1. Library Tour for Paralegals(besides Westlaw) Elaine Settergren, M.L.I.S Online Librarian esettergren@globeuniversity.edu March 2011

3. LegalTrac (Gale)

4. LexisNexis Academic

5. E-books

6. Evaluating Legal websites

7. FindLaw

8. GPOaccess

10. Search Strategies Phrases

11. Search Strategies Boolean operators: AND

12. Search Strategies Boolean operators: OR

13. Search Strategies Boolean operators: NOT

14. Search Strategies Boolean operators (law OR legal) AND copyright NOT music

15. Search Strategies W5 Near

16. Search Strategies Truncation or wild card OR Examples: wom?n Democra*

17. Need Help? Contact me – Elaine Settergren Paralegal research guide http://www.globeeducationnetwork.com/library/research-by-topic/

18. LegalTrac All Secondary Sources Journal, legal newspaper, and Law Review articles 1,500+ titles (200+ full text)

19. LegalTrac

20. LexisNexis Academic Over 9,000 news, business, and legal sources Primary and secondary 800+ secondary sources

21. LexisNexis Academic

23. Criminal Justice Periodicals (ProQuest)

24. Criminal Justice Collection (Gale)

25. ProQuest NewsstandMore: Research by Topic > Criminal Justice Research Guide

27. West's encyclopedia of American law

28. Deciding communication law

29. U.S.A. immigration guide

31. Free Info Government Federal State Law schools Legal associations

32. Legal Websites – Is it CRAP? Currency? Reliability? Authority? Purpose? http://www.bankruptcyinformation.com/MN.htm Vs. http://www.lawmoose.com/index.cfm?Action=Library.&Topic=MN165544

33. FindLaw http://www.findlaw.com/ Examples of information you’ll find: Legal dictionary Cases, Codes, Statutes, and Regulations Legal forms and contracts Legal news Directories of Lawyers

35. GPOaccess http://www.gpoaccess.gov/ Official, published e-versions of federal government information from all three branches Examples of Information you’ll find: Code of Federal Regulations: Title 28 - Judicial Administration Locate Federal Officials: U.S. Government Manual U.S. Constitution United States Code U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary U.S. Supreme Court Judicial Branch Websites

37. MN Statutes http://www.leg.state.mn.us/leg/statutes.asp Statutes, laws, and rules Also bills, session info, and other congressional information

39. Other Useful Websites Many, many available! Government Schools Organizations/Associations

40. Questions? Comments? Contact the Online Librarian: Elaine Settergren esettergren@globeuniversity.edu http://globeeducationnetwork.com/library/