RESEARCH TOOLS YOU MAY NOT HAVE HEARD

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by Assoc. Dean Bobbie Studwell

June 29, 2013

A Few Print Tools You May Not Know About

Practice Manuals for the Newer Attorney The Florida paralegal : essential

rules, documents, and resources / William P. Statsky, et. al.

Trawick's Florida practice and procedure. Forms / by Henry P. Trawick, Jr.

Florida Pre-trial Practice Florida Causes of Action

More Print Tool Finders

AMSL AMSL Libraryhttp://www.avemarialaw.edu/ A to Z Listhttp://www.avemarialaw.edu/Library/Databases

Aquinas Cataloghttp://aquinas.avemarialaw.edu/

Research Guides (LibGuide series)http://avemarialaw.libguides.com/

Career Tools Available in the Library

Almanac of the Federal Judiciary (Reference)

Lawyer’s Almanac (Reference) Directory of State Court Clerks and

County Courthouses (Reference) Leadership Directories series http://

0-lo.bvdep.com.aquinas.avemarialaw.edu/default.asp?curp=1

What Legal Research Tools Work Well for You?

Q&A time

Bloomberg/BNA

http://guides.law.csuohio.edu/wexis_pricing

An alternative to Lexis and Westlaw that externs are encouraged to use during their externship experience.

www.about.bloomberglaw.com

Would You/Have You Used Bloomberg/BNA?

Q & A Time

Low Cost Alternatives to Bloomberg, Lexis, & Westlaw

FastCase – very low cost tool for Bar members and students – in FL www.fastcase.com

Other states may make one of these available to you at a low cost: Loislaw www.loislaw.com Casemaker www.casemaker.com VersusLaw www.versuslaw.com

Were you aware of FastCase? Q & A Time

Free Alternatives

Florida specific tools: Florida Law Online www.floridalawonline.net Florida Statutes www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes Florida Appellate/Supreme Court www.floridasupremecourt.org/decisions/opinions.shtml

Ethics www.floridabar.org/tfb/TFBETOpin.nsf/Ethicsindex?OpenForm

Administrative Law www.flrules.org

County Codes & City Ordinances

www.municode.com/library www.Amlegal.com/library www.Generalcode.com/codification/ecod

e/library

How many of you have relied on a free Florida resource or a Municipal Code? Q & A time

Other Free General Alternatives for Starting Legal Research

Zimmerman’s Research Guide http://law.lexisnexis.com/infopro/zimmermans/

Cornell Legal Information Institute www.law.cornell.edu

FindLaw www.findlaw.com/casecode Justia www.justia.com LexisNexis Communities

http://www.lexisnexis.com/community/portal/

Other Free Specific Sources for Specialty Topics

Business Resources U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission – E

DGARhttp://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml

Findlaw for Corporate Counselhttp://contracts.corporate.findlaw.com

Intellectual Property United States Copyright Office

http://www.copyright.govU.S. Patent and Trademark Office

QUESTIONS?