Publisher's Synopsis
A new updated edition of the popular legal research tool used by many legal researchers from law students and law professors to law librarians, paralegals, and practitioners will be published in spring 2005. When a law student is faced with what book sources are available for a legal topic or even what research tools to use, this book gives a good start. For the law professor who is writing and needs to know some of the sources in an unfamiliar area to consult, this text gives many good leads. Busy law librarians asked to support a new practice area or answer a research question in an unfamiliar area of law will get a variety of good tips here. The paralegal that has a research assignment will be less frustrated if they consult the new edition for key sources. A practitioner who takes on a case in an unfamiliar area of law will spending less time looking for useful material if they use Searching The Law, 3d Edition. Law school course descriptions and scope notes are included, to help the researcher determine if their particular subject is covered by a specific topic. References to legal encyclopedias, the West Digest System, to Lexis Search Advisor, and Westlaw KeySearch are included under each topic in the third edition.
