Welcome to our web-based tutorials page, which provides links to different legal research teaching aids available on the Internet or in our library. There are many tutorials available, but we have selected the ones that are most relevant to the research needs of our library users.  We have grouped tutorials based on the type of research or resource it explores.  Most are video presentations, although there are some more basic PowerPoint screens which will walk users through checklists for conducting particular types of research, for example, researching legislative history for federal statutes.

Please keep in mind that video and audio files often require high-speed or broadband connections in order to run.  Some presentations require Adobe Flash.  If you use a dial-up connection for your Internet access, some tutorials may not play very well on your computer.

Many larger academic law libraries provide multiple tutorials for using online services for legal research.  There may be some other tutorials at some of these sites besides those to which we have provided links here.  However,  many of these will be specific to the resources of the institution producing them, such as how to use the library catalog, and how to use specific databases that can only be accessed by students and faculty of that institution.

What is included here is general inforamation about conducting legal research, either online or with various printed research tools available in most law libraries.   You might also want to check out the list of research guides on our web site as well, by going back to the Law Library's main web page.