FEDERAL RESEARCH QUESTIONS:

How do you find current federal statutory law? 

How do you find those elusive United States Senate and House documents, reports, hearings and committee prints that were created during the legislative process culminating in a bill enacted as a Public Law (P.L.), published as a session law in the United States Statutes at Large (Stat) and then codified by subject into the United States Code (USC, USCA, USCS)? 

How do you update Federal Regulations? 

Where do you find local public access to Federal Documents? 

GENERAL RESEARCH QUESTIONS:

Where do you begin your legal research? 

Where do you begin when you have little or no knowledge about the law and need a concise legal overview of a particular subject area? 

Citations - What are they and how do you decipher them? 

How do you find court opinions, which are published in chronological order regardless of subject, that are relevant to your legal issue? 

How do you search for information in legal periodicals?

How do you update a Court opinion? 

Where can you find a list of legal information sources?

Where can you find an analysis of state and federal court opinions relevant to your specific point of law or fact situation? 

Where can you find professional legal ethics rules and interpretations?

Where do you find facts relevant to your case which are contained in public records?

On appeal, what is the scope of review of the trial court determination?

OREGON  RESEARCH QUESTIONS:

How do you conduct Oregon Legislative Research?

How do you search the Oregon Revised Statutes?

What are the options for searching the Oregon Administrative Rules (OAR)? 

Which court rules apply to a particular Oregon Court and where do you find them in our library?

Where do you find legal forms tailored for use in Oregon? 

Where do you find Oregon Legal Ethics Sources?