Legal Research Videos

Instructional Services Overview

Introduction to the Four-Step Legal Research Process

Maloney Library

This set of videos will help researchers learn the strategies for locating library resources using the Maloney Law Library website.

Intro to the Law Library Website

Searching for Library Databases

Searching for Something by Title

Searching for Materials on a Topic

Finding Treatises Using Treatise Finder

Information Literacy

This video will help researchers learn the strategies for evaluating resources found in the legal research process.

Information Literacy and the CRAAP Test

Secondary Sources Research on Westlaw

This set of videos will help researchers learn the strategies for locating secondary sources on Westlaw.

Finding Secondary Sources When You Have a Jurisdiction or Topic: Westlaw

Using a Table of Contents When You Have a Secondary Source: Westlaw

Using a Secondary Source’s Index When You Have a Topic: Westlaw

Finding Secondary Sources Using Keyword Searching: Westlaw

Secondary Sources Research on Lexis

This set of videos will help researchers learn the strategies for locating secondary sources on Lexis.

Finding Secondary Sources When You Have a Jurisdiction or Topic: Lexis

Using a Table of Contents When You Have a Secondary Source: Lexis

Using a Secondary Source’s Index When You Have a Topic: Lexis

Finding Secondary Sources Using Keyword Searching: Lexis

Statutory Research on Lexis

This set of videos will help researchers understand the strategies for locating and updating statutes on Lexis.

Finding Statutes When You Have a Citation: Lexis

Finding Statutes When You Have the Name of an Act: Lexis

Finding Statutes Using the Index: Lexis

Finding Statutes Using Keyword Searching: Lexis

Updating Statutes Using Shepard’s

Statutory Research on Westlaw

This set of videos will help researchers understand the strategies for locating and updating statutes on Westlaw.

Finding Statutes When You Have a Citation: Westlaw

Finding Statutes When You Have the Name of an Act: Westlaw

Finding Statutes Using the Index: Westlaw

Finding Statutes Using Keyword Searching: Westlaw

Updating Statutes Using KeyCite

Introduction to Regulatory Research

This video will give a brief overview of how statutes and regulations relate and of the regulatory publication process.

Overview of How Regulations and Statutes Relate

Regulatory Research on GovInfo.gov

This set of videos will help researchers understand the strategies for locating and updating regulations on GovInfo.gov.

Finding Federal Regulations Using the Parallel Table of Authorities: GovInfo.gov

Finding Federal Regulations Using the List of Sections Affected: GovInfo.gov

Updating Federal Regulations on GovInfo.gov

Regulatory Research on Lexis

This set of videos will help researchers understand the strategies for locating regulations on Lexis.

Finding Regulations When You Have a Citation: Lexis

Finding Regulations Using the Table of Contents: Lexis

Finding Regulations Using Keyword Searching: Lexis

Regulatory Research on Westlaw

This set of videos will help researchers understand the strategies for locating regulations on Westlaw.

Finding Regulations When You Have a Citation: Westlaw

Finding Regulations Using the Table of Contents: Westlaw

Finding Regulations Using Keyword Searching: Westlaw

Case Citation

Citation Basics: Citing Courts in Case Citations

Court Hierarchy

Court Hierarchy in the United States

Court Hierarchy in New York

Case Law Research on Lexis

This set of videos will help researchers understand the strategies for locating and updating binding and persuasive cases on Lexis.

Finding Cases When You Have a Citation: Lexis

Finding Cases Using the One Good Case Method: Lexis

Finding Cases Using a Citator (Shepard’s): Lexis

Finding Cases Using Keyword Searching: Lexis

Updating Cases Using Shepard’s

Case Law Research on Westlaw

This set of videos will help researchers understand the strategies for locating and updating binding and persuasive cases on Westlaw.

Finding Cases When You Have a Citation: Westlaw

Finding Cases Using the One Good Case Method: Westlaw

Finding Cases Using a Citator (KeyCite): Westlaw

Finding Cases Using Keyword Searching: Westlaw

Updating Cases Using KeyCite

Current Awareness on Bloomberg Law

Current Awareness on Law360

Setting Alerts on Westlaw

Setting Alerts on Lexis

Boolean Basics: An Introduction to Terms and Connectors

Conducting Scholarly Research

Finding Data & Datasets

E Discovery Basics

Tax Law Research

A Brief Comparison of Legal Systems – Common and Civil Law

Searching LegalTrac

Which Firms Should I Bid On?

Preparing for EIW Interviews

Preparing for Callbacks