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Internet Sources (Especially the free & cheap kind)

Internet Sources (Especially the free & cheap kind). Resources you can find on the Internet without spending a fortune to subscribe to pay services. Who Are We?. Catherine Lemann Associate Director, Law Library of Louisiana Thorne D. Harris III Solo Practitioner Author, & Director of

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Internet Sources (Especially the free & cheap kind)

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  1. Internet Sources (Especially the free & cheap kind) Resources you can find on the Internet without spending a fortune to subscribe to pay services

  2. Who Are We? • Catherine Lemann • Associate Director, Law Library of Louisiana • Thorne D. Harris III • Solo Practitioner • Author, & Director of • LSBA Technology Resource Center

  3. LSBA Technology Resource Center • What it sounds like it is

  4. Picture of Building

  5. LSBA Technology Resource Center • What it really is

  6. TRC Plant & Facilities • Numbers in Bar Journal • 800-295-4960 • 504-822-5797

  7. Where to Start? • Legal Specific Resources • General Resources • Specialty Sites • Referral Sites • Shortcuts

  8. Legal Specific Resources • LSBA • www.lsba.org • Solo & Small Firm Section • http://www.solo-smallfirms.org • See legal links section of • www.ThorneDHarrisIII.com • See extensive lists in materials

  9. http://www.lsba.org

  10. LSBA Resource Links

  11. Solo & Small Firm Section

  12. SSF Resources & Research

  13. www.thornedharrisiii.com

  14. Legal Links menu

  15. Firm Resources Page

  16. Cathy’s Favorites 1 • Free public records - registration may be required • www.pac-info.com - searchable by state • www.webgator.org - public records agencies, professional associations, state government directories, missing persons, unclaimed property • www.brbpub.com - public records, public agencies • www.ancestralfindings.com - military, genealogy • www.access-central.com - corporate filings, ucc filings, some death, marriage and divorce records

  17. Cathy’s Favorites 2 • Fee based public records • www.knowx.com • www.ussearch.com • www.information-search.com

  18. Cathy’s Favorites 3 • Locating People • Yahoo: www.people.yahoo.com • WhoWhere: www.whowhere.lycos.com • Superpages: www.superpages.com • Switchboard: www.switchboard.com • It helps to know: full name, place of employment or profession, last known address, email address, SSN, telephone number, date of birth or death, professional affiliations, military service

  19. Cathy’s Favorites 4 • Corporate Information • BigBook: www.bigbook.com • Company Link: www.companiesonline.com • Corporate Information: www.corporate-information.com free & fee • Hoover's Online: www.hoovers.com • Wall Street Research Net www.wsrn.com • Annual Report Gallery: www.reportgallery.com

  20. Cathy Favorites 5 • Expert witnesses - the experts pay to be in the database • www.expertpages.com • www.expertwitnesses.com • www.claims.com/online

  21. Cathy’s Favorites 6 • Court cases • www.findlaw.com • http://www.law.cornell.edu:9999/USCA-ALL/search.html • is the url to search across US courts of appeal  • General sites • www.llrx.com for legal researchers • www.lexnotes.com lots of legal research links

  22. FindLaw

  23. Much, Much More • See materials for extensive listing of websites • CAUTION: • Website addresses change daily • May not still be functioning • Not warranting anything • Some may now point to OTHER THINGS

  24. Office Tricks on the Net • Keep & share your calendar • Check email at office on the road • Connect to your office and transfer files • Work from home at office computer

  25. Calendar sharing via the Internet • Synchronize to (with) / Publish on => anytime, anywhere • Yahoo.com, Intranets.com, MyPalm.com, Visto.com, HotOffice.com, Calendar.yahoo.com

  26. Things you can do with a calendar/ PIM • PIM = Personal Information Manager • Categories (each case a category?) • Contacts / Address Book • Tasks / ToDo • Sync to PDA

  27. Remote Control • pcAnywhere, LapLink • Technical support; Mom, I’d rather do it myself • Telecommuting • RAS • GoTOMyPC.com

  28. File Transfer • Get/send file, process locally • pcAnywhere, LapLink, Carbon Copy • RAS • GoToMyPC.com

  29. How you connect • Long distance phone dialup vs. Internet • Security, incl. call-back • Costs • VPN – dedicated/expensive/fast • GoToMyPC • Phone line or Dual DSL (Office & Home)

  30. Questions? • Go ahead. What have you got to lose? • At least tell me a joke

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