BooksOnPoint Helps You Find, Well, Books on Point

Just as politicians strive always to stay "on message," so do we librarians here at ZiefBrief. And our message for legal researchers is usually "Start with secondary sources" — meaning articles, practice guides, treatises, or their online equivalents. We push secondary sources because by covering the big picture, explaining rules, and citing to primary sources, they can save you hours of research time.

A new free tool, BooksOnPoint, makes it a little easier to find out which legal publishers might offer books on the topics you are researching.

WisBlawg has more at BooksOnPoint Indexes Web Sites of Legal Publishers.

Check it out… and don't forget to search your library catalog — that's Ignacio for folks at USF — and, if you have access, to check Westlaw and Lexis for secondary sources, too.

A grateful hat tip to Bonnie Shucha at WisBlawg.