Judicial Externship Program Research Resources
Reference Librarians
-- Reference Desk in the library is open:
Monday-Friday 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Saturday 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
tel. 565-4751
-- Ask Reference Questions through our web site:
-- Or, contact an individual Reference Librarian:
- Hilary Hardcastle
- Reference Librarian
- (415) 565-4792
- Chuck Marcus
- Head Reference Librarian
- (415) 565-4838
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- Susan Nevelow Mart
- Faculty Services Librarian
- (415) 565-4759
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- Vincent Moyer
- Foreign, Comparative and International Law Librarian
- (415) 565-4752
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- Tony Pelczynski
- Circulation / Reference Librarian
- (415) 565-4768
- Linda Weir
- Public Services Librarian
- (415)
565-4761
Interlibrary loan information
-- Need to Borrow Books or Get Copies?
Interlibrary Loan Request Form
-- Interlibrary Loan Questions:
Erin Frye & Amy Chase
libill@uchastings.edu
tel. 565-4765
Treatises, Practice Guides and Secondary Sources
-- Current Treatises and most practice guides are in the Research Alcove on the fourth floor of the Hastings Law Library.
To find a treatise the library go to the Hastings Law Library Catalog
Use Keyword Search in the library catalog then click on modify search 
and
limit your results to the Research Alcove to see the most current treatises in the Hastings Law Library. Click Submit.
-- Use our Online Reference Collection to locate online versions of commonly used treatises and encyclopedias.
-- California Practice Guides
Rutter Group Publications Online list of publications
CEB Publications Online list of publications
Law Review Indexes
-- Use online indexes to law reviews to locate articles that on point.
Index to Legal Periodicals & Books
Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals
Internet Sites of Interest to Externs
Federal:
Thomas [legislative docs, congressional record] http://thomas.loc.gov
LexisNexis Congressional http://0-www.lexisnexis.com.hopac.uchastings.edu/cis
(on campus or remote access with Hastings ID)
Federal Register http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html
CFR http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html
California:
California Legislative Counsel’s Office http://leginfo.ca.gov
(for legislative histories and current bill information)
California State Assembly, Office of the Chief Clerk: Statutes, legislative histories 1850-1993 http://192.234.213.35/clerkarchive/
Official CA Code of Regulations http://www.calregs.com
CA notice register http://www.oal.ca.gov/reg_notice.htm
Online Guides to Compiling Legislative Histories:
Compiling a Federal Legislative History
Compiling a California Legislative History
Sample Questions for Your Research Plan:
Here's a list of questions to make sure you can answer before you start your research. These questions are based on the reporter's questions: who what where, why, when, and how.