This presentation will demonstrate how to:

• Search Lexis-Nexis by keyword to find full-text law review articles
• Search LegalTrac by keyword and subject to find citations to law review articles
• Find journal titles in ANTPAC to locate articles in the UCI Libraries

Getting there:

• From the library homepage http://www.lib.uci.edu click on Article Databases.
• Click L for Lexis-Nexis Academic
• Select "Legal Research" on the left navigation bar
• Select "Law Reviews" and then "Guided Search"

Some general principles:

• Choose unique keywords and search in "At Least 3."
• The default date is "previous six months" -- you can change this to include more years
• ! is the place holder for missing letters so abolition! also picks up abolitionist or abolitionism
• For this class, you want to find articles, not the (typically shorter) comments or research notes. Pay attention to the length of the article, and to these noted distinctions. You can also add the term article to your search -- in the title field.

• Results are automatically sorted by title -- change this to sort by relevance.
• If the title is not enough to go on, choose the Expanded List tab to see your search word/s in context. This will allow you to browse your results with more information
• You can reformat the article to print (in the library, printing is $0.12/page with a print card) or e-mail the article to yourself

LegalTrac
LegalTrac indexes all major law reviews, legal newspapers, specialty law publications, bar association journals and thousands of law-related articles from general interest publications. LegalTrac also includes selective full-text.

Getting there:

• From the library homepage http://www.lib.uci.edu click on Article Databases.
• Click L for LegalTrac
• The default search is subject; you can change this to keyword. Your subject search will automatically be converted to a keyword search if no corresponding subject term is found in the database

• Note the subject terms (e.g. Right to bear arms - Laws, regulations, etc.), other articles linked by subject, and the ability to e-mail the article citation (this will save you time later, when it comes time to prepare your bibliography)

• Search ANTPAC by journal title (for example, "Duke Law Journal")
• Search Lexis-Nexis SOURCES to see if the journal is included there in full-text. If it is, you can search that publication by article title and retrieve the full article.

Encyclopedia of crime & justice
New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2002
Langson Lib. Reference: HV6017 .E52 2002 (4 vol.)

Encyclopedia of crime and punishment / David Levinson, editor
Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications, 2002
Langson Lib. Reference: HV6017 .E524 2002 (4 vol.)

Capital punishment / Ann Chih Lin, editor ; Raphael Goldman, author
Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2002
Langson Lib. Reference: HV8699.U5 G66 2002

Encyclopedia of capital punishment in the United States / by Louis J. Palmer, Jr
Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2001
Langson Lib. Reference: HV8694 .P35 2001

Bioethics, health care, and the law : a dictionary / Richard Hedges
Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 1999
Science Lib. Reference: W 13 H453b 1999

Violence against women / Karin L. Swisher, Carol Wekesser, book editors, William Barbour, assistant editor
San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press, 1994
Langson Lib. Reference:  HV6250.4.W65 V553 1994

Guns in American society : an encyclopedia of history, politics, culture, and the law / edited by Gregg Lee Carter
Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 2002
Langson Lib. Reference:  HV7436 .G8783 2002  (2 vol.)

The war on drugs : an international encyclopedia / Ron Chepesiuk
Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 1999
Langson Lib. Reference: HV5804 .C47 1999
 

Legal citation & writing manuals

The Bluebook (a uniform system of citation)
Langson Lib. Reference Desk: KF 245 U55

California style manual : a handbook of legal style for California courts and lawyers
Langson Lib. Reference Desk: KFC75 .J47 2000

Introduction to Basic Legal Citation (2002-2003 ed.) by Peter W. Martin (Cornell Law School)
 

Other resources

UCI Libraries Tutorials: Tips on finding books, articles, and government information in general.

Library subject guide for Criminology, Law & Society
 

Library research assistance and consultation

You have many options for getting research assistance from the UCI Libraries. You can:

• Call or visit the Reference Desk at the Main Library (949) 824-4976 (during certain weeks of the quarter, you can sign-up for a 30 minute research consultation appointment)
• Use Ask a Librarian EMAIL or LIVE
• Follow up with Judy Ruttenberg directly (contact info above) (unavailable from April 9 - 18)