Research guides provide a starting point for researching legal topics and recommend relevant materials in the Law Library's collections and online. The Law Library creates research guides that range from animal and landlord-tenant law to instructions for compiling a federal legislative history.
Research Guides
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Research GuideAmerican Indian Law: A Beginner's Guide This Law Library of Congress guide introduces researchers to major topics and resources on American Indian law, including federal and tribal laws and legal resources.- Date: 2020-11-24
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Research GuideAmerican Women: Resources from the Law Library Part of the American Women Series, this research guide provides access to digital collections and related resources regarding the legal rights of women in the United States.- Date: 2018-06-14
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Research GuideAnimal Law: A Beginner's Guide Animal law is a rapidly growing area of law, especially in the past decade. This guide provides an overview of the resources available covering animal law, wildlife law, and animal rights and welfare law.- Date: 2018-10-16
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Research GuideAsian/Pacific American Heritage Month: A Commemorative Observances Legal Research Guide A guide to the laws and presidential proclamations related to establishing and designating Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month (May).- Date: 2021-02-16
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Research GuideBlack History Month: A Commemorative Observances Legal Research Guide This guide provides the legislative history, proclamations, and laws related to establishing and designating Black History Month (February).- Date: 2021-03-11
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Research GuideCompiling a Federal Legislative History: A Beginner's Guide A comprehensive research guide on finding federal legislative history documents, including congressional committee reports and hearings, presidential signing statements, and the debates of Congress.- Date: 2018-05-26
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Research GuideCongressional Committee Calendars A research guide by the Law Library of Congress on locating and researching legislative calendars (a/k/a committee calendars) created by the committees of the Senate and House of Representatives.- Date: 2020-09-17
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Research GuideCongressional Voting Records: A Beginner's Guide A research guide regarding how to determine how Members of Congress voted on bills, resolutions, and amendments.- Date: 2018-10-25
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Research GuideContract Law: A Beginner's Guide A research guide providing an overview of contract law resources, including treatises, uniform laws, drafting guides, and the Uniform Commercial Code.- Date: 2018-05-10
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Research GuideDisability Law in the United States: A Beginner's Guide This research guide covers a variety of resources surrounding the Americans with Disabilities Act and other topics related to disability law, including information about relevant federal agencies, service animals, and veterans resources.- Date: 2021-01-04
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Research GuideEmployment & Labor Law: A Beginner's Guide This guide provides an overiew of secondary and primary sources related to Employment and Labor Law, such as discrimination, harassment, compensation, and unionization.- Date: 2018-05-24
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Research GuideEnvironmental Law: A Beginner's Guide This guide, from the Law Library of Congress, provides resources on environmental law, including general resources, federal legislative and regulatory information, and information about state environmental legal research.- Date: 2021-06-21
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Research GuideExecutive Orders: A Beginner's Guide This guide provides information on researching published executive orders, proclamations, and memoranda by American presidents.- Date: 2018-10-23
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Research GuideFamily Law: A Beginner's Guide This research guide provides information about legal resources regarding marriage, divorce, child custody, child support, and other family law matters.- Date: 2018-10-15
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Research GuideFederal Civil Service Employment Law: A Beginner's Guide This guide provides a brief history of the federal civil service and a list of treatises, statutes, reports, and websites that will help you begin your research on federal civil service law.- Date: 2023-01-09
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Research GuideFederal Impeachment Using both Library of Congress materials and related congressional documents, this guide provides general and legal materials on the origins of impeachment, procedures governing impeachment, and past impeachments of presidents and other federal officers.- Date: 2019-11-06
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Research GuideFederal Statutes: A Beginner's Guide Statutes, also known as acts, are laws passed by a legislature. This research guide explains the statutory publication process for federal laws.- Date: 2018-05-10
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Research GuideFederal Tax Law: A Beginner's Guide This guide, authored by the Law Library of Congress, provides an overview of the resources available covering U.S. tax law and taxation.- Date: 2020-10-13
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Research GuideFraming of the United States Constitution: A Beginner's Guide A research guide containing sources regarding the creation and ratification of the United States Constitution.- Date: 2018-09-24
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Research GuideGovernment Contracts: A Beginner's Guide A research guide on the laws, regulations, and decisions regarding obtaining and maintaining a government contract.- Date: 2018-09-20
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Research GuideGuide to Law Online: Afghanistan This guide, prepared by the Law Library of Congress, includes links to free online resources regarding the country of Afghanistan, focusing on its constitution; executive, legislative and judicial branches; legal guides; and general sources.- Date: 2019-01-25
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Research GuideGuide to Law Online: Albania This guide, prepared by the Law Library of Congress, includes links to free online resources regarding the country of Albania, focusing on its constitution; executive, legislative and judicial branches; legal guides; and general sources.- Date: 2019-01-25
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Research GuideGuide to Law Online: Algeria This guide, prepared by the Law Library of Congress, includes links to free online resources regarding the country of Algeria, focusing on its constitution; executive, legislative and judicial branches; legal guides; and general sources.- Date: 2019-01-25
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Research GuideGuide to Law Online: Andorra This guide, prepared by the Law Library of Congress, includes links to free online resources regarding the country of Andorra, focusing on its constitution; executive, legislative and judicial branches; legal guides; and general sources.- Date: 2019-02-07
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Research GuideGuide to Law Online: Angola This guide, prepared by the Law Library of Congress, includes links to free online resources regarding the country of Angola, focusing on its constitution; executive, legislative and judicial branches; legal guides; and general sources.- Date: 2020-10-13