Start Your Ohio Research with a Secondary Source

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When you’re asked to research an Ohio caselaw, statutory or regulatory issue, it’s tempting to dive directly into the primary sources and start searching. But you’ll quickly realize that this is often not the most efficient way to do legal research. Secondary sources describe, explain, or analyze the law and can help you find primary source materials, such as cases, statutes, rules and regulations. They can be a great starting point for research.

Our Ohio Secondary Sources Legal Research Guide will lead you to the best Ohio secondary sources, and let you know whether you can find them on Lexis, Westlaw, or in print.

Some of the biggest Ohio secondary sources include:

  • Ohio Jurisprudence 3d, our state’s comprehensive legal encyclopedia
  • Baldwin’s Ohio Practice Series, state-specific treatises on Westlaw
  • Anderson’s Practice Series, state-specific treatises on Lexis
  • Forms sets like Couse’s Ohio Form Book and Ohio Forms Legal & Business
  • Ohio jury instructions
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