1. Research Tips for
BUAD 283:
Legal Environment of
Business
Laura Berberian
Stafford Reference Librarian
lberberi@umw.edu

2. Business and Legal Databases:
Business Source Complete Legal Collection
• Access to business, financial, and legal information
• Different databases will provide different information

3. Can I use the databases from
home?
• You will have to
log-in to the
databases when
off-campus
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• Log in with your
UMW email
password
username and
password (these
are the same
credentials you
use to log in to
Canvas)

4. Go to libraries.umw.edu/

5. Professional Studies Guide
From the “Browse by Subject”
column, scroll down and
select “Professional Studies”
Or, click on “All Guides” and
select “Bachelor of
Professional Studies”

6. BPS Subject Guide
• Click on the “Legal
Resources” tab
•select the “LexisNexis” link

7. To research companies, enter a company name or ticker
symbol under “Get Company Info” or select an option under
the “Companies” tab to the left.

8. : Company Dossier Search

9. : Company Dossier Search
• Click the name of your company to find detailed business
information
• Under “Company Type”, note the differences for parent vs.
subsidiary, and public vs. private companies

10. : Company Dossier Results
• Use the Reports menu to
locate additional
information on a company
• Under “Legal,” click on
“recent cases” for cases
involving your company

11. : SEC Filings
Under the “Companies” tab, select “SEC Filings” and enter a
company name or ticker symbol in the search field(s)

12. : Federal & State Cases
From the LexisNexis home page, under the US Legal menu, select
“Federal & State Cases.”
Enter your search terms in the search field(s). From the drop-down
menu, you can limit your search to citation, party names, judges,
attorneys, or legal topics.

13. : Legal Citation Results

14. : Federal & State Codes
• Enter your keywords
• Use quotation marks for an exact phrase
• Select the correct legal sources
• Click “Search”

15. : Results List
• Full text links
• Sort by “Publication
Date” or “Relevance”
• Print, email, save
• Results breakdown
• Edit searches and start
new searches
• Search within your
results list

16. : Search Tips
• Different subject portals – business, legal, news
• Full text
• Searching:
• Boolean operators (AND, NOT, OR)
• Phrase searching – use quotation marks
• Truncation – use exclamation point (!)
• Natural Language – form of a question
• Save, print, email – in pdf, html, or word

17. Legal Dictionaries:
• Black’s Law Dictionary – in print
in the Stafford Campus Library
(KF156 .B53 2004 REF)
• Oxford Dictionary of Law – online
through the “Oxford Reference Online”
database

18. Oxford Dictionary of Law
• Start at the “Databases A to Z” page
• Click on the letter “O”
• Click “Oxford Reference Online Premium”

19. Oxford Reference Online
Click the Law
selection

20. Oxford Law Sources:
• Search all of the
law titles
OR
• Select a specific
title to search

21. What if UMW doesn’t have what I need?
 Interlibrary loan (ILL) – to request materials from the
Simpson Library and other library systems
 Create an ILL Account
 Make requests via online forms
 20 free requests per semester
 24-48 hour delivery from Simpson Library
 Books from Simpson Library are free
 $2 fee for articles located at Simpson
 Go to Simpson and use your EagleOne Card

22. Need help? Have Questions?
 Come to the Library
 Mondays - Thursdays 1 p.m. - 9
p.m.
 Fridays 1 p.m. - 7 p.m.
 Saturdays 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
 Contact the Library Staff
 stafflib@umw.edu
 540-286-8025
 IM: cgpslibrary
 Set up a Research Appointment
 lberberi@umw.edu
 540-286-8057
 IM: staffordlibrarian

23. Served at 5:30
Monday thru Thursday