Educator Resources: Books & Articles

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Updated July 7, 2008

Law Librarianship Classes Generally

Legal Research

Law Librarianship Classes Generally

Books

Links to table of contents pages.
Index to chapters by topic.

Articles

With links to online sources.

  • Robert C. Berring, "How To Be a Great Reference Librarian," 4 Legal Reference Serv. Q. 17 (1984). Includes several good tips; easy to read.
  • Christine A. Brock, "Law Libraries and Librarians: A Revisionist History; or More Than You Ever Wanted to Know," 67 Law Libr. J. 325 (1974). Available on Hein Online.
  • Janis L. Johnston, "Managing the Boss," 89 Law Libr. J. 21 (1997). Available on Hein Online, LexisNexis & Westlaw.
  • Robert C. Berring, "Legal Research and the World of Thinkable Thoughts," 2 J. App. Prac. & Process 305 (2000). Available on Hein Online & LexisNexis.
  • Dick Danner, "From the Editor: Gold-Collar Librarians," 78 Law. Libr. J. 213 (1986). Available on Hein Online.
  • "President’s Briefing: From Narragansett to Now: Looking for AALL," 1 AALL Spectrum 17-20 (no. 10, July 1997).
  • Morris L. Cohen, "Educating Law Librarians: A Symposium: Background to Law Library Education," 55 Law Libr. J. 190 (1962). Available on Hein Online.
  • Richard A. Danner, "Law School Libraries," in Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science 1503-12 (2003). Available online.
  • Mark Estes, "Law Firm Libraries, in Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science 1495-1502 (2003). Available online.
  • Anita L. Morse, “New Directions in Education for Law Librarianship,” 70 Law Libr. J. 329 (1977). Available on Hein Online.
  • Roger H. Parent, "American Association of Law Libraries," in Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science 101-9 (2003). Available online.

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Legal Research

Books

With links to table of contents (TOC) and publisher websites. See also the annotated bibliography of legal research texts produced by members of the American Association of Law Libraries, Research Instruction & Patron Services Special Interest Section (Spring 2006).

Citation Manuals

Articles

Check out Perspectives: Teaching Legal Research and Writing, edited by Mary Hotchkiss. This free newsletter published by West contains great articles on teaching legal research. You can get a free subscription to the print version and view certain back issues in PDF format online at the West website. Full coverage of all back issues of the newsletter are available in the PERSPEC database on Westlaw. See also the Best of Perspectives published by West in 2001 and containing reprints of the "best" articles published in Perspectives from 1992 through 2001.

  • Paul Douglas Callister, “Beyond Training: Law Librarianship's Quest for the Pedagogy of Legal Research Education,” 95 Law Libr. J. 7 (2003). Available online, Hein Online, LexisNexis & Westlaw.
  • James B. Levy, "Legal Research and Writing Pedagogy - What Every New Teacher Needs to Know," 8 Perspectives: Teaching Legal Res. & Writing 103 (2000). Available on Westlaw.
  • Theodore A. Potter, “A New Twist on an Old Plot: Legal Research is a Strategy, Not a Format,” 92 Law Libr. J. 287 (2000). Available on Hein Online, LexisNexis & Westlaw.
  • Amy E. Sloan, "Creating Effective Legal Research Exercises," 7 Perspectives: Teaching Legal Res. & Writing 8 (1998). Available on Westlaw.
  • Michael J. Lynch, “An Impossible Task But Everybody Has to Do It – Teaching Legal Research in Law Schools,” 89 Law Libr. J. 415 (1997). Available on Hein Online, LexisNexis & Westlaw.
  • Maureen F. Fitzgerald, “What’s Wrong with Legal Research and Writing? Problems and Solutions,” 88 Law Libr. J. 247 (1996). Available on Hein Online, LexisNexis & Westlaw.
  • Jane Thompson, “Teaching Research to Faculty: Accommodating Cultural and Learning-Style Differences,” 88 Law Libr. J. 280 (1996). Available on Hein Online, LexisNexis & Westlaw.
  • Perry M. Goldberg & Marci Rothman Goldberg, “Putting Legal Research into Context: A Nontraditional Approach to Teaching Legal Research,” 86 Law Libr. J. 823 (1994). Available on Hein Online, LexisNexis & Westlaw.
  • Eileen B. Cohen, “Teaching Legal Research to a Diverse Student Body,” 85 Law Libr. J. 583 (1993). Available on Hein Online, LexisNexis & Westlaw.
  • Marilyn R. Walter, “Retaking Control over Teaching Research,” 43 J. Legal Educ. 569 (1993). Available on Hein Online & Westlaw.
  • Joyce Manna Janto & Lucinda D. Harrison-Cox, “Teaching Legal Research: Past And Present,” 84 Law Libr. J. 281 (1992). Available on Hein Online, LexisNexis & Westlaw.
  • David W. Champagne, “Improving Your Teaching: How Do Students Learn?”, 83 Law Libr. J. 85 (1991). Available on Hein Online & LexisNexis.

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