News from the Oregon State Law Librarian: “In addition to the EBSCO Legal Information Reference Center, all Oregon residents have access to Fastcase. Please click on https://apps.fastcase.com/Research/Public/Oregon/login.aspx and register…
Search Results for: label/OSB Legal Links
More Free Oregon Legal Information
This class for Landlords only: Landlord Study Hall 2009 Previous Oregon Legal Research blog posts about free Oregon legal information, here and here and here. (And for those of…
Online Legal Research Databases in Oregon County Law Libraries
There are many free, publicly accessible, legal research databases in Oregon County Law Libraries. We update the Oregon County Law Libraries Legal Research Databases directory at least twice a…
Guides to Free and Low-Cost Legal Research Tools
Law school libraries are excellent sources of legal research guides. You can find many of them with a quick Google search using your topic keyword and then simply adding…
Official vs. Unofficial Sources of Law (with a side of Positive Law)
…Most legal dictionaries will define the word “official.” I like the definition of “official” in the “Legal Research Dictionary: from Advance Sheets to Pocket Parts, Second Edition,” by Elyse H….
A Layperson’s Guide to Legal Research and Self-Help Law Books, 2022 (Svengalis)
Ken Svengalis has published a 2nd edition (2022) of his “A Layperson’s Guide to Legal Research and Self-Help Law Books” — and it’s half the price of the first…
Always Use the Serial (aka Oxford or Harvard) Comma in Legal Documents
You may or may not use a serial comma wherever (or nowhere) else you want, but woe to the person who leaves the serial comma out of legal documents,…
Evaluating State Court Self-Help Programs
…an organization for legal system professionals (lawyers, judges, law librarians), not for people in need of legal self-help. If you need assistance with a legal problem, please contact a local…
Cuban Legal System: A Law Library of Congress Introduction
Foreign and international law librarians know things we mere mortals don’t know (yet): “FALQs: Cuban Legal System January 27, 2015 by Kelly Buchanan The following is a guest…
Legal Research for the Intrepid but (honorably) Clueless
…is an excellent starting point: How to Research a Legal Problem: A Guide for Non-Lawyers 2) Next, if you are brave enough, move on to the hard-core books on legal…
Oregon Legal Research Blog

