Module 3: Law Reviews
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MODULE 1: Information Literacy Concepts MODULE 2: Research Pro Tips MODULE 3: Finding Information by Topic |
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Finding Law Reviews
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Law review articles are the equivalent of scholarly, academic journals for the law.
The articles are generally very long and research-intensive, and will provide many footnotes to follow up for additional research including links to cases.
Notice info about the author - professor / researcher / student
Be sure to look at the database help screens / search tips.
Steps for locating law review articles using the WestlawNext Campus Research Links to an external site. database:
Click on: Secondary Sources for Law Review Articles
Then click on Law Reviews & Journals
For greater control, it is best to use the Advanced Search.
Search tips
Using the - and - connector without limiting to the title or same sentence or same paragraph is usually too broad since you will be searching the fulltext of the article (usually very long!)
Try this first:
Limit word/s and phrase/s to the title.
Example: "wrongful death"
Place phrases in quotes
| "wrongful death" | "medical marijuana" |
| "lily ledbetter fair pay act" | "internet privacy" |
| "citizens united" | "hydraulic fracturing" |
Use * for truncation
| global* = global or globalization |
| regulation* = regulation or regulations |
| immigrant* = immigrant or immigrants |
| "gray wol*" = gray wolf or gray wolve or gray wolves |
| student* = student or students |
If limiting the word/s to the title does not retrieve enough relevant items, you can broaden the search and limit to the same sentence /s
or the same paragraph
| Same Sentence | Same Paragraph |
| immigrant* /s "health care" | ("hydraulic fracturing" or fracking" /p liability |
| ("hydraulic fracturing" or fracking) /s "safe drinking water act" | "wrongful death" /p viability |
| internet /s privacy | privacy /p "personal information" |
Example:
internet /s privacy
Questions?For assistance developing your research strategies, or finding resources for your topic, or any other questions, please contact Public Policy & Government and Politics specialist: Judy Markowitz (judym@umd.edu) |