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Law: Books, Articles, Law Journals

This guide was created for Fordham's undergraduate and non-Law School researchers. It highlights resources in the Fordham University Libraries collection. Law School students should visit the Maloney Library website.

Books & Articles

This page covers how to find books and articles covering law and legislation for non-Law students.

► If you are a student enrolled at Fordham University School of Law, please consult the resources at The Maloney Library.

Finding Books with Library Catalogs & OneSearch

► Searching library catalogs helps researchers find books (print & electronic) that Fordham owns. Fordham has two library catalogs that search the same information with different interfaces:

 

► OneSearch (EBSCO Discovery Service) on the library homepage aggregates books Fordham owns plus some articles. It also includes bibliographic records for items that Fordham does not own.

Search Limiters in OneSearch:

OneSearch interface with filter options highlighted

 

  • All Filters connects researchers to a range of search options. 
  • Full Text prioritizes full text electronic resources and will not include print items.
  • Catalog only searches for books and periodicals in the library catalog; this setting will not search inside books or journals.
  • Peer Reviewed prioritizes articles from peer reviewed journals.
  • All time lets researchers target a search for all time, the past 12 months, the past 5 years, of the past 10 years.
  • Source type enables researchers to select books, ebooks, academic journals, news, magazines, and more.
  • Turn on the Natural language search button to use AI enhancements to parse search terms. Learn more from EBSCO.

Finding Scholarly Articles with Databases

Newspaper Access

Additional Research Guides

Depending on your research questions relating to law and/or legislation, the following guides may be helpful in locating additional secondary sources:

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