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Cost-Effective Legal Research: Resources and Strategies 3/22/2013

Cost-Effective Legal Research: Resources and Strategies 3/22/2013 Brian Detweiler, Faculty Services Librarian Mike Martinez Jr., Head of Student Services Sarita Kenedy East Law Library, St. Mary’s University School of Law. What we will be covering this morning:. Free Federal Resources

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Cost-Effective Legal Research: Resources and Strategies 3/22/2013

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  1. Cost-Effective Legal Research: Resources and Strategies 3/22/2013 Brian Detweiler, Faculty Services Librarian Mike Martinez Jr., Head of Student Services Sarita Kenedy East Law Library, St. Mary’s University School of Law

  2. What we will be covering this morning: • Free Federal Resources • Statutes • Regulations • Free Texas Resources • Statutes • Regulations • Free Local Resources • Municipal Codes • Free Caselaw Resources • Casemaker • LexisNexis Academic • Lexis and Westlaw $trategies • Recommended Publications • Law Libraries

  3. Federal Statutes • Cornell LII • Searchable • Fast & easy-to-use • FDsys • Official version • Not searchable • Not Current • Painfully slow

  4. Federal Statutes • Office of the Law Revision Counsel • Best free version • Most up-to-date • Searchable

  5. Federal Statutes • Classification Tables • Session Laws • Pending Legislation

  6. Federal Regulations • Code of Federal Regulations (e-CFR) • Updating the CFR • Federal Register

  7. Searching the e-CFR • Simple Search • Proximity Searching

  8. Navigating the e-CFR

  9. Updating the CFR Online • CFR Parts Affected

  10. Looking Backwards in the CFR • CFR Annual Edition

  11. Texas Statutes • Free Public Site • Challenging Functionality • Findlaw for the Legal Professional

  12. Texas Statutes • Casemaker access via texasbarcle.com

  13. Texas Statutes • Drop Down Search • Searchable Codes Database Texas Statutes and Codes Online

  14. Texas Statutes • Index to Sections Affected Texas Statutes and Codes Online

  15. Texas Legislation • Texas Legislature Online

  16. Texas Legislation

  17. Texas Legislation Sec. 3(a) amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 777Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989 Legislative Reference Library

  18. Texas Regulations • Texas Administrative Code • Searchable Database • Texas Register • Searchable Database

  19. Texas Regulations

  20. Municipal Codes • http://www.municode.com/Library

  21. Free Caselaw Caselaw Resources • Casemaker

  22. Casemaker • Citator Accuracy Issues?

  23. St. Mary’s Libraries (on campus only) LexisNexis Academic

  24. LexisNexis and Westlaw:Dealing with TheDynamic Duopoly • Everything is negotiable! • Print resources may be more cost-effective • Call your sales rep before you buy anything • Westlaw Pricing: • starting around $100/mo. • LexisNexis Pricing: • $63-125/mo. for 1st 18 mos. • $125-255/mo. for next 3 yrs. • 5% annual price increase

  25. Recommended Books • Texas Legal Research (2012) • List Price: $26.00 • The Greenbook • List Price: $11.00 • The Bluebook • List Price: $34.00 • Legal Research in a Nutshell • List Price: $39.00 • Amazon: $28.50

  26. Obligatory/Shameless Law Library Plug Sarita Kenedy East Law Library Bexar County Law Library • Come back and see us! • Homepage • Online Catalog • Homepage • Print Catalog

  27. Contact Information Brian Detweiler Westlaw and Lexis Sales Reps: • LL 110 (near Reference Section) • (210) 436-3011 ext. 1374 • bdetweiler@stmarytx.edu • LL 131 (near Circulation Desk) • (210) 431-8070 • mmartinez17@stmarytx.edu • LexisNexis • Ryan Quinn • (210) 317-1475 • ryan.quinn@lexisnexis.com • Westlaw • Jacqueline Moyer • (210) 428-3200 • jacqueline.moyer@thomsonreuters.com Mike Martinez Jr.

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