Five Reasons to Try a Research Guide

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Research guides — you’ve got over 70 of them at your fingertips, on topics from ad law to war crimes. They’re up-to-date and easy to find. Here are five ways they can make your life easier now:

  1. Research guides can help you locate authoritative secondary sources, like leading treatises on a topic. A good treatise can save you boat loads of research time.
  2. Research guides point you to databases beyond your standard Lexis and Westlaw. If you stop your research with those two databases, you may miss something.
  3. If you’re writing a seminar paper or journal note, you can use research guides to find current awareness sources like blogs and other websites. These can help you when choosing a topic to write about.
  4. If you’re studying for exams, research guides let you know what study aids we have available for you in the library.
  5. Research guides are free! And you can use them once you’re out in practice.

 

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