Legal Research Optimized Through Integrated Search

1. Solcara SolSearch
Integrated Search

2. Challenges faced by legal staff today…
Too many sophisticated systems with too many ways to find
information
It is becoming increasingly difficult to leverage the firm’s own
internal data rich resources and subscriptions to external
content providers
Ineffective search strategies may hamper business
competitiveness and impairs service delivery
Legal content (internal and external) is dynamic and
constantly changing

3. Implications
Fee earners and legal staff are more likely to use internal
systems that are as simple as what they already use on
the web
One single search entered and one set of [real-time]
results organised and displayed by source, provider and
type is ideal
Finding the needle-in-a-haystack

4. Legal research - today
- Do you know which provider to use?
Searching each resource and - Do you know which resource to use?
external provider separately, - Do you know how to research this provider
through a unique User and/or resource?
Interface - How much time do you have?
Lexis Other DMS KH Library Intranet Other
PLC Westlaw Justis
Library Provider UI UI UI UI UIs
Know How
databases
resources
Solutions
Systems
Practical
Westlaw
Intranet
BAILII+
JustCite
Justis /
Library
Library
Other
other
Lexis
DMS
Law
UK
External Legal Content Providers Internal Information Resources

5. SolSearch – The Integrated Search Offering
SolSearch targets each search only to
relevant resources specified returning a list
of results displayed by source, provider
and content type
Solcara SolSearch
Know How
databases
resources
Solutions
Systems
Practical
Westlaw
Intranet
BAILII+
JustCite
Justis /
Library
Library
Other
other
Lexis
DMS
Law
UK
External Legal Content Providers Internal Information Resources

6. SolSearch - Benefits
Cost and time savings
Infrastructure
Fee earners
Library
Risk mitigation and risk management
Knowledge management and distribution
Library

7. SolSearch - Benefits
Connectors for internal systems such as:
` Tikit KnowHow, Sharepoint, Microsoft Index Server and many more
4,000+ connectors for Lexis Library, Westlaw UK and PLC
Hundreds of other connectors to i-Law, Justis, Lawtel, BAILLI etc
No re-indexing of content (internal or external) is required
Content accessed is always the latest version, no copying or
re-indexing between systems is required
Co-exists with (and complements) existing search systems
Can be implemented more cost effectively and quicker than
any comparable search solution

8. Firms already benefiting from SolSearch

9. Search the following in conjunction with internal systems
 Practical Law Company  Oireachtas
 Lexis Library (UK content)  Firstlaw
 Lexis.com (US Content)  Irish Statute Book
 Westlaw UK, CLI, Lawtel  Labour Court of Ireland
 Justis, JustCite  IRLII Periodicals and SIs
 i-Law  JLIB
 BAILII  Irish Business & Employers
 OPSI Federation
 Estates Gazette (EGi)  Dept of Finance
 Europa  Revenue Commissioners
 Financial Services Authority  Electric News Net
 Office of Fair Trading  Kluwer Law
 Competition Commission
And many more...
 HMRC

10. For more information contact Solcara at:
Web: http://www.solcara.com
Phone: +44 (0)1895 820 950
Email: mosharaf.hossain@solcara.com
Thank you!