Legal Reference Sources Subject Guide

Citators

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In case law, a citator is used to find the most recent cases dealing with, or citing an earlier case. Thus, a citator would list under Roe v. Wade (1973) all the ensuing cases that cited Roe v. Wade. This provides an historical basis, i.e., precedent, for intervening rulings as well as building a legal framework for related and current cases.

LexisNexis Academic 

Indexes thousands of domestic and foreign newspapers, as well as journals, and other publications in News, Business company reports and articles, Legal Research, Medical and Reference. The legal research category includes law reviews, law news, federal and state laws and cases. Mostly full text. Includes Hoover's full text. Coverage dates vary.

Westlaw Campus Research 

An extensive research database of legal sources, including the Code of Federal Regulations, Federal Register, United States Code Annotated (USCA), Federal and State court cases, American Law Reports (ALR), and American Jurisprudence 2d, Black's Law Dictionary, Legal Guides, and more. Also includes more than 700 law reviews and journals.

Shepard's Law Review Citations

KF 105.2 .S44 4th 1986 (Ref)
"Shepardizing" is the term for doing a citation search of a case, i.e., who, since the case was adjudicated, has cited it as a precedent. The Libraries Web site has two online source (LexisNexis and Westlaw Campus Research) that shepardize, as well as several print Reporters, which are kept up to date (2009) with cumulative supplements.

How to Use Shepard's Citations

KF 245 .S45 1980 (Ref)

Shepard's Michigan Case Names Citator

KFM 4259 .S52 1991 (Ref)
Kept up to date with cumulative supplements.

Shepard's Michigan Citations

KFM 4259 .S53 1994 (Ref)
Kept up to date with cumulative supplements.

Shepard's Northeastern Reporter Citations

KF 135 .N62 S5 1995 General Stacks
Kept up to date with cumulative supplements.

Shepard's Northwestern Reporter Citations

KF 135 .N72 S5 1993 (Ref)
Kept up to date with cumulative supplements.

Shepard's Pacific Reporter Citations

KF 135 .P22 S53 1994 General Stacks
Kept up to date with cumulative supplements.

Shepard's Federal Citations

KF 105.2 .S42 1995 General Stacks
Kept up to date with cumulative supplements.

Shepard's United States Citations

7th edition, Case edition
KF 101.2 .S54 1994 (Ref)
Kept up to date with cumulative supplements.

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