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Welcome to the FAMU Law Evidence Materials and Study Aids Libguide

This guide is to help students find materials and study aids in the library’s collection online and in print formats. When able, this guide will link to online materials or to the FAMU Law Library’s catalog entry for each source.

This guide has been organized by column. Each column contains lists for sources that are available in the library, available online, and available through the school's West Academic Study Aid subscription.

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Items Available in the Library

Evidence by Steven L. Emanuel
Call Number: KF8935.Z9 E573 2010
ISBN: 9780735563025
Publication Date: 2007-09-21
CrunchTime provides a comprehensive topic breakdown and critical information review all in one tool! The application flow charts can be used all semester long, but the capsule summaries are ideal for exam preparation.
Acing Evidence 1E by Aviva Orenstein
Call Number: KF8935.Z9 O74 2014
ISBN: 9780314276094
Publication Date: 2014-09-30
This book offers a succinct, clear, and user-friendly review of federal evidence law. It provides many helpful examples and employs checklists at the end of every chapter. The checklist approach provides an organized way to analyze evidence problems and is particularly helpful for spotting hidden issues.
Questions and Answers by Paul C. Giannelli
Call Number: KF8935.Z9 L46 2009
ISBN: 9781531009915
Publication Date: 2018-04-16
Questions and Answers: Evidence helps you develop a better, fuller understanding of the law of evidence that will carry you through your evidence class and on into practice. This indispensable supplement, part of our well-known Questions and Answers series, helps you apply concepts as you learn them so that you can prepare more effectively for class and gain a competitive edge on exams.
Evidence by Arthur Best
Call Number: KF8935 .Z9 B48 2009
ISBN: 9780735584792
Publication Date: 2009-05-19
The #1 study guide for Evidence is now in its Seventh Edition . Examples & Explanations: Evidence is the go-to resource for any student struggling to Understand The concepts and rules of evidence as described in their casebook.
The Evidence Map with Folder 2009-2010 by David L. Faigman
Call Number: KF8935.Z9 F35
ISBN: 9780314206978
Publication Date: 2009-06-17
This law student study aid is presented in the format of a map or flowchart. This work permits students to understand both the operations within particular rules and the relationships between different rules. It provides clear and comprehensive directions through the Federal Rules.
Siegels Evidence by Siegel
Call Number: KF8935.Z9 S54 2009
ISBN: 0735579059
Publication Date: 2009-07-10
The Siegel's Series works through key topics in a Q&A format, providing an additional source for self-quizzing. A proven resource for high performance, titles in this exam-prep series contain essay questions with model answers, as well as multiple-choice questions and answers.

Items Available Online

Exculpatory Evidence
Exculpatory Evidence, Fourth Edition offers a comprehensive study of the evolution of case law defining the scope of the constitutional right to present exculpatory evidence.
Scientific Evidence
Cited by the National Academy of Sciences in its February 2009 report on the nation's forensic science system as the resource for learning about the latest forensic techniques and scientific concepts used in collecting and evaluating evidence, and by the U.S. Supreme Court in Daubert v. Merrell Dow and, most recently, Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts, Scientific Evidence is authored by two of the nation's foremost authorities on the subject.
Evidence in Florida
Evidence in Florida offers a practical, contemporary approach to the law of evidence. Experienced practitioners, judges, and law professors share their expertise in all aspects of the gathering and presentation of evidence in Florida courts.
Weinstein's Federal Evidence
Weinstein's Federal Evidence is the backbone of any proper federal litigator's library. Comprehensive and authoritative, Weinstein's is cited in an average of half a dozen federal opinions every month, and was cited by the United States Supreme Court in most of its leading evidence decisions over the past decade.
Courtroom Criminal Evidence
Thousands of lawyers refer to this popular resource for expert guidance on criminal evidence issues. Written by a team of four leading attorneys with years of combined expertise in evidence law, this book presents an analytical framework that simplifies evidence law and helps you understand the issues.

With a wealth of information packed into two volumes, this is one resource you can count on for quick reference and expert advice anytime.

Online Study Aids

Principles of Evidence
This Concise Hornbook was first published in 1978 and was entitled, An Introduction to the Law of Evidence. The aim then, as now, was to provide readers with a hornbook of manageable size that would enable them to understand the principles and rules of evidence that are usually studied in the basic evidence course in American law schools.
Acing Evidence
The chapters in this book are arranged to replicate the order in which a lawyer would consider a piece of evidence, starting with relevance and ending with questions for appeal. Such an analysis requires a methodical approach. A checklist will help you organize the order of inquiry and ensure that you did not omit an important step. Checklists are essential tools in many disciplines.
A Short & Happy Guide to Evidence
A Short & Happy Guide to Evidence takes a challenging subject and breaks it into manageable pieces that are easy to understand and digest. Using practical examples and humor, this book takes you through the most difficult, and most often tested, rules.
Exam Pro on Evidence
Exam Pro-Objective on Evidence is a study aid that helps law students prepare to take their Evidence exam. Taking the sample objective exams and using the corresponding answers and analysis provides students with a more thorough understanding of Evidence and a better understanding of how to take exams.
Evidence Law
This book offers a highly readable and engaging overview of the theory and principles of evidence. An opening chapter offers a broad conceptual framework for understanding evidence. This framework is then used throughout the text to help the reader achieve a firm grasp of the essentials: relevance, character, hearsay, impeachment, opinion, privileges, and non-conventional forms of evidence. The book also includes an appendix that explains the mechanics of finding, offering, and objecting to evidence.