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

Abstracting & Indexing

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


Subjects & Keywords

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


SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

SJR
0.116
First Published: 2024

Quartile

Current Quartile
Q4
First Published: 2024

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