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Research Guides and Pathfinders

• Guides to Using the Library
• Skills, Tips and Advice
• Searching Library Databases
• Topical Research
• Foreign and International Guides

Guides to Using the Library

• OCU Law Alumni Guide
• Law Student Library Guide
• Law Faculty Library Guide
• Public Patron Library Guide
• Searching the Catalog
• Searching for Law Review Articles
• How to Request a Recall of Library Materials
• Guide to Searching Slavery Pamphlets
• Using the Minolta Microform Reader/Scanner

Skills, Tips and Advice

• Advanced Internet Searching
• Advanced Internet Searching (PowerPoint Presentation)
• Conquer the Bar Exam
• Creating Your Law Library
• Creating Your Law Library (PowerPoint Presentation)
• Intro. to Legal Practice Bibliography
• Finding an International Law Job (PowerPoint Presentation)
• Legal Information Literacy (PowerPoint Presentation)
• PowerPoint for Litigators
• Reporters and Digests (PowerPoint Presentation)
• Researching Statutes (Powerpoint Presentation)
• Secondary Sources (PowerPoint Presentation)
• Summer Abroad Legal & Cultural Primer (PowerPoint Presentation)
• Summer Associate Training (Streaming Video - OCU Logon Required)
• Summer Associate Training (Handout)
• Summer Associate Training (PowerPoint Presentation)
• Using Citation Resources (PowerPoint Presentation)
• Interlibrary Loan Using WorldCat

Searching Library Databases

• Lexis/Nexis Congressional Universe
• EBSCO Databases
• OCLC First Search
• Searching Hein Online
• Index to Legal Periodicals (Wilson Web)
• J-Stor
• News Bank
• Legal Trac

Topical Research

• Administrative Law
• Administrative Law (PowerPoint Presentation)
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Alternative Energy
• American Indian Legal Research
• Bankruptcy Law
• Business Organizations
• Capital Punishment
• Copyright Law
• Criminal Law
• Disability Law Research (MindManager Reader Required)
• Election Law
• Estate Planning & Probate
• Environmental Law
• Family Law
• Health Law
• Insurance Law
• Intellectual Property
• Introduction to Statutory Research (Video Podcast - Quick Time version)
• Legislative History (Federal)
• Legislative History (PowerPoint Presentation)
• Legislative History (State)
• Master's Theses
• NAGPRA Research Guide
• Oil and Gas Law
• Personal Injury Law
• Practice Resources
• Professional Responsibility
• Restatements of the Law
• Securities Law
• Social Science and the Law
• Tax Law
• Technology in Discovery, Evidence & Litigation
• Texas Legal Research
• Trial Practice Treatises
• Uniform Laws
• U.S. Legal History

Foreign & International Guides

• Introduction to FCIL Research
• Strategies & Sources for International Legal Research
• Treaties (US is a party)
• Treaties (US is not a party)
• Customs, General Principles and Teachings
• Case Law
• Chinese Legal System (PowerPoint Presentation)
• Civil Law & the Mexican Legal System (PowerPoint Presentation)
• Common Law & the UK Legal System
• Comparative Law
• International Trade
• International Trade in Agricultural Products
• IGO's, NGO's & the European Union
• The United Nations
• International Law & Economic Development
• Oil and Gas Law

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