Research Guides

Research Guides
U of C Guides | Specific Courses | Other Canadian | Non-Canadian | Internet Research

Reference Sources
Abbreviations | Citation

University of Calgary Law Library Research Guides

• Starting Points
• Locating Content From LexisNexis Environmental
• Periodical Articles
  • Legal Periodicals (Generally)
  • Legal Periodicals on WestlaweCARSWELL
• Legislation
  • Regulations (Alberta)
  • Regulations (Canada - Federal)
  • Statutes (Alberta)
  • Statutes (Canada - Federal)
  • Step-by-Step Guide for Researching Federal and Alberta Statutes and Regulations
• Foreign Jurisdictions
  • Foreign (Non-Common) Law
  • UK Legal Materials (Print)
  • US Legal Materials (Print)
• Specific Courses
  • Entrepreneurship and Innovation - ENTI
  • Environmental Law and Ethics - LAW 681.40
  • Equality Issues - LWSO 335
  • Law for Project Managers - ENCI 699
  • Liberalism and Legal Issues - LWSO 412
  • Sociology of Law - SOCI 429

Other Canadian Research Guides

• Best Guide to Canadian Legal Research by Catherine Best
• Doing Legal Research in Canada (LLRX.com) by Ted Tjaden
• Queen's University Legal Research Materials
• Slaw: weblog about Canadian legal research and the impact of technology on it
• University of Toronto Guide to Legal Research
• Canadian Parliamentary Publications: A Research Guide (University of Toronto)
• York University Law Library Research Guides

Non-Canadian Legal Research Guides

• International Law
  • International and Foreign Law Research Guide (Queen's)
  • International Legal Research Tutorial (Duke and Berkeley)
  • Foreign and International Research Guides (Cornell)
  • Legal Research on International Law Issues Using the Internet 
  • LLRX.com International Law Guides
  • Research Guide to International Resources 
  • Researching International Law on the Web
    American Society of International Law
  • International Law (University of Calgary)
• Other
  • GlobaLex
  • Harvard Law School Library Research Guides
  • LLRX.com
    • Legal Research Archives
    • Comparative & Foreign Law Guides 
  • The Virtual Chase

Internet Research Guides

• Legal Research Using the Internet 
• Bacal's Internet Research Guide 

Abbreviations

• Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations 
• Canadian Abbreviations - Dalhousie University
• Bluebook Abbreviations of Law Review Titles - Gallagher Law Library, University of Washington

Legal Citation

(citation style varies from country to country)

• Canada
  • Legal Citation (Queen's University Law Library )  
  • The "standard" for legal citation in Canada is available in print only:
    • Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation
  • Legal Citation Cheat Sheet (based on the Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation)
  • Canadian Citation Committee - Neutral Citation Standard
• United States
  • ALWD Citation Manual (Association of Legal Writing Directors )
  • Basic Legal Citation (Cornell)
  • Citation Formats Committee (American Association of Law Libraries)
    • AALL Universal Citation Guide, Version 2.1
  • Legal Citation Guides and Abbreviation Lists (Harvard Law School Library)
• Other
  • Citation Guides for Electronic Resources
    from the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
  • OSCOLA 2006
    Oxford Standard for the Citation of Legal Authorities
  • Developing a Standard for Legal Citation of Electronic Information
    by Pearl Rozenberg, Faculty of Law, University of Sydney
  • Legal Citation Guide