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Course Guide ~ SOC 223 / Law and Society

Law Reviews

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More than 11,000 news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis®—including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790.
Search FAQ
How to Find a Legal Case
Video: Searching from the Home Page
Video: Source Selection & Creating Permalinks
Video: Creating Alerts

Tips for Focusing Searches in Law Review Articles:

Select the "Advanced Search" link located beneath the main search box.
Find the "Select a specific content type" heading and select the "Law Reviews and Journals" link from the drop-down menu.
Find the "Title" box located in the "Document Segments/Fields" section.
Enter your search terms.
Select "Search."

Court Cases

Court Decisions:

Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
More than 11,000 news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis®—including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790.
Search FAQ
How to Find a Legal Case
Video: Searching from the Home Page
Video: Source Selection & Creating Permalinks
Video: Creating Alerts

Historic Supreme Court Decisions
Topical listing of landmark Supreme Court decisions with links to the full text of the opinions. From Cornell University Law School's Legal Information Institute.

"How To" Guides:

U.S. Government Legal Information
The University of Delaware library's guide to finding information related to case law, statutory law, regulations, and treaties. Many resources are available at Hamilton as well.
How to Use Shepard's Citators
The John Jay College of Criminal Justice library's guide to using Shepard's citators to track the history of a case or a law.

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