This Library Guide is designed to introduce first year law students a few research resources/books to help with their first year classes. Each of the Tabs above include links to research resources for a specific First Year class:
Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Torts, and Property Law
Using any of these may help to clarify or explain some of the legal issues being discussed in your class.
- Publications include: Nutshells, Examples and Explanations, the Understanding Series, and Hornbooks. Additional sources are legal treatises and the Restatements of the Law.
- These all offer analysis of specific areas of law and may help clarify or explain some of the legal issues being discussed in class.
- Included are descriptions and links to specific online databases such as Westlaw, Lexis Advance, Bloomberg Law, and HeinOnline; subscription services may have access to some of the same material electronically.
- Many of the books listed are on Course Reserve and be checked out for 2 hours usually, however your Professor may have requested a longer checkout period. Go to the Circulation Desk to get the materials. Older editions of the same title may be available under the same call number in the library stacks. These books may be checked out for longer periods of time. Your Professors and the Reference Librarians may have additional suggestions for supplementary or explanatory reading.
