Monday, May 21, 2012

Legal Periodicals Research Guide

Find out why researchers read legal periodicals by reviewing Westminster Law Library’s new research guide on Selected Legal Periodicals and LegalPeriodical Indexes. This research guide will also provide answers to: What are legal periodicals? What are legal periodical indexes? Why do researchers value legal periodical indexes?

Click “Selected Legal Periodicals” to view model legal periodical citations and links to  how to translate cryptic legal periodical abbreviations, different types of legal periodicals in our library with examples of each type, and online and print legal periodicals published at Sturm College of Law (SCOL).

For retrospective researchers who prefer print materials, see resources listed under “Selected Legal Periodical Indexes in Print (Historical).”

Follow step-by-step instructions for finding up-to-date, full-text articles online in The Colorado LawyerHeinOnline, Index to Legal Periodicals & Books Full Text, and LegalTrac under “Selected Legal Periodical Indexes Online (Current).” Note:  Several of these databases are updated on a daily basis.

Finally, read tips under “Updating Legal Periodicals” to discover how faculty and subject specialists at SCOL sometimes play a major role in the updating process.

Written by Sheila Green, Reference Librarian