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Legal reference for librarians : how and where to find the answers / Paul D. Healey.
LIBRA KF240 .H38 2014
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Healey, Paul D., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Legal research--United States.
- Legal research.
- Pro se representation.
- United States.
- Pro se representation--Services for--United States.
- Librarians--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Librarians.
- Genre:
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 219 pages ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : ALA Editions, American Library Association, 2014.
- Summary:
- Answering legal reference questions can be stressful and confusing. Healey provides tips and techniques to help you provide the answers to the questions, or know when to refer the patron to experts.
- Contents:
- Who is asking legal reference questions, and why does it matter?
- Parameters of legal reference service
- Tips and tools for serving the pro se library user
- The structure of law and the legal research process
- Secondary legal resources
- Statutes and constitutions
- Case law
- Regulations and administrative law.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 84-202) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780838911174
- 083891117X
- OCLC:
- 704391736
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