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Legal Research for Beginners

This guide is an accompaniment to the webinar: Legal Research for Beginners by Ellyssa Valenti Kroski presented to the American Library Association in May 2024.

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Answers **Spoiler Alert!**

  1. This first one can be found via a simple google search for "Massachusetts statutes" -> click into General Laws and the first result -> enter chapter 106 section 1-101. Voila!  Scroll down you'll see you're there.
  2. The second one is a little harder.  If you go to the LOC guide mentioned earlier in the Legislation & Statutory Research lesson, (Law Library of Congress: Guide to Law Online: U.S. States and Territories https://guides.loc.gov/law-library) and select guide to Law Online: US States and Territories and select NY -> Legislative branch -> NY Consolidated laws  -> scroll down to UCC -> Article 1, Part 1.
  3. The next one can be found by accessing the Federal code mentioned earlier in the Legislation & Statutory Research lesson, (The United States Code – arranged by Title (subject) https://uscode.house.gov/)  -> Enter in search boxes: Title 42, section 405a.
  4. And the bonus one is a little sneaky because we didn't discuss accessing constitutional articles, BUT! A simple google search will locate this as being the 13th amendment in the constitution, section 2.  Accessible here: https://constitution.congress.gov