TY  - BOOK
AU  - Knowles, John
AU  -   Thomas, Philip A. (Philip Aneurin);
TI  - Effective legal research 
SN  - 9781847038180
U1  - 340.072 KNO 
PY  - 2009///.
CY  - London : 
PB  - Sweet & Maxwell, 
KW  - Legal research
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Information Retrieval
KW  - Wales
KW  - Legal information search
N1  - Acknowledgments		xi	
Preface		xii	
	1 Making the Most of a Law Library
	
	Introduction
		1	(1)
	The Library Catalogue
		2	(1)
	Books
		3	(4)
	E-books
		4	(1)
	Searching the library catalogue
		5	(1)
	Finding and borrowing books
		6	(1)
	Law Reports and Journals
		7	(3)
	Abbreviations
		8	(1)
	Tracing journals and law reports
		9	(1)
	Reference Sources
		10	
	Dictionaries
		11	(1)
	Tracing people and addresses
		12	
	2 Using Online Sources of Law
	
	Introduction
		1	(1)
	Subscription Database Providers
		2	(6)
	LexisNexis Butterworths
		3	(1)
	Westlaw UK
		4	(1)
	Lawtel
		5	(1)
	Justis Publishing
		6	(1)
	Jordans Publishing
		7	(1)
	Accessing Subscription Databases
		8	(3)
	Usernames and passwords
		9	(1)
	Library portals
		10	(1)
	Database Searching
		11	(1)
	Free Sources of Law on the Intemet
		12	(4)
	Statute Law Database
		13	(1)
	OPSI
		14	(1)
	Bailii
		15	(1)
	Internet Gateways
		16	(1)
	When to Use Print Sources
		17	(1)
	Combining Print and Electronic Sources
		18	(1)
	CD-ROMS
		19	
	3 Law Reports
	
	Introduction
		1	(1)
	The History of Law Reports
		2	(1)
	Citation of Law Reports
		3	(2)
	Neutral citations
		4	(1)
	How to Find the Meaning of Abbreviations
		5	(1)
	Format of Law Reports
		6	(1)
	Recent Law Reports
		7	(3)
	Finding recent law reports online
		8	(1)
	Finding recent law reports in print
		9	(1)
	The Law Reports Series
		10	(1)
	Older Law Reports
		11	(3)
	How to use the English Reports
		12	(1)
	Other older law reports
		13	(1)
	How to Find a Reported Case When You Only Know Its Name
		14	(5)
	How to use the Westlaw UK Cases search
		15	(1)
	How to use the Current Law Case Citators
		16	(1)
	How to trace a case in The Digest
		17	(1)
	Tracing a case through the indexes in law reports
		18	(1)
	Recent Unreported Judgments
		19	(2)
	How to find recent judgments
		20	(1)
	Summary: How To Find a Case
	
	How To Trace Journal Articles and Commentaries on a Case
		21	(1)
	How to find Updates on Recent Cases
		22	(1)
	European Human Rights Case Law
		23	(4)
	Tracing European Convention case law
		24	(1)
	Printed Judgments and decisions
		25	(1)
	Other sources of European human rights law
		26	(1)
	Tribunals
		27	
	Social welfare law
		28	(1)
	Reported decisions of other tribunals
		29	
	4 Legislation
	
	Introduction
		1	(1)
	The Structure of an Act
		2	(3)
	Citation of statutes
		3	(1)
	Citation of the names of monarchs and their regnal years
		4	(1)
	Modern Statutes
		5	(12)
	Official sources of statutes as originally enacted
		6	(1)
	Alternative sources for the official text of statutes
		7	(1)
	BAILII United Kingdom Statutes
		8	(1)
	Justis UK Statutes
		9	(1)
	Law Reports: Statutes
		10	(1)
	Current Law Statutes Annotated
		11	(1)
	Sources of statutes as currently in force
		12	(1)
	LexisNexis Butterworths Legislation search
		13	(1)
	Westlaw UK Legislation search
		14	(1)
	Statute Law Database
		15	(1)
	Halsbury's Statutes of England
		16	(1)
	Tracing commencements, amendments and relevant case law
		17	(4)
	How to use the Westlaw UK Legislation search
		18	(1)
	How to use the Current Law Legislation Citator
		19	(1)
	Chronological Table of Statutes
		20	(1)
	Older Statutes
		21	(4)
	Statutes of the Realm
		22	(1)
	Statutes at Large
		23	(1)
	Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum
		24	(1)
	Local and Personal Acts
		25	(1)
	Statutory Instruments
		26	
	Citation of statutory instruments
		27	(1)
	Tracing statutory instruments
		28	(1)
	Halsbury's Statutory instruments
		29	(1)
	Checking whether a statutory instrument is in force or has been amended
		30	(1)
	Tracing statutory instruments made under a particular act
		31	(1)
	Wales legislation
		32	
	5 Journals
	
