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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.

    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

    How to Find the Law
    REF KF240.C538 1989

    Judicial Process in a Nutshell
    REF KF8700.Z9 R4 1991

    Law and Politics: a Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia
    REF KF487.P65 S77 1995

    Legal Ethics in a Nutshell
    REF KF306.Z9 R668 2003

    Legal Research in a Nutshell
    REF KF240.C54 2003

    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

    Studying Law: an Introduction
    REF KF385.A4 K44 1984

    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:

    Lexis-Nexis
    Use this database to search for full-text law journals and cases.

    General Business File ASAP
    Online journals are also on Infotrac General Business File ASAP.


    Websites

    Legal search engines

    Lawcrawler

    Lawguru

    World Wide Web Virtual Library - Law

    Directories

    Martindale-Hubbell

    Findlaw's Lawyers Directory

    Experts

    Hieros Gamos

    News and research

    Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly

    Law News Network

    Introduction to Basic Legal Citation

    Court Opinions

    Supreme Court

    Federal Courts

    State Courts