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Federal Tax Research Guide: Casebooks & Study Aids

A guide to Brooklyn Law School's federal tax resources. Call numbers are specific to Brooklyn Law School Library.

Note About Digital Study Aids in Aspen Learning Library

BLS students can access/search a digital collection of many study aids in Aspen Learning Library.  In BLS Library's SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - (ASPEN)

Tip: Remote access to Aspen Learning Library requires implementation of the BLS proxy server instructions for one web browser.  Librarians recommend implementing the BLS proxy instructions for Firefox.

Tip from Aspen: If a BLS researcher has trouble accessing the full text of a study aid through the "Read Online" link in Aspen Learning Library, try clearing your web browser's cache. 

Tip from Aspen: If you implement the BLS proxy instructions for Safari: Before using the reader view, please turn off the "Prevent cross-site tracking" setting in your browser.  See: Safari > Settings > Privacy tab > Website tracking > Disable the "Prevent cross-site tracking" option. 

Tip: A BLS student who wishes to add notes/highlights to a study guide can register to create a personal account on Aspen Learning Library's home page.  This home page also links to Aspen's Quick Start Guide, which discusses app access to Aspen Learning Library.  A student who merely wishes to read a study guide can click Aspen's "Read Online" option. 

Casebooks (on Reserve + in Main)

Study Aids (on Reserve + Digital)

Nutshells:

Nutshells are short volumes that provide simple overviews of areas of law.  They might assist non-lawyers and law students. All nutshells published by West Academic include the word "nutshell" in the title. Do not cite a nutshell in a legal document.

Concise Hornbooks:

Hornbooks are primers for study.  The term "hornbook" originated in England.  In U.S. law, a hornbook is a text that gives an overview of a particular area of law. A law hornbook is a type of treatise, usually one volume, which might be a briefer version of a longer, multi-volume treatise. Students in U.S. law schools often use hornbooks as supplements to casebooks.