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Legal Research Jump Start: Dictionaries

This guide is designed to help first year students learn about various types of legal research resources and how to use them effectively. As the fall semester progresses, new tabs introducing different resources will be added.

Page Explanation

The Process book covers legal dictionaries in Chapter 2, pages 26-34.

The first tutorial to the right is an introduction to legal dictionaries, looking at what they are, where you can access them, and when to use them.

The second tutorial looks at how to cite a dictionary entry using The Bluebook.

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Legal Dictionaries - Introduction

Legal Dictionaries - Citation