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• Title:Effective legal research.
  
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• Author/Creator:Knowles, John, 1959-
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Thomas, Philip A. (Philip Aneurin). Effective legal research.
  
• Published/Created:London : Sweet & Maxwell, 2009.
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: KD392 .T484 2009
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Legal research--Great Britain.
  
• Edition:2nd ed. / John Knowles.
  
• Description:x, 177 p. : ill ; 25 cm.
  
• Series:Legal skills.
  
• Notes:Previous ed.: published as by Philip A. Thomas and John Knowles. 2007.
  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9781847038180 (pbk.)
  1847038182 (pbk.)
  
• Contents:1. Making the Most of a Law Library
  Introduction
  Library Catalogue
  Books
  E-books
  Searching the library catalogue
  Finding and borrowing books
  Law Reports and Journals
  Abbreviations
  Tracing journals and law reports
  Reference Sources
  Dictionaries
  Tracing people and addresses
  2. Using Online Sources of Law
  Introduction
  Subscription Database Providers
  LexisNexis Butterworths
  Westlaw UK
  Lawtel
  Justis Publishing
  Jordans Publishing
  Accessing Subscription Databases
  Usernames and passwords
  Library portals
  Database Searching
  Free Sources of Law on the Intemet
  Statute Law Database
  OPSI
  Bailii
  Internet Gateways
  When to Use Print Sources
  Combining Print and Electronic Sources
  CD-ROMS
  3. Law Reports
  Introduction
  History of Law Reports
  Citation of Law Reports
  Neutral citations
  How to Find the Meaning of Abbreviations
  Format of Law Reports
  Recent Law Reports
  Finding recent law reports online
  Finding recent law reports in print
  Law Reports Series
  Older Law Reports
  How to use the English Reports
  Other older law reports
  How to Find a Reported Case When You Only Know Its Name
  How to use the Westlaw UK Cases search
  How to use the Current Law Case Citators
  How to trace a case in The Digest
  Tracing a case through the indexes in law reports
  Recent Unreported Judgments
  How to find recent judgments
  Summary: How To Find a Case
  How To Trace Journal Articles and Commentaries on a Case
  How to find Updates on Recent Cases
  European Human Rights Case Law
  Tracing European Convention case law
  Printed Judgments and decisions
  Other sources of European human rights law
  Tribunals
  Social welfare law
  Reported decisions of other tribunals
  4. Legislation
  Introduction
  Structure of an Act
  Citation of statutes
  Citation of the names of monarchs and their regnal years
  Modern Statutes
  Official sources of statutes as originally enacted
  Alternative sources for the official text of statutes
  BAILII United Kingdom Statutes
  Justis UK Statutes
  Law Reports: Statutes
  Current Law Statutes Annotated
  Sources of statutes as currently in force
  LexisNexis Butterworths Legislation search
  Westlaw UK Legislation search
  Statute Law Database
  Halsbury's Statutes of England
  Tracing commencements, amendments and relevant case law
  How to use the Westlaw UK Legislation search
  How to use the Current Law Legislation Citator
  Chronological Table of Statutes
  Older Statutes
  Statutes of the Realm
  Statutes at Large
  Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum
  Local and Personal Acts
  Statutory Instruments
  Citation of statutory instruments
  Tracing statutory instruments
  Halsbury's Statutory instruments
  Checking whether a statutory instrument is in force or has been amended
  Tracing statutory instruments made under a particular act
  Wales legislation
  5. Journals
  Types of Journals
  Online access to journals
  Finding a Journal Article Online if You Already Have a Reference
  Finding a Journal Article in the Library
  Tracing Articles in Legal Journals
  Legal Journals Index
  Index to Legal Periodicals and Books
  Lawtel
  Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals
  Legal Resource Index (LegalTrac)
  Halsbury's Laws
  Tracing Law Related Journal Articles
  Index to Legal Periodicals Related to Law
  Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts
  British Humanlties Index
  Social Sciences Index
  Psychological Abstracts (PsycINFO)
  International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS)
  Philosopher's Index
  Sociological Abstracts
  Social Sciences Citation Index
  Newspaper Articles
  Locating Journals From Other Libraries
  6. Uk Official Publications
  Introduction
  Parliamentary Publications
  Command papers
  Citation and location of Command Papers
  Papers of the House of Lords and House of Commons
  Bills
  Stages in the passage of a Bill
  Changes to the text of a Bill
  Tracing recent Bills
  Tracing older Bills
  Parliamentary debates
  Using online sources to trace debates on a Bill
  Non-Parliamentary Publications
  Tracing Official Publications
  Stationery Office catalogues, indexes and website
  Other sources for tracing official publications
  Tracing Law Commission Reports and Working Papers
  Tracing press releases
  Tracing statistics
  7. How to Find Information on a Subject
  Introduction
  Legal Encyclopedias
  Halsbury's Laws of England
  How to use Halsbury's Laws online
  How to use Halsbury's Laws in print
  Specialised encyclopedias
  Precedent books and rule books
  Tracing Cases on a Subject
  How to use the Westlaw UK Subject/Keyword search
  How to use full-text databases of case law
  How to use databases of recent judgments
  How to use the Current Law Monthly Digest
  How to use the Current Law Year Books
  Digest
  How to use the Digest to trace cases on a subject
  How to use individual indexes to series of law reports to trace cases on a subject
  Finding updates to recent cases by subject
  Tracing the Subsequent Judicial History of a Case
  How to Find Words and Phrases Judicially Considered
  How to Trace Statutes on a Subject
  How to use full-text databases of legislation
  Other online sources for tracing legislation by subject
  Halsbury's Statutes of England
  Other print sources for tracing legislation on a subject
  How to Trace Statutory Instruments on a Subject
  Online sources for tracing statutory Instruments
  Halsbury's Statutory Instruments
  Tracing recent statutory instruments
  Finding Books on a Subject
  Legal bibliographies
  D. Raistrick
  -Lawyer's Law Books
  Current Law
  Current Publications in Legal and Related Fields
  Law books 1876-1981
  Other legal bibliographies
  British National Bibliography
  Sources for books in print
  Theses
  8. European Union Law
  Introduction
  Europa website
  EUR-Lex
  Official Journal
  Treaties
  Secondary Legislation
  Citation of legislative acts
  How to trace the text of a regulation or directive
  How to trace legislation on a subject without a reference
  How to check if legislation is in force
  How to trace proposals for legislation
  How to trace whether a directive has been implemented in the United Kingdom
  Case Law
  European Court Reports
  Citation of European Court of Justice and Court of First Instance
  Other sources of case law
  How to find a Court of Justice judgment if you have the reference
  How to find a judgment of the Court of Justice on a subject
  How to trace further information on a case
  How to trace cases which have interpreted legislation
  How to trace recent judgments
  Legal Encyclopedias
  Books
  Journals
  How to find articles on EU law
  Bulletin of the European Union and General Report
  Current Information
  Appendix I. Online Sources of Scots and Northern Ireland Law
  Appendix II. Abbreviations of Reports, Series and Journals
  Appendix III. How Do I Find? A Summary of Sources for English Law.