Index

4ALL Statewide Service Day, North Carolina’s, 202

10K Wizard (website), 140

10-Q reports, 172, 191

A

AALL (American Association of Law Libraries), 189–190

AALL2go, 190

AALL Spectrum (magazine), 18

ABA (American Bar Association), 16, 36–37, 128, 170

ABA Free Full-Text Online Law Review/Journal Search, 194

ABA Journal, 36–37

ABA Journal mobile app, 131

academic law librarians, xviii, 1

academic law libraries, 1, 12, 16, 172–174

The Accidental Health Sciences Librarian (Ennis & Mitchell), 63

The Accidental Law Librarian (Aycock), xix–xx

accounting law, database availability, 116

Accurint database, 139

Accurint Public mobile app, 130

active listening, 67

administrative law, 2–3, 29, 30, 43

advance sheets, 26, 131

advice, distinctions from legal reference, 56–57

agencies, administrative, 2–3

aid, denial of legal, 48

Allman, Kim, 184

ALM (publisher), 36, 43

ALR (American Law Reports), 32

ALR Digest, 32

Alred, Gerald J., 164

ALR Fed, 32

ALR Index, 32

AltLaw.org, 196

Ambrogi, Robert, 38

American Association of Law Libraries (AALL), 189–190

American Bar Association (ABA), 16, 36–37, 128, 170

American City Business Journals (website), 141

American Constitutional Law (Tribe), 39

American Digest Classification Scheme, 6

American Jurisprudence, 9, 31, 43

American Law Institute, 33, 112

American Law Reports, 26, 32

American Lawyer (magazine), 36–37, 131

American Lawyer mobile app, 131

American Presidency Project, 30

amicus briefs, 151

AmLaw 100 ranking, 36

Analysis and Information Online (website), 142

annotated code, 22, 23

annotated statutes, 41, 66

AnyWho (website), 145

appellate briefs, reasons for obtaining, 150

appellate cases, xv, 9, 25, 121, 127, 150–151

articles

American Law Reports annotations, 32

in bar association journals, 37

debate about, 15–16

encyclopedia, 31

on law firm management, 119

on law librarianship, 18, 181, 197

medical, 148–149

news, 63

newsletter, 84

articles, finding legal

journal, 35, 38, 113

via ABA Free Full-Text Online Law Review/Journal Search, 194

via Google Scholar, 127

via HeinOnline, 35, 113

via Legal News Reader, 132

via LegalTrac, 115

via mobile apps, 131

via U.S. Code, 23

via Westlaw or LexisNexis, 12, 35, 92, 99, 108, 113

associations, law library/librarian, 189–190

Atlantic Digest, 41

Atlantic Reporter, 11

attorneys

blogs by, 184–185, 186

litigation, 171

need for legal research, 138

referrals to, 53

research by, importance, 46–47

responsibilities, 22

use of legal materials, 10–12, 15, 16, 34–35, 195

use of mobile devices, 128

atVantage tool for business development, 158

Authenticity Consulting Free Management Library, 160–161

Aycock, Anthony, xvii–xviii, xix, 71, 77–78, 183–184

B

Baker & McKenzie (law firm), 102, 104, 200–201

Balleste, Roy, 172–173

bankruptcy cases, 127, 143

Bankruptcy Law Reporter, 84, 85

bar associations

American, 16, 36–37, 128, 170

attorney referrals, 53

law journals, 36–37, 115, 131, 194, 198

publications, 36–37, 52

state/local, 37, 52

Basics of Law Librarianship (Panella & Mount), xix, 172

Bender’s Federal Practice Forms, 9

beSpacific (blog), 181

Better Business Bureau (BBB) Reviews (website), 143

Big Charts (website), 140

billing

clients for database access, 93, 101, 102–103, 105, 106

for reference services, 64, 155

tools for establishing rates, 133

binders, looseleaf, 72, 73, 80, 81

Bintliff, Barbara, 173–174

Bizarre Questions and What Library School Never Taught You (website), 45

bizarre questions from patrons, 45–46, 60–61

Blackburn, Sharon, 61

“black letter law,” 33

Black’s Law Dictionary, 17, 131–132

Blackstone, William, 4

Blackwell (publisher), 15

blawgs, 181–182

blogs. See also individual blogs

advantages/disadvantages, 73

increasing use, 36

law library, 18, 181, 183, 184, 186, 197

use by attorneys, 15, 195

written by attorneys, 184–185, 186

Bloomberg BNA, 7, 8, 9, 112, 116

Bloomberg.com, 141

Bluebook 101 (website), 52

The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, 24, 27, 68

BNA (Bureau of National Affairs), 7, 8, 9, 112, 116

boards of trustees, library, 154, 160–163

Brandis and Broun on North Carolina Evidence, 177

