基本法律研究业务手册Basic Legal Research Workbook

Revised & updated for its 2nd Ed., Basic Research Workbook utilizes a well-chosen range of exercises & assignments to familiarize students with basic research sources. Whether used with Amy Sloan's Basic Legal Research text or another book, it gives students the opportunity to develop & refine their skills through hands-on practice. Basic Legal Research Workbook, 2nd Ed., addresses the needs of both students & instructors: a complete set of exercises gives students in-depth practice with all the key print & electronic sources organization mirrors Sloan's successful text, Basic Research Workbook, covering all the main research sources studied in the typical 1st-year course each chapter incorporates questions at 4 levels, progressing from basic source features to advanced research skills at a pace students can follow includes both print and electronic sources in each chapter, allowing flexibility in emphasis by the instructor assignments contain multiple fact patterns and can be worked in multiple jurisdictions, reducing the demand on single library sources written in a student-friendly style, with understandable fact patterns, goals for each exercise, & instructions for completing the questions separate Teacher's Manual contains answer keys for the research exercises The Second Edition reflects user feedback as well as developments in legal research: problem set charts are more readable & user-friendly revised & updated problem sets throughout the text updated questions on electronic research correspond to the latest versions of electronic sources additional questions on internet research recognize the growing reliance on online sources.

Preface
Acknowledgments
General Instructions
Chapter 1: Introduction to Legal Research
Exercise 1-1 Introduction to Print Research
Exercise 1-2 Introduction to Electronic Research
Chapter 2: Generating Search Terms
Exercise 2-1 Generating Search Terms
Exercise 2-1 Charts 1-8
Chapter 3: Secondary Source Research
Exercise 3-1 Researching Legal Encyclopedias, A.L.R. Annotations, and Legal Periodicals in Print
Exercise 3-2 Researching Secondary Sources Electronically
Exercise 3-3 Researching Treatises in Print
Chapter 4: Case Research
Exercise 4-1 Researching Cases in Print
Exercise 4-2 Researching Cases Electronically
Exercise 4-3 Researching Cases on Your Own
Chapter 5: Research with Shepard's Citations and Other Citators
Exercise 5-1 Shepardizing Cases in Print
Exercise 5-2 Checking Case Citations Electronically
Exercise 5-3 Checking Case Citations on Your Own
Chapter 6: Statutory Research
Exercise 6-1 Researching Statutes in Print
Exercise 6-2 Researching Statutes Electronically
Exercise 6-3 Researching Statutes on Your Own
Chapter 7: Federal Legislative History Research
Exercise 7-1 Researching the Legislative History of a Federal Statute in Print
Exercise 7-2 Researching the Legislative History of a Federal Statute Electronically
Exercise 7-3 Researching Federal Legislative History by Subject
Chapter 8: Federal Administrative Law Research
Exercise 8-1 Researching Federal Administrative Regulations in Print
Exercise 8-2 Researching Federal Administrative Regulations Electronically
Exercise 8-3 Researching Federal Administrative Regulations on Your Own
Chapter 9: Electronic Search Techniques
Exercise 9-1 Electronic Search Techniques
Chapter 10: Research Planning
Exercise 10-1 Developing and Executing a Research Plan