Cost Effective Legal Research Alternatives to Lexis & Westlaw

Cost Effective Lexis & Westlaw and Alternatives to Lexis & Westlaw Sue Altmeyer c 2011

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Flat Rate Plans ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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2010 Westlaw Law Firm Costs File/Services Hourly (Per Minute) Transactional (Per Search) All Federal Cases $19.05 Ohio State and Federal Cases $23.08 Sixth Circuit Cases $8.60 All Ohio Cases $8.60 Get a Document/Find 14.00 (primary), $24.00 (secondary) Keycite $6.25

Computing Westlaw Costs ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

BEFORE you search ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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Searching, Cont’d ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Cost Effective Printing ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Keycite/Shepards ,[object Object]

WestlawNext ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

WestlawNext - Cost Recovery ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Cost Effective WestlawNext ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Some additional Keycite hints ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Select a type of document to get filters, eg. cases

Cost Effective WestlawNext Searching - Transactional ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

More WestlawNext Searching hints ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Lexis Advance ,[object Object],[object Object]

Reference Attorney Phone Nos. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Stripped down versions of Lexis/WL ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Stripped Down Versions of Lexis/WL ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Stripped Down Versions of Lexis and Westlaw ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Contents Unanno Statutes Cases w/o Headnotes Unanno Regs “ Shepard’s –Like Feature” Other Loislaw Yes Yes – Ohio unreported 1997- Yes Yes Treatises, Forms, Public Records (depends on plan) Casemaker Yes Yes – Ohio unreported 1981- Yes Yes Some Jurisdictions - Jury Instruc., Jury Verdicts, More

Contents Unanno Statutes Cases w/o Headnotes Unanno Regs “ Shepard’s –Like Feature” Fastcase Internet links for 8 states Fed App 1925-, Ohio 1950 -, Ohio unreported 2000-. Coverage Mostly Internet Links Yes Versuslaw See help, Content/ Features Fed if pay more, no state Ohio 1950 -. Ohio unreported 1995 -. Older Fed District More $ Fed if pay more, no State Yes

Searching Boolean Natural Language Fields Search databases together Loislaw Yes - near2 No Yes Yes Casemaker Yes - w/n, w/sent, w/para No Yes Fed together, State together

Searching Boolean Natural Language Fields Search databases together Fastcase Yes - w/n Yes Date, cite look-up only Yes Versus Law Yes - w/n Yes default connector is ADJ 4 fields, see help For addtl fee

Primary & Secondary – Specific Subjects ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

BNA Current Awareness ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

BNA Libraries ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

CCH Intelliconnect ,[object Object],[object Object]

CCH ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Benefits of Low Cost Databases Over Free Internet ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

What’s on the Free Web ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

What’s on the Free Web, cont’d ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Start with a Good Internet Portal ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Use LEGAL Search Engines ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Case law ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Google Advanced Operators ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Web Sites to Know ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Library Resources ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Assignment ,[object Object],[object Object]

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