BRB Publications (website), 137

bridal registries, 146

Brusaw, Charles T., 164

Buckland, Michael, 201–202

Bureau of National Affairs (BNA), 7, 8, 9, 112, 116

Burton’s Legal Thesaurus, 52

business cases, 164, 165

Business Cases for Info Pros: Here’s Why, Here’s How (de Stricker), 164

business development, law firm, 158–160

Business Intelligence Online Resources (website), 137

business research. See company research

business titles, database availability, 115

The Business Writer’s Handbook (Alred, Brusaw & Oliu), 164

Butterfield, George, 167

C

California, Faretta v., 47

Callaghan and Company, 6

casebooks, 5

case citations, 27–28

case notes, 15, 40, 66

case reporters

described, xv, 25, 26

history, 5, 13

locating cases in, 27–28

publishing, 6

state, 27

cases

books of, 2

database availability, 117

described, xiv, 2, 25

English, 112

locating, 41, 90, 92–93, 118–119, 127

published formats, 25–27

Castanias, Greg, 155–156

CCH (Common Clearing House), 73, 83, 112, 116, 118

CCH IntelliConnect database, 116

A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation, 122

CFR (Code of Federal Regulations), 30

CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) mobile app, 132

The Changing Role of Law Firm Librarianship, 175–176

chapters, 23

Charlotte Law Library, 199

Charlotte Law Library News, 183–184

Childs, Scott, 178

Chiorazzi, Michael, 1, 174–175

ChoicePoint, 139, 144

CI (competitive intelligence), 158–160

citations

complexity, 63

described, 24

finding, 32, 38, 39, 127

format, 27

law reviews, 40

resources on, 24

secondary legal materials, 39–40

state, 24, 27

of treatises, 39

U.S., 24

U.S. Supreme Court case, 27

citators, 7, 28–29, 96, 118

city bar associations, 37

Clark County, Washington revenue sources, 202

CLEAR database, 139, 144

Click University, 190–191

clients, finding new for legal firm, 158–160

closure of law libraries, 199

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 30

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) mobile app, 132

collection development, 1, 16, 17, 18, 174–175

collection management law firm policies, 18

collections of indexes, 116

Collier on Bankruptcy, 10, 40

Collin County, Texas revenue sources, 202

colloquial terms for law, 25, 51, 91

Columbia Jurist, 13–14

Columbia Law Review, 14

Commentaries on the American Law (Kent), 4

Commentaries on the Laws of England (Blackstone), 4

Commerce Clearing House (publisher), 7, 193

commercial publishers of law journals, 15

Common Clearing House (CCH), 73, 83, 112, 116, 118

common law, 4, 18

common names for laws, 25, 51, 91

company research

amount, 171

business development, 158–160

database availability, 119

documentation, corporate, 107, 138–141, 142, 143

information availability, 151

locating, 63

sources, 139–140

strategies, 139

competitive intelligence (CI), 158–160

complexity of legal questions, xiv

Congressional documents, database availability, 112, 122

Congressional Record (website), 142

consolidation of legal publishing, 7–8, 9, 175, 193

constitutional law, 168

constitutions, database availability, 117

consumer opinions, researching, 139, 143

Cornell University Law Library online research guide, 179, 181, 182

Corporate Counsel, 36

Corporate Crime Reporter (website), 141

Corporate Registration, The National Association of Secretaries of State (website), 142

corporations, researching. See company research

Corpus Juris Secundum, 31

CorpWatch (website), 143

cost-consciousness, law firm, 155–157

cost recovery software, 157

costs

law library materials, 10–11

legal database, 104–105, 116–118, 157

personal information, 144–145

publishing, 9–10

software for recovering, 157

treatises, 9–10

county bar associations, 37

courthouse filings, legal, 149–150

Courtlink mobile app, 130

Courtroom Objections mobile app, 132

court rules, database availability, 117

courts, structure, 52–53

CPA Directory (website), 140

culture, law firm, 66–67

currency of information, 64–65

Current Legal Index, 35

cybercrime, 135

D

Dane County Legal Resource Center, 202

databases, legal. See also LexisNexis service; Westlaw service; individual sources

