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TERM PROJECT
PATHFINDER OR ANNOTATED
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Each student is required to prepare an Annotated Bibliography or Pathfinder on the sources for performing research on a specialized topic of law. You may select any area of law or topic. The bibliography/pathfinder must incorporate all relevant legal materials; print, CD-ROM, online, and Internet resources. Pathfinders may be prepared in HTML format or in text format. Each student will present their project to the class on Saturday, December 4, 1999,
Samples of pathfinders written by students in past classes that have been published on the UNT/SLIS website can be accessed at http://courses.unt.edu/chandler/PATHFINDERS/index.html. A list of published pathfinders can also be found on the University of South Carolina School of Law Library web page at http://USCLAW.sc.edu/pathfind.htm .
The bibliography/pathfinder should:
1. Describe the sources of law for the topic; important cases, statutes, and rules or regulations; describe the best monographs and law review articles; comparatively evaluate any looseleaf services; and describe any non-legal sources that should be included in the bibliography or pathfinder.
2. For each identified source item (treatise, book, encyclopedia, looseleaf, article, statute, etc.) be sure to include descriptions of the items primary use, its strengths and unique features and any weaknesses.
3. The projects should include a table of contents, pagination, evidence of proof reading and attention to grammar and spelling; and consistent application of a standard method of bibliographic citation such as the Blue Book, Turabian's Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, or the Chicago Style Manual.
4. The pathfinder/bibliography may be prepared in HTML format for publication on the Internet or in text format by using the FrontPage Editor, Netscape Composer from Netscape Communicator, or MSWord programs. Help guides for writing in HTML are available on the Internet such as John December's HTML Quick Reference.
SAMPLE OUTLINE FOR PATHFINDER/BIBLIOGRAPHY PROJECT
I. Introduction to the Topic
II. Legal Information SourcesA. Primary Sources
1. Case Law - Digests
2. Statutes - Federal and Texas
3. Administrative Law and Regulations - Federal and Texas
B. Secondary Sources
1. Legal Encyclopedias
2. Annotated Law Reports
3. Restatements
4. Looseleaf Services
5. Legislative Histories
6. Treatises and Hornbooks
7. Law Journals and Newsletters
8. Articles
9. Databases
10. International Legal Materials
III. Interdisciplinary Information Sources - Non-Legal
A. Books
B. Specialized Encyclopedias
C. Journals and Newsletters
D. Articles
IV. Other Information Sources - Special Libraries or Collections, Experts and Organizations
Suggested Bibliography/Pathfinder Topics
Abortion and the Law Medical Malpractice
Age Discrimination
Organ Donation
Baby Brokers
Poverty Law
Biotechnology Solar Law
Lemon Law
Copyright Law in Libraries
NAFTA
Sports Law
Telecommunications Law
Subliminal Speech and the First Amendment
Drug Testing in the Workplace
Government Information Policy
Gender Discrimination
Surrogate Mothering
Greenhouse Effect
Tobacco Products Litigation
Homeless and the Law
Sexual Harassment
Homosexual Rights
Intellectual Property and Software Protection
Human Rights
Media Law
Health Care
Children's Rights
Human Rights
Environmental Law
Media and the Law
ADA and the Law
Television Violence
Computer and/or Software Law
Internet/Cyberspace Law
Entertainment Law
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