List of Figures

1.1   Edited excerpt of Gilbert curriculum
1.2   Law Librarian Spotlight: Elizabeth Forgeus
1.3   Legal Touchstone: Lochner v. New York
1.4   Understanding early U.S. college admissions trends
1.5   Yale University departmental allotments, 1900
1.6   Notes from the Desk: My empirical research on the ‘facebook’

2.1   Four literacies of empirical reference work
2.2   Excerpt from Wollaston, 1912
2.3   Legal Touchstone: City of Seattle v. Buchanan
2.4   Linear regression graphic example
2.5   Law Librarian Spotlight: Mary Whisner
2.6   Hypothetical variables in a civil jury study
2.7   Citation of Mary Whisner’s publications by article subject

3.1   Legal Touchstone: McGirt v. Oklahoma, 2020
3.2   Map of Native American national lands in Oklahoma
3.3   Oklahoma population estimate comparisons
3.4   Typical literature review outline
3.5   Notes from the Desk: My special purpose districts work
3.6   Guided questions for literature review searching
3.7   Law Librarian Spotlight: Timothy Gatton
3.8   Overview of the peer review process
3.9   Review by publication type
3.10 Simplified evidence pyramid/hierarchy

4.1   Data sites offer more than data: The case of IPUMS
4.2   Geography as a factor in budget data finding
4.3   Hypothetical survey data usage
4.4   How to create a faculty Wikipedia page
4.5   ALLStAR survey sections and categories
4.6   Notes from the Desk: My empirical research on journals
4.7   Hypothetical data collection procedures: Focus groups

5.1   Overview of systematic reviews
5.2   Legal Touchstone: Tyson v. Bouaphakeo
5.3   Sample questions for quantitative analysis determination
5.4   Notes from the Desk: Which unit of analysis?
5.5   Sara Benesh’s Westlaw sampling frame
5.6   Solar power data: Interval-ratio
5.7   The data lifecycle
5.8   Law Librarian Spotlight: Joe Cera

6.1   Law Librarian Spotlight: Dan Wade
6.2   Access and engagement strategies in Ahmed’s research
6.3   Examples of higher and lower engagement
6.4   Notes from the Desk: Understanding project costing

7.1   Multi-step background research process
7.2   Notes from the Desk: My experience as a journal founder
7.3   Search worksheet for a paper on cryptocurrency
7.4   Word-count distribution of files in a legislative acts dataset
7.5   Nine-point checklist for critical reading of social science articles
7.6   Law Librarian Spotlight: Zanada Joyner