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Scholarly Writing & Spading

Introduction

Welcome!  This research guide will point you to resources particularly useful to Scholarly Writing students and others writing a research paper.  Additionally, we've also added pointers to help you find sources when completing a spading assignment. 

As always, if you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us at lawref@gmu.edu.

formal portrait, standing three-quarter length, in Doctor of Civil Law robes, posed with legal text

Sir William Blackstone (1723-1780). Painting by Tilly Kettle. Bodleian Library, Oxford.