Document Type
Blog Post
Description
As legal research instructors, we regularly teach students that it’s a good idea to start their research with secondary sources. If the research issue falls under the law of a specific state, it’s especially helpful to consult a secondary source that discusses that law of that state. However, you might not find relevant state-specific secondary sources – they simply might not be available – and that poses a special set of challenges.
Publication Date
10-28-2025
Publisher
RIPS Law Librarian Blog
Keywords
legal research, Legal Research Instruction, research instruction
Disciplines
Law Librarianship | Legal Education | Library and Information Science | Scholarly Communication
Recommended Citation
Levine, Joshua, "State-Specific Secondary Sources" (2025). Library Staff Online Writings. 37.
https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/staff-online-pubs/37
