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  • Reference Books
  • Journals in Print
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  • Reference Books

    The following is a sample of reference materials held in Anselmo Library's Reference Collection. Use these books to begin your research. Remember reference materials cannot be taken from the library.

    101 Law Forms for Personal Use
    REF KF170 .L46 2004

    Black's Law Dictionary: Definitions of the Terms and Phrases of American and English Jurisprudence, Ancient and Modern
    REF KF156.B53 1990

    Comparative Legal Traditions in a Nutshell
    REF K560.G43 1999

    Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage
    REF KF156 .G367 1995

    Fundamentals of Legal Research
    REF KF240.M469 2002

    Guide to the U.S. Supreme Court
    REF K8742.W567 2004

    Judicial Process in a Nutshell
    REF KF8700.Z9 R4 1991

    Legal Ethics in a Nutshell
    REF KF306.Z9 R668 2003

    Legal Research in a Nutshell
    REF KF240.C54 2003

    Legal Systems of the World
    REF K48 .L44 2002

    Legal Writing in a Nutshell
    REF KF250.S68 2003

    Legal Thesaurus
    REF KF156 .B856 1992

    Multilingual Law Dictionary : English-francais-Espanol-Deutsch
    REF K54 .E3

    Pocket Guide to Legal Research
    REF KF240. P886 2008

    American Jurisprudence 2d
    American Law Reports
    Annotated Laws of Massachusetts
    Corpus Juris Secundum
    Massachusetts Jurisprudence
    United States Code Annotated

    Journals In Print

    The following is a list of law journals held in print at Quincy College Library. Please check the Online Catalog for holdings. Journals in Quincy College's print collection do not leave the library; copy machines are available.

    Boston College Law Review
    Legal Assistant Today
    Massachusetts Law Review
    New England Law Review
    Suffolk University Law Review

    Online Databases

    Search for information on your topic using the following databases:

    Academic OneFile
    Find peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. Extensive coverage of many law journals - authoritative and comprehensive.

    Lexis-Nexis
    Access primary source material such as case law, statutes and regulations or dive into secondary source materials such as legal news or law reviews for background or analysis of a legal topic. Provides access to the renowned Shepard's Citations? service for all federal and states court cases back to 1789.

    Websites

    Legal Search Engines

    Lawcrawler

    Lawguru

    Directories

    Martindale-Hubbell

    Findlaw's Lawyers Directory

    Experts

    Hieros Gamos

    News and Research

    Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly

    Law.com Newswire

    Introduction to Basic Legal Citation

    Court Opinions

    Supreme Court

    Federal Courts

    State Courts