Research Guides: Law: Dictionaries/ Encyclopedias

Using Reference Resources

Reference books are used for:

Location of Ref. books in Grafton:

Either side of the computers on the main floor.

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Oxford Reference: Social Sciences A searchable collection of subject specific dictionaries and encyclopedias by Oxford University Press.

Dictionary of law
Call Number: Electronic Book- copy and past URL into browser

http://proxy.mbc.edu:2048/login?url=http://www.credoreference.com/vol/527
Elgar encyclopedia of comparative law by Smits, Jan, eds.
Call Number: Electronic Book- copy and past URL into browser

http://proxy.mbc.edu:2048/login?url=http://www.netlibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=158866
Black's law dictionary by Garner, Bryan
Call Number: Ref. KF156 .B53 1999

ISBN: 0314228640
The Supreme Court yearbook
Call Number: Ref. KF8741.A152 S87
The Oxford companion to American law by Hall, Kermit
Call Number: Ref. KF154 .O96 2002

ISBN: 0195088786