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Tips for Reading Your Case
- Oyez This link opens in a new windowTranscript-synchronized and searchable audio, plain-English case summaries, illustrated decision information, full-text Supreme Court opinions, and information on Justices.
- HeinOnline Academic This link opens in a new windowUnder "Case Law," search for your case with the citation. Some students find the "FastCase" formatting easier to read than Nexis Uni.
Law Reviews
- HeinOnline Academic This link opens in a new windowTo find articles about your case, select Case Law and type your case citation. The "Fastcase" version of a case links directly to articles that cite the case -- look in the top corner.
- Nexis Uni This link opens in a new windowTo search just the Law Reviews, click on Search by Subject or Topic and select "Law Reviews."
Dictionaries
- Wex: DefinitionsA freely available glossary of legal terminology, from Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute.
Black's Law Dictionary, Standard Ninth Edition by Call Number: KF156.B53ISBN: 9780314199492Available in Carrier Reference and Rose Reference
Encyclopedias
Corpus Juris Secundum: A Complete Restatement of the Entire American Law as Developed by All Reported CasesCall Number: KF154.C65Comprehensive entries, alphabetically arranged and extensively footnoted, explain points of law. Cited as CJS.
Gale Encyclopedia of American Law (online)Call Number: AE5.G85ISBN: 9781414443027Electronic resource
The Oxford Companion to American Law by Call Number: KF156.O94ISBN: 0195088786Available online and in Carrier Reference
West's Encyclopedia of American Law by Call Number: KF154.W47ISBN: 0787663670Available online and in Carrier Reference
