Includes index and appendix.

Contents: An Introduction to legal research -- The Legal research process -- Communicating research results through writing -- Court reports -- Federal court reports -- State court reports and the national reporter system -- Digests for court reports -- Constitutional law and the supreme court of the United States -- Federal Legislation -- Federal legislative histories -- State and municipal legislation -- Court rules and procedures -- Administrative -- Looseleaf services -- Citators -- Legal encyclopedias -- American Law Reports (A.L.R) -- Legal periodicals and indexes -- Treatises, restatements, Uniform laws, and model acts -- Practice materials and other resources -- International law -- Legal research in the United Kingdom -- Electronic legal research -- Legal citation form -- Federal tax research -- Appendices: A: Table of legal abbreviations -- B: State guides to legal research -- C: Legal research in territories of he United States -- D: State reports -- E: Coverage of the national reporter system -- F: A Fundamental lawering skill.