costs, 104–105, 116–118, 157

errors in, 144, 146

news information in, 63

in public libraries, 18, 102, 104

searching by inexperienced users, 105–106

supplemental, 112–116

Data corporation, 89

decisions. See cases

Denison, Texas collection development policy, 17

de Stricker, Ulla, 164

detectives, 149, 151

Detham, John, 175

digests

continuing availability, 193

described, 27, 31

finding cases using, 28, 41

in Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, 29–30

directories, 38–39

DocInfo (website), 147

doctors, researching, 147–148, 149

Dolan Company (publisher), 9, 35–36

Dorraine Zief Law Library, University of San Francisco, 154–155

Droidlaw mobile app, 132

“The Dual Degree: A Requirement in Search of a Justification” (Young), 167

Duke Energy Corporation law department, 102

Dun & Bradstreet database, 140

Durham Statement, 194–195

E

easement (term), xvi

eBooks mobile app, 130

EDGAR (website), 141

education, law librarian, xix, 169–172, 179, 181

electronic alerts, 16

electronic information, overreliance on, 198–199

electronic publications, 194, 198

Employment Discrimination Report (BNA), 86

encyclopedias, legal, 31

English case law, database availability, 112

English Year Books (Machlinia), 4

Ennis, Lisa, 63

Estates, Gifts and Trusts Portfolios Library, 74

executive orders, 30

Executive Paywatch (website), 140

executives, researching company, 139, 140

F

Fair Credit Reporting Act, 149

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 149

Faretta v. California, 47

Fastcase, 117–118

Fastcase mobile app, 128, 130–131

Federal Legislative History, 115

Federal Practice and Procedure (Wright), 40

Federal Register, 29, 132

Federal Reporter, 25, 31, 196

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Evidence, Appellate Procedure, Criminal Procedure, and Bankruptcy Procedure mobile app, 132

Federal Supplement, 25, 31

Federal Tax Research: Guide to Materials and Techniques, 179

fees. See costs

filings, legal

courthouse, 149–150

financial, 139–143, 158, 166, 191

public, 136

reasons for obtaining, 149–150, 151

sources, 92, 117–118, 138, 150, 151

Find Info Like a Pro, Volume 1: Mining the Internet’s Publicly Available Resources for Investigative Research (Levitt & Rosch), 137

Find Info Like a Pro, Volume 2: Mining the Internet’s Publicly Available Resources for Investigative Research (Levitt & Rosch), 137

finding list, looseleaf, 75

Finding People Online (website), 137

FindLaw (website), 119, 120, 195

First Amendment claims, 168

Fletcher Corporation Forms Annotated, 10

Ford, Henry, 5

formatting legal documents, 63

form books, 17, 34–35

forms

administrative law, 29, 30

sources, 9, 10, 17, 34–35, 53, 117, 150

use by attorneys, 34–35

4ALL Statewide Service Day, North Carolina’s, 202

“Free and Fee Based Appellate Court Briefs Online” (Whiteman), 151

FreeERISA.com, 142

free websites, legal, 119. See also individual sites

Friedman, Lawrence, 13

full-text treatises, 82

Fundamentals of Legal Research, 177

Future of Law Libraries wiki, 197

G

Gallagher Law Library of University of Washington online research guides, 179–180

