Research Guides: A Guide to Legal Research: Home

Welcome to the Legal Research Guide

This guide was created to serve as a starting point for researching topics in Legal & Legislative Research.

This guide features a selective list of electronic and in-library resources.

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BASICS: Legal Information

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