Answers to American Jurisprudence, 2d
Law Library Exercise

INDEX ASSIGNMENT
Using the Am. Jur. 2d General Index, answer these questions.

How many volumes make up the Am. Jur. 2d General Index?

• As of this writing, six. But the number may change over time, or library to library.
  

Is your research topic covered in the index?
yes no

• answers may vary
  

The Am. Jur. 2d Index leads to which of the following?

a. volume number, series, page number
b. a topic and section number
c. topic and key number

Does the index have a supplement?

• Depending on the set your library has, there may be a General Index Update.

If yes, where is it located?

• It would be found next to the General Index.
  

Is your topic covered in the supplement?

• answers may vary
  

Provide any cites to the Am. Jur. 2d main volumes the index may have provided.

• Such as:
  Burglary 46
  (This stands for the topic of Burglary, section 46)

MAIN VOLUMES ASSIGNMENT
Locate the volume and section number which the index provided, and answer these questions.

What is the subject matter under your topic and section number? (There should be a short, bold-faced statement.)

• Such as:
  §46 Circumstances which differentiate burglary from robbery.

Does the discussion provide any footnote references?
yes no

• answers may vary
  

What kind of research assistance do the footnotes provide?

• References to additional authority, such as cases, statutes, rules, secondary authority, etc.
  

Provide at least one case or statute from the footnotes:

• (answers may vary)
  

SUPPLEMENTS ASSIGNMENT
Locate the supplement in the volume you are researching and answer these questions.

How does Am. Jur. 2d update material in the volume you are researching?

• Pocket part (or supplement)
  

Where does the researcher look in the supplement?

__under section numbers from the Title Index only
X corresponding topic and section numbers
__only corresponding section numbers

Was there additional material for your research topic in the supplement? If yes, what kind of material?

• Answers may vary, but typically the pocket part would provide additional references to authorities. Very rarely, it will update the annotations.

NEW TOPIC SERVICE ASSIGNMENT
The answers to these questions may vary. Note that not every law library carries the New Topic Service from Am. Jur. 2d. In addition, if the set is fairly new, there may not be the need for a New Topic Service.