Gates, Bill, 5

gender discrimination law, 168, 191

general-interest titles, database availability, 115

General Statutes, North Carolina, xvi

Georgetown Law Library list of treatises, 34

Georgetown Law Library online research guides, 18–19, 179, 180

Georgetown Law Library Treaty Research Guide (website), 18–19

Get Cases & Shepardize mobile app, 130

GlobalCite citator, 118

Golban, Zoya, 199

“good law,” 28–29, 96–98, 102

Google, influence of, 195–196, 199

Google Groups (website), 143

Google Scholar, 127–128, 156–157, 195

Google search tool

emulation by legal database services, 94, 99, 101, 117, 124, 194

limitations, 127–128

use by young researchers, 101, 197–198

use in research, 98, 144–145, 147

Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, 149

grants, library, 162

Gregory, Vicki, xviii, 173

guides to statutes, 179

A Guide to European Union Law, 179

Guide to International Legal Research, 179

Gumshoe Librarian (website), 137

H

Hale-Janeke, Amy, 61

Harvard Law Review, 13, 14, 113, 114

Harvard legal publications, 13–14

headnotes, case, 26, 27

Healthgrades (website), 147

HeinOnline database, 35, 112–113, 131

HG.org (website), 119, 120

historical information, database availability, 116

A History of American Law (Friedman), 13

Hodnicki, Joe, 197

Hoover’s database, 140

hourly billing, 93

House Floor Proceedings, database availability, 122

Houston, Texas county law library, 203

How to Find People on the Web (website), 138

How to Manage a Law Firm Library, 175

HSB (Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd) law firm, 71

Hubbell’s Legal Directory, 38

I

identity theft, frequency, 135

ILL (interlibrary loan) services, 12

in case citations, 23

indexes

collections of, 116

law journals, 35

LegalTrac as, 115

looseleaf, 73, 75

newsletter, 86

statutory codes, 24

use in research, 91, 98

IndexMaster, 116

Index to Legal Periodicals, 35

individuals people, researching. See people, researching individual

inexperienced researchers, working with, 65–66

information, right to, 197

InfoTrac, 115. See also LegalTrac database

inquiries, patron. See reference, legal

insane patrons, 61

interference, 168–169

interfiled looseleafs, 73–74

international information, availability, 115, 116, 119, 179, 198

international legal journals, 115

Introduction to Basic Legal Citation (website), 52

Investing in Bonds (website), 141

I Want Media (website), 141

J

James Publishing, 9

JD degree, 169–171

Jesus photo question, 45–46

Jobs, Steve, 5

John Wiley & Sons (publisher), 15

John Wiley Law Publications (publisher), 7

Jones McClure (publisher), 9

journals, law. See also law reviews

attorney use, 195

bar association, 36–37, 115, 131, 194, 198

database availability, 113, 115

finding articles, 35–38, 113

history, 13–16

indexes, 35

international, 115

mobile access, 131

publication format, 194–195

sources, 15, 113, 115, 127, 131, 194–195

journals, medical, 148, 149

J-STOR, 35

judgment, xiv

Judiciary Act (1789), 47

Justia (website), 195

K

Kennedy, Justice Anthony, 15

Kent, James, 4

KeyCite, 29, 38, 96–97, 103–104, 129

key numbers, case

described, 6

learning, 188

LexisNexis, 99

West, 26, 27, 28, 93–94, 95

keyword searches, 51–52, 65, 91, 169. See also Google search tool

King County, Seattle collection development policy, 17

knowledge, right to, 196–197

Krause, Margaret, 159–160

Kroc, Ray, 5

L

labor law, 72, 112, 116

Langdell, Christopher Columbus, 5

law firm libraries

closure, 200–201

culture of firm, 66–67

expertise of patrons, 61–62

inexperienced researchers, working with, 65–66

justifying existence, 155–159, 163–164

location of collection, 62

managing requests, 64–65

mission, 154, 155

questions from patrons, 62–63

tracking reference time, 64

law firms

billing clients for database access, 105, 106

business development, 158–160

collection management policies, 18

cost-consciousness, 155–157

costs for legal databases, 104–105, 116–118, 157

librarians, value to, 154

management, 119

mission, 154, 155

use of outside law libraries, 12

Law.Gov (website), 125–127

law journals. See journals, law

Law Librarian Blog, 18, 181, 183, 197

Law Librarian Resource Exchange (LLRX website), 151, 181, 182

Law Librarianship in the Twenty-First Century (Balleste, Luma-Lamas & Smith-Butler), xviii, 172–173

Law Librarians in the New Millennium, 188

law libraries. See libraries, law

law library blogs, 18, 181, 183, 184, 186, 197

Law Library Blogs (website), 184, 186

Law Library Collection Development in the Digital Age (Ed. Chiorazzi & Russell), 1, 174–175

