COURSE REQUIREMENTS / INFORMATION

• Location:Wed. Room 112, Thurs. Room 130


• Meeting times:W 12:10-2:00pm, TH 10:10-11:00am
  
• For description please consult the Bulletin entry for this course.



• Grading and Course Requirements memo
• Pathfinder description memo

• Assignment 1 - Cases - required - DUE: February 27
• Assignment 2 - Statutes - required - DUE: March 11
• Assignment 3 - Legislative History - required - DUE: March 25
• Assignment 4 - Administrative Materials - required - DUE: April 1
• Assignment 5 - Secondary Materials - DUE: April 15

Course readings will be largely in Cohen & Olsen, Legal Research in a Nutshell (6th ed. West, 1996); Discovering Westlaw; and Emanuel's Lexis for Law Students. 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 / COMMANDS
• INTRODUCTION
• CASES - Part 1
• CASES - Part 2
• STATUTES
• LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
• UPDATING CASES
• ADMINISTRATIVE MATERIALS
• SECONDARY SOURCES
• COURT RULES, MODEL ACTS, JURY VERDICTS, BUSINESS MATERIALS
• CONSTITUTIONAL AND LOCAL SOURCES
• FOREIGN AND INTERNATIONAL LAW SOURCES

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USEFUL RESEARCH SITES ON THE WEB

• Congressional UNIVERSE - (access through Yale Law School, only)
• Executive Branch Departments
• Federal Courts Finder
• Forms
• GPO Access
• House of Representatives Homepage
• International Law Resources Guide
• Internet Law Library
• Legal Publishers' List
• Lexis XChange
• Thomas
• Westlaw
• Yale Legal Research Workstation

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