--What is the issue you are researching?
--What are likely search terms and phrases?
--What kind of secondary sources (books, law reviews, encyclopedias, ALR, etc.) are most likely to help you learn about this area of law?
--What kind of primary authority are you probably looking for? (cases, statutes, regulations?).
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