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Using Law Library Resources?
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What source is it?
Richard L. Revesz and Pamela S. Karlan, Nonmajority Rules and the Supreme Court,136 U.Penn L. Rev., no. 146, (1988) at 1067.
Consecutively paginated periodical
Nonconsectively paginated periodical
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Where is it?
Where can we find this resource?
FIU Catalog
Westlaw or Lexis
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Let's Find it!
Use the catalog to search for journal articles, newspapers, books, government docs, and non-law resources.
- Run an advanced search
- Search by article title, journal title, and/or author
- If in a database, including Hein, it will have a record
FIU Catalog
Process Map
Next
What source is it?
Antonin Scalia & Bryan A. Garner, READING THE LAW: THE INTERPRETATION OF LEGAL TEXTS 88 (2012).
Book/monograph
Journal article
RIGHT!
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Let's Find it!
Use the catalog to search for journal articles, newspapers, books, government docs, and non-law resources.
- Run an advanced search
- Search by book title and/or author
- If it's not there, try Worldcat.org -- pull the ISBN #, etc.
2. Google Books
3. Worldcat
1. FIU Catalog
4. ILL
Process Map
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We have a quote without a citation. Where do we go?
“[i]t is difficult for a person to discern the difference between those political values that he thinks most important, and those political values that are ‘fundamental to our society.’” - Justice Scalia
Search parts of the quote in the Catalog
Search parts of the quote in " " on Google
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Let's find it!
“[i]t is difficult for a person to discern the difference between those political values that he thinks most important, and those political values that are ‘fundamental to our society.’” - Justice Scalia
- Search parts of the quote, not the whole phrase, in quotes " "
- "fundamental to our society" "political values" Scalia
Google
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Let's find it!
Aaron Epstein, Meese: I Didn't Mean to Attack High Court, MIAMI HERALD, July 11, 1985.
- Search Google first -- is it there? Is it freely available?
- If not, time for the Catalog
- Search for the newspaper title, ensure the coverage years included match your cite
Catalog
Google
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Let's find it!
Audit of the Office of Community Oriented Policing
Services Anti-Heroin Task Force Program, 22-072
- What is it?
- Who is the author/publisher, what is its content, what info IS included (doc #?, pub series?, etc.), how is it published?
- Is there a BB rule that applies or is close?
- If not, see how it (or similar docs) has been cited before
HeinOnline
Google Scholar
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Summary
Identify the source and the BB rule
01
What is it?
Check if it's available, freely, online
02
Where is it?
Check our catalog for articles, books, news
03
Search for it!
Check Worldcat.org, then submit an ILL request
04
Request it!
Still can't find it?Ask a librarian!
05
Ask Us!
wrong!
try again
** Good Luck & Remember to contact the Library with questions
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How much do you know about
Finding Sources
Using Law Library Resources?
start
What source is it?
Richard L. Revesz and Pamela S. Karlan, Nonmajority Rules and the Supreme Court,136 U.Penn L. Rev., no. 146, (1988) at 1067.
Consecutively paginated periodical
Nonconsectively paginated periodical
right!
next
Where is it?
Where can we find this resource?
FIU Catalog
Westlaw or Lexis
RIGHT!
NEXT
Let's Find it!
Use the catalog to search for journal articles, newspapers, books, government docs, and non-law resources.
FIU Catalog
Process Map
Next
What source is it?
Antonin Scalia & Bryan A. Garner, READING THE LAW: THE INTERPRETATION OF LEGAL TEXTS 88 (2012).
Book/monograph
Journal article
RIGHT!
NEXT
Let's Find it!
Use the catalog to search for journal articles, newspapers, books, government docs, and non-law resources.
2. Google Books
3. Worldcat
1. FIU Catalog
4. ILL
Process Map
Next
We have a quote without a citation. Where do we go?
“[i]t is difficult for a person to discern the difference between those political values that he thinks most important, and those political values that are ‘fundamental to our society.’” - Justice Scalia
Search parts of the quote in the Catalog
Search parts of the quote in " " on Google
RIGHT!
NEXT
Let's find it!
“[i]t is difficult for a person to discern the difference between those political values that he thinks most important, and those political values that are ‘fundamental to our society.’” - Justice Scalia
Google
NEXT
Let's find it!
Aaron Epstein, Meese: I Didn't Mean to Attack High Court, MIAMI HERALD, July 11, 1985.
Catalog
Google
NEXT
Let's find it!
Audit of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services Anti-Heroin Task Force Program, 22-072
HeinOnline
Google Scholar
NEXT
Summary
Identify the source and the BB rule
01
What is it?
Check if it's available, freely, online
02
Where is it?
Check our catalog for articles, books, news
03
Search for it!
Check Worldcat.org, then submit an ILL request
04
Request it!
Still can't find it?Ask a librarian!
05
Ask Us!
wrong!
try again
** Good Luck & Remember to contact the Library with questions
BBP LibGuide