BusinessLawI.Antoine

toc =Course: Business Law I=
 * Prof. Varnel Antoine**



This guide is designed to help you research court cases. It includes an index of scholarly sources that should be used. Included in the list are websites and search engines that will be helpful in your research. If you have any trouble finding these sources, please ask a librarian for help. Good Luck! Any comments or suggestions are welcome!
 * [|RCC Library Home Page]: Most materials found in this research guide are available at the library's home page.
 * tintarabumrung@rcc.mass.edu: Please contact me if you have any questions concerning this guide or research.

TO DO
Find a court case and prepare a brief of it with the format below, excerpted from a textbook, Fundamentals of Business Law, 8th ed. by R. L. Miller and G. A. Jentz, 2007, p. A-1.
 * Citation. (case name, date of decision, court name)
 * Facts. (reasons for lawsuit, identity and arguments of the plaintiff(s) and defendant(s), lower court's decision
 * Issue. (concisely phrase)
 * Decision. (yes or no)
 * Reason. (summarization)

=Books=

Books
The on-line catalog provides access to the Library's collection of approximately 40,000 books, periodicals and audio-visual titles. These resources may be used to find information for assignments or general interest. [|Tutorial for searching catalog and ordering books from Metro Boston Library Network (includes Boston Public Library)]

Good Search Terms to use: words or phrase

 * commercial law
 * business law

[|Credo Reference Database]
Through the Credo Reference database, RCC students can gain access to any of a possible 2,977,685 entries, from 284 titles and 57 publishers. Selected titles for this course are:

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=Periodicals= Browse these paper journals and magazines in the library's first floor periodicals section for articles about [insert topic]
 * Business Week
 * Time Magazine

=Articles= Access to millions of journal, magazine, newspaper and reference source articles through our research databases.

[|Academic Search Premier]
Provides full text for more than 3,800 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study including over (21,000 article mentioning "human rights", 3,200 articles mentioning genocide, 2,700 mentioning torture and 900 using "human rights" and war.) [|Tutorial]

[|Academic OneFile]
Academic OneFile is the premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions, researchers are able to find accurate information quickly

[|Campus Research]
Providing court cases and precedences used by the court to decide the cases. The Campus Research also provides a reference source, Black's Law Dictionary, 8th ed.



=Web sites= There are many good Business Law web sites on the internet. These web sites have been evaluated by library staff. Remember to always evaluate internet resources. To find out more about evaluating web sites, [|Lesley University] has a very good guide.

Search Engines

 * [|scholar.goole.com]

Web sites

 * [|Massachusetts Trial Court Law Library]
 * [|Social Law Library]

VIDEO
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=Citing Sources: Style Guides=

__[|APA Style Tutorial]__ [|Duke Library Guide to Assembling a List of Works Cited] [|Laguardia Community College Library MLA and APA citation style] [|The Owl at Purdue: APA Formatting and Style Guide] [|The Owl at Purdue: MLA 2009 Formatting and Style Guide]

=Basic Research Help= Please click the Ask a Librarian icon if you have any questions concerning these guides, need help finding material for your research or any general questions you might have.
 * Looking for books? Search our [|Online Catalog].
 * Looking for articles? Search our [|Databases].
 * Can't find what you are looking for? Use our [|InterLibrary Loan Form].

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Research guide prepared on 10-15-09 by Ted Intarabumrung, tintarabumrung@rcc.mass.edu. Updated by William Hoag on 10/4/11