Secondary Sources for Phamacy Law
Updated April 2, 2008.
Prepared by Peggy Roebuck Jarrett for Pharm 543: Pharmacy Law & Ethics, and Pharm 532: Methods in Pharmaceutical Policy & Analysis.
Note: Hein Online, LegalTrac, and LexisNexis are UW Restricted databases. BNA is restricted to on-site Law Library users.
Secondary Sources
Secondary sources give the framework of the law, introduce the topic, offer expert analysis, and provide references to primary authority (cases, statutes, regulations). Books, law review articles, legal encyclopedias, and attorney practice materials are examples of secondary sources. More information can be found in the Gallagher guide on Secondary Sources.
A good place to start is the UW Libraries "Law" subject guide. Many of the periodical sources named below appear on the Law page.
There are several ways to find secondary sources:
Use the Law Library catalog to find books and journal titles.
Use LexisNexis Academic.
- Search law reviews. These are scholarly journals containing articles on traditional and current topics. They usually cite to many primary sources.
- Search Legal News, a database of full-text legal newspapers, magazines, and newsletters. Legal news sources often cover current and controversial topics.
Use LegalTrac to find citations to specific articles in law reviews, bar association journals, legal newspapers, and other legal periodicals. LegalTrac indexes more than 800 English language legal periodicals published since 1980, and the Law Library has over 90% of the periodicals indexed.
Use Hein Online to access full-text law reviews, many pre-dating coverage in LexisNexis Academic.
Use BNA's health care reports. BNA publishes a variety of current awareness reports, including the Pharmaceutical Law & Industry Report, which covers regulatory and litigation developments affecting the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. The license restricts access to UW Law School students, faculty, and staff, as well as users visiting the UW Gallagher Law Library. UW Pharmacy students and faculty must come to the Law Library to access BNA products.
Washington State and U.S. Legal Resources on the Internet
Internet Legal Resources is a list of sites that provide legal information and materials (including laws, bills, court opinions, administrative materials, and related documents) and/or links to legal material. Only the most important Washington State and U.S. sites have been selected. Includes links to legal meta-indexes and general search engines.
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