	Types of Journals
		1	(2)
	Online access to journals
		2	(1)
	Finding a Journal Article Online if You Already Have a Reference
		3	(1)
	Finding a Journal Article in the Library
		4	(1)
	Tracing Articles in Legal Journals
		5	(7)
	Legal Journals Index
		6	(1)
	Index to Legal Periodicals and Books
		7	(1)
	Lawtel
		8	(1)
	Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals
		9	(1)
	Legal Resource Index (LegalTrac)
		10	(1)
	Halsbury's Laws
		11	(1)
	Tracing Law Related Journal Articles
		12	(10)
	Index to Legal Periodicals Related to Law
		13	(1)
	Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts
		14	(1)
	British Humanlties Index
		15	(1)
	Social Sciences Index
		16	(1)
	Psychological Abstracts (PsycINFO)
		17	(1)
	International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS)
		18	(1)
	The Philosopher's Index
		19	(1)
	Sociological Abstracts
		20	(1)
	Social Sciences Citation Index
		21	(1)
	Newspaper Articles
		22	(1)
	Locating Journals From Other Libraries
		23	
	6 Uk Official Publications
	
	Introduction
		1	(1)
	Parliamentary Publications
		2	(11)
	Command papers
		3	(1)
	Citation and location of Command Papers
		4	(1)
	Papers of the House of Lords and House of Commons
		5	(1)
	Bills
		6	(1)
	Stages in the passage of a Bill
		7	(1)
	Changes to the text of a Bill
		8	(1)
	Tracing recent Bills
		9	(1)
	Tracing older Bills
		10	(1)
	Parliamentary debates
		11	(1)
	Using online sources to trace debates on a Bill
		12	(1)
	Non-Parliamentary Publications
		13	(1)
	Tracing Official Publications
		14	
	Stationery Office catalogues, indexes and website
		15	(1)
	Other sources for tracing official publications
		16	(1)
	Tracing Law Commission Reports and Working Papers
		17	(1)
	Tracing press releases
		18	(1)
	Tracing statistics
		19	
	7 How to Find Information on a Subject
	
	Introduction
		1	(1)
	Legal Encyclopedias
		2	(6)
	Halsbury's Laws of England
		3	(1)
	How to use Halsbury's Laws online
		4	(1)
	How to use Halsbury's Laws in print
		5	(1)
	Specialised encyclopedias
		6	(1)
	Precedent books and rule books
		7	(1)
	Tracing Cases on a Subject
		8	(10)
	How to use the Westlaw UK Subject/Keyword search
		9	(1)
	How to use full-text databases of case law
		10	(1)
	How to use databases of recent judgments
		11	(1)
	How to use the Current Law Monthly Digest
		12	(1)
	How to use the Current Law Year Books
		13	(1)
	The Digest
		14	(1)
	How to use the Digest to trace cases on a subject
		15	(1)
	How to use individual indexes to series of law reports to trace cases on a subject
		16	(1)
	Finding updates to recent cases by subject
		17	(1)
	Tracing the Subsequent Judicial History of a Case
		18	(1)
	How to Find Words and Phrases Judicially Considered
		19	(1)
	How to Trace Statutes on a Subject
		20	(5)
	How to use full-text databases of legislation
		21	(1)
	Other online sources for tracing legislation by subject
		22	(1)
	Halsbury's Statutes of England
		23	(1)
	Other print sources for tracing legislation on a subject
		24	(1)
	How to Trace Statutory Instruments on a Subject
		25	(4)
	Online sources for tracing statutory Instruments
		26	(1)
	Halsbury's Statutory Instruments
		27	(1)
	Tracing recent statutory instruments
		28	(1)
	Finding Books on a Subject
		29	(9)
	Legal bibliographies
		30	(1)
	D. Raistrick---Lawyer's Law Books
		31	(1)
	Current Law
		32	(1)
	Current Publications in Legal and Related Fields
		33	(1)
	Law books 1876-1981
		34	(1)
	Other legal bibliographies
		35	(1)
	The British National Bibliography
		36	(1)
	Sources for books in print
		37	(1)
	Theses
		38	
	8 European Union Law
	
	Introduction
		1	(1)
	The Europa website
		2	(1)
	EUR-Lex
		3	(1)
	The Official Journal
		4	(1)
	Treaties
		5	(1)
	Secondary Legislation
		6	(16)
	Citation of legislative acts
		7	(1)
	How to trace the text of a regulation or directive
		8	(1)
	How to trace legislation on a subject without a reference
		9	(1)
	How to check if legislation is in force
		10	(1)
	How to trace proposals for legislation
		11	(1)
	How to trace whether a directive has been implemented in the United Kingdom
		12	(1)
	Case Law
		13	(1)
	European Court Reports
		14	(1)
	Citation of European Court of Justice and Court of First Instance
		15	(1)
	Other sources of case law
		16	(1)
	How to find a Court of Justice judgment if you have the reference
		17	(1)
	How to find a judgment of the Court of Justice on a subject
		18	(1)
	How to trace further information on a case
		19	(1)
	How to trace cases which have interpreted legislation
		20	(1)
	How to trace recent judgments
		21	(1)
	Legal Encyclopedias
		22	(1)
	Books
		23	(1)
	Journals
		24	(3)
	How to find articles on EU law
		25	(1)
	The Bulletin of the European Union and General Report
		26	(1)
	Current Information
		27	(128)
Appendix I Online Sources of Scots and Northern Ireland Law		155	(3)
Appendix II Abbreviations of Reports, Series and Journals		158	(6)
Appendix III How Do I Find? A Summary of Sources for English Law		164	(7)
Index		171	
N2  - Effective Legal Research' helps students develop confidence in legal research. The book demonstrates the processes of consulting the various sources, & shows how to use a legal library. It uses diagrams, flowcharts, illustrations from print sources, & screen shots from web sources to explain research procedures
ER  -