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When you're researching a legal topic, don't forget to look for relevant government web sites; they can be valuable sources of statistical information, policy reports, and links. For example, if your note topic is tracing the historical development of laws regulating sustainable agriculture, then the United States Department of Agriculture hosted site, Alternative Farming Information Center, Sustainable Agriculture Resources, might be helpful. Whatever your topic is, try putting your keywords into Google, and then add site:.gov to your search string. Your search will be limited to government web sites, and you should get very focused results. My search for government resources on sustainable agriculture was:
sustainable agriculture site:.gov

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The Committee on Government Reform Minority Office hosts a database of legislation proposed by the House or Senate that would preempt state laws and regulations. The database includes legislation passed by the House and Senate since 2001. The database was created at the request of Henry Waxman, a Democratic Congressman from California

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A multilingual index to journal articles, yearbooks, essay collections and book reviews published worldwide, the Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals covers international (public and private), comparative, and municipal law of countries other than the United States, the U.K., Canada, or Australia. Search by •Keyword •Author •Title (of the article) and •Journal. Interested in researching an international environmental issue such as climate change? A simple keyword search on “climate change” in this database retrieves 20 records including author, title and complete journal citation. A subject-specific index such as the Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals can be a good place to start, because you have already narrowed your search results simply by using this index. Access this database by going to the library’s main webpage at http://library.uchastings.edu/library/index.html and clicking on the Research Databases button at the top right, then Subscription Databases below. Coverage begins in 1985 and the database is updated quarterly.

Posted by Julie Horst at 08:47 AM | Permalink

Grossman, Seth. Comment. Grand Theft Oreo: the constitutionality of advergame regulation. 115 Yale L.J. 227-236 (2005).

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Turn your Word document into a .pdf ! Adobe Writer is now installed on the computers in 1M.

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LawTel is an Index to current United Kingdom and European Union Articles, and Electronic collection of UK and EU practice materials, case law, proposed and adopted legislation, treaties, commission reports and notices. Also includes searchable database of UK barristers and chambers, and guides to UK practice in Human Rights, Local Government, Personal Injury, Civil Procedure and Employment Law.
Coverage: current
Access: restricted to Hastings students, faculty, and staff

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To find out if a book is in the Hastings Library collection, check our Online Catalog here.

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Are you a little confused about Shepardizing in the books? Try our tutorial. If the tutorial doesn't answer all your questions, come and talk to a librarian at the Reference Desk in the First Floor Library. We can help.

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If your professor has placed material on "Course Reserve" the items will be at the First Floor Library circulation desk. In general, course reserve materials are available for 2-hour in-library-use only, but a limited number of course reserve items are available for 24-hour use. You can search "Course Reserve" titles on the Hastings Online Catalog by clicking on the Course Reserve link and entering either the Course Name or Professor.

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Harris, Seth D. Innocence and The Sopranos. 49 N.Y.L. Sch. L. Rev. 577-648 (2004-2005).

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