law professors, library needs, 1

law reviews. See also journals, law

citations, 40

controversy over, 15–16

database availability, 115, 194

described, 13, 16

mobile access, 131

rankings, 40

laws, process of making, 2

law school journals. See law reviews

Law School Q&A series mobile app, 130

LawStack mobile app, 132

lawyers. See attorneys

Lawyers.com mobile app, 130

Lawyers Cooperative Publishing, 43

Lead Alert mobile app, 130

Lee, Justice Sharon, 199

legal activity, researching, 142–143

legal developments, sources on, 195

Legal Ethics: A Legal Research Guide, 179

legal forms. See forms

Legal Information Buyer’s Guide and Reference Manual (Svengalis), 11, 12, 18, 38

Legal Looseleafs in Print, 76

legal materials. See also secondary legal materials; individual types

categories, 1–2

primary, 2–3, 30–31, 129, 196

Legal News Briefs mobile app, 130

Legal Newsletters in Print, 84, 86

Legal News mobile app, 130

legal newspapers. See newspapers, legal

Legal News Reader, 132

Legal Research and Law Library Management (Marke, Sloane & Ryan), 1

Legal Research and Writing for Paralegals, 177

Legal Research Engine from Cornell University Law Library, 179, 181, 182

Legal Research: How to Find and Understand the Law, 177

Legal Research Made Easy, 176

Legal Research Methods, 177

Legal Services Corporation (LSC), 48

LegalTrac database, 35, 115

legislative histories, 112, 113, 114

legislative intent, 113

legislative processes, online information on, 2

Legislative Source Book, 114–115

Levitt, Carole A., 137

Lexis Advance, 99, 100, 101, 129–130, 194

LEXIS database, 89

LexisNexis Academic, 13

LexisNexis Communities, 195

LexisNexis Congressional, 113–115, 142

LexisNexis InfoPro, 189

LexisNexis service

billing, 101, 102–103

business development tools, 158

competing with, 111

contents, 38, 82, 92–93, 99, 107, 113, 198

contracts, 104–105

costs, 9, 12, 13, 108

electronic alerts, 16

history, 89, 107

key numbers, case, 99

legal actions, 90

mobile version, 99, 100, 101, 129–130, 194

numbering system, 99

searching, 99–102

sources, 108

terms, 108

training, 185, 188–189

uses, 35

Westlaw compared, 107

LexisNexis SmartIndexing, 99

LexisNexis User Guides, 188

LexisOne, 195

LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate) rate, 172, 191

librarians, law

academic, xviii, 1

backgrounds, xvii, xviii–xix, 1, 167

education, xix, 169–172, 179, 181

goals, 202–204

law firm, evolving needs, 202–203

public, xviii

relationship with library trustees, 161

responsibilities, 22

salary information, 190

special interest groups, 190

tasks, xix

value to firms, 154

librarians, public, 1, 169–170

librarianship, law, xviii–xx, 18, 172–176, 181, 197

libraries, law

academic, 1, 12, 16, 172–174

adaptability, 201–202

closure, 199

costs of materials, 10–11

expansion, 203

future needs, 202–203

history, 193

justifying existence, 161–163

leadership, 154

marketing, 163–164

membership, 199

trends, 193–195

libraries, law firm

closure, 200–201

culture of firm, 66–67

expertise of patrons, 61–62

inexperienced researchers, working with, 65–66

justifying existence, 155–159, 163–164

location of collection, 62

managing requests, 64–65

mission, 154, 155

questions from patrons, 62–63

tracking reference time, 64

libraries, public law

databases, legal, 18, 102, 104

demonstrating law library value, 161–162

fear of unauthorized practice of law, xviii, 161

leadership, 154, 160–163

mission, 154–155

recommended legal materials, 17–18

term, xx

use by law firms, 12

use for legal research, xviii

library grants, 162

library maintenance agreements, 194

Library Relations Team, 187

litigation, 138

litigation attorneys, 171

LLMC-Digital, 116

LLRX (Law Librarian Resource Exchange website), 151, 181, 182

LLSDC, 114–115

Logan, David, 169

Logan, Wayne, 169

Loislaw, 118

LookUp Precision cost recovery software, 157

looseleaf filers, 76–78, 80

looseleafs (looseleaf services)

binders, 72, 73, 80, 81

canceling to save money, 12

Common Clearing House, 83

conversion to pamphlets by Westlaw, 82

described, 16, 37, 71–72

indexes, 73, 75

locating, 76

missing pages, 76, 87

online, 83

page formats, 72–73

publishers, 7

reasons for using, 72, 73

risks of losing printed version, 193

trends, 81–83

types, 73–74

updating, 73–74, 75–83

using, 75–76

looseleaf treatises, 74, 82

low-cost legal databases, 116–118

LSC (Legal Services Corporation), 48

Luma-Lamas, Sonia, 172–173

M

Machlinia, William de, 4

magazines, law, 13, 36–37

Malamud, Carl, 125–126, 196

malpractice, legal, 46–47

mandatory authority, 39

Marion County Law Library, 199

Marke, Julius, 1

marketing law libraries, 163–164

The Maroon Book, 68

Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, 29–30, 38–39, 99

Matheson, Scott, 175

Matthew Bender (publisher), 7, 130

mattress tags, legal issues on, 18

MBA degrees, 171–172

MCL&GL (Mecklenburg County Law & Government Library), 161, 199–200

MDNationwide (website), 147

Mead Corporation, 89

Mead Data Central, 89

Mecklenburg County Law & Government Library (MCL&GL), 161, 199–200

medical information, researching, 63–64, 147–148

medical journals, 148, 149

Medical Libraries on the Web, 64

Medical Library Association, 64

MedWATCH (website), 142

membership law libraries, 199

Michie (publisher), 7

microfiche, 198, 204

Mitchell, Nicole, 63

MLIS programs, law librarianship courses, xix

MLS degree, 170–171, 179, 181

mobile access

journals, law, 131

LexisNexis service, 99, 100, 101, 129–130, 194

primary legal materials, 129

regulations, 132

Shepard’s Citations, 129–130

treatises, 130

Westlaw, 129

mobile apps, 128–133, 194

mobile devices, attorney use, 128

Mobile Transcript, 132

Moore’s Federal Practice, 9

Mount, Ellis, xix, 172

Murphy’s Law School (comic strip), 184

N

NAFTA, database availability, 119

name table, finding cases by, 28

National Association for Court Management, 48

National Center for State Courts, 48, 150, 151

National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, 151

National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), researching, 142, 143

National Law Journal, 36, 158–159

National Reporter System, 25, 31, 42

negligent interference, 168

Negotiations Unit of Right of Way Division of North Carolina Department of Transportation, xvi

