building better briefs: legal research & citation tools on the internet
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Legal research in an important component in preparing a written legal argument. There is a lot of great information on the Internet, but it's important that you know how to find it and evaluate it. Legal citation tools are also examined.TRANSCRIPT
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Building Better Briefs
Bonnie Shucha
Legal Research & Citation
Tools on the Internet
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There is a lot of great legal information on the Internet.
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It’s not always easy to find.
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And watch out for the bad information.
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When brief writing, it’s important that you get it right.
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Evaluating Web Sources
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Who created the site?
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What is the site about?
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When was the info last updated?
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From where is the info coming?
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Why does the site exist?
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How accurate is
the information?
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The Many Faces of Google
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Search Terms in Quotes
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Google Scholar
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Google Books
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Google U.S. Gov’t Search
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There is a lot of great legal information on the Internet.
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It’s not all on Google.
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The Invisible Web
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0.03%
What Google Finds
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What Google Can’t Find
84%
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Search engine spider crawls Web starting with already indexed static pages
Spider encounters link to a new static Web page
Spider follows link
Spider adds new Web page to search engine’s indexContent rendered “visible”
Webmaster registers new static Web page
with search engine
Search Engines & the Visible Web
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Search Engine Database
Your search results
Author Title Publication
SearchingSmarter
Wisconsin Lawyer
J. Doe CommonLaw
MarquetteLaw Review
B. Shucha
1. B. Shucha, “Searching Smarter,” Wisconsin Lawyer. J.Q. Public Legal
Tech TipsABAJournal
ShuchaSearch this Database
Go
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Spider encounters database
Query is required to access “dynamic” data
Spider incapable of generating query
Spider stops and cannot index data in databaseContent rendered “invisible”
Spider crawls Web starting with already indexed static pages
Search Engines & the Invisible Web
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The key is not locating the answer itself as the first step…
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…but in locating the right database in which to search for it.
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Citation Tools
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CheckCiteBatch Shepardizes your doc & verifies quotes
Free to LexisNexis subscribers
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StyleCheck
Ensures citations conform to BlueBook style
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FullAuthority
Builds a table of authorities from your document
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Shepard’s LinkAdds links to Lexis, Web and your other docs
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Batch KeyCites your document
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CitrusAuto-corrects citations as you type – MS Word
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Zotero
Free!
Collect cites while Web searching
SupportsBlueBook