When getting started with a legal topic, it may be helpful to start with books. Books can provide you with a broad overview of a subject, and help you understand how the topic has been examined by legal scholars.
Keep in mind that you won't necessarily need to read every book from cover to cover. Browsing the titles, table of contents, introductions and conclusions of relevant titles can be helpful in deciding what is relevant, and can give you ideas for how you might refine a topic. Also, many academic books are arranged as collections of writings on a topic, so you may find that a single chapter or essay within a larger collection meets your needs quite well.
To find books on specific legal topics, try searching for your topic plus "law" as in the following examples:
hospitals AND law
"sex work" AND law
"performing arts" AND law
Note: multi-word phrases must be put in quotes.
Then, narrow down your results using the filters at the lefthand side of the results page (under "Modify your results").
For in-depth guidance on using Omni (the library catalogue) to search, please see the Omni Search research guide.