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Alternatives to Lexis & Westlaw Sue Altmeyer c 2010. Topics Covered. Lexis/WL Costs - briefly Stripped Down Versions of Lexis/WL Topic Specific Databases – BNA, CCH Free Internet Sources Library Sources. Data from a Local Law Firm, 2008. 2010 Westlaw Law Firm Costs. Low Cost Databases.
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Topics Covered • Lexis/WL Costs - briefly • Stripped Down Versions of Lexis/WL • Topic Specific Databases – BNA, CCH • Free Internet Sources • Library Sources
Stripped down versions of Lexis/WL • Casemaker –Free w/ free student OSBA membership • Fastcase– Free w/ Cleve bar membership • Lois Law– C-M has - Instructions for password • Versus Law– Free to Law students
Stripped Down Versions of Lexis/WL Links to these four databases on the library’s Electronic Resources page Have primary sources – cases, statutes, regulations for states and federal
Stripped Down Versions of Lexis/WL What does Lexis/Westlaw have these do not? • Editorial features – headnotes, annotations • Practice Books (except Loislaw) • Law Review articles • Better search mechanisms and coverage
Research Question • Bob works as a baggage handler for Midwest Airlines. He missed a lot of work, due to his alcoholism. Midwest fired him for violation of the attendance policy. Does Bob have a claim against his employer based on the Americans with Disabilities Act?
Casemaker Search Syntax Search on Casemaker= • alcohol* ada (absenteeism,attendance) Could also do: • alcohol* (ada or “americans with disabilities act) (absenteeism,attendance)
Special Feature of Loislaw “ MY SAVED SEARCHES”!
Primary & Secondary – Specific Subjects • BNA • CCH • RIA Checkpoint • See Electronic Resources page for links. • NOT low cost, but not charged back to clients
BNA • Current Awareness PLUS • Libraries: Primary & Secondary Sources
BNA Current Awareness • Articles, cases • May contain past 12 years • ex. U.S. Law Week/Supreme Court Today ; Daily Labor Report (DLR expensive!). • Sign up for BNA Current Awareness Services
BNA Libraries • Cases, statutes, regs • Practice books • Forms • ex. Labor and Employment Law Library , Intellectual Property Library or ABA/BNA Lawyers' Manual on Professional Conduct
CCH Intelliconnect • Both Primary and Secondary Sources • Topics Covered:AntitrustBanking Corporate GovernanceHealth Care and Medicaid/Medicare Labor & Employment, PensionsSecurities
CCH • Boolean searching, w/n etc. • Federated Searching • Indexes • Current awareness emails – Sign up Instructions • Known for their fifty state charts