About the authors

Nancy McCormack, BA, MA, MLIS, JD, LLM is an Associate Professor of Law at Queen’s University with a background in Labour/Employment Law and Human Resources, and is former Head of the Law Library. She teaches legal research and writing to upper year and graduate law students and has published widely on librarianship and legal research. She is the co-author of The Practical Guide to Canadian Legal Research (Carswell, 2010) and Updating Statutes and Regulations for all Canadian Jurisdictions (Carswell, 2012).

Catherine Cotter, BA, LLB, MLIS, is the Reference and Instruction Librarian at the University of New Brunswick Law Library, and is a member of the Law Society of Manitoba. She teaches legal research to all first year students in the Faculty of Law and offers an advanced legal research course to upper year law students. Catherine has co-authored the Canadian Law Dictionary (Barron’s, 2009) and The Practical Guide to Canadian Legal Research (Carswell, 2010).