"Problem typing" sets the research up to choose the types of resources that best match the problem. Below are various types of problems. Often most legal research involves Subject problem types, which require different resources, such as secondary sources to resolve.
*The table is based upon a similar taxonomy developed in Jean L. Sears & Marilyn K. Moody, Using Government Information Sources: Print and Electronic 6-9 (2nd ed., 1994).
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