The Net (movie), 135

New Jersey Statutes Annotated, 41

news, research on, 63, 139, 141–142

newsgroup messages, researching, 143

newsletter hybrid looseleafs, 74

newsletter looseleafs, 74

newsletters, legal, 16, 37, 84–86, 198

newspapers, general, 63, 142

newspapers, legal

database availability, 92, 115, 117–118, 196

described, 35–36

sources, 9, 37

New York Public Library, 154

New York State Unified Court System, 160

Nexis News Search mobile app, 130

NEXIS system, 89

Nimmer on Copyright, 10

NLRB (National Labor Relations Board), researching, 142, 143

NLRB Decisions (website), 143

Nolo Press self-help books, 17

Nolo’s Essential Guide to Divorce, 52

North Carolina Bar Association resources, 52

North Carolina Contracts, 177

North Carolina Employment Law Letter, 84

North Carolina Legal Research (Childs), 178

North Carolina legislative process, 2

North Carolina Real Property Mechanics’ Liens, Future Advances, and Equity Lines, 178

North Carolina Torts (Wayne & Wayne), 169

North Carolina Utilities Commission, 30, 42

North Western Reporter, 6, 13

Nova Statuta (Machlinia), 4

numbering system, LexisNexis service, 99

Nutshell series, 17

O

objections, mobile app for courtroom, 132

Oliu, Walter E., 164

“one good case” strategy, 65–66

Onelog cost recovery software, 157

OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog), 174

open law movement, 195, 196, 197

OpenRegs mobile app, 132

opinions. See cases

Opperman, Dwight, 90

ordinances, resources on, 18–19

out-of-print American Law Institute documents, 112

overreliance on digital resources, 198–199

P

PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records), 150

Pacifici, Sabrina, 181

Panella, Deborah, xix, 172

Paralegal Mastery Program, 188

patrons, handling difficult, 60–61

people, researching individual

costs, 144–145

finding, 146–148

legal limitations, 148–149

techniques, 143–146

using private detectives, 149, 151

Peoples, Lee F., 173–174

personal information, researching. See people, researching individual

persuasive authority, 39, 40

Pillsbury Madison & Sutro (law firm), 201

PI Magazine, 149, 151

“Planning and Organizing Proposals and Technical Reports” (Purdue Online Writing Lab), 164

PLCMC (Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County), 200

PLOL (Public Library of Law website), 124–125, 195

pocket part updates, 23–24, 34

policies, library, 17, 18, 57–60

popular names for laws, 25, 51, 91

Popular Name Table in statutory codes, 25

Posner, Judge Richard, 15

practice guides, 6, 24, 34, 38, 193

Practising Law Institute (publisher), 7

precedent, 2

Prentice Hall Law & Business (publisher), 7

presidential papers, database availability, 112

primary legal materials, 2–3, 30–31, 129, 196. See also individual types

printed publications, risks of losing, 193–194

private detectives, 149, 151

Private Protective Services Act, North Carolina, 149

professional legal titles, 177, 178

professors, library needs of law, 1

proposals, business, 164, 165

ProQuest, 35

ProQuest Congressional, 113–115, 142

pro se representation, 46, 47, 48–49

Prosser and Keeton on the Law of Torts, 39

Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER), 150

publications, legal. See also articles; journals, law

of appellate cases, xv, 9, 25

bar association, 36–37, 52

price increases, 193

session laws, 22–23

treatises, 32–34, 82, 193

public information on internet, 135, 136, 137–138

public law libraries. See libraries, public law

public librarians, 1, 169–170

Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County (PLCMC), 200

Public Library of Law (PLOL website), 124–125, 195

public opinion, researching, 139, 143

Public.Resource.org, 126

Public Services in Law Libraries: Evolution and Innovation in the 21st Century (Bintliff & Peoples), 173–174

published opinions, mobile access, 131

publishing, legal

consolidation, 7–8, 9, 175, 193

costs, 9–10

history, 3–7

modern, 7–10

by states, U.S., 9

tax law, 7, 112, 116

U.S. Supreme Court cases, 6, 9

PubMed (website), 148, 149

Purdue Online Writing Lab, 164

Pynson, Richard, 4

Q

questions from patrons. See reference, legal

R

rankings, legal, 36

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), 172, 191

Reed Elsevier (publisher), 7–8

reference, legal. See also UPL (unauthorized practice of law)

