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PH 120: Health Policies for Healthy Lifestyles
Useful search tutorials and videos
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PH 120: Health Policies for Healthy Lifestyles: Useful search tutorials and videos
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APA Citations & Avoiding Plagiarism
Topic Ideas
Policy Landscape: Articles & Books
Policy Landscape: Reports, Documents, & Policy
Policy Trackers, Policy Surveillance, and 50-State Policy Comparisons
Policy Documents: Primary Sources Databases
US Federal Legislative Materials
US Federal Regulations, Executive Orders, and other Executive Branch rules
US Federal Case Law/Judicial Branch Materials
California Legislative Materials
California Regulations, Executive Orders, & Administrative/Executive Branch
California Case Law/Judicial Branch Materials
Propositions, ballot measures, referenda, and initiatives
Health Statistics
Public Policy & American Government Refreshers
Research Concepts Refresher
Using Generative AI Tools
Useful search tutorials and videos
Useful search tutorials and videos
Other Research Guides
Useful search tutorials and videos
How to Install the VPN (2 minute video)
General search guides
HeinOnline: How to Search in HeinOnline (HeinOnline training guide + video - 7 minutes)
Introduction to Legal Research on Westlaw (40 pages)
Everything you need to know, with screenshots, in order to research a legal issue and search for statutes, regulations, and cases using Westlaw.
Westlaw: Quick Tips for Getting Started (Quick Reference Guide - 5 pages)
Westlaw: How to search with Boolean Terms and Connectors (Quick Reference Guide - 5 pages)
Westlaw: How to use the Key Number System (Quick Reference Guide - 4 pages)
Nexis Uni: Find Statutes, Legislation, and Codes on Nexis Uni (annotated video, no audio - 4 minutes)
Nexis Uni: The Shepard's Signal™ Indicators aka what those symbols mean (guide)
ProQuest Congressional overview (3 minute video)
HeinOnline overview (5 minute video)
Secondary Sources
How to research using law reviews, treatises, and journals (Westlaw training video - 2 minutes)
Legal encyclopedias in Westlaw (annotated video, no audio - 3 minutes)
Policy organization publications via Google Custom Search Engines (annotated video, no audio - 1 minute)
Government policy publications via USA.gov (annotated video, no audio - 1 minute)
California government policy publications via CA.gov (annotated video, no audio - 1 minute)
Government policy publications via GovInfo.gov (annotated video, no audio - 2 minutes)
UC Library Search overview (3 minute video)
PAIS overview (3 minute video)
Legislation
California State Library guide to California Legislative Information website (California codes and bills)
State statutory codes by topic in HeinOnline: National Survey of State Laws (annotated video, no audio - 1 minute)
State statutory codes by citation in Westlaw (annotated video, no audio - 3 minutes)
State bills with the NCSL 50 State Searchable Bill Tracking Databases (annotated video, no audio - 2 minutes)
HeinOnline: How to Locate the Text of a Public Law Using Its Popular Name in U.S. Statutes at Large (HeinOnline training guide + video - 3 minutes)
Federal legislation by topic in ProQuest Congressional: Browse Topics (annotated video, no audio - 2 minute)
Westlaw: How to research statutes (Quick Reference Guide - 5 pages)
How to research legislative history of a statute (Westlaw training video - 3 minutes)
Westlaw: How to check the status of a statute using KeyCite (Quick Reference Guide - 2 pages)
Rules & Regulations
How to find regulations by topic (Westlaw training video - 2 minutes)
How to search for regulations (Westlaw training video - 3 minutes)
Westlaw: How to check the status of a regulation using KeyCite (Quick Reference Guide - 2 pages)
HeinOnline: How to Locate an Executive Order (HeinOnline training guide + video - 2 minutes)
Caselaw
Federal case by name - Westlaw (annotated video, no audio - 2 minutes)
Westlaw: How to retrieve and search for cases (Quick Reference Guide - 3 pages)
How to locate additional related authority aka finding additional caselaw on the same topic as a court opinion (Westlaw training video - 4 minutes)
Westlaw: How to check the status of a case using KeyCite (Quick Reference Guide - 3 pages)
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