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Property Law: Secondary Authority

Locating Property Law Journal Articles

Locating Restatements and Uniform Laws

Several Restatements of the Law cover property-related issues. The Restatements are located on the second floor of the library east of the seating area. The relevant restatements include:

Many property-related issues are also the subject of uniform laws. Use the General Index of the Popular Names Table in the state's annotated code to determine if your state has adopted a relevant uniform law.

Locating General Journal Articles

Law journal articles may be found using an index to legal periodical literature. Three of the most widely used law journal indexes are the Index to Legal Periodicals, the Legal Scholarship Network, and LegalTrac. Each database provides multiple fields to search, including title, author, subject and keyword.

Once you have identified potentially relevant articles, use the print journal, Hein Online, JSTOR or another full-text database to retrieve the article(s). HeinOnline and JSTOR provide access to legal and non-legal journal literature, respectively.  Both provide .PDF versions of articles, as well as search functionality.  They are particularly useful for retrieving items with specific citations.

Locating Books & Treatises

Most of the Law Library's books and treatises relating to property are located on the 1st floor in the KF 560 - KF 705 call number area.  Books and treatises specific to your state jurisdiction are located on the 3rd floor. Use InfoHawk+, the Law Library's online catalog, to search for relevant materials (see tutorial below).

Key treatises on property include:

Iowa Books & Treatises:

Searching InfoHawk+

You can use InfoHawk+, the University of Iowa's discovery tool, to search for relevant materials. For help using InfoHawk+ or locating items in the Law Library or other University of Iowa Libraries, try any of these resources: