Legal Research

Encyclopedias:

• A legal encyclopedia publishes a comprehensive collection of brief articles on legal topics. 
• The two main legal encylopedias are American Jurisprudence (Am. Jur., Am. Jur.2d) and Corpus Juris Secondum (C.J.S.). 

American Law Reports: 

• Compilation of attorney written annotations (articles) that analyze a particular legal issue. 
• These tend to be more indepth than an encylopedia article, and provide citations to cases on both sides of the issue. 
• You can search for annotations on your topic using the Index volumes at the end of the set of series volumes. 
• Once you have found an annotation on your topic, use the citation given to look up the annotation in the set. 
• American Law Reports:  Law Library--not current