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Internet and Subscription-based Legal Research

Internet and Subscription-based Legal Research. Margaret Clark, Reference Librarian FSU College of Law Library December 2005. Objectives. Identify Web sources of value for conducting legal research Identify subscription databases other than L/W for conducting legal research.

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Internet and Subscription-based Legal Research

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  1. Internet and Subscription-based Legal Research Margaret Clark, Reference Librarian FSU College of Law Library December 2005

  2. Objectives • Identify Web sources of value for conducting legal research • Identify subscription databases other than L/W for conducting legal research

  3. Legal Research on the Web GOOD FOR: • Current and recent documents • Significant or recent cases; SC cases • Federal & state codes, statutes and regulations • Government publications • Foreign and international materials

  4. Legal Research on the Web NOT GOOD FOR: • Older cases; historical materials • Annotated codes • Full-text journal articles • Treatises • Complete overview of the law • In-depth, thorough legal research

  5. Subscription-based databases GREAT FOR: • Locating full-text articles, law reviews, some treatises • Locating retrospective and current articles and cases • Florida case law not in W/L

  6. Secondary Sources • Treatises • Law reviews and articles • Encyclopedias and dictionaries

  7. Locating treatises • Aleph, online catalog • NetLibrary • WorldCat • Index Master All are subscription databases.

  8. Locating law reviews • LexisNexis Academic • Index to Legal Periodicals (ILP),1980- • ILP Retrospective,-1980 • LegalTrac • Hein Online • JSTOR; Project Muse • E-journals page All of these are subscription databases

  9. Locating law reviews • Emory’s list of legal journals • Findlaw’s list • Google Scholar • Law Library of Congress • University Law Review Project All of these are free Internet sites

  10. Encyclopedias and Dictionaries • Pathfinders/Research Guides • LLRX (Law Library Resource Exchange) • LexNotes.com Pathfinders • Online encyclopedias • Zimmerman’s Online Encyclopedia • Cornell LII’s Wex • Online dictionaries • Law.com dictionary • ‘Lectric Law Lexicon

  11. Case Law • Court Web sites • Florida Supreme Court • Portal Web sites • Florida State Courts • Findlaw.com • National Law Journal • Subscription databases • Lexis-Nexis Academic • Hein Online

  12. Case law – Portal sites Text of Opinions • Findlaw: Cases and Codes • LexisOne.com • Cornell LII • American Law Sources Online (ALSO) • National Law Journal • Federal Court Locator • Florida State Courts

  13. Case law – US Supreme Court Opinions FREE • Supreme Court 1991 to present • Findlaw 1893 to present • Lexisone.com1790 to present SUBSCRIPTION DATABASES • Hein Online 1754 to present • BNA U.S. Law Week, 1997 to present • LexisNexis Academic

  14. Case law – US Supreme Court • Oral Arguments • Supreme Court site (transcript) • Oyez Project (audio) • Records and Briefs • Findlaw 1999 to present

  15. Case law – Federal courts • PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records) www.pacer.psc.uscourts.gov • Electronic public access to service that allows users to obtain: • Case information • Docket information • Documents • From Federal Courts • Courts of Appeal • District & Bankruptcy courts

  16. Case law – Federal courts • Searching PACER • U.S. Party/Case Index • PACER District Look-Up • Subscription database: • agencies or individuals must register • Very inexpensive • $.08/page (applies to number of pages that results in any search), OR • $.60/minute charge • $2.40 maximum per document

  17. Case law – Federal courts • Other sites for federal cases: • www.uscourts.govfree Internet • LexisNexis Academic subscription

  18. Case law – Florida • Free, Internet • Florida Law Online portal site • ALSO: Florida (portal site) • Florida Supreme Court1999+ • Fla. SC Records and Briefs Apr 1998+ • FSU Briefs and opinionsNov 1989+ • WFSU Oral Arguments Online1997+ • Opinions from other Florida courts • Subscription • Florida Law Weekly1995+ • LexisNexis Academic – State search

  19. Court Rules • LLRX’s Court Rules • U.S. Supreme Court, Cornell LII • Federal Judiciary

  20. Constitutions • U.S. Constitution (GPO Access) • U.S. Constitution (Library of Congress) • Florida Constitution

  21. Statutes - Federal • Portal sites • Law Library of Congress • Federal • GPOAccess, Cornell LII, US House of Representatives site, Thomas

  22. Statutes - States • Florida • Online Sunshine constitution, statutes • Department of State public laws • Digest of General Lawsonly electronic • Law Library of Congressportal site • Other States • Findlaw, Cornell LII, Law Library of Congress • Municipal Codes -- municode.com

  23. Legislative History • Federal • Thomas, GPO Accessfree • LexisNexis Academic subscription • Florida • Online Sunshine official online site

  24. Administrative Law • Federal • Federal Register • GPO Access, Regulations.gov (Internet) • Hein Online (subscription) • Code of Federal Regulations • GPO Access (official text) • E-CFR (most up-to-date) • Cornell LII • Florida • FAC: http://fac.dos.state.fl.us • FAW: http://faw.dos.state.fl.us

  25. Administrative Decisions • Federal • Individual agency web sites (directory) • List of federal agency decisions • Florida • Division of Administrative Hearings (free) • Florida Administrative Law Reports (sub)

  26. Current Awareness • Cornell’s InSitehighlights selected law-related Web sites • LLRX Buzz Web journal on Internet legal research • The Virtual Chaselegal research articles • Abstract Appeal weblog for Florida law • Findlaw’s Breaking Legal Documents email newsletter

  27. Citation Guides • Cornell’s Basic Legal Citation • http://www.law.cornell.edu/citation/

  28. The End

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