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Final Quiz Study Guide
Legal Research Process
Process of Legal Research
Process of Legal Research Continued
Research Finding Methods - Checklist
Keeping Track of Your Legal Research
Finishing Your Legal Research
Finding Aids
The Importance of Using Finding Aids
What is a Subject Index?
What is a Subject Index Continued?
What is a Table of Contents?
Week 1
Class Goals
Goals for the Introductory Class
The Importance of Legal Research
Review
The Law
Common Law
American Government Review
Research Tutorials
WestlawNext Tutorials
Lexis Advance Tutorials
Read for Week 2 (Red Links Only)
Authority
Primary v. Secondary Authority
Mandatory v. Persuasive Authority
Secondary Sources
What is a Secondary Source?
Types of Secondary Sources
Types of Secondary Sources Continued
Secondary Source Formats
Locating Secondary Sources
Locating Secondary Sources Continued
Finding Print Secondary Sources
Finding Secondary Sources on WestlawNext
Updating Secondary Sources
Considerations in Selecting Secondary Sources
Read for Week 3 (Red Links Only)
State Statutes
Legislative Process
What is an Act?
Codification of Statutes
Arizona Revised Statutes
Annotated v. Unannotated Codes
Parts of a Statute
Finding Statutes
Sources of Statutes
Finding Statutes in Print
Finding Statutes on WestlawNext
Finding Statutes on the Arizona State Legislature Website
Finding Adjacent Statutes
Updating Statutes
Updating Statutes in Print
Updating Statutes on the Arizona State Legislature Site
Updating Statutes on WestlawNext
Updating Statutes on LexisNexis
Effective Dates
Finding Effective Dates
Finding Effective Dates Continued
State Statutes Overview
Read for Week 4 (Red Links Only)
Court Rules
Arizona Court Rules
Federal Court Rules
Legal Forms
Examples of Legal Forms
Sources of Legal Forms
Use Wisely
Read for Week 5 (Red Links Only)
State Case Law
Arizona Court Structure
What is an Opinion?
What is an Opinion Continued?
Precedent
Publication of Opinions
Publication of Opinions Continued
Sources for Cases
National Reporter System
Case Citations
Parts of a Case
Statutory Annotations
Read for Week 6 (Red Links Only)
Finding State Case Law
Case Finding Methods
West Key Numbers
West Key Numbers II
West Key Numbers III
One Good Case
Read for Week 7 (Red Links Only)
Keyword Searching Basics
Databases
Search Engines
Silly Analogy
Different Types of Searching
Natural Language
Terms and Connectors
Terms and Connectors Searching
Two Step Process
Don't Rush In
Choosing Terms and Using Connectors
Concepts to Keywords
Identifying Useful Keywords
Using Alternative Keywords
Search Strategy
WestlawNext Examples
OR Connector
Singular and Plural
Truncation
Phrases
AND Connector
Proximity Connectors
Advanced Searching
Simplification
What Do I Really Need to Know
Tipsheets
WestlawNext Searching Tipsheet
More Advanced
Order of Operation
Noise Words
Field Searching
Read for Week 8 (Red Links Only)
Updating with KeyCite/Shepard's
What is a Citator?
One Good Case Revisited
History of Case Citators
What is a Citator (For Cases)?
What is a Citator (For Statutes)?
Citator Tutorials
Case Citator Purpose One - Direct Case History
Case Citator Purpose Two - Negative Treatment
Case Citator Purpose Three - Research
Read for Week 9 (Red Links Only)
Federal Statutes
Federal Legislative Process
Public Laws
United States Code
Finding Federal Statutes
Federal Cases
Federal Court Structure
District Courts
Courts of Appeals
Supreme Court
Finding Federal Cases
Case Citations - Federal
Read for Week 10 (Red Links Only)
Citator Tutorials - Watch these two Shepard's tutorials
Read for Week 11 (Red Links Only)
Arizona Administrative Law
What is a State Regulation
Arizona Administrative Code
Arizona Administrative Register
Updating Arizona Regulations (WestlawNext)
Federal Administrative Law
Federal Regulations
Code of Federal Regulations
Federal Register
Updating Federal Regulations (WestlawNext)
Read for Week 12 (Red Links Only)
Goals
Finishing Your Legal Research Revisited
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