Oregon Legal Research Blog
“A Layperson’s Guide to Legal Research and Self-Help Law Books,” by Kendall Svengalis (author and publisher of the extraordinary and invaluable “Legal Information Buyer’s Guide & Reference Manual,” which has been published annually since 1996).
From the publisher NE Law Press website, “A Layperson’s Guide …”:
“Unlike previous bibliographies of self-help law books, this book adopts a new approach. Each subject-specific bibliography is prefaced by commentary on the nature of the law of that field, together with links to online sources for further information, including legal research guides. The intent is to give laypersons some broader context in which to comprehend the nature of the specialty of their concern.
Includes over 800 titles in 85 subject areas, predominantly of the self-help variety….” [Link to publisher website.]
“Author Kendall Svengalis brings more than forty years experience as a professional law librarian, twenty-two of these as author and publisher of the award-winning annual Legal Information Buyer’s Guide & Reference Manual, the nation’s leading consumer guide to legal information.”