basics for paralegals
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LIBRARY TOUR FOR PARALEGALS(BESIDES WESTLAW)
E L A I N E S E TT E R G R E N , M . L . I . S
O N L I N E L I B RA R I A N
E S E T T E R G R E N @ G L O B E U N I V E R S I T Y. E D U
March 2011
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TODAY’S LESSONS• Search Strategies
• LegalTrac (Gale)
• LexisNexis Academic
• E-books
• Evaluating Legal websites
• FindLaw
• GPOaccess
• MN Statutes
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SEARCH STRATEGIESPhrases
Boolean operators: AND, OR, NOT
W5
Truncation or wild card
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SEARCH STRATEGIESPhrases
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SEARCH STRATEGIES
Boolean operators: AND
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SEARCH STRATEGIES
Boolean operators: OR
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SEARCH STRATEGIES
Boolean operators: NOT
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SEARCH STRATEGIES
Boolean operators
(law OR legal) AND copyright NOT music
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SEARCH STRATEGIESW5
Near
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SEARCH STRATEGIESTruncation or wild card
OR
Examples:wom?nDemocra*
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NEED HELP?
Contact me – Elaine Settergren
Paralegal research guidehttp://www.globeeducationnetwork.com/library/research-by-topic/
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LEGALTRACAll Secondary Sources
Journal, legal newspaper, and Law Review articles
1,500+ titles (200+ full text)
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LEGALTRAC
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LEXISNEXIS ACADEMICOver 9,000 news, business, and legal
sources
Primary and secondary800+ secondary sources
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LEXISNEXIS ACADEMIC
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OTHER DATABASES• Academic Search Premier
• Criminal Justice Periodicals (ProQuest)
• Criminal Justice Collection (Gale)
• ProQuest Newsstand
More: Research by Topic > Criminal Justice Research Guide
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E-BOOKS• Use the Library Catalog to search
Examples of E-books:
• Gale encyclopedia of everyday law
• West's encyclopedia of American law
• Deciding communication law
• U.S.A. immigration guide
• Nolo's encyclopedia of everyday law
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FREE INFO
Benefits of Free information?
Pitfalls of Free information?
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FREE INFOGovernmentFederalState
Law schools
Legal associations
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LEGAL WEBSITES – IS IT CRAP?Currency?
Reliability?
Authority?
Purpose?
http://www.bankruptcyinformation.com/MN.htm
Vs.
http://www.lawmoose.com/index.cfm?Action=Library.&Topic=MN165544
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FINDLAWhttp://www.findlaw.com/
Examples of information you’ll find:
Legal dictionary
Cases, Codes, Statutes, and Regulations
Legal forms and contracts
Legal news
Directories of Lawyers
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GPOACCESS
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/
Official, published e-versions of federal government information from all three branches
Examples of Information you’ll find:
Code of Federal Regulations: Title 28 - Judicial Administration
Locate Federal Officials: U.S. Government Manual
U.S. Constitution
United States Code
U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary
U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
U.S. Supreme Court
Judicial Branch Websites
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MN STATUTEShttp://www.leg.state.mn.us/leg/statutes.asp
Statutes, laws, and rules
Also bills, session info, and other congressional information
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OTHER USEFUL WEBSITESMany, many available!GovernmentSchoolsOrganizations/Associations
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Questions? Comments?
Contact the Online Librarian:
Elaine Settergren
http://globeeducationnetwork.com/library/