Research Guides

Chastek Library Guides

Chastek librarians developed these research guides to assist library users in conducting legal research using the library's collections and resources.

• American Indian Law

• Animal Law 

• Comparing State Laws

• Compiled Federal Legislative History in Print

• Legal Treatises by Subject

• Locating Personal Injury Verdicts & Settlements in Idaho

• Locating Personal Injury Verdicts & Settlements in Washington

• Patriot Act

• Restatements

• Understanding Citations to Cases, Statutory Codes & Legal Periodicals

• Updating the Code of Federal Regulations in Print

• Updating the Code of Federal Regulations Using GPO Access

• Updating the Revised Code of Washington Annotated in Print

• Updating Washington Administrative Code Regulations in Print

• Washington Attorney General Opinions

• Washington Legislative History

• West's National Reporter System & Digests

• West Topic & Key Number System

Guides from Other Sources

• Cornell Law Library's Legal Research Engine -  Guides from over 20 law school libraries, including the University of Washington.

• Law Librarians' Resource Xchange (LLRX) - Offers a good selection of legal research guides for foreign countries.

• University of Washington Legal Research Guides - Comprehensive array of guides written by UW librarians.

• Law Scout - Research guides posted by 130 U.S. law school libraries. Searchable by keyword and subject.

• LLSDC's Legislative Source Book - Contains over 20 research guides for federal legislative and regulatory materials compiled by the Legislative Research Special Interest Section of the Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C.

• Online Legal Research: Beyond LexisNexis & Westlaw - Describes a wide range of online legal research sources, mostly free or low-cost. Written by UCLA librarians.