Law Library Research Guides

The following research guides were compiled by the Richmond Law Library reference staff and deal with frequently encountered research tasks. All linked guides are in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. Print versions are available at the Law Library.

Selected Elements of Basic Legal Research
Overview and glossary for the new legal researcher.

The First Year of Law School
Brief listing of pamphlets and texts on getting into and doing well in law school.

Research, Drafting and Editing Resources
Listing of selected resources available within the library’s collection that address legal research, drafting and editing.

Researching Federal Regulations
Brief introduction to using and updating the Federal Register and CFR.

Federal Case Law
Guide for locating federal court cases.

Virginia Materials
Basic guide to Virginia legal research, both print and online.

Reasearching Treaties and Agreements
Guide for locating and using the library's material on U.S. treaties.

Federal Statutory Research
Brief introduction on accessing federal statutory material.

Researching Federal Legislative History
Brief guide to accessing federal legislative history.

Basic Federal Tax Research
A selective list of titles intended to provide some of the more useful sources for researching tax law.

Foreign and International Materials
A sampling of library collection and Internet resourcess addressing foreign and international law.