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CHAPTER 8 Secondary Sources The Bluebook Rules 15, 16, 17, 18 These rules provide examples of secondary source formatting If no examples for a particular or exact source can be found, use the format for a similar resource Secondary Sources Legal Encyclopedias American Law Reports American Law Reports Federal Treatises Hornbooks Nutshells Looseleaf Services Periodicals Legal Dictionaries Legal Thesaurus Features of Secondary Sources Descriptive Word Index Table of Contents Table of Statutes Cited Table of Cases Cited Table of Abbreviations Preface Legal Encyclopedias Collection of legal information arranged alphabetically by topic There are two major legal encyclopedias American Jurisprudence 2d (Am. Jur. 2d) Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.) Using Legal Encyclopedias Start with the index Determine terms to check Review subtopics under main topic Note topic and section numbers Go to the volume and find the appropriate section American Law Reports Uses recent cases which are then fully annotated Cases Statutes Two types: A.L.R. A.L.R. Fed. American Law Reports Features Table of Contents Research References Research Sources Includes electronic search query Descriptive Word Index Jurisdictional Table of Cited Statutes and Cases Related Annotations Summary and Comment Practice Pointers Substantive Section Treatises Single book or multivolume series dealing with a single legal topic Usually written by a legal scholar or attorney specialist in the field Hornbooks are treatises published by West and used primarily by law students Nutshell Series books are condensed versions of hornbooks Periodicals Journals Magazines Law Reviews Guides to periodicals Current Law Index Index to Legal Periodicals and Books LegalTrac Looseleaf Services Published in binder form Commonly used regarding administrative regulations Allows for frequent supplementation without the use or need for pocket parts