Basic Legal Research Tools and Strategies

With so many texts available for legal research courses, how does Basic Legal Research: Tools and Strategies maintain its best-selling status? By concentrating on fundamental skills and offering premium teaching support for professors and students.

Basic Legal Research: Tools and Strategies, leads the field with:

• accessible, clear, step-by-step instruction on the basics of legal research
• a building-block approach that breaks the material into discrete, easily digested parts
• self-contained chapters on research sources that can easily adapt to a variety of teaching objectives
• organization within each chapter that allows professors to choose how much emphasis to place on print and electronic research
• helpful end-of-chapter checklists, clear examples, and summary charts that support comprehension and memory
• sample pages and examples of research sources throughout
• a preview of what students will encounter in practice

Updated and revised, the Fourth Edition offers

• updated research materials and instruction
• increased focus on electronic research to maintain the right balance of print and electronic coverage
• new print sample pages and electronic screen shots
• Comprehensive coverage, a proven methodology for learning, and generous teaching support that's what makes Basic Legal Research: Tools and Strategies a leading text in its field.