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UMass Libraries > Research by Subject > Legal Studies Research GuidePrintable Version
Legal Studies Research Guide Contents
  How to:
   Find Cases
   Find Statutes

   Find Admin. Regs.
   Read Legal Citations

Legal Studies Research Guide
Primary Sources

Primary sources include original works of an author - novels, poems, short stories, autobiographies, diaries, first hand reports of observations and of research. Many books and journal articles are considered primary sources. In addition, primary sources materials may be found in the following:

Archives and Special Collections

Data Collections

Federal Government Documents
(Cases, statutes, regulations, legislative history, hearings, and reports are included here)

State Government Documents
(Cases, statutes, regulations and Municipal Codes are included here)

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