Are you looking for it? Well, here it is. The Public Access to Legal Information Committee in conjunction with the Southern California Association of Law Libraries has just released its newly-revised, Fifth Edition of “Locating The Law”, a handbook of resources for non-lawyers. The contents include:

• Cover
• Preface by Ruth Hill
• Acknowledgments by June Kim
• Chapter 1: Introduction by Karla Castetter
• Chapter 2: How to Read a Legal Citation by David McFadden
• Chapter 3: Basic Legal Research Techniques by Joan Allen-Hart
• Chapter 4: Legal Reference vs. Legal Advice by Joan Allen-Hart
• Chapter 5: California Law by Laura A. Cadra
• Chapter 6: Bibliography of California Resources by Patrick Meyer
• Chapter 7: Federal Law by Karla Castetter
• Chapter 8: Bibliography of Federal Law Resources by June Kim
• Chapter 9: Assisting Self-Represented Litigants by Laura A. Cadra & June Kim
• Chapter 10: Bibliography of Self-Help Resources by Lisa Schultz
• Chapter 11: Availability, Accessibility and Maintenance of Legal Collections by Joan Allen-Hart
• Chapter 12: Major Law Publishers by Jennifer Lentz
• Appendix A: Glossary of Legal Terms by June Kim
• Appendix B: California County Law Libraries by Esther Eastman
• Appendix C: California Law Schools by Karla Castetter

You can download the entire PDF here. While California-focused, it includes info of interest that crosses state lines.