Fogler Library

HED 630: Higher Education and the Law
Fall 2009
Course Guide


Getting Background on a Topic

URSUS  

ADA Home Page

Chronicle of Higher Education

Copyright and Fair Use (Stanford)

CQ Researcher

Education Equality (Feminist Majority Foundation)

Encyclopedia of Education Law - Ref KF 4117 .E53

National Association for College and University Attorneys

National Center for Higher Education Management Systems

Society for Human Resource Management

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission


Finding Policy

Congressional Universe - Access to federal bills, laws, hearings, reports

LexisNexis Academic>Legal>- for federal & state court cases

Congressional Paper Trail

Legal Information Institute  (Cornell)

Law Subject Guide - includes info on Federal and Maine legislative history


Ways to Identify Articles

Education Full Text - Uses Article Linker (guide)

JSTOR/ Project Muse - Full text

Lexis Nexis Academic>Legal - includes law reviews

Google Scholar - generally, not as up to date, nor as comprehensive, as the above databases

Article Linker allows you to automatically check URSUS for electronic and/or print subscriptions

Interlibrary Loan - use for journal articles we do not have access to


Still Unsure...?

There are lots of ways to get help.  First, try the Help Desk - you can come in, call us at 581-1673, or use the Ask-a-Librarian email service.

Nancy Lewis is the Librarian for legal materials; you can send her an email on FirstClass (nancy.lewis@umit.maine.edu) or call her at 581-3613 to set up an appointment. Cynthia Crosser is the Education Librarian;contact her at 581-3612 or on FirstClass.

You can also refer to the Introduction to Library Research guide.


Nancy.Lewis@umit.maine.edu | Revised: 09/04/2009


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