There is traditional legal research and then there is ... Interdisciplinary Legal Research. As you might expect, this involves combining law with another field of study. Examples might be elder law and gerontology, environmental law and green technology, oil & gas law and geology.
Where do you go to find interdisciplinary resources? Here at UConn we have access to a huge number of online journals and databases. You can reach those by going to our Research Databases page and looking for a database that might fit your research needs. There is both a search box and a browse function.
If you are interested in the legal aspects of oil & gas exploration you will want to search a database on geology. Just search for geology using the search box - you'll find the GeoRef database that is searchable by keyword. You can find dozens of articles about oil & gas exploration.
Still can't find what you want? Try the Homer Babbidge Database by Subject page. This page organizes the databases of articles by subject.
If you are interested in finding articles about the battered woman/spouse syndrome you might look at the databases compiled under the Women's Studies link. This will take you to the Women's Studies International database. A simple keyword search brings up dozens of articles about battered women.
Doing interdisciplinary research means that you might need to step outside the standard, typical legal research resources. Fortunately, we have hundreds of those non-law sources available.
