On Demand Reference Assistance
Members of the LLS community may request reference assistance via phone, email, in-person, or Zoom.
Please check our current hours here.
Contact Information
reference@lls.edu
213.736.1177
Members of the public should contact the LA Law Library for legal resources and services.
Faculty research projects can take a variety of forms:
An initial meeting is essential to understanding the scope of the research project:
Send a confirming email after each meeting during which you received new instructions. This will ensure that you understand the instructions and are ready to move forward.
Avoid plagiarism! Never cut and paste anything from a source without putting quotation marks around it and adding a citation. Even paraphrased passages taken from someone else’s writing, MUST have a citation.
Track your research. Ask your faculty member how they would like you to keep track of your research. Use the sample research log below if they do not have a preference:
Source |
Search String |
Results and Comments |
EconLit |
economic & mobility & inequality |
0 |
Westlaw: Law Reviews |
(perception perceive belief believe) /p ("economic mobility" "social mobility") |
181 |
Google Scholar |
perceptions of economic mobility |
255,000 |
|
Economic mobility |
Found think tank “Economic Mobility Project” with reports. |
Identify your research! Always include your name, the date, and the name of the project or topic on your documents. You can include it in a header or footer or add a To/From/Date/Re: block at the start of your document.
Make an appointment with a reference librarian, before you start researching and anytime you run into a roadblock. Librarians can help you come up with a research plan (which databases to use, which search terms to use, how to navigate too many results, too few results, etc.). Contact information is on the left of this page.