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Background Information
A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage - KF156.G367 1995 Main Ref.
This is an excellent source for defining foreign terms and phrases, technical terms, expressions, and other usage of legal terminology in a logical manner.
Citation Guides for Print & Electronic Resources - from the UA Library
Examples of citations for MLA, APA, and Chicago Styles, as well as links to subject-specific citation styles.
Encyclopedia Britannica (Available only to UA Students, Faculty, & Staff)
Concise as well as scholarly articles on a wide range of subjects.
Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice (electronic version only available to UA faculty, staff, & students) - HV6017.E52 Information Commons Reference and Law Ref.
This source offers the specialists and the lay users with a broad coverage of information from a variety of disciplines in a way that provides structure and context to the fields covered.
Encyclopedia of Legal Information Sources - KF1.E53 Main Ref. and Law Ref.
A bibliographic guide to approximately 29,000 citations for publications, organizations, and other sources of information on 480 law-related subjects.
Encyclopedia of Public International Law - JX1226.E5 1992 (5 volumes) Main Ref. - KZ1160.E53 1992 (5 volumes) Law Foreign Coll.
This encyclopedia comprises some 1,300 articles dealing with all aspects of public international law.
Encyclopedia of the American Judicial System - KF154.E53 1987 (3 volumes) Main Ref.
Includes both substance of American law and the process that produces and utilizes legal principles and rules. Although some of the subjects discussed are technical and difficult, the essays included here provide enough information to guide the reader without legal training.
The Guide to American Law (including supplements) - KF156.G772 Info Commons Ref. -
KF154.G85
Law Library
Known as everyone's legal encyclopedia, it contains extensive cross-reference to both the entries and the signed articles. Other features included in this source are: table of legal abbreviations, table of acronyms, table of cases cited , map showing the judicial circuits, table of popular names for acts, name index, and subject index.
Burton's Legal Thesaurus - KF156.B856 2007 Main Ref. and Law Ref.
This source provides the broadest array of words that fits the thoughts to be conveyed. This reference book is compiled to assist judges, lawyers, and students of the law in their desire to convey their thoughts, arguments, and contentions, effectively and persuasively.
The Oxford Dictionary of American Legal Quotations - KF159.S53 1993 Main Ref.
This source is the most complete compilation with over 3,500 quotations. It includes a comprehensive collection of the most famous passages of American judges and legal commentators and sayings from literature, humor, motion pictures, and even some song lyrics relating to American law.
Shepard's Acts and Cases by Popular Names: Federal and State - KF80.S5 1992 and Supplements Information Commons Reference
This is an alphabetical list of federal and state acts and cases which have been cited by popular names. Citations to the United States Constitution, Code or Statutes at large as cited by the United States Supreme Court and the lower federal courts or as cited in subsequent acts of Congress, United States Supreme Court reports, states codes or statutes, and other legal sources.