Spinelli's Law Library Reference Shelf

The Government Documents Special Interest Section (GD-SIS) series includes the full text of all bibliographies published through 2022. The GD-SIS was established in 1974 to disseminate information on government documents to AALL members and to further the continuing education of law librarians in documents librarianship.

AALL Publications began in 1960 as a series of professional monographs, designed primarily to serve as a medium for advancing the knowledge and skills of professional law librarians. The series contains manuals, bibliographies, and many other tools, in more than 200 individual titles. Titles include:

• Briefs in Law Librarianship, edited by Roberta Studwell (1997-2011, 16 vols.)
• AALL Reference Book: A Compendium of Facts, Figures, and Historial Information about the American Association of Law Libraries, by Frank Houdek (2020)
• Directory of Foreign Law Collections in Selected Law Libraries, edited by Ellen Schaffer and Thomas Bruce (1991)
• Guide to State Legislation, Legislative History, and Administrative Materials, by William Manz (2008)
• Landmark Indian Law Cases (2002)
• Pimsleur’s Checklist of Basic American Legal Publications, edited by Meira Pimesleur and Marcia Zubrow (1962-2019)
• United States Tribal Courts Directory, by April Schwartz and Mary Jo Hunter (Full text 2002-2008; Indexed 2002-2011)

Popularly known as BEAL, the original 6 volumes published in 1998 and the 2003 supplement represent the culmination of an entire career of research for renowned lecturer and Professor Emeritus at Yale Law School, Morris L. Cohen.

This set covers the period from the beginnings of American history up to and including 1860. It lists the monographic and trial literature on American law and legal development, regardless of language or place of publication. It also includes works on foreign, comparative, and international law if published in the United States. There are more than 15,000 items listed in this set, including: treatises, bibliographies, commentaries, digests, lectures, polemics, biographies, trials (both civil and criminal), and numerous other documents of importance to this period.

More than 950 bibliographic works can be found in this section. Some notable titles included are:

• Bibliography of Early American Law (BEAL), by Morris Cohen
• Hein Checklist of Statutes (State and Territorial) (Full text: Vols. 15-78, 1987-2019; Indexed: Vols. 15-80, 1987-current)
• Catalogue of the Law Collection at New York University with Selected Annotations, compiled and edited by Julius Marke (1953)
• Current Index to Legal Periodicals (CILP) (Full text 1936-2015, Indexed 1936-current)
• Current Publications in Legal and Related Fields, volumes 1-61 (Full text: Vols. 1-66, 1953-2018; Indexed: Vols. 1-67, 1953-current)
• Recommended Publications for Legal Research (Full text 1970-2018; Indexed 1970-current)
• Sources of Compiled Legislative Histories: A Bibliography of Government Documents, Periodical Articles, and Books, 3rd ed., by Nancy P. Johnson (1979-2007)
• Men and Books Famous in the Law, by Frederick C. Hicks (1921)
• Abbreviations Used in Law Books, by John T. Morse Jr. (1899)

This section contains publications on individuals such as Aaron Burr, James Bryce, Salmon Chase, Edward Coke, Stephen J. Field, Henry Fielding, Samuel Foot, and many more.

This section includes a number of cataloging publications and tools that will serve as remarkable aids for catalogers. All Library of Congress Classification Schedules are included from A to Z covering all subjects in the classification system. This allows catalogers to link from the Library of Congress Subject Heading to the classification schedules, and from the classification schedules to the tables, all in a matter of seconds! With the ability to browse or search across all subject areas in the classification system, these tools will prove to be invaluable for librarians and/or catalogers beyond just the law library.

Significant title included:

• Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications (All Published)

The GreenSlips Bibliographic Service will allow researchers to search across the entire archive of bibliographic entries that have been distributed since 1994 via Hein’s GreenSlips service. The Electronic GreenSlips database contains bibliographic information for more than 60,000 legal titles. Each entry or “slip” includes the author, title, publisher, LC numbers, series information, price and other bibliographic information. If you subscribe to the Electronic GreenSlips service, you will be able to search the database from within this library and then link directly to your account to utilize all the tools included in your full-service subscription. PLUS, subscribers to this service will get a discounted price if you choose to subscribe to Spinelli’s Law Library Reference Shelf. If you do not subscribe to the Electronic GreenSlips service, you will still be able to search across the database and view the bibliographic entries, but you will not be able to utilize the premium features available with the full service. We are offering a discounted combo price if you choose to subscribe to both the Electronic GreenSlips service and Spinelli’s Law Library Reference Shelf.

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