Library Research Guides

The Mabie Law Library has a variety of research guides prepared by reference librarians to assist you with legal research.

• Take your Lexis or Westlaw research to the next level! Our Advanced Searching in Westlaw/Lexis/Bloomberg guide outlines Boolean operators, phrase searching, proximity indicators, truncators and segment searching.
• Need to brush up on legal concepts? OurIntroduction to Legal Citation guide covers Federal and State statutes and case law. Consult our Mandatory v. Persuasive Authority guide for a chart on which decisions are binding on which courts.
• Interested in the Law of Asylum? Our new Asylum and Refugee Law guide lists primary sources and secondary materials to get you started.
• Researching the history of a California statute? Our California Legislative History guide gives step-by-step instructions for finding documents created during the legislative process in California.

Find all Mabie Law Library research guides here .