billing for, 64, 155

bizarre queries, 45–46, 60–61

critical nature, 46

described, 49

example, xiii–xvi, 49

goals, 67

interviews, 50–51

law firm libraries, 62–63

legal advice compared, 56–57

librarian responsibilities, 22

listening, importance, 67

preparing for, 52–53

referrals from public libraries, xiii–xvi

strategies, 51–52

types, 49–50

written policies, 57–60

reference interviews, 50–51

referrals for legal reference from public libraries, xiii–xvi

referring clients to attorneys, 53

regulations (regs), 29–30, 117, 132

regulatory activity, researching, 142–143

REITs (Real Estate Investment Trusts), 172, 191

reporters. See case reporters

research, legal

books on, 176–177, 178

conducted away from office, 128–133

critical nature, 46–47

electronic, when to use, 91–92

example, 40–41

goals, 111

print, electronic compared, 90–91

process, 22

research guides, 119, 177–181

Researching Local Government Law (website), 19

Research Institute of America (publisher), 7, 112

research requests. See reference, legal

ResellerRatings.com, 143

Restatements of the Law, 32–33, 39

ResultsPlus feature of WestlawNext, 95

RIA Checkpoint, 116

right of way, xv–xvi

Right of Way Division of North Carolina Department of Transportation, xv–xvi

Roberts, Chief Justice John, 15

Rosch, Mark E., 137

Rules of Civil Procedure, 53

rules of court, 17

rules of evidence mobile app, 132

Russell, Gordon, 1, 174–175

Ryan, Linda, 1

S

Sacramento County, California collection development policy, 17

Sage (publisher), 15

salaries, law librarian, 190

Sankey, Michael, 137

Satan and His Staff, United States ex. rel. Gerald Mayo v., xx

SCIP (Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals), 159–160

searching by contemporary students, 197–198

SearchSystems.net, 138

SEC Enforcement Division (website), 143

SEC filings, researching, 139–143, 158, 191

secondary legal materials. See also individual types

citations, 39–40

described, 3

finding in WestlawNext, 98–99

limited availability, 196

in research, 40

training researchers to start with, 65

uses, 31

self-help legal titles, 176–177, 178

SelfHelpSupport (website), 48

self-representation, legal, 46, 47, 48–49

seminars on electronic legal research, 202

serials, legal, 35–39, 115. See also journals, law

service, focus on, 203

session laws, 22–23, 24

Shepard, Frank, 29

“Shepardizing,” 29, 102

Shepard’s Citations, 7, 29, 38, 99, 102–104, 129–130, 193

Shephard’s (publisher), 7

Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, 47

SLA (Special Libraries Association), 190–191

slang terms for laws, 25, 51, 91

Sloane, Richard, 1

smartphones, attorney use, 128

Smith-Butler, Lisa, 172–173

Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP), 159–160

software for cost recovery, 157

The Sourcebook to Public Record Information: The Comprehensive Guide to County, State, & Federal Public Records Sources (Sankey & Weber), 137

South Carolina state tree, 86–87

Sovereign Citizens, 60

special interest groups of law librarians, 190

special libraries, webinars on, 190–191

Special Libraries Association (SLA), 190–191

specialty digests, 31

specialty reporters, 25

State and Local Government on the Net (website), 30, 138

state bar associations, 37, 52

state case citations, 27

State Legislative History Research Guides, 115

State of Ohio Medical Board website, 147–148

states, U.S.

