Untapped Potential: A Study of Academic Online Legal Research Guides |
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| Authors: | Ingrid A B Mattson |
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| Institution: | Moritz Law Library , The Ohio State University , Columbus , Ohio , USA |
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| Abstract: | This article explores the current state of online legal research guides. It surveys guides from 197 ABA-accredited law school libraries and (1) identifies four major types of guides and (2) calculates the total number of academic-law-library-produced online legal research guides. The article also takes a closer look at the content and format of online legal research guides, with immigration-focused guides as an illustration. After analyzing the survey results, the article suggests some best practices for format regardless of the guide type. Ideally, an awareness of the breadth and depth of existing online legal research guides will result in less duplication of efforts among law librarians and more current, accurate, and functional online legal research guides. |
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| Keywords: | research guide website bibliography |
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