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Research Guides

The Jacob Burns Law Library publishes the following research guides, which are available here in PDF.   Reference librarians create and regularly update the guides; each publication provides in-depth research guidance in a specific area of law, with particular focus on resources available in the Law Library.

Basic Research Guides

Federal Statutory Research
Federal Legislative History
Locating Federal Regulations
Locating Presidential Documents
Finding Cases & Interpreting Citations
Legal Research Guide for the District of Columbia

Specialized Research Guides

Government Contracts Research
U.S. Patent Law
Federal Tax Research
Securities Law Research
Treaty Research
United Nations Research
International Environmental Law Research
International Legal Research
International Human Rights Law
National Security Law


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