Legal Reference Services Quarterly

Aims & Scope

An important forum for daily problems and issues, Legal Reference Services Quarterly will assist you in your day-to-day work as it has been helping other law librarians and members of the legal profession for over a decade.

You will find articles that are serious, humorous, critical, or simply helpful to the working librarian.

Annotated subject bibliographies, overviews of legal literature, reviews of commonly used tools, and the inclusion of reference problems unique to corporate law libraries, judicial libraries, and academic collections will keep you up-to-date on the continuously expanding volume of legal materials and their use in legal research.

Numerous articles have already had a significant impact in the legal reference community.

Articles on LEXIS and WESTLAW have also been among the most cited and reflect the journal's interest in featuring new bibliographic databases.

Legal Reference Services Quarterly offers all of the best resources to help you give patrons important and relevant materials for their research and professional needs.

Special thematic issues of the journal have covered such topics as: -Federal regulatory research-selected agency knowledge paths- Law library collection development in the digital age- Teamwork and collaboration in libraries-tools for theory and practice- Public services issues with rare and archival law materials- Teaching legal research and providing access to electronic resources- Emerging solutions in reference services-implications for libraries in the new millennium- Law librarians abroad- The political economy of legal information- Symposium of law publishers- The legal bibliography-tradition, transitions, and trends- Practical approaches to legal research

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Metrics & Ranking

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	27785

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	13

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.116

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q4

h-index

Year	Value
2024	9

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Privacy and Library Public Services: Or, I Know What You Read Last Summer

  Citation: 14

  Authors: Anne

• A Content Analysis of Chat Transcripts in the Georgetown Law Library

  Citation: 10

  Authors: Yasmin, Sara

• Piece-by-Piece Review of Digitize-and-Lend Projects through the Lens of Copyright and Fair Use

  Citation: 10

  Authors: Michelle M.

• Improving Usability of Legal Research Databases for Users with Print Disabilities

  Citation: 8

  Authors: A. J.

• Introduction

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Gary, Dennis S., Lovisa

• The Evolution of the Reference Interview

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Courtney

• Student Services in the 21st Century: Evolution and Innovation in Discovering Student Needs, Teaching Information Literacy, and Designing Library, 2.0-Based Student Services

  Citation: 7

  Authors: H. Kumar Percy, Frances M.

• From Theory to Practice: Operation Emotional Intelligence

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Phillip

• Cloudy with a Chance of Open Source: Open Source Integrated Library Systems and Cloud Computing in Academic Law Libraries

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Carla P.

• Now How Much of Your Print Collection Is Really Online? An Analysis of the Overlap of Print and Digital Holdings at the University of Oregon Law Library

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Elizabeth R.

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