Sol Blatt Jr. Law Library, Charleston School of Law, Resources for Attorneys

Charleston School of LawSol Blatt Jr. Law Library

Library Resources, June 28, 2013

Library Contact Information Circulation Desk

843.377.1119 Reference Desk

843.377.4020 Email Circulation Desk

[email protected] Email Reference Desk

[email protected] Library Web Page

http://www.charlestonlaw.edu/Library.aspx

Library Resources Available Library resources available include:

Sol Blatt Jr. Law Library Free Internet Legal Resources Portal

Lexis Patron Access Terminals Print Materials

Internet Portal

How do I get there? Start with the homepage of the

Charleston School of Law. Select the library tab and click on it. At the next screen, select

start your research here. Select

Free Internet Legal Resources Portal. Begin searching!

Getting Started…

Follow the breadcrumbs!

What’s in the portal? Librarians have vetted the resources in the

portal so we would describe the sites contained as: reputable; with accurate, authentic and objective content; that is current; and that is updated frequently.

Categories Bar Associations Business Information Charleston & Charleston County City and County Codes Federal Government Information Resources Find an Attorney International Law Law Reviews Law Schools Legal Dictionaries Legal History

Categories (con’t)

Legal News Legal Research Legal Research Portals Libraries Litigation Resources Newspapers Patents Reference Scholarly Resources Search Engines South Carolina Legal Research

Categories (con’t) Specialty Practice Topics State Legal Research Statistics United States Military Law United States Supreme Court

Business Information

Federal Government Information Resources

International Law

South Carolina Legal Research

United States Supreme Court

Lexis Patron Access Terminals There are three terminals; two are upstairs

while one is downstairs. Check with a librarian at the Reference Desk

or the Circulation Manager to obtain the password to log on.

Once logged onto the computer, select and click on the round Lexis icon.

Before accessing the content, you will be prompted to enter your name and agree to the terms and conditions, i.e. a click through, shrink wrap agreement.

Lexis Patron Access Terminal

Choices

Federal Legal: Cases, Statutes, Regulations & Briefs

States: All 50Cases, Statutes, & Regulations

South Carolina

Secondary Legal: Martindale Hubbell & Law Reviews

Search by Practice Area Rather than Jurisdiction

Besides Keyword Searching, How Can I Search? Use Get a Document.

Searching by Keyword I want to find an opinion published by the United States

Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. It involves a public school, a student, social media, the school’s punishment of the student’s off campus speech, and the student’s free speech rights that the school allegedly violated.

What do I do? Decide which database/library/jurisdiction to use. It

is given here. 4th Circuit. Formulate the issue. Whether a public school can

regulate a student’s off campus digital speech without violating the First Amendment?

Develop search terms and a search query: “public school” & regulate & student & “off campus” & speech & “First Amendment.”

Can I Update? Yes with Shepard’s

Limit by Jurisdiction: Reduces Results

Print Materials The library has a hybrid collection of print and electronic materials. For

a list of major titles, check out the Major Title Locator. Frequently used print materials include:

Am. Jur. 2d Aisle 13A-13B Am. Jur. Pleading & Practice Aisle 13B American Law Reports (ALR) Aisles 14B–15A Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Aisle 5A-5B CJS Aisle 13A Decennial & General Digest Aisle 16A-17A Law Reviews Aisles 34B-37A Moore’s Federal Practice Aisle 49A Powell on Real Property Aisle 45B South Carolina Code of Laws Aisles 39B-40A, 52A South Carolina Digest Aisle 39B, 53B South Carolina Register Aisle 38A South Carolina Reports Aisles 38B-39A South Carolina Session Laws Aisle 40A

Acts & Joint Resolutions

Print Materials (con’t) South Carolina Treatises Aisle 41A-

B United States Code Aisle 4A United States Code Annotated (West) Aisle

4A-4B United States Code Service (Lexis) Aisle 4B United States Reports Aisle

5B-6A Weinstein’s Federal Evidence Aisle

49B West’s Supreme Court Reporter Aisle 5B Words & Phrases Aisle 15B Wright & Miller’s Federal Practice Aisle 49A

Not on the list? Check out the library’s catalog to determine

whether the library has the item. You can the search the catalog by author, title

or keyword. You can also limit the search by format, i.e.

book, computer file, audio visual.

Questions? Call (843.377.4020) or email (

[email protected]) the Reference Desk.

We’re glad to help!