The Iowa Legal Research Guide provides a practical approachto assist attorneys and other researchers in finding the keyresources needed to solve legal problems. Anyone familiarwith a particular area of Iowa law can consult this guide todetermine what resources should be consulted.
Iowa Legal Research is designed for teaching legal research to first-year law students. Others who will find it helpful include practitioners, paralegals, librarians, college students, and even laypeople. The goal is to make the complex process of legal research understandable and accessible. Outlines of the research process and examples from Iowa resources make the book easy to use. URLs point researchers to where they can find access to free or low-cost legal materials on the web. Screen shots and excerpts are used frequently to help in understanding a resource. In addition to covering Iowa-specific resources, the book discusses how to find applicable federal law. Thanks to that comprehensive coverage, Iowa Legal Research can be used as a stand-alone text or in conjunction with a research text covering U.S. law. The book begins with an overview of the research process and legal analysis so that the reader can better understand the nature of these complementary components in finding and reviewing the law. "Another strong point of the book is the chapter on legal ethics research......The second edition of Iowa Legal Research is a well-designed book [that] meets its goal of providing researchers with the "essential elements of legal research" to Iowa legal research...True to the goal of Carolina Academic Press's Legal Research Series, the book explains concisely the sources of Iowa law and the process for conducting Iowa legal research effectively. The authors start out with a brief review of the basic legal research process and legal analysis and end with the research strategies to become an effective and efficient researcher.......Iowa Legal Research contains reprints of sample pages and screenshots from mentioned sources to assist readers with understanding the concepts. Tables, charts and figures are used to supplement the discussion. The authors note the expansion of online resources and excellently intertwine the discussion of print and online format in each chapter." -Maria S. Templo-Capule, Law Library Journal
Revised and updated for its Second Edition, Basic Research Workbook utilizes a well-chosen range of exercises and assignments to familiarize students with basic research sources. Whether used with Amy Sloan's Basic Legal Research text or another book, it gives students the opportunity to develop and refine their skills through hands-on practice. Basic Legal Research Workbook, Second Edition, addresses the needs of both students and instructors: a complete set of exercises gives students in-depth practice with all the key print and electronic sources organization mirrors Sloan's successful text, Basic Research Workbook, covering all the main research sources studied in the typical first-year course each chapter incorporates questions at four levels, progressing from basic source features to advanced research skills at a pace students can follow includes both print and electronic sources in each chapter, allowing flexibility in emphasis by the instructor assignments contain multiple fact patterns and can be worked in multiple jurisdictions, reducing the demand on single library sources written in a student-friendly style, with understandable fact patterns, goals for each exercise, and instructions for completing the questions separate Teacher's Manual contains answer keys For The research exercises the Second Edition reflects user feedback as well as developments in legal research: problem set charts are more readable and user-friendly revised and updated problem sets throughout the text updated questions on electronic research correspond To The latest versions of electronic sources additional questions on internet research recognize the growing reliance on online sources Please visit the new companion website to learn more about this book. Website: http://www.aspenlawschool.com/sloan_workbook2
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Designed for first-year law students, Iowa Legal Research makes the complex process of legal research understandable and accessible. The book can also benefit others interested in researching Iowa law, including practitioners, paralegals, librarians, college students, and members of the general public. The book begins with an overview of the research process and legal analysis before discussing specific types of legal resources. Each chapter identifies relevant Iowa-specific resources, pointing to both subscription-based and freely available research sources and tools. It explains how and why each source might be needed in the research process. In addition to covering Iowa-specific resources, the book discusses how to find applicable federal law. Thanks to that comprehensive coverage, Iowa Legal Research can be used as a stand-alone text or in conjunction with a research text covering U.S. law. This book is part of the Legal Research Series, edited by Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff, Associate Clinical Professor of Law at Arizona State University's Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
Basic Legal Research Workbook, Fourth Edition, teaches students about the research process and the scope and organization of research materials available to them. With balanced coverage of traditional print and current electronic sources, this proven-effective workbook encourages independent, experiential learning through well-crafted problems that develop gradually in complexity. Now in its fourth edition, this thoughtful revision features a new page design that is exceptionally attractive and readable. Updated throughout, with new problem sets for all of the exercises, the Fourth Edition covers the latest user interface improvements from WestlawNext and LexisNexis. Basic Legal Research Workbook, now in its Fourth Edition, continues to build on its strengths: a logical, intuitive organization coverage that mirrors research sources typically studied in first-year Legal Research, including both traditional and electronic sources library exercises, presented at graduating levels of difficulty, from basic source exercises to those requiring more advanced research skills print assignments that can work in multiple jurisdictions, reducing the demand on single library sources New to the Fourth Edition: an attractive, new, and even easier to use page design instruction and exercises that teach the new user interface enhancements from WestlawNext and LexisNexis updated problem sets for all exercises