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Legal Research Tutorials: Secondary Sources Tutorials

Secondary Sources Tutorial Introduction

You will learn what secondary sources in law are, the most commonly used secondary sources in legal research, with demonstrations of how to find and use these materials in databases such as Lexis, Westlaw, and HeinOnline.

This page contains tutorials for the following secondary sources:

  • Introduction to secondary sources
  • Legal encyclopedias 
  • Legal treatises
  • American Law Reports 
  • Legal periodicals

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Introduction to Secondary Sources

Legal Treatises

Legal Periodicals

Legal Encyclopedias

American Law Reports

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