructors present ten hours of lecture/demonstration. Students complete four short-answer research projects (approximately 6-8 hours each) that they work on individually.

Advanced Research Techniques I: United States Law (offered in the Fall, Spring, and Summer semesters) focuses on researching legal secondary sources, proposed and enacted legislation and agency regulations, legislative and administrative history, agency decisionsand other documents prepared by administrative agencies, court decisions, and topical websites.

Advanced Research Techniques II: International and Business Law (offered in the Fall semester) concentrates on researching private international law (including choice of law issues in an international context), public international law (including treaties and other international agreements and international agency documents), international organizations, foreign law, business information, and topical websites.

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