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BUA 220: Legal Environment of Business
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Getting Started
Antitrust Law and Economics in a Nutshell - Ref KF 1652 .G44
Black's Law Dictionary - Ref Desk KF 156 .B35
Environmental Law in a Nutshell - Ref KF 3775 .Z9 F56
Legal Information Institute: Categories
Magill's Legal Guide - Ref KF 385 .M35
Securities Regulation in a Nutshell - Ref KF 1440 .R37
West's Encyclopedia of American Law - Ref KF 154 .W47
Finding Primary Sources: Cases, Laws
Congressional Universe - Access to federal bills, laws, hearings, reports
LexisNexis Academic>Legal - Full-text access to federal and state cases
CQ Weekly - full text to articles about Congressional issues
Finding Secondary Sources: Books, Articles
URSUS provides you with information about books, government documents, and journals (but NOT articles).
Business Source Premier - indexes business scholarly, trade, and news publications (uses Article Linker, which automatically allows you to check URSUS for electronic or print subscriptions)
LexisNexis Academic>Legal >Law Reviews - full text, searchable law reviews which can provide good background information for laws and cases
ProQuest Newspapers - a full text database of newspapers; includes the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Washington Post
Should You Use Google?
Sure, but remember it's important to treat Internet resources as you would any other information resource. Critical evaluation of the site is absolutely necessary, i.e. who has made changes to that Wikipedia article, and can you trust that they know what they are talking about. Thinking Critically about World Wide Web Resources, by Esther Grassian, UCLA College Library, can help you evaluate web pages.
Citing Sources
It is very important to cite words and/or ideas you take straight from another work and put into your paper. Your instructor will let you know what specific format to use for books and articles. We have print guides at the Help Desk, or you can use Quick Reference: Citation Guides. For your primary source citations (legal citations), take a look at The Bluebook, which we keep at the Information Commons Help Desk in the library. Some legal citation examples are included in Introduction to Basic Legal Citation, especially in the section on "Examples - Citations of".
Still Unsure...?
There are lots of ways to get help. First, try the Reference Desk - you can come in, call us at 581-1673, or use the Ask-a-Librarian chat or email service.
Stephen Fadel is the Business Librarian; you can send him an email on FirstClass (stephen.fadel@umit.maine.edu) or call him at 581-3610 to set up an appointment. Nancy Lewis, the legal specialist, can also be contacted through FirstClass or at 581-3613.
You can also refer to the Introduction to Library Research guide.
Nancy.Lewis@umit.maine.edu | Revised: 01/25/2008
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