These maps provide the floor and range of shelves on which materials may be found. If you have trouble locating any of the materials listed in this guide, please ask for help at the Reference Desk. Also listed are basic materials on doing legal research and information on how to find materials in the Kathrine R. Everett Law Library. These are select lists. The online catalog can provide additional titles.
Many professors have strong preferences for specific treatises, hornbooks, and other study aids.
Check with your professor for titles recommended for use in your class. They are often multivolume with heavy footnoting and are usually supplemented to stay current. A hornbook is thorough but not as comprehensive as a treatise. Nutshells contain fewer footnotes and references than hornbooks. Restatements include law developed solely by judicial decisions and law, which has grown from the application of statutes by the courts.