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Legal Research: Step by Step, 5th Edition provides legal students with the foundational support they need to learn how to effectively conduct legal research. Topics include identifying legal issues, analyzing a fact situation, and navigating through various print and digital resources.
Through its guided text format, this bestseller walks readers through research methods and resources using clear language, key terms, image captures, charts, diagrams, and exercises—ideal for students with little or no experience with legal research.
This edition reflects current statutes and online sources. It also contains new content, including a new discussion comparing print and online resources, expanded coverage on neutral and online citations, how to use HeinOnline to find historical versions of text, and the use of pre- and post-search filters. Students will also benefit from the updated screenshots and figures, new cases, and new exercises.
- Up-to-date statutes, online sources, and screenshots.
- New cases, exercises, and content, including HeinOnline, which allows users to view historical versions of statutes.
- Emphasis on utilizing online sources, including Justice Laws and Ontario e-Laws, as well as online versions of the CED and Halsbury’s, WestlawNext Canada, Lexis Advance Quicklaw, and CanLII.
- Detailed instructions on how to use research tools, including Boolean searching.
- Chapter taking students through a sample research problem, step by step, from start to finish.
- In-depth discussion of using plain or natural language searching, including pre- and post-search filters.