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Internet &
Library Resources
Legal research can be
broken down into three basic areas: 1) You wish
to research a legal subject; 2) you have a case citation and want to
find
the case summary ; 3) you have the case summary but now you want to
shepardize it; i.e., find out what other cases have cited this case.
In
each research area, you may find yourself using a combination of
both
print and online resources, and you may find yourself in the
Reference
collection, regular collection and Government Documents collection.
Legal
research is still difficult and time-consuming, even though
electronic
access has greatly improved the ease with which you can become
involved in
the process. The materials here are geared specifically for the user
of
the Indiana State University Library; if you use other libraries,
you may
find different combinations of print and online resources. If you
need
assistance, please visit the Information Desk [1st floor] and/or use
the
comments/questions link above.
All West
publications, Reporters, Digests, etc. are accessible via the
Westlaw Campus database. Some print sets & series will be
withdrawn in
the near future. If you are looking for a West publication under a
call
number listed here, and you cannot find, it has probably been
withdrawn;
check LUIS Online Catalog or inquire at the Information Desk for
verification.
AMERICAN DIGEST SYSTEM
[accessible via Westlaw Campus, some print
volumes will be withdrawn soon. If your text has a title with the
word
"Digest" in it, it should be accessible online from Westlaw Campus]:
Covers every reported case--federal, state, and local--from 1897
to
date. Information about the print series: Contains summaries of cases arranged in volumes by topic. Serves as an index to all West reporters. Older sets in general collection at KF 141 [year]; e.g., KF 141 1897, entitled, American Digest. ...Decennial Edition...: A Complete Digest...From 1897 to 1906..(25 volumes; v.1-4 missing); also Second Decennial Edition.(1906 to 1916,24 v.); Third Decennial Edition (1916 to 1926, 29v.); Fourth Decennial Digest (1926 to 1936, 34v.); Fifth Decennial Digest (1936-1946, 52v.); Sixth Decennial Digest (1946-1956, 36v.); Seventh Decennial Digest (1956-1966, 38v.); Eighth Decennial Digest (1966-1976, 50v.); Ninth Decennial Digest (1976-1981, 36v.) -- Ninth Decennial Digest (Part 2, 1981-1986, 48 v.); Tenth Decennial Digest (Part 1, 1986-1991) and In Reference, same call number: Tenth Decennial Digest (Part 2: 1991-1996). Before cumulated into the Decennial Digests, cumulations of more recent cases are found in the individual Digests, divided by the level of court, e.g., Supreme Court, Federal Court, Circuit Courts, etc.Other titles include: Reference KF 141 1976 West's General Digest... Library retains latest series only. Superseded by the next Decennial Digest. Reference K .W538 West's Indiana Digest, 1817 to date. 30v. A digest of Indiana legal authorities, state and federal, from 1817 to date. Kept up-to-date by cumulative supplements. The key number system links Indiana authority to the legal authorities of the nation. Volumes 1-3 contain the Descriptive Word Index, and volumes 29-30 provide the Table of Cases and the Defendant-Plaintiff table. Ref KF 4110.3 .W47
West's Education Law Digest. Ref. LB 2514 .D47
2003 Deskbook Encyclopedia of American School Law.
Presents court cases from across the country by Topic area; e.g.,
Accidents, Injuries and Deaths; Table of Cases; Table of Cases by
State
Reports the opinions
of the state appellate courts and the federal
courts. It is made up of the following educational, regional and
federal
reporters.
A Note about Databases: The databases are available from the campus network; on the Library's homepage, select Databases: Alphabetical ; remote access is available to the ISU community. To obtain remote access instructions, connect to the Proxy Services page.
Westlaw Campus database: This database, and the Academic Universe/Legal Research link below, is your primary access point for all online legal research. See also Westlaw KeyCite below. Westlaw provides online access to all case Reporters [courts in all 50 states, D.C., and the federal courts since 1654]; laws from all 50 states and federal statusts published inthe US Code Annotated, and other legal resources. Access to secondary sources includes American Jurisprudence 2d, a comprehensive encyclopedia of state and federal law; American Law Reports, articles that summarize and analyze court decisions on a particular legal issue; hundreds of journals and law reviews from leading law schools. Academic Universe database-- Legal Research
WWW Virtual Library -- Law http://www.law.indiana.edu/v-lib/ --This site provides links to numerous and varied sites including: law schools; law firms; legal topics; law codes (international, federal, state); case law and law journals. FindLaw http://www.findlaw.com/ --
Internet
Legal Resources; looks like Yahoo Not legal, but other subject-specific databases that will be helpful:ERIC covers the field of education, with journal article citations and abstracts and educational documents of many kinds, from 1966 to the present. Use the Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors (available at the Information Desk) to determine the ERIC subject headings you need. Here is a different link to ERIC, and here is a link to full-text online document access ERIC. Sport Discus (1975 to present) -- electronic access to articles from journals, monographs, book analytics and theses on all aspects of sport, fitness, and recreation (international coverage). Includes material on individuals and sports, coaching and administration, biomechanics, sports medicine, exercise physiology, social science and sport, , motor learning, and sport and people with disabilities; recreation management; therapeutic recreation. ProQuest
database (generally and its Social Sciences Plus & Education
Complete
databases) provides access to journal articles in the social
sciences,
general sciences, humanities and business from the 1990s to the
present
(some earlier coverage).
