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General Legal Websites

• Evaluating Websites and Other Information Resources
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• Legal Research on the Internet: Primary Sources
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Topical Legal Websites

• Evaluating Websites and Other Information Resources
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• Environmental and Natural Resources Law:
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• Intellectual Property Law:
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• Labor and Employment Law
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• Tax Law.

Research and How-To Guides

How to Use the SIU Law Library:

• How Do I Use the SIU Law Library Website for Legal Research? / prepared by Diane Murley
• How Do I Find Books in the Law Library? / prepared by Diane Murley
• How Do I Find Articles in the Law Library? / prepared by Diane Murley
• How Do I Make Copies or Print in the Law Library? / prepared by James Duggan
• How Can I Receive Notices of Updates and Additions to the SIU Law Library Website? / prepared by Diane Murley
• Legal Periodical Indexes Guide / prepared by Heija Ryoo
• Legal Research for Non-Law-School Students / prepared by James Duggan
• Common Legal Abbreviations / prepared by Diane Murley
• Glossary of Legal Research Terms / prepared by Diane Murley

Basic Legal Research Guides:

• Archive of Research Tips

Secondary Sources

• Why and How to Use Secondary Sources (audio, outline, and transcript) / by Diane Murley
  Duration of audio: ~16.5 minutes
• Introduction to Practice Aids (audio, outline, and transcript) / by Diane Murley
  Duration of audio: ~10.5 minutes
• Using LegalTrac to Find Legal Articles / prepared by Diane Murley
• Using WilsonWeb to Find Legal Articles / prepared by Diane Murley

Cases

• Current Sources for Federal Court Decisions / prepared by Frank Houdek
• Using a West Digest to Find Cases by Subject / prepared by Frank Houdek
• Using LexisNexis and Westlaw to Find Cases by Subject / prepared by Frank Houdek

Citators

• Steps In Using a Print Shepard's / prepared by Frank Houdek
• Comparison of Features of Shepard's on LexisNexis and KeyCite on Westlaw / prepared by Diane Murley

Statutes

• Steps In Using a Statutory Code / prepared by Frank Houdek
• Publication of Statutes / prepared by Frank Houdek and Diane Murley
• Publication of Illinois Statutes / prepared by Frank Houdek
• Publication of Federal Statutes / prepared by Frank Houdek
• Finding and Printing a Uniform Act in Illinois / prepared by Diane Murley
• Using the Table of Contents for Statutes on Westlaw / by Diane Murley
• Using the Table of Contents for Statutes on LexisNexis / by Diane Murley

Regulations

• Comparing the Publication of Federal Statutes and Regulations / prepared by Frank Houdek
• Steps In Using the Code of Federal Regulations / prepared by Frank Houdek
• Comparing the Publication of Illinois Statutes and Regulations / prepared by Diane Murley
• Researching Illinois Administrative Regulations / prepared by Frank Houdek
• Steps In Using the Illinois Administrative Code [IAC] / prepared by Frank Houdek
• Introduction to Researching Administrative Law (audio and transcript) / by Diane Murley
  Duration of audio: ~5.3 minutes.

Legislative History

• Federal Legislative History: Documents & Sources / prepared by Frank Houdek
• Using CIS/Annual for Federal Legislative History Research / prepared by Frank Houdek
• Using LexisNexis Congressional / prepared by Diane Murley
• Comparing Federal and Illinois Legislative History Research / prepared by Frank Houdek
• Illinois Legislative History Research / prepared by Frank Houdek

LexisNexis and Westlaw

• LexisNexis and Westlaw Compared / prepared by James E. Duggan
• LexisNexis and Westlaw Search Examples / prepared by Diane Murley
• Comparison of Features of Shepard's on LexisNexis and KeyCite on Westlaw / prepared by Diane Murley
• Using the Table of Contents for Statutes on Westlaw / prepared by Diane Murley
• Using the Table of Contents for Statutes on LexisNexis / prepared by Diane Murley

Other Topics

Miscellaneous

• Employment Law: Legal and Nonlegal Research Resources / prepared by Candle Wester-Mittan for Employment Law course (March 2007)
• Jury Verdict Research and Settlement Drafting Resources / prepared by Diane Murley for Negotiation course (March 2007)
• Researching United States Supreme Court Justices handout and PowerPoint presentation / prepared by James Duggan for senior seminar on Supreme Court Decisions (July 2006)

Other Subscription Electronic Resources

• How Do I Use LegalTrac to Find Legal Articles? / prepared by Diane Murley
• How Do I Use WilsonWeb to Find Legal Articles? / prepared by Diane Murley

Internet Legal Research

• Introduction to RSS and News Aggregators presentation in MindManager or PowerPoint format / prepared by Diane Murley
• Types of Internet Sites Used for Legal Information & Research / prepared by Frank Houdek.
• Legal Research on the Internet: Primary Sources / prepared by Frank Houdek
• Evaluating Websites and Other Information Resources – links to resources that help you evaluate and choose Internet resources on which you can rely as part of your legal research
• Introduction to the Internet / by Diane Murley
• Using the Internet for Substantive Legal Research / by Diane Murley

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