Research Guides: Legal Information: Get Started

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For a detailed explanation of legal research.

Encumbered

Encyclopedia of the American Constitution
Call Number: Ref KF4548 .E53 2000
ISBN: 0028648803
For finding constitutional law.

Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations
The Cardiff Index can be searched either from abbreviation to title or from title to abbreviation.
Commonly Used Terms
For an easy-to-use online glossary of legal terms for the non-lawyer, from the Federal Judiciary.
How to Read a Legal Citation
For understanding how to interpret legal citations from Schuyler M. Cook at Cleveland-Marshall College of Law.
Wex (Cornell Law School)
From Cornell Law School, Wex is 'a collaboratively built, freely available legal dictionary and encyclopedia.'