Electronic Legal Research - Professor Baker-Jones

There are no required textbooks to purchase. All readings will be freely available online or provided to you through Canvas.
 
First assignment:
Please read before the first class on February 25, 2023:

• Beau Steenken & Tina M. Brooks, Sources of American Law (6th ed. 2022), https://www.cali.org/books/sources-american-law-introduction-legal-research, Chapter 2: Introduction to Electronic Research & Chapter 7: Advanced Electronic Research
• Thurgood Marshall Law Library Guide to Legal Research (2022) - https://www.law.umaryland.edu/Thurgood-Marshall-Law-Library/Research-Guides/TMLL-Guide-to-Legal-Research/, Chapter 2: Electronic Research Techniques
• Boolean Searching in Legal Databases - https://law-msu.libguides.com/c.php?g=913167&p=6578248  (Please read through all of the tabs across the top)
• Peter W. Martin, Introduction to Basic Legal Citation (Online ed. 2020), https://www.law.cornell.edu/citation/, Chapter 1: What and Why?

In addition, please watch the following short videos before class:

• Georgetown Terms & Connectors – Introduction: https://guides.ll.georgetown.edu/boolean_tutorial  (4-minute video)
• Georgetown Terms & Connectors – Application: https://guides.ll.georgetown.edu/boolean_tutorial/2 (3.5-minute video)

 
Also, before class, obtain a library card for your local public library. Go to the library website and look at what databases are available to you. (Columbus Metropolitan Library will give any Ohio resident a library card. You can also apply online, but it takes 2 -4 days for them to email you your card number.)
 
Additional short readings or other assignments may be added once the class is available in Canvas.