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Philosophy 315
Evidence, Reasoning, and Proof
Created by Prof. Patricia Brennan (Adams Library) and Prof. Sheri Smith (Philosophy)

Reference Sources

Specialized terminology – Philosophy
Oxford Reference Online This collection of Oxford University Press reference tool includes, among other philosophy and law related sources, the Oxford Companion to Philosophy; see particularly the entry titled “arguments, types of”.
Philosophy Pages (authored by Garth Kemerling, 2002) Includes a modest, but well-constructed dictionary, defining such terms as “ad hominem” and other formal and informal types of argument

Specialized terminology – Law
Oxford Reference Online Includes the Oxford Companion to American Law
West's Encyclopedia of American Law (13 volumes)	REF KF154 .W47 2004
Encyclopedia of the American Judicial System (3 volumes)	REF KF154.E53 1987
Law Dictionary for Non-Lawyers	REF KF156 .O7 1991
Black's Law Dictionary	REF KF156 .B53 1990
American Law Dictionary	REF KF156.R46 1991
Everybody's Legal Glossary (edited by Nolo.com)
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe Choose “Legal Research”, then “Codes and Regulations”, and finally “Federal Code”, then change dropdown menu to “Federal Rules” for both Federal Rules of Evidence and Federal Rules Annotated
Legal Information Institute - Cornell University Law School Federal Rules of Evidence State Statutes related to Evidence
FindLaw A number of articles here are borrowed from Nolo (see above)
On the Docket Maintained by the Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University

HELIN Catalog

Suggested Subject Headings

Burden of Proof
Evidence
Evidence, Criminal
Evidence, Expert
Includes the concept of Expert Testimony
Evidence (Law)
Witnesses
Includes the concept of Testimony
Witnesses – United States

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netLibrary
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Periodical Indices/Databases

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Choose “Legal Research”, then Law Reviews for professional articles by law school students and legal scholars.
Choose “News”, then “U.S. News” plus a region of the United States for newspaper articles of the last 15-20 years about various legal cases and issues.

Academic Search Premier OR OmniFile Full Text
Either of these general, multidisciplinary indices will yield citations to news magazines, national opinion and current events periodicals, as well as a broad array of academic journals from dozens of different fields.
Be sure to construct a strategy that is VERY specific: i.e. “Daubert Standard”, NOT “evidence”.

Philosophers' Index
The most comprehensive index to professional journals

HELIN Catalog (about HELIN)

InRhode (includes Brown)

Course Guides

Philosophy 315 Evidence, Reasoning, and Proof Created by Prof. Patricia Brennan (Adams Library) and Prof. Sheri Smith (Philosophy)

Reference Sources

Oxford Reference Online This collection of Oxford University Press reference tool includes, among other philosophy and law related sources, the Oxford Companion to Philosophy; see particularly the entry titled “arguments, types of”.

Philosophy Pages (authored by Garth Kemerling, 2002) Includes a modest, but well-constructed dictionary, defining such terms as “ad hominem” and other formal and informal types of argument

Oxford Reference Online Includes the Oxford Companion to American Law

West's Encyclopedia of American Law (13 volumes)

Encyclopedia of the American Judicial System (3 volumes)

Law Dictionary for Non-Lawyers

Black's Law Dictionary

American Law Dictionary

Everybody's Legal Glossary (edited by Nolo.com)

Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe Choose “Legal Research”, then “Codes and Regulations”, and finally “Federal Code”, then change dropdown menu to “Federal Rules” for both Federal Rules of Evidence and Federal Rules Annotated

Legal Information Institute - Cornell University Law School Federal Rules of Evidence State Statutes related to Evidence

FindLaw A number of articles here are borrowed from Nolo (see above)

On the Docket Maintained by the Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University

HELIN Catalog

Suggested Subject Headings

Burden of Proof Evidence Evidence, Criminal Evidence, Expert Includes the concept of Expert Testimony Evidence (Law) Witnesses Includes the concept of Testimony Witnesses – United States

Other sources of book information

Periodical Indices/Databases

Philosophers' Index The most comprehensive index to professional journals

Main Phone: 401-456-8126 Reference: 401-456-8125

HELIN Catalog
(about HELIN)

InRhode
(includes Brown)

Philosophy 315
Evidence, Reasoning, and Proof
Created by Prof. Patricia Brennan (Adams Library) and Prof. Sheri Smith (Philosophy)

Oxford Reference Online
This collection of Oxford University Press reference tool includes, among other philosophy and law related sources, the Oxford Companion to Philosophy; see particularly the entry titled “arguments, types of”.

Philosophy Pages (authored by Garth Kemerling, 2002)
Includes a modest, but well-constructed dictionary, defining such terms as “ad hominem” and other formal and informal types of argument

Oxford Reference Online
Includes the Oxford Companion to American Law

Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe
Choose “Legal Research”, then “Codes and Regulations”, and finally “Federal Code”, then change dropdown menu to “Federal Rules” for both Federal Rules of Evidence and Federal Rules Annotated

Legal Information Institute - Cornell University Law School
Federal Rules of Evidence
State Statutes related to Evidence

FindLaw
A number of articles here are borrowed from Nolo (see above)

On the Docket
Maintained by the Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University

Burden of Proof
Evidence
Evidence, Criminal
Evidence, Expert
Includes the concept of Expert Testimony
Evidence (Law)
Witnesses
Includes the concept of Testimony
Witnesses – United States

Philosophers' Index
The most comprehensive index to professional journals

Main Phone: 401-456-8126
Reference: 401-456-8125