About Study Aids
Study aids can be useful as supplements to course readings and class sessions. Study aids are meant to clarify legal issues, and your professors may have specific suggestions for supplementary or explanatory reading. The Library maintains a small collection of study aids as a supplement to the core research collection.
How can I find study aids?
- In ANTPAC's Advanced Keyword search tab:
- Select "Subject," and type "legal study aids" in the text box.
- Select "Title" or "Subject," and type a term or phrase for your course topic in the text box.
- Click "Search."
Sample searches
- Subject: "legal study aids" and Title: "civil procedure"
- Subject: "legal study aids" and Subject: "constitutional law"
- Subject: "legal study aids" and Title: "contracts"
- Subject: "legal study aids" and Title: "criminal law"
- Subject: "legal study aids" and Title: "international"
- Subject: "legal study aids" and Subject: "legal ethics"
- Subject: "legal study aids" and Title: "torts"
For more study aids on your topic, change the second dropdown to "Any Field," then type a term or phrase for your course topic in the text box. This can find study aids that just have a chapter or section on your topic. When you click into a title in your results list, search terms are highlighted in red.
Where are the study aids?
- Behind the Service Counter on the Reserve shelves. Come ask for them.
- They can be used in the Law Library for two hours at a time.
- Older editions - if available - are in the general Law Library collection. You can check them out and take them home.
- The UCI Bookstore carries a few legal study aids. Online retailers have a larger selection (including used versions.)
What types of study aids does the Law Library collect?
The Library maintains a small collection of study aids that law students can review before purchasing their own copies, including many current study aids from the following series:
- Hornbook and Concise Hornbook series
- Understanding series
- Nutshell series