LSSC / LRW Support: Videos

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​SECONDARY SOURCES

1. What is a Secondary Source? Overview and Examples
2. Legal Dictionaries and Thesauri:  What they are and why to use them
3. Legal Encyclopedias:  Why are they important for legal research and how do you find them?
4. Treatises:  Why are they important for legal research and how do you find them?

CASES

1. What are cases?  How do you read them? What are the different components? 
2. Case citations:  Reading citations and finding cases by citation on Lexis and Westlaw
3. Finding cases by keyword on Lexis and Westlaw
4. Why should we update a case?

STATUTES 

1. What are statutes (giving explanation of slip law, session law, codes)
2. How to find statutes by citation on Lexis and Westlaw
3. How to find statutes by keyword on Lexis and Westlaw
4. What is an annotation and what is its purpose?

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