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Navigating Legal Research: Internet Search Engines vs. Directories

Understand the differences between search engines and directories for effective legal research. Learn how search engines work with Boolean search language and explore top legal research directories and websites.

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Navigating Legal Research: Internet Search Engines vs. Directories

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  1. Internet Legal Research Bridge the Gap 2005 Kerry Fitz-Gerald Seattle University Law Library

  2. Search Engine v. Directory • How Search Engines Really Work • Important Websites • Essential Research Guides

  3. A Word of Warningwww.dhmo.org

  4. Westlawsyntax

  5. Directory or Search Engine • A Directory is a list of sites, categorized organized into topics • A Search Engine is a tool that enables you to search for terms or terms contained within websites

  6. How Search Engines Work • Hardware • Spider • Indexer • Query Processor

  7. Boolean Search Language • AND • anywhere in the same document or field • “phrase words” • phrase • OR • At least one of the terms • BUT NOT • Term may not appear in document GoogleGovt

  8. Boolean search operators on Google • AND......default (no special language needed) • OR..... OR • NOT…. - • Must include word….. + • Must include phrase….. “phrase”

  9. Google Advanced Search

  10. Which Search Engine is Best? • Google • Dogpile • Teoma • Vivisimo

  11. Google Uncle Sam FirstGov GPO Access Thomas U.S. Supreme Court Federal Courts Access Washington Washington State Legislature Washington Courts MRSC Primary Legal Research

  12. Google Uncle Samsearches only .gov .mil sites

  13. Research Directories • Search Systems • Association of Professional Researchers for Advancement • FindLaw • Municipal Codes Library (LexisNexis) • Legal Information Institute from Cornell • ASIL Guide to Foreign and International Law • EISIL Electronic Information System for International Law

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