Reference Books Indexes and Databases Selected Internet Sources Introduction Bowdoin College Library has a wealth of resources for studying education and the law. The Library holds two sets of Supreme Court decisions, the Federal Reporter, the Federal Suplement, the U.S. Code in print and CD-ROM, and a number of law review journals. The purpose of this Web page is to help you identify and use these sources. The catalog contains electronic bibliographic records for books, video recordings, CD-ROMs, periodicals and sound recordings.
Research usually begins with a subject search in the Library Catalog.
Subject headings, derived from the standardized subject headings of the Library of Congress, are assigned to each record in the catalog. Listings of subject headings can be found in the large red volumes near the Reference Desk. For information on finding case law in this Library, please consult the Library Guide, Locating Case Law Reports . Check bibliographies of books and law review articles for relevant articles and case names. Proceed from secondary sources to primary sources.