GUIDE TO LEGAL MATERIALS IN THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION & LAW DEPARTMENT

King Library, Miami University Libraries
Miami University, Oxford, Ohio


This guide describes the print resources available in the law collection in the Government Information & Law Department. Law resources are also available online in the LexisNexis Legal database (MU only).

The Government Information & Law Department specializes in primary legal materials for the United States and Ohio, i.e. actual laws and court decisions. For summaries and survey material (secondary materials) consult the Library catalog for books; Indexes & Databases for articles). Print law journals owned by Miami are in the King Periodical collection on the 1st floor.

ARRANGEMENT

The law collection is located near the beginning of the Gov't & Law collections in the basement of King Library. Books are arranged by Library of Congress classification numbers. These are the general types of books in the collection. Click on a category for more information.

BASIC LEGAL RESEARCH



Guide developed and maintained by Jean Sears, Government Information & Law Department, 23 King Library, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 45056