Boolean Operators
Bluebook rules
Bluebook citations
Sources of the Law
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
100
The symbol for two words in the same sentence
What is /s?
100
The rule for cases.
What is rule 10? (also B4 and Tables 6 and 10)
100
The meaning of this symbol: ยง
What is section?
100
The branch of our government that makes the law
What is the legislative branch?
100
Where can you find Black's Law Dictionary?
What is Westlaw or a law library?
200
The connector that allows you to retrieve ALL the specified terms.
What is "AND"?
200
The rule for statutes.
What is rule 12? (also B5 and T1)
200
Name the two problems with this citation: Maryland v. State, 379 Md. 64, A.2d 54 (2008)
What is underlining/italicizing case name and period at end?
200
The branch of our government that executes/enforces the law.
What is the executive branch?
200
The name of three legal encyclopedias we have looked at in class.
What is AmJur, CJS, MLE?
300
The symbol that you use to not include a term (for example, search for "haunted house" that does not include "Halloween).
What is %?
300
The rule for books.
What is rule 15? (also B8)
300
The type of word an explanatory parenthetical must begin with.
What is an -ing verb?
300
The branch of our government that hears cases and issues court opinions, thus "interpreting" the law.
What is the judicial branch?
300
This contains citations to cases, statutes, and other secondary sources.
What is AmJur?
400
The place you go on a search engine to get help on more advanced Boolean indicators.
What is the "advanced search" function?
400
The rule for Internet sources.
What is rule 18? (and B10)
400
The name for citing to two reporters.
What are parallel citations?
400
The type of legal system the United States follows.
What is common law?
400
Besides dictionaries and encyclopedias, name two other secondary sources.
What are law reviews and treatises?
500
The correct search for all cases that discuss dogs and any type of pet rodent that also do not mention animal cruelty.
What is dog AND hamster gerbil mouse % "animal cruelty"
500
The purpose of the blue pages in the front of the book (numbers start with a "B").
What is for practitioners's style, typeface, and tables?
500
The three contradicting signals.
What is but see, but ct., and contra?
500
These two types of legal material can be helpful in finding the direction the law has taken or is taking, but are not law themselves unless enacted by a legislature.
What are model codes and restatements?
500
The reason you start your research with a secondary source.
What is to save time, get to the best material faster, and get a background on the situation.
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