1. Administrative Law Research
Jennifer Allison Foreign, Comparative, and International Law Librarian Harnish Law Library, Pepperdine University School of Law
September 2011

2. Resources Agency Websites Secondary Sources (Encyclopedias, Treatises)
Statutes
Regulations
Case Law
Resources

3. Federal Workplace Safety Regulation

4. Targeted Google Searches: “search term” site:.gov
Agency Websites

5. Agency Websites

6. Agency Websites

7. Agency Websites

8. Statutes

9. Statutes

10. Statutes Annotated Statutes in Westlaw: Statutory Text Statutory Notes
Links to related secondary sources (encyclopedias, law review articles)
Links to citing cases, organized by topic
Statutes

11. Statutes ResultsPlus Window in Westlaw:
Additional links to secondary source materials on the same topic.
Statutes

12. Secondary Sources Legal Encyclopedias Treatises Practice Guides
Law Review Articles
Secondary Sources

13. Secondary Sources: Am. Jur. 2d
Legal encyclopedia with short articles that explain legal concepts.
Hyperlinked annotations to cases, statutes, regulations, and other secondary sources.
Secondary Sources: Am. Jur. 2d

14. Secondary Sources: Am. Jur. 2d
Use links in footnotes to view relevant primary and secondary sources.
Secondary Sources: Am. Jur. 2d

15. Each year, all federal regulations are “codified” in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).
The CFR is organized by subject (50 titles, with parts and subparts) and compiled yearly.
Regulations

16. Regulations CFR in Westlaw: Regulatory text
Regulatory authority information
Links to citing cases, organized by topic
Regulations

17. KeyCite

18. KeyCiting Regulations
Just like with cases and statutes, use KeyCite to find citing references for regulations.
KeyCiting Regulations

19. KeyCiting Regulations
This can be an excellent way to find related cases.
KeyCiting Regulations

20. Cases

21. Cases in Westlaw
Summary
Headnotes with Key Numbers
Opinion
Cases

22. Key Numbers and Custom Digests

23. Key Numbers and Custom Digests
Find a relevant Key Number and use it to build a Custom Digest of cases related to this topic.
Key Numbers and Custom Digests

24. Key Numbers and Custom Digests
Set your preferences for the Custom Digest:
Most cited/recent
Jurisdiction
Search terms
Date
Key Numbers and Custom Digests

25. Key Numbers and Custom Digests

26. Summary Get background information from agency websites
View resources on Westlaw:
Secondary sources (encyclopedias, treatises, law review articles)
Statutes
Cases
Regulations
Find additional resources:
KeyCite
Use Key Numbers to build Custom Digests
Summary

27. Research Exercise