1. Chapter 7— Secondary Authority American Law Reports—A.L.R.

2. A.L.R. Purpose and research role Annotation components –Prefatory statement –Table of contents

3. A.L.R. Components (cont.) –Research references –Article index –Jurisdictional tables –Scope and related annotations –Summary and comment –Practice pointers –Substantive provisions

4. A.L.R. Research aids –Index to annotations –A.L.R. digest –Table of laws, rules, and regulations –Reference from other sources –Updates

5. Chapter 7— Secondary Authority West’s Key Number Digests

6. West’s Digests Purpose and research role Organization by legal topics

7. West’s Digests Components –Descriptive word index –Table of cases –Words and phrases –Updates –Each topic includes: Subjects included and excluded, table of contents, case summaries

8. West’s Digests Types –American digest system –Digests of federal court opinions –Regional digests –State digests

9. West’s Digests Research aids –Case headnotes –Descriptive word index –Topic outline –Table of cases –Updates –Reference from other sources

10. Chapter 7— Secondary Authority Legal Encyclopedias

11. Purpose and research role Major encyclopedias –American Jurisprudence 2d –Corpus Juris Secundum

12. Legal Encyclopedias Features –General index –Topic summary –Updates –Tables

13. Legal Encyclopedias Research aids –General index –Table of contents –Table of cases –Table of statutes, rules, and regulations

14. Chapter 7— Secondary Authority Treatises

15. Purpose and research role Types –Single-volume text –Multivolume sets

16. Treatises Features –Narrative presentation –Index –Table of cases –Updates

17. Chapter 7— Secondary Authority Shepard’s Citators

18. Purpose and research role Types— case law, constitu- tions, statutes, court rules, regulations

19. Shepard’s Citators Format and components –Case law citators Abbreviation and introductory material Case location Case history Later case treatment Secondary sources

20. Shepard’s Citators Format and components –Statutory law citators Abbreviation and introductory material Statutory location Case treatment Secondary sources

21. Shepard’s Citators Research steps –Select appropriate citator. –Locate and review research entry. –Update.