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Can I Get Personalized Help with My Research?

The Reference staff can assist you in person, by phone, or online. We welcome your visit, or you can call the Williams Reference Desk at 202-662-9140, or the Wolff Reference Desk at 202-662-4195, but if you would prefer to contact us electronically, please complete one of our forms:

How Can I Learn a Specific Research Skill?

The library produces a number of Research Guides to help you perform specific research tasks quickly and efficiently, from finding a case to research legislative history.

There are several additional research training resources available to help you improve your research skills:

  • CALI Exercises: An interactive training program from the The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction )contact the Reference Desk for the password).
  • GULLiver Research Guide - Learn to search our catalog effectively

How Do I Do Topical Research?

The library's Topical Research Guides cover subjects from accounting law to war and peace. We also have State Research Guides for all fifty states.

The Reference staff has also produced a number of tutorials for self-directed learning. These include the fundamentals of U.S. and international legal research, plus advanced topics and Lexis and Westlaw.

Is There Any Research Training?

The Librarians offer five research courses at the Law Center and also sponsor many research classes at the Library. Classes are open to Georgetown University Law Center students only.

In addition to the first year Legal Research and Writing Program, our law librarians teach advanced research courses at the Law Center.