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Internet Legal Research for Professor Mika’s Legal Writing Class Feb. 28, 2012

Internet Legal Research for Professor Mika’s Legal Writing Class Feb. 28, 2012. Limitations of Google. Invisible Web - Search Engines can not type or think. Limitations of Google. Too many results Results not geared for lawyers. Limitations of Google. Desired content NOT on the free web:

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Internet Legal Research for Professor Mika’s Legal Writing Class Feb. 28, 2012

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  1. Internet Legal Research for Professor Mika’s Legal Writing Class Feb. 28, 2012

  2. Limitations of Google Invisible Web - Search Engines can not type or think

  3. Limitations of Google • Too many results • Results not geared for lawyers

  4. Limitations of Google Desired content NOT on the free web: • Older cases • Secondary Sources: Ojur, Forms, etc.

  5. Benefits of Lexis/WL • Coverage • Secondary sources • Better Search Mechanisms - /s, /p • Editorial features – headnotes, annotations • Aggregate Info • Trustworthiness

  6. Benefits of Internet v. Lexis/WL • Free • Can be quicker/easier

  7. Internet v. Lexis/Westlaw • Some info exclusive to Internet • Municipal Ordinances • Some Court Filings • New case/regulation (within one day) • New topics/issues

  8. What’s on the Free Web • All US Supreme Court Cases • Reported Federal Appellate 1882-, Fed District 1932- • Some Unreported Fed • State cases: Reported 1950-, unreported varies -1990s-

  9. What’s on the Free Web • Statutes & Regulations- federal and states • LOTS more!

  10. Internet Portals • Library Home Page – Legal Research on the Web • Cornell Legal Information Institute (LII) • ALSO • Findlaw

  11. Lexis Communities

  12. Use LEGAL Search Engines • Cornell University Legal Research Engine • LexisWeb • List of Search Legal Engines

  13. Ohio Search Engine • https://www.law.csuohio.edu/lawlibrary/ohiosearch

  14. Dragnet by NY Law School • http://www.nyls.edu/library/research_tools_and_sources/dragnet

  15. Search Engines • Clustering search engines: Yippy, Ask.com • Metasearch engines: Dogpile, Yippy • Government Search Engines: USA.gov, Fdsys, Metalib • Internet Wayback Machine

  16. Search Engines • Learn search syntax • Google.com – click link or wheel for advanced search • Click on Advanced Search Tips to see operators

  17. Google Operators • AND (default) • OR (capitalized) • “”Quotes for phrase. • - to remove words or phrases. • ~ searches synonyms • * wildcard to replace word(s) (to * or * ) • No truncation • sue AROUND(3) brown • Fields: intitle:, site:, inurl: • define: finds definitions

  18. Case law • Google Scholar – state reported 1950-, fed circuit/ district 1923- • Ohio Supreme Court – Ohio reported & unreported (oldest 1992) • Legal Research on the Web - Cases

  19. Search = “birth certificate” marriage transsexual OR transgender OR “sex change”

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