Authority and the court system -- Legal analysis and legal research -- Research planning : creating a research strategy and documenting your research -- Legal citation -- The judicial opinion -- Statutes and constitutions -- Rules and regulations -- The legal encyclopedia -- Restatements of law -- The legal periodical -- American law reports -- Treatise -- The legal dictionary, publications for law students and finding aids -- The citator -- Find by citation and find by cross-reference -- The index and table of contents -- Researching using the popular names table -- Researching with citators -- Topic and key number/researching with digests -- Terms and connector searching -- Summary of search strategies -- Compiling the legislative history.