Find Reference Sources
The following electronic and print resources will assist in answering many basic law-related questions.
Print materials are located in the reference section of the Gerard V. La Forest Law Library, located on the second floor of the Law Building on UNB Fredericton's campus. To find additional reference materials, check the UNB Libraries WorldCat Catalogue.
Key Resources
Dictionaries
- Barron's Canadian Law Dictionary
- Available via Lexis+ (law students only), the campus-wide version of Quicklaw (available to all students), and in print on the reference desk and in the reference section (available to all students)
- Dictionary of Canadian Law
- Available in print on the reference desk (available to all students)
- Black's Law Dictionary (American)
- Available via Westlaw Edge (law students only; click the International tab) and in print on the reference desk (available to all students)
- A Dictionary of Law (Oxford University Press)
Words & Phrases
- Words & Phrases Judicially Defined in Canadian Courts and Tribunals (Canadian Abridgment)
- Available via Westlaw Edge (law students only) and in print in the reference section (available to all students)
- Canadian Legal Words & Phrases
- Available via Lexis+ (law students only) and the campus-wide version of Quicklaw (available to all students)
- Sanagan’s Encyclopedia of Words and Phrases
- Available in print on the reference desk (available to all students)
Legal Encyclopedias
- Canadian Encyclopedic Digest
- Available via Westlaw Edge (law students only) and in print in the reference section (available to all students)
- Halsbury's Laws of Canada
- Available via Lexis+ (law students only), the campus-wide version of Quicklaw (available to all students), and in print in the reference section (available to all students)
- JurisClasseur Quebec
- Available via Lexis+ (law students only) and the campus-wide version of Quicklaw (available to all students)
- Note that it is in French only, with no English translation.
- American Jurisprudence (2d) (American)
- Available via Westlaw Edge (International section) (law students only)
- Corpus Juris Secundum (aka: Corpus Juris) (American)
- Available via Westlaw Edge (International section) (law students only)
- Halsbury's Laws of England
- Available via Lexis+ (law students only), the campus-wide version of Quicklaw (available to all students), and in print in the reference section (available to all students)