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Page 1: Jody Kelley Librarian McKenna & Cuneo, LLP September 1998.

Jody KelleyLibrarianMcKenna & Cuneo, LLPSeptember 1998

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Basics Goals

• What is the Internet?

• How do we access it?

• Where do we start to find the information it contains?

• Firm Goal - cost effective access to information - including legal sources & research

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What the Internet is NOT

• Information Superhighway

• Free source of information otherwise found on Lexis and Westlaw

• Free source of any information you could possibly want about anything and everything

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WHAT IT IS

• Massive resource of services

• Wonderful self-publishing medium

• The largest, most disorganized library in the world

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Research Uses

• Current information - not retrospective• Primary Law - cases, statutes,

regulations• Company homepages - news,

financials, stock quotes• Government sites, Federal and State• Finding people• E-mail discussion lists and Usenet

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E-Mail Discussion Lists

• Electronic Mailing Lists– http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/~llou/lawlists/

lawlists.txt

• Deja News– http://www.dejanews.com

• Netiquette – http://www.learnthenet.com/english/html/

09netiqt.htm

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The Web Address

http://www.mckennacuneo.com

Hypertext TransferProtocol

Arbitrary use of www

not always present

Host name

Domain(Commercia

lEntity)

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Domain Types• .com (Commercial)• .edu (Education)• .gov (Government)• .mil (Military)• .net (Networking

Organizations)• .org (Nonprofits &

Associations)• Others (.uk, .ca, etc.)

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Browser Basics

• URL (Uniform Resource Locator) is in the Address box.

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Browser Buttons

Back one page

Forward one page

Stop the process

Re-load the page

Go Back (Home)to theResearchAssistant

Bookmarks you’ve added

Where you’ve been

See more ofthe page

Check Mail

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Where to Start

• Know the URL? Type it in and go.

• Don’t know it? Try guessing.

• Define the subject matter

• Use a directory (try Findlaw or Yahoo)

• Use search engines for unique words and phrases

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Search Engines

• Directory Type– Good for finding general information– Groups websites together by category

• Index Type– Sends “Spiders” or “Robots” to find

information– Finds individual pages that match terms– Can find gem, or waste a lot of time

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Search Engines - Directories

• Yahoo - http://www.yahoo.com– Good starting point for general

information– Use for companies, state & local

governments– Quick stock quotes with graphs

• Excite - http://www.excite.com– Daily news & review of other sites

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Search Engines - Indexes

• Alta Vista http://www.altavista.digital.com– Search Web and Usenet– Updates information often

• Infoseek http://www.infoseek.com– Search Web, Usenet & E-Mail addresses– Gives a score to your search

• HotBot http://www.hotbot.com– Fast & powerful– Results ranked by confidence rating

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Metasearch Engines

• Metacrawler http://www.metacrawler.com

– Searches nine other search engines, discards the duplicates, brief abstract

• Dogpile http://www.dogpile.com

– Searches some different engines

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Search Engines Don’t Find--

• Adobe PDF and formatted file content

• Content from a site requiring a login

• Protected pages

• Non-Web resources (FTP, Gopher)

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Law Related Sites

• State and Federal primary law

• Courts and other Government links

• State Bars and CLE programs

• Attorney directories

• Legal publishers

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Law Related Sites

Link to Supreme Court Cases from 1893 (FLITE)

http://www.findlaw.com

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http://law.house.gov

Law Related Sites

List of available State Laws

List ofavailable

Int’lLaws

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Law Related Sites

• Legal Information Institute at Cornell– http://www.law.cornell.edu– full text searching of Supreme Court

cases from 1990-– U.S. Code - handy update feature

• Center for Information Law & Policy– http://www.vcilp.org– Government and Court information

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Government Sites - Start here

• The Federal Web Locator– http://www.law.vill.edu/Fed-Agency– Villanova’s list of government agency

sites - excellent starting point

• GPO http://www.access.gpo.gov– Government Printing Office - may

search databases from Federal Register, Congressional Record and MUCH more - files are usually Adobe

– Commerce Business Daily

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Government sites - Continued

• Thomas http://thomas.loc.gov

– Federal legislation, Congressional Committee reports, Congressional Record, Links to committee pages, Public Laws

• Administrative Decisions– http:www.law.virginia.edu/Library/govadm.htm

– Links to Directives, Decisions, Orders, Circulars from various Federal Agencies (Agriculture to Veterans Affairs)

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Government Sites - California

• California State http://www.ca.gov– Laws– State agencies

• Legislative Information – http://www.leginfo.ca.gov

– Maintained by Legislative Counsel– Subscribe to current bills

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Another California Site

• California Courts http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov

– Supreme Court & Court of Appeals Slip Opinions

– Judicial Council Forms– Court rules for many Superior and

Municipal Courts– Fee schedules for Superior and

Municipal Courts

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Government Contracts

• CCH Government Contract Reporter no longer published

• DFAR no longer updated in paper

• Government Printing Office moving away from paper publishing

• Rely more on online sources

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Look for these Sites

• Practice Groups ; Government Contracts (Research Assistant)

• FAR site– http://www.arnet.gov/far

• DFAR site– http://acq.osd.mil/dp/dars/index.html– Subscribe to DFAR updates

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More Government Contract Sites

• Defenselink http://defenselink.gov

– Good place to start for Defense information

• GAO http://www.gao.gov

– Decisions, reports, rules– GAO listserv

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Finding People

• Attorneys – Martindale-Hubbell

• http://www.martindale.com

– West’s Legal Directory• http://www.wld.com

• Telephone numbers - addresses– White Pages – E-Mail Addresses

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Browser Tips - View History

• To see pages from previous sessions, click the History Button on the toolbar

• Click appropriate Folder

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Add Favorites

• While on page, click Favorites on menu

• Click Add to Favorites• Type a new name if needed• Click OK• To arrange in folders, click Create in

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Add Favorites - Continued

• Highlight a folder or click on New Folder

• Name the folder and press Enter

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FIND

Click EDIT

And thenFIND

Typein word

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Send a Link- Click on FILE, then on SEND- Send LINK or PAGE

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Print a Page• Click on File (on menu)

• Click on Print

• Choose All or page range

• Click on OK

• Send large documents or graphics to the high-speed printer

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Save Text or Files

1. Click FILE on Toolbar

2. Click

SAVE AS

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Save Text or Files - Continued

3. Designate the location to save file: Type in C:\Download\[filename]

4. Save as text file, not html

5. ClickSAVE

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PDF & Adobe Acrobat

• .PDF = Portable Document Format

• Use Adobe Acrobat to Read

• Usually, document automatically downloads and opens up

• If you need to download, use AllFiles extension

• Documents are not Text files

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Find

Print

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To learn the Web - Use It

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