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General Secondary Sources

Title
Call NumberOnline Source
Dictionaries
Ballentine's Legal Dictionary and Thesaurus KF 156 L95  
Black's Law Dictionary KF 156 B532  Westlaw
Encyclopedias
American Law Reports

KF132 A433 (Main)
KF132 A53 (Main)
KF132 A54 (Main)

Westlaw
West's Encyclopedia of American Law KF 154 W47 2005 Gale Virtual Reference Library
Guides
Legal Information: how to find it, how to use it KF 240 O365 1999  
Legal Research in a Nutshell KF 240 C54 1996  
Periodicals
Index to Legal Periodicals -- for references K 9 N44 (Index)  
Law Reviews K area (Periodicals)

LexisNexis Academic, Westlaw

United States Legal Sources

Primary Sources
Call NumberOnline Source
Supreme Court Decisions
Supreme Court Reporter (West) KF 101 S8 Westlaw
United States Reports (official) Ju 6.8* GPO, FindLaw
United States Supreme Court Lawyers Ed KF 101 U584 LexisNexis Academic, LexisONE
Federal Court Decisions
Federal Reporter (West) KF 105.1 F4 Westlaw
U.S. Court of Appeals Decisions   LexisNexis Academic, FindLaw, LexisONE
Federal Supplement (West) KF 105.1 F42 Westlaw
U.S. District Court Cases   LexisNexis Academic
Legislation & Laws
House and Senate Bills   LexisNexis Congressional, GPO, THOMAS
Statutes at Large KF 50 U5 LexisNexis Congressional, THOMAS
United States Code KF 62 1994 A2 LexisNexis Academic, Westlaw, FindLaw, GPO
U.S. Code: Congressional & Administrative News KF 48 U5  
Regulations
Code of Federal Regulations KF 70 A3 LexisNexis Academic, Westlaw, FindLaw, GPO
Federal Register AE 2.106:* LexisNexis Academic, Westlaw, FindLaw, GPO
Secondary SourcesCall NumberOnline Source
Supreme Court Cases
American Jurisprudence, includes 2d KF 154 A42 Westlaw
American Law Reports   Westlaw
KeyCite (West)   Westlaw
Shepard's United States Citations, Acts, Constitution KF 78 S55/S56 LexisONE, LexisNexis Academic
U.S. Supreme Court Digest (West) KF 101.1 U5  Westlaw
Federal Court Cases
Federal Practice Digest 2d, 3d, & 4d KF 105.1 M62  
KeyCite (West)   Westlaw
Shepard's Federal Citations KF 105.2 S42 LexisNexis Academic, LexisONE
Legislation & Laws
Shepard's Acts and Cases by Popular Name KF 80 S5  
United States Code Annotated KF 62 1927 W4 Westlaw

California

Primary SourcesCall NumberOnline Sources
Court Decisions
California Appellate Reports, includes 2d KFC 48 A5/51 LexisNexis Academic, LexisONE
California Reports KFC45 A21 LexisNexis Academic, LexisONE
California Reporter, includes 2d & 3d (West) KFC48 A517 Westlaw
Pacific Reporter, includes2d KF 135 P2 P23 (Main) Westlaw
Legislation & Laws
Assembly & Senate Bills   California Legislature
Statutes of California and Digest of Measures KFC 25 A213 California Legislature, Westlaw
California Codes (West) KFC 30 C2 California Legislature, Westlaw
Regulations
California Code of Regulations KFC 35 A22 California Regulations, Westlaw
Secondary SourcesCall NumberOnline Sources
Court Cases & Legislation
California Digest, includes 2d (West) KFC 57 1950 W4  
California Jur KFC 80 C3  
Shepard's California Citations KFC 48.2 S5 LexisNexis Academic, LexisONE
West's KeyCite   Westlaw

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