Law Library Collection

Print Collection | Online Resources

Print Collection:

This is a small collection intended to support the Legal Assistant program. It has basic books for students in that program.  If you need to do in-depth legal research, please go to the San Diego County Public Law Library, as their collection will be more extensive and up-to-date.

Most of this collection does not circulate. The facility is to be used for quiet study only. 

The following titles are available: 

United States Code Service, Lawyers’ Edition (Updated Only Until 2002)

    Contains federal statutes and text of the code and interpretations of it.

Deering’s California Codes Annotated 

    Contains state statutes with annotations.

United States Supreme Court Reports, Lawyers’ Edition, 2^nd Series (V.1-109)

This set does not have an index to it, so you must have a specific court case citation already in order to make use of it.

 

California Reports, 2d Series and 3d series

Official California Reports, 4th Series (V.1-31)

These sets contain the official reports for citation of California Supreme Court cases.

 

California Appellate Reports, 2d Series and 3d Series

Official California Appellate Reports, 4th Series (V.1-111)

           These sets contain the official reports for citation of California Courts of Appeal cases.

 

West’s California Reporter, 1^st Series and 2d Series (v.1-12)

        This set contains unofficial reports for California Courts of Appeal cases.

 

West's California Digest 2d Series

This set covers state and federal cases decided since 1950.

Shepard’s California Citations

This set is used to find updated cases. The volumes we have are old and should be used for demonstration purposes only. More recent information is available online via Lexis.

American Jurisprudence 2d 

This set is a law encyclopedia which gives an overview of general topics and cases cited. 

Cal Jur, 3^rd ed.

          This set is legal encyclopedia regarding California law.

Black’s Law Dictionary, 6^th ed.

This book gives brief definitions of legal topics.

Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory

           This set is outdated. Information can be found online.

Check the library's online catalog for law books which current students may checkout from the library's circulating book collection.

 

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Online Resources:

• Legal Research Resources, located under "Library Instruction" on the Library webpage's menu. A great place to start, with resources for laws, law schools, local law libraries, federal, state and local governments, and professional associations.
 
• California Civil Jury Instructions can be found on the NetLaw Libraries, Inc., home page under "Guest Services" in the left-hand menu. Go to http://www.netlawlibraries.com
 
• The FindLaw web site contains a wealth of information, even access to the full-text of the U.S. Code: http://www.findlaw.com
 
• Try the San Diego County Public Law Library's  Useful Links section of its web page: http://www.sdcll.org/link.htm 
 
• THOMAS is a very good source for legislative information: http://thomas.loc.gov
 
• The State Bar of California Public Law Section has links on various topics: http://www.calbar.org/2lin/2oth.htm
 
• The Legal Assistant Program here at Miramar College has helpful links on its research page: http://www.miramar.sdccd.net/programs/legl/research.htm