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*[https://www.courthouselibrary.ca/how-we-can-help/our-legal-knowledge-base Legal Knowledge Base]. A collection of handy references and hard to find answers to a diverse assortment of legal research questions.
*[https://www.courthouselibrary.ca/how-we-can-help/our-legal-knowledge-base Legal Knowledge Base]. A collection of handy references and hard to find answers to a diverse assortment of legal research questions.


===Recommended books & resources in areas of law, in print only===  
===Recommended books & resources, in print only===  


The online [https://lib.courthouselibrary.ca/library catalogue] of Courthouse Libraries BC will show you which of our libraries contain any of the titles listed below:
The online [https://lib.courthouselibrary.ca/library catalogue] of Courthouse Libraries BC will show you which of our libraries contain any of the titles listed below:
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*[http://www.courthouselibrary.ca/practice/PersonalInjury/RecommendedBooksResources.aspx Personal Injury]
*[http://www.courthouselibrary.ca/practice/PersonalInjury/RecommendedBooksResources.aspx Personal Injury]
*Other recommended texts: DW's note: these links are no longer available; they were from the old practice portals and merely captured tagged information from other pages. -->
*Other recommended texts: DW's note: these links are no longer available; they were from the old practice portals and merely captured tagged information from other pages. -->
**''Written Advocacy''. Includes sample precedents of pleadings (statements of claim, defences and counter-claims) and how to write an effective legal argument.
*''Written Advocacy''. Includes sample precedents of pleadings (statements of claim, defences and counter-claims) and how to write an effective legal argument.
**''Bullen & Leake & Jacob's Precedents and Pleadings''. Discusses how to draft pleadings and includes sample pleadings in areas such as defamation, employment law, judicial review, personal injury and privacy.
*''Bullen & Leake & Jacob's Precedents and Pleadings''. Discusses how to draft pleadings and includes sample pleadings in areas such as defamation, employment law, judicial review, personal injury and privacy.
**''McLachlin & Taylor or British Columbia Court Forms''. Comprehensive textbook that discusses drafting pleadings and provides precedents.
*''McLachlin & Taylor or British Columbia Court Forms''. Comprehensive textbook that discusses drafting pleadings and provides precedents.
**''Civil Trial Handbook''. Offers information about trial preparation and strategy. It combines legal and procedural material and gives practical information that includes objectives, pointers, and strategy.   
*''Civil Trial Handbook''. Offers information about trial preparation and strategy. It combines legal and procedural material and gives practical information that includes objectives, pointers, and strategy.   
**''Sanagan’s Encyclopedia of words and phrases, legal maxims, Canada''. Can help you find the meaning of legal words as defined by Canadian courts, and provide references to statutes or cases where words or phrases are defined.
*''Sanagan’s Encyclopedia of words and phrases, legal maxims, Canada''. Can help you find the meaning of legal words as defined by Canadian courts, and provide references to statutes or cases where words or phrases are defined.
**''Canadian Encyclopedic Digest''. Comprehensive encyclopedia of Canadian law, which includes references to relevant statutes and case law.
*''Canadian Encyclopedic Digest''. Comprehensive encyclopedia of Canadian law, which includes references to relevant statutes and case law.
**''Halsbury’s Laws of Canada''. Describes over 100 legal topics, with references to relevant statutes and case law.
*''Halsbury’s Laws of Canada''. Describes over 100 legal topics, with references to relevant statutes and case law.


==Online Guides to Legal Research==
==Online Guides to Legal Research==