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Reach and Whelan Article

10 Ways to Stretch Your Research Dollars (2009)

Enjoy the Open Bar

Ordering a Law Carte

Fast-Faced Research

Pay-As-You-Go Access

Think Globally

Advance Your Search

Get Competitive

Form Your Ideas

Dig Deeper

Know Your Sources

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Facts, People, Basic Information, and More

Sites for Information, Facts, and People: Google

Generally: http://www.google.com

Google Scholar (legal):http://scholar.google.com/advanced_scholar_search

RefDesk: http://www.refdesk.com/

Expert Witnesses: http://expertpages.com

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

http://www.google.com/http://scholar.google.com/advanced_scholar_searchhttp://www.refdesk.com/http://expertpages.com/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Pagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Pagehttp://expertpages.com/http://www.refdesk.com/http://scholar.google.com/advanced_scholar_searchhttp://www.google.com/

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Research Guides

Find Research Guides

LLRX.com: http://www.llrx.com/

Law.com: http://www.law.com

beSpacific.com: http://bespacific.com/

Law library web sites

Georgetown Law Center:http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/research/

UR Law Library:

http://law.richmond.edu/library/research/index.html UR Law Library LibGuides: http://law.richmond.libguides.com/

Others (numerous search by subject matter and use the wordsresearch guide in your search combined with your subject matter)

http://www.llrx.com/http://www.law.com/http://bespacific.com/http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/research/http://law.richmond.edu/library/research/index.htmlhttp://law.richmond.libguides.com/http://law.richmond.libguides.com/http://law.richmond.libguides.com/http://law.richmond.edu/library/research/index.htmlhttp://www.ll.georgetown.edu/research/http://bespacific.com/http://www.law.com/http://www.llrx.com/

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Legal Information Institutes

Free Access to the Law Movement

United States: Cornell Legal Information Institute:http://www.law.cornell.edu/

Other Legal Information Institutes

World Legal Information Institute: see listing of the 14 LIIs at thefollowing: http://www.worldlii.org/

http://www.law.cornell.edu/http://www.worldlii.org/http://www.worldlii.org/http://www.law.cornell.edu/

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Government Information & Web Sites

Federal Government

Thomas: http://thomas.loc.gov/

FDsys (formerly GPOAccess): http://gpo.gov/fdsys

State, Municipal, and Local Governments

Example: Virginia General Assembly Legislative InformationSystem: http://lis.virginia.gov/

City & County Codes/Ordinances/etc.:http://www.municode.com

http://thomas.loc.gov/http://www.gpoaccess.gov/http://lis.virginia.gov/http://www.municode.com/http://www.municode.com/http://lis.virginia.gov/http://www.gpoaccess.gov/http://thomas.loc.gov/

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Dockets & Case Filings

Sources for dockets

PACER (charges): http://www.pacer.gov/

RECAP: https://www.recapthelaw.org/

Justia (some access free): http://dockets.justia.com/

BloombergLaw: http://www.bloomberglaw.com/home

http://www.pacer.gov/https://www.recapthelaw.org/http://dockets.justia.com/http://www.bloomberglaw.com/homehttp://www.bloomberglaw.com/homehttp://www.bloomberglaw.com/homehttp://dockets.justia.com/https://www.recapthelaw.org/http://www.pacer.gov/

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Free/Not Quite Free Sites

Cases, statutes, and more

U.S. Supreme Court: www.supremecourt.gov

Justia: www.justia.com

Findlaw: lp.findlaw.com

Public Library of Law: www.plol.org

Westlaw by credit card:http://creditcard.westlaw.com/welcome/frameless/default.wl

Google Scholar (mentioned earlier)

Casemaker: www.casemaker.us/; LoislawConnect:estore.loislaw.com; and VersusLaw: www.versuslaw.com

Fastcase : www.fastcase.org

http://www.supremecourtus.gov/http://www.justia.com/http://www.findlaw.com/http://www.plol.org/http://creditcard.westlaw.com/welcome/frameless/default.wlhttp://www.casemaker.us/http://www.loislaw.com/http://www.versuslaw.com/http://www.fastcase.org/http://www.fastcase.org/http://www.versuslaw.com/http://www.loislaw.com/http://www.casemaker.us/http://creditcard.westlaw.com/welcome/frameless/default.wlhttp://www.plol.org/http://www.findlaw.com/http://www.justia.com/http://www.supremecourtus.gov/

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Research Guide Georgetown Law Library

State Research Guides:http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/research/browse_jurisdictions.cfm

Research guide for each individual state; each guide coversconstitution, statutes, legislative history, regulations, cases, law

reviews, and more Free and Low Cost Legal Research:

http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/guides/freelowcost.cfm

Covers secondary sources, case law, constitutions, statutes,legislative history, regulations, and low cost legal databases

http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/research/browse_jurisdictions.cfmhttp://www.ll.georgetown.edu/guides/freelowcost.cfmhttp://www.ll.georgetown.edu/guides/freelowcost.cfmhttp://www.ll.georgetown.edu/research/browse_jurisdictions.cfm