Subjects & Sources: Secondary Sources
Law Review Articles & Treatises
Selecting a Database
Click on Secondary Sources, then By Type, and then Law Reviews and Journals
Searching
Note the keywords in each topic and think of synonyms such as
The following is a list of the agencies and the case mentioned in these topics:
Selecting a Database
The three white tabs that are hanging beneath the horizontal red rectangle allow you to choose content types, jurisdictions and practice areas and topics. Under All Content Types, click on Secondary Legal Materials and under Practice Areas and Topics, click on Administrative Law and Public Health & Welfare Law.
Searching
Use the keywords from the list of topics and their synonyms from Westlaw above for your first search. Follow this one with a "search within results" for terms specific to the topic including the synonyms and the links to agencies and the Cook case listed above
Selecting a Database.
In the upper right hand corner, click on the red Login tab. A list of all the databases will appear on the left-hand side. The best one for secondary sources for this paper is the Law Journal Library.
Searching
The Advanced Search has a template with three blanks, menus for designating which field each blank will search, and a choice of Boolean and proximity operators. Use the keywords from the list of topics and their synonyms from Westlaw above for your search. Click on Help in the upper right to find out how to use truncation, proximity searching, and other powerful, advanced methods of searching.
Bloomberg Law's secondary sources include Legal Analysis and News, Legal News, BNA Law Reports, BNA Portfolios, and BNA Manuals. The Portfolios are short treatises; the Manuals are longer; and the Reports, Analysis and News are of the deep news kind. They're all divided into chapters, sections and paragraphs and searchable.
Selecting a Database
Click on Legal Analysis and News on the horizontal orange bar to reveal the Law Reports, Manuals, Portfolios, and Legal News databases. Under Legal Analysis and News, click on Search News for a sophisticated search template.
Searching
Use the keywords from the list of topics and their synonyms from Westlaw above for your search.
Cases, Codes,& Rules: Primary Sources
Topic and Keynumber
On the home screen under Browse click on the furthest right tab, Tools. Then click on the first item, West Key Number System. No matter what the subject of your paper, you will want to use 15A Administrative Law and Procedure. You might also find the following useful:
Selecting a Database
On the home screen under Browse click on Cases under All Content. The search box at the top of the screen on the next page will search All Cases. If you want a more specific database of cases, the choices are laid out below.
Searching
Searching two topics: to(15A) and to(198H)
Searching a keynumber: 350Hk1610
Searching a topic and keynumber: to(15A) and 350Hk1610
Searching the F.D.A. as a main topic of the cases and the topic, searches and seizures: he,sy(fda or f.d.a.or "food and drug administration") and TO(349)
Selecting a Database
The three white tabs that are hanging beneath the horizontal red rectangle allow you to choose content types, jurisdictions and practice areas and topics. Under All Content Types, click on Cases, under All Jurisdictions choose whichever ones you want, and under Practice Areas and Topics, click on Administrative Law and whatever other one you want.
Searching
Use the keywords from the list of topics and their synonyms from Westlaw above for your first search. Follow this one with a "search within results" for terms specific to the topic including the synonyms and the links to agencies and the Cook case listed above
Selecting a Database.
In the upper right hand corner, click on the red Login tab. A list of all the databases will appear on the left-hand side. The best primary sources for this paper are the Code of Federal Regulations, Federal Register, U.S. Code , U.S. Congressional Documents, U.S. Federal Agency Documents, Decisions, and Appeals, and U.S. Statutes at Large.
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Searching
The Advanced Search has a template with three blanks, menus for designating which field each blank will search, and a choice of Boolean and proximity operators. Use the keywords from the list of topics and their synonyms from Westlaw above for your search. Click on Help in the upper right to find out how to use truncation, proximity searching, and other powerful, advanced methods of searching.
Bloomberg Law has the same kind of primary sources as WestlawNext, Lexis Advance, and Hein do.
Selecting a Database
In the middle of Bloomberg's home page is a table of contents that lists All Legal Content, Court Opinions, Federal Law, State Law, and Dockets. Each of them brings up a template for searching. All Legal Content's template allows you to select the content that you want to search and create a search.
Searching
Use the keywords from the list of topics and their synonyms from Westlaw above for your first search.
Codes
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act)
Significant Amendments to the FD&C Act
Administrative Rules & Rule Making: Primary Sources
CFR - Code of Federal Regulations Title 21
FDsys edition of the Code of Federal Regulations (Annual Edition)
FDsys edition of the Federal Register
International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) Guidance Documents
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