COURSE REQUIREMENTS / INFORMATION

• Location:Wed: Room 110, Thurs: Room 007 (Computer Classroom)


• Meeting times:Wed: 2:10-4:00pm, Thurs: 10:00-11:00am
  
• For description please consult the Bulletin entry for this course.



• Grading and Course Requirements memo
• Pathfinder description memo

• Assignment 1 - Cases - required - DUE: February 24
• Assignment 2 - Statutes - required - DUE: March 10
• Assignment 3 - Legislative History - required - DUE: March 24
• Assignment 4 - Administrative Materials - required - DUE: April 14
• Assignment 5 - Secondary Materials - DUE: April 28

Course readings will be largely in Cohen & Olsen, Legal Research in a Nutshell (6th ed. West, 1996);and Discovering Westlaw. The Nutshell is on sale at area bookstores; the other two are available without charge at the reference desk.

READINGS Available Online

• Dabney, "The Curse of Thamus: An Analysis of Full Text Legal Document Retrieval," 78 Law Library Journal 5



• Dabney, "A Reply to West Publishing Company and Mead Data Central on The Curse of Thamus 78 Law Library Journal 349



• Desert, "Westlaw's Natural v. Boolean Searching: A Performance Study," 85 Law Library Journal 713

LEXIS / WESTLAW / INTERNET

• CONNECTORS AND SEARCH TERMS
• INTRODUCTION
• CASES - Part 1
• CASES - Part 2
• STATUTES
• LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
• UPDATING CASES
• ADMINISTRATIVE MATERIALS
• SECONDARY SOURCES
• COURT RULES, MODEL ACTS, JURY VERDICTS, BUSINESS MATERIALS
• See ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law
• CONSTITUTIONAL AND LOCAL SOURCES

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USEFUL RESEARCH SITES ON THE WEB

• Code of Federal Regulations
• Congressional UNIVERSE - access through Yale Law School, only
• Federal and State Government sites - including Executive Branch departments
• Federal Courts Finder
• Forms
• GPO Access
• House of Representatives Homepage
• ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law
• Internet Law Library
• Legal Publishers' List
• Lexis-Nexis XChange - password required
• Thomas
• UC Berkeley Internet Tutorial
• U.S. Code
• Westlaw - password required
• Yale Legal Research Workstation

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