LibGuides: Legal Resources: Legal Resources

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This page provides tips for choosing the best resources for your legal issues research.

Featured Library Resource

Legal Photography by Stan Sholik
Call Number: 778.99364 SHOLIK 2015
ISBN: 9781608958597
Publication Date: 2015-03-17
In this book, readers will learn how to take responsibility for ensuring that the images captured and delivered for presentation are a "fair and accurate representation" of the observed scene. That responsibility begins with the choice and use of the proper equipment (e.g., camera type, sensor size, capture mode, the correct focal-length lens for the job), through the techniques used during image capture (exposure, lighting, camera angle, camera-to-subject distance, white balance, etc.), to the processing of the captures for output. Sholik also points out that documentation is required for each step to ensure all parties that the representation is indeed fair and accurate.

Resources for Your Legal Studies

How To Find the Information You Need.

Broad Searches: If you want to see large amounts of information - books, journal articles, DVDs and more - and you don’t mind looking at a few things that you might not need, use RTC's OneSearch.

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Focused Searches: When you know exactly what you need.

If you need journal articles, click on the Articles tab, and learn about ProQuest, Gale Academic OneFile, and other databases.
If you need books, click on the Books tab, and learn how to find books in the RTC Library Catalog, or eBooks in RTC databases.
If you need web resources, click on the Web Sites tab. This page lists helpful web sites on many accounting topics.

Not Finding What You Want?

Try another way of describing your topic. Instead of "car" try "automobile". Instead of "movie" try "motion picture".

Think about the age of the material you need.
- If you are researching something that is a established fact, try books or encyclopedias (found in the RTC Library Catalog), or eBooks (found in Credo Reference or the Community College eBook collection through the RTC Library Database page). Examples of established facts include "legal ethics", or "history of torts".
- If you are researching something new, like "latest trends in legal advertising", try journal and newspaper articles (found in ProQuest on the database page.)

Need More Help?

If you're not sure what you need, or how to begin, come in to the RTC Library, call us at (425) 235-2331, or email us at librarian@RTC.edu. If it's after hours, try our reference chat service AskWA. We'll be glad to help!