case reporters, 27

citations, 24, 27

encyclopedias, legal, 31

legal newspaper coverage, 36

legal publishing by, 9

research guides specific to, 177–178

statutes, xvi, 9, 119

Statham’s Abridgment, 4

statutes. See also citations

annotated, 41, 66

database availability, 13, 24–25, 92–93, 117–119, 121

described, 2, 22

finding, 24–25

guides to, 179

identifiers, 24

limitations, 41, 149

published formats, 22–24, 72, 81

publishing, history, 4, 5, 7

state, 9, 119

superseded, 198

U.S. government printing, 9

Statutes at Large, 23

Statutes Compared: A U.S., Canadian Research Guide to Statutes by Subject, 179

statutory codes, 23–24

Stolley, Scott, 198–199

Strategic Librarian (website), 18

Strong’s North Carolina Index, xvi, 3, 177

subject, finding cases by, 6, 28

suicide as evidence of insanity, 41–42

summer associates, 65–66

supplementary indexes, looseleaf, 75

Supreme Court cases, U.S., 6, 9, 27, 119, 127, 195

Supreme Court Reporter, 25, 31

Svengalis, Kenneth, 11, 38

The Syllabi (West & West), 6

synonyms, searching, 51–52

synopsis of cases, 25

T

tax law

database availability, 116, 127

publishers, 7, 112, 116

resources, 72, 74–75, 112, 116, 127, 130, 170

Tax Law Community mobile app, 130

Tax Management Memorandum, 74

tax materials, publishers of U.S., 7

technology, in legal research, 128

Television News Archive (website), 142

10K Wizard (website), 140

10-Q reports, 172, 191

textbooks, law, 5

thesauri, legal, 52

THOMAS database, 122, 123

Thomson Reuters (publisher), 8, 19

Thomson West (publisher), 7, 19

Title IX, 168, 191

titles (U.S. Code subject areas), 23

titles, professional legal, 177, 178

topic and key number system, Westlaw, 26, 27, 28, 93–94, 95

topics, case, 26

tortious (term), 191

tortious interference, 168, 169

tracking looseleaf filing, 78–79

tracking reference time, 64

training

of law librarians, xix, 169–172, 179, 181

on LexisNexis service, 185, 188–189

on Westlaw service, 185, 187–188

transactional billing, 93

transactional law, 138, 172

transcripts, mobile access, 132

transfer binders, 74

transportation, researching, 142

treaties, 18–19, 112, 122, 179

treatises

citations, 39

costs, 9–12

database availability, 92, 99, 107, 116, 118, 130

described, 4, 33–34, 38, 74

general, 40–41

historical, 4, 6

lists, 34

looseleaf type, 74, 82

mobile access, 130

practice guides compared, 34

printed, continuation of, 193

publications, 32–34, 82, 193

publishers, 6–7, 9

updates, 24, 34

uses, 64

tree, South Carolina state, 86–87

Tribe, Laurence, 39

true looseleafs, 73–74

Turner, Julie, 175

TyMetrixRateDriver mobile app, 133

U

UCC (Uniform Commercial Code), 151

UCLA School of Law Library guide to mobile applications, 131

The UFO Enigma (congressional report), 113

unauthorized practice of law (UPL), xviii, 54–57, 161, 169–170

Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), 151

United Nations documents, database availability, 112, 119

United States Code Annotated, 23

United States Code Service, 23

United States ex. rel. Gerald Mayo v. Satan and His Staff, xx

United States Reports, 26

The University of Chicago Manual of Legal Citation, 68

University of San Francisco’s Dorraine Zief Law Library, 154–155

University of Washington Gallagher Law Library online research guide, 179–180

unpublished American Law Institute documents, 112

unpublished cases, uses, 127–128

unpublished judicial opinions, 108, 131

UPL (unauthorized practice of law), xviii, 54–57, 161, 169–170

U.S. Code, 9, 23, 119, 132

U.S. Congressional documents, availability, 198

U.S. Congress legislative process, 2

U.S. district cases, database availability, 127

U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 3

U.S. Government Printing Office, 9

U.S. Income Portfolios Library (Bureau of National Affairs), 74

U.S. legal system, development, 5

U.S. legislative histories, 112, 113, 114

U.S. National Library of Medicine, 64

U.S. Newspaper List (website), 142

U.S. Reports, 9

U.S. Supreme Court cases, 6, 9, 27, 119, 127, 195

U.S. treaties, 112. See also treaties

V

Versuslaw, 118

Virtual Chase (website), 138

Virtual Gumshoe (website), 138

voter registration information, researching, 146

W

Warren, Gorham & Lamont (publisher), 7

WashLaw (website), 121

WebBRD (website), 143

Weber, Peter, 137

webinars, 187, 188, 190–191

websites, legal, 73, 119. See also individual sites

Webster’s Real Estate Law in North Carolina, xvi, 3

Weinstein’s Evidence, 40

Wesix. See LexisNexis service; Westlaw service

West (publisher), 19. See also Westlaw service

West, Horatio, 6

West, John B., 5–6

West Federal Practice Digest, 31

West Key Number System, 26, 27, 28, 93–94, 95

Westlaw Librarian Resource Center, 187–188

WestlawNext

described, 93

interface, 194

on mobile devices, 129

searching, 93–99, 101, 127, 194

training, 187

Westlaw Patron Access, 12–13, 104

Westlaw service

billing, 93, 101, 102–103

competing with, 111

contents, 12, 13, 92–93, 99

contracts, 104–105

conversion of looseleafs to pamphlets, 82

costs, 12–13, 94–95, 96, 98, 108

electronic alerts, 16

full-text treatises in, 82

history, 90, 93

legal actions, 90

LexisNexis compared, 107

library maintenance agreements, 194

mobile version, 129

searching, 94–98, 101

serials on, 38, 113

superseded statutes, information on, 198

terms, 108

topic and key number system, 26, 27, 28, 93–94, 95

training, 185, 187–188

uses, 35

West Publishing, 6

West’s Legal Forms, 35

Whelan, David, 18

Whiteman, Michael, 151

White Pages (website), 144–145

wills, state legal governance, 40

Wolters Kluwer (publisher), 7–8

World Bank, database availability, 119

Wright, Charles Alan, 40

writing, legal, 178

Writing a Business Case, Strategic Librarian blog, 164

W.S. Hein research guides, 178

Y

Yahoo! Consumer Opinion (website), 143

Yahoo! Finance (website), 141

Year Books, 4

Young, Stephen, 167

Z

Ziggs (website), 140

Zimmerman, Andrew, 122

Zimmerman’s Research Guide (website), 122–124, 189