The primary audience for this book is first-year law students but also includes practitioners, paralegals, and college students, who need to become familiar with researching Michigan resources. The text comprehensively covers the sources of Michigan law and gives strategies for effective and efficient research of Michigan legal issues. It is supplemented with information regarding legal research in the federal system. It has numerous charts and screen shots of resources to help the reader visualize and better understand the material. It addresses the authoritative value of the legal sources and includes brief discussions of legal analysis to demonstrate the intersection between the process of research and writing. It also gives a method for systematically keeping track of the research process.