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From Citation to Full Text

From Citation to Full Text. Ann Hemmens Gallagher Law Library April 19, 2004. Quick & Easy. Westlaw “Find” Lexis “Get A Document”. Quick & Easy…. Free websites www.legalwa.org (WA cases, statutes, regs) www.courts.wa.gov (WA Court Rules)

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From Citation to Full Text

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  1. From Citation to Full Text Ann Hemmens Gallagher Law Library April 19, 2004

  2. Quick & Easy • Westlaw “Find” • Lexis “Get A Document”

  3. Quick & Easy….. • Free websites • www.legalwa.org (WA cases, statutes, regs) • www.courts.wa.gov (WA Court Rules) • http://thomas.loc.gov (Federal bills & Public Laws) • www.gpoaccess.gov (Code of Federal Regulations)

  4. Mysterious Citations • Bieber's Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations. [Gallagher catalog link] • Bieber's Dictionary of Legal Citations.  [Gallagher catalog link] • The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation. Blue pages  [Gallagher catalog link]

  5. Mysterious Citations..… • Gallagher legal research guides • Acronyms and Abbreviations (adapted from Washington Legal Researcher's Deskbook 3d).  • Bluebook Abbreviations of Law Review Titles. • U.S. Government: Commonly Used Abbreviations and Acronyms (reproduced from the U.S. Government Manual).

  6. Popular Names of Laws • Shepard’s Acts and Cases by Popular Name (KF90 .S52 at Reference Office). • WA laws • Tables in RCW and RCWA • US laws • Tables in USC, USCS and USCS

  7. Popular Names of Laws…. • Run a search in law review database on Westlaw (JLR) or Lexis. • US Code of Popular Names from Cornell • http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/topn/

  8. Citation Tips • The Bluebook blue pages • names & citations for reporters and codes of all states and some foreign jurisdictions. • WA Courts Style Sheet, http://www.courts.wa.gov/ • Additions and exceptions to Bluebook • Need sample? • Search law review article database. • Bieber’s Dictionary of Legal Citations

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