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1L Law Library Survival Guide

This guide provides an introduction for a new law student to the print and electronic resources in a law library. There are brief explanations of the law library and the types of legal resources.

Recommended Research Guides

For the full list of available guides, go to https://libguides.law.hofstra.edu/ .

Do you want a study guide that will help you review a topic, or do you want practice exam questions?  Use this chart to help select an appropriate study aid series.

 

Statutes / Legislative History

 

Executive / Adminsitrative

Judicial

 

*will go to another institution’s site.

Google search for research guides

To find a research guide on a particular subject, add the subject you wish to search before the word "law" in the search box below. 

For example add "cyber" before the word "law" to find research guides on cyber law.

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