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Elder Law Resources at the Anchorage Law Library

Elder Law Resources at the Anchorage Law Library. Janai Powell Lane, JD, MLIS February 2006 jplane@courts.state.ak.us 264-0588. Resources in the library. Print Materials Books & Law Reviews can be checked out We get BNA Tax Management Portfolios

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Elder Law Resources at the Anchorage Law Library

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  1. Elder Law Resources at the Anchorage Law Library Janai Powell Lane, JD, MLIS February 2006 jplane@courts.state.ak.us 264-0588

  2. Resources in the library • Print Materials • Books & Law Reviews can be checked out • We get BNA Tax Management Portfolios • Representing the elderly or disabled client: forms and checklists with commentary • Advising the elderly or disabled client: legal, health care, financial, and estate planning • Elderlaw, advocacy for the aging • Uniform Laws Annotated • Restatements • What other resources do you wish we had?

  3. Electronic Resources • BNA Tax Management Portfolios • http://library.bnatax.com/ • Available at library

  4. Westlaw at the Law Library • Free • All states and all federal statutes • All states and all federal case law • Keyciting – update the statutes or cases • Am.Jur. Legal Forms • Law Review articles

  5. Heinonline at Library • Heinonline is an online database available in the law library • Includes participation by over 1100 journals usually back to volume 1 • Federal Register back to 1936 • CFRs back to 1938 • Compilation of Sections Affected 1949-2000

  6. Resources On-Line • Federal Resources • http://Firstgov.gov • Links to agencies • Links to U.S. Code • Links to CFR • www.findlaw.com • Disability Law Center • http://www.dlcak.org/

  7. State Resources On-line • Links to all state legal resources at court website: http://www.state.ak.us/courts • Includes links to state sites for: • Alaska statutes • http://www.legis.state.ak.us/folhome.htm • Alaska administrative code • http://www.legis.state.ak.us/cgi-bin/folioisa.dll/aac? • Alaska court rules • http://www.state.ak.us/courts/rules.htm

  8. New case law database • http://government.westlaw.com/akcases • Alaska Supreme Court and Ct of Appeals • All published and most unpublished decisions back to 1960 • No headnotes or keyciting • Search by case name, attorney, date, and terms • AND, OR, BUT NOT • Truncation ! E.g., negl! • quotations are available e.g., “adverse possession”

  9. Case law Database Searching • No locate but can use Control F to find terms within a case • Space = OR so remember to type AND • Search example – “environmental impact statement” and neighborhood • Search by case name – instructions are incorrect. Need to type in one name or both names with And in between

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