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Research Guides

These guides list library resources and World Wide Web sites that are relevant to various jurisdictions or areas of law. Each library title is followed by the call number where that title can be found. Click on the call number to go directly to the title listing in the library catalog.

If you have questions about any of these resources, our library staff will be happy to assist you.  Please call the reference desk at 704-971-8573 to speak to a reference librarian.

• Academic Success Study Aids

  • Administrative Law
  • Audio CDs for Auditory Learners
  • Banking and Bankruptcy
  • Business Associations and Business Basics
  • Civil Procedure
  • Commercial Law
  • Constitutional Law
  • Contracts
  • Corporations
  • Criminal Law
  • Criminal Procedure
  • Employment Law
  • Environmental Law
  • Evidence
  • Family Law
  • Immigration & International Law
  • Insurance Law
  • Intellectual Property
  • Interviewing, Counseling & Negotiation
  • Professional Responsibility
  • Property
  • Real Estate Finance & Land Use
  • Remedies
  • Research & Writing
  • Taxation
  • Torts
  • Wills, Trusts & Estates

• Center for Professional Development

  • Center for Professional Development Bibliography

• Database Training

  • An Overview of Lexis and Westlaw Training Resources
  • BNA Current Reports User Guide
  • BNA IP Library Reference Card
  • BNA Labor & Employment Law Library Reference Card
  • BNA Labor & Employment Law Library User Guide
  • BNA Tax and Accounting User Guide
  • CCH Guide to Searching
  • CCH Tax Quick Start Guide
  • HeinOnline User Guide
  • LexisNexis for Law Reviews and Journals
  • LexisNexis: How to Draft Briefs, Pleadings, Motions and Contracts
  • ProQuest Quick Reference
  • Westlaw Guide to Law Review Research
  • Westlaw: Writing an Open Memo

• Faculty Resources

  • Professor's Quick Guide to TWEN
  • Research and Scholarship: A Faculty Guide

• General

  • Charlotte Area Libraries
  • Guide to Library Case Reporters
  • How to Research a Legal Problem: A Guide for Non-Lawyers
  • Law on Screen: A Movie Lover's Guide
  • Newspapers and Magazines at CharlotteLaw
  • Public Library User Guide
  • The History of Legal Publishing
  • Understanding Library of Congress Call Numbers

• Human Resources

  • Health & Wellness Bibliography
  • Human Resources Bibliography

• Legal Research

  • 10 Essential (and Free) Online Legal Resources
  • Finding Journal and Law Review Articles
  • Finding Legal and Business Forms
  • Jurisprudence and Philosophy of Law
  • Legal Research Guide for NonLawyers
  • Legal Research Help
  • Locating Federal and State Statutes
  • Using Secondary Sources
  • Using Shepard's Citators
  • Using the West Topic and Key Number System

• North and South Carolina Resources

  • Finding the Law in North Carolina
  • Finding the Law in South Carolina
  • Legal Citation in North Carolina and South Carolina
  • NC Legislative History: Step by Step
  • NC Legislative History: Westlaw and Lexis
  • SC Legislative History

• Specialized Research

  • "It's Who You Know": A Guide to Researching Public Information
  • African Legal Resources
  • Appellate Brief Writing
  • Bankruptcy
  • Business Drafting
  • Contract Law
  • Deadwood: The Research Guide
  • Drafting Contracts
  • Environmental Law
  • Health Law
  • Immigration Law
  • Juvenile Law
  • Land Use
  • Locating Companies for Due Diligence and Background Information
  • Negotiations and ADR
  • Oral Advocacy
  • Predatory Lending
  • Professional Responsibility
  • Scientific Evidence, CSI, and the Law
  • Spading a Law Review Article
  • White Collar Crime

• Student Resources

  • How to Research a Seminar Paper
  • Law School Study Guides
  • Mastering Law School Exams
  • Using Law School Databases for Summer Employment

• U.S. Government

  • An Insider's View of the U.S. Serial Set
  • Federal Legislative History Coverage Chart
  • Researching Federal Administrative Law
  • Researching the Legislative History of a U.S. Law
  • Researching U.S. Constitutional Law

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