finding sources for cite checking

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FINDING SOURCES FOR CITE CHECKING

August 2008

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Ann Chase Foreign & Comparative Law Librarian Room S-171 achase@umich.edu 734-764-6151

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Link to this Presentation http://www.law.umich.edu/library/

students/research/Pages/workshopmaterials.aspx

Link to our page with research guides for student journal topics http://www.law.umich.edu/library/students/

research/Pages/default.aspx

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WEBSITE TOUR

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Website Tour – Overview “Library Information” tab (Home, with

general info) Catalogs tab includes e-resources Tabs for user groups

Navigation changes depending on the tab To get to the tab “home” page, click on the

tab again Links may be repeated in multiple

locations

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Website Tour – Law Students Tab Main page

Catalog box Selected Research Resources

“Workshop Materials” like this PowerPoint “Book Lists” (lists of major books and treatises

by subject) Audio Tours and Online Tutorials Ask a Law Librarian Jobs info (when we’re hiring) New and Notable (changing content)

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Website Tour – Law Students Tab Navigation (on the left)

Law School Home Ask a Law Librarian Research: Guides and Info

Workshop materials are in here E-Resources (link brings you to e-resources part of

Catalogs tab) Reserves and Exams Getting Books, Carrels, Copiers, Computers Tours and Tutorials (duplicates banner link) Book Move Info

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Website Tour – Other Patron Tabs Law Faculty tab is for U of M Law Faculty—

this has info about our faculty services (document delivery and research), etc.

UM and Public tab is for non-law UM affiliated patrons, undergrads, patrons from other schools, other patrons not affiliated with a school Our services to these patrons are slightly

different Their level of access to the library is somewhat

more limited May not have access to certain e-resources

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CATALOGS

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Catalogs UMich Law Library Catalog (Law Library) Mirlyn (University Library System) Kresge Catalog (Business Library) WorldCat (International Union Catalog)

All of these are under the “Catalogs” tab on our website (In the “Research” box, click “Search other Catalogs” for the complete list)

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Example UMich Law Library Catalog Search Results

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E-RESOURCES

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E-Resources Generally – Law UMich Law Library Catalog Our E-Resources Page

Free resources that are not in Lexcalibur Individual aggregators (HeinOnline, LegalTrac,

ProQuest, JSTOR, etc.) Individual journals alphabetically Resources arranged by subject

“Find an Article” Journal Indexes—great for incomplete

citations

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E-Resources Generally – Non-law Mirlyn University Libraries’ “Search Tools” University Libraries’ E-Journals and News

papers page

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Other E-Resources Government Documents (including

statutes) Cases and Briefs E-books Internet sources

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Other E-Resources: Government Documents

GPO Access (free database) HeinOnline (subscription) LexisNexis Congressional (subscription) US House website, has US Code State legislatures’ websites for session

laws Administrative regulations—agency

websites Statutes at Large from the Library of

Congress

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Other E-Resources: Gov’t DocsGPO Access Bills and resolutions introduced in Congress, 103d

Congress, 1998- Code of Federal Regulations, 1997- Congressional Record, daily editions, vol. 140,

1994- Federal Register, vol. 59, 1994- Public and private laws enacted by Congress and

signed by the President, 104th Congress, 1995- Public Papers of the Presidents, 1992- Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, vol.

29, 1993-

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Other E-Resources: Gov’t DocsHein Online Gov’t Docs the Code of Federal Regulations, 1936- the Federal Register, vol. 1, 1937- U.S. Attorney General opinions, 1791-1996 the U.S. Reports, the official reporter for

U.S. Supreme Court opinions, vol. 1, 1754- the

Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, vol. 1, 1965-

and several U.S. treaty series

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Other E-Resources: Gov’t DocsLexisNexis Congressional

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Other E-Resources: Cases and Briefs

US Supreme Court Website Slip opinions Bound volumes (entire volumes in PDF—huge

files) Supreme Court Briefs in Making of Modern

Law Westlaw, West Reporter Images (PDF link) Using Google Domain plus Filetype Search

to find slip opinions for lower courts PACER—a fee-based resource

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Other E-Resources: Cases and Briefs Westlaw

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Other E-Resources: Cases and Briefs Google Advanced Search

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Other E-Resources: E-Books UMich Law Library Catalog and Mirlyn

You will find links to individual titles in Making of America Making of Modern Law Early English Books Online LLMC Digital NetLibrary And others

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Other E-Resources: Internet Sources Google Books Google Scholar Amazon.com “Search Inside” Feature Creating PDF’s from Screenshots

Adobe Professional or CutePDF (free) Internet Archive (“Wayback Machine”) Google cached copies

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INCORRECT CITATIONS

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Dealing with Incorrect Citations (1) Remove suspect elements (page

numbers, possibly misspelled words) Rearrange words in journal titles

Michigan Race and Law Journal, or Michigan Journal of Race and Law?

Use keyword searches instead of title searches

WorldCat

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Dealing with Incorrect Citations (2) Bieber’s Abbreviations (behind reference

desk) Lexis or Westlaw Combined Journals

databases (or full-text journal indexes) Search using a direct quote instead of citation

information Search SSRN for unpublished articles Google – good for misspelled authors’ names,

unpublished articles, conference proceedings Remember filetype search for PDF’s

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Bluebook Citation to Unusual Sources (1) Unusual sources covered by the

Bluebook: Court documents (briefs, motions,

transcripts, etc.) Most abbreviations, and what NOT to

abbreviate Internet sources Check out the examples in the Bluebook for

these citation forms

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Bluebook Citation to Unusual Sources (2) Bluebook does not cover everything Follow rules for analogous sources, create a

hybrid of two or more rules to fit the situation Find out how others have cited similar sources

Search in combined law journals databases in Lexis or Westlaw, follow the example of a trusted journal

But note that not all journals use Bluebook form Remember the purpose of the Bluebook—to give

readers enough information to find the source

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LIBRARY SERVICES

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Inter-library Loan Be sure the item is not available on campus –

remember to check for microfiche, ex. CIS Verify your citation info before you request an

ILL Use WorldCat to check that the title is correct Include the ISBN or ISSN in the notes field of the

form ILL Forms When filling out ILL forms for a journal both the

name and ID# will be: Journal AuthorName (e.g. MJRL Thompson)

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Getting PDF’s of Print Resources Circulation staff will scan print articles

and book chapters, etc., for you Circulation staff can upload PDF’s to your

CTools site if you authorize them to (contact Law IT to set this up)

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Reference Assistance Come to the reference desk in person,

staffed 9AM to midnight 7 days a week Ask a Law Librarian – Email Reference (

askalawlibrarian@umich.edu) Call the reference desk: 734-764-9324 Schedule an individual research

consultation with a professional librarian

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Questions?