Older access via LOCIS [Library of Congress Information Systems] telnet://locis.loc.gov/ -- includes access points to Federal legislation (1981-1998) and to Congressional sessions (1973-1998). U.S. CODE ANNOTATED -- Westlaw Campus, and http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/cong013.html and U.S. CODE -- Government Documents U.S. Y 1.2/5: Laws are first issued as individual documents, called slip laws [Documents U.S. AE 2.110:]. These individual slip laws are later bound chronologically into the Statutes at Large [Documents U.S. AE 2.111:], which include a very basic subject index for each volume. Public laws enacted from the 104th Congress onwards will be found at http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/nara005.html. In addition, public laws from 1973 - 1996 are available at http://thomas.loc.gov/ All current laws are also arranged by subject into titles and republished in the U.S. Code http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/cong013.html. [look for Popular Name Table in Index] US Supreme Court
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/index.html--
includes links to 1937-75 Decisions via FedWorld
State Law http://www.washlaw.edu/-- (searchable by state or by keyword) Indiana State Legal Documentshttp://www.law.indiana.edu/uslawdocs/inconst.html -- Indiana code, constitution, courts] Westlaw Campus' State Jurisdictions allows you to select Indiana, as does the State Administrative Codes and State Statutes. West's Annotated Indiana Code -- Westlaw Campus -- Similar to the U.S. Code; Annotated; divided into titles (e.g., Title 22, Article 8 is Occupational Health and Safety Laws); each volume updated by pocket parts (inside back cover); cumulative index volumes. The Indiana Code can be found at http://www.ai.org/legislative/ic/code/[PDF files]. Indiana Administrative Code-- Reference KFI 3035 1984 .A28 -- Indiana's equivalent of the Code of Federal Regulations; also divided into titles (e.g., Title 610 is Labor; Title 620 is Occupational Safety Standards Commission); cumulative index volumes. See also http://www.IN.gov/legislative/iac/. [WordPerfect 8 files] OTHER INDIANA REFERENCES West's Indiana Law Finder: KFI 3061 .W47 Indiana School Laws -- Reference KFI 3390.7 .A3 Indiana School
Laws and Rules: Reference KFI 3390.7 .A3 [look
under athletes, recreation in the index]
Entertainment and Sports Lawyer -- Bibliographies and Indices http://www.abanet.org/forums/entsports/e_sl.html Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries http://www.abanet.org/forums/entsports/home.html Marquette Sports Law Journal Index http://law.marquette.edu/cgi-bin/site.pl?2130&pageID=190 National Association for Sport and Physical Education http://www.aahperd.org/ National Sports Law Institute http://http://law.marquette.edu/cgi-bin/site.pl?2130&pageID=160 Sports and Entertainment Law Journal http://VLS.LAW.VILL.EDU/students/orgs/sports/ Sports Law -- Link Page http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/sports.html Sports Law Links
from New England School of Law http://www.nesl.edu/research/sports.cfm
FindLaw's Educational Law Links: http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/37education/index.html FindLaw's Entertainment and Sports Law Links: http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/12entertainsport/index.html
Index to Legal Periodicals [& Books] (index to law literature), 1926-1993/94 -- Reference KF 8 .I5x [includes tables of cases]; caution: headings are very broad; materials may be available in the Library's collections: access the Online Catalog: Author/Title/Subject Search --> Journal Title search; may be available via ProQuest (Online Catalog will indicate), or via Academic Universe databases (will have to access Academic Universe's sections listed above and check the Sources links) or via Westlaw Campus. Andrews Sports & Entertainment Litigation Reporter via Westlaw Campus Sports, Parks & Recreation Law Reporter, 1993 to present:KF 1290 .S66 A136 (Current issues in periodicals); a publication of Professional Reports Corporation. Sports Law Administration & Practice, KF3702 .S66; 1996 to present (Current issues in periodicals) Sports and The Courts, 1994 to present: KF 4166 .A59 S66 (Current issues in periodicals) Sports Law Administration & Practice (Journal) -- no call number; issues since 1996 in Current Periodicals (Lower Level); 6 issues per year. Sports Lawyers Journal available via Westlaw Campus Cases, Materials and Problems on Sports and the Law -- KF 3989.A7 W42 1993 Law In Sport : Liability Cases In Management And Administration -- Indianapolis, Ind. : Benchmark Press, c1988 -- KF1290.S66 M35 1988 Sports And The Courts (Periodical) -- KF 4166 .A59 S66, 1994 (vol. 15) to present; quarterly; current issues in periodicals. Sport Lawyer's Guide To Legal Periodicals : An Annotated Bibliography-- Buffalo, N.Y. : W.S. Hein, 1994 -- Reference KF 3989 .A1 W66 1994 Essentials Of Amateur Sports Law -- Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1994 -- KF 4166 .W66 1994 Liability And Safety In Physical Education And Sport : A Practitioner's Guide To The Legal Aspects Of Teaching And Coaching In Elementary And Secondary Schools -- Reston, VA : National Association for Sport and Physical Education, c1993 -- Teaching Materials 344.73 Hart Title IX Source Book For Today's Athletics Administrator (Heather Ann Kendra;Thesis M.A.) --University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1998 -- Microfiche Kendra (Teaching Materials) Sport Litigation: A Casebook -- Nygaard, Gary -- Columbus, Ohio : Publishing Horizons, Inc. 1987 -- KF1290.S66 N98 1987 Sports Law For Educational Institutions -- Wade, Steven C. -- New York : Quorum Books, 1988 -- KF4166.A7 W33 1988 The
Online Catalog Library of Congress
Subject Headings include:
Citators help researchers to evaluate cases and statutes -- giving their latest status -- and help locate authorities. Shepard’s Citations titles include: Shepard’s United States Citations -- Reference KF 101.2 .S54 covers US Statutes (STAT and USC); court rules, treaties, US Supreme Court cases from US, L.Ed.2nd and S.Ct Shepard’s Federal Citations -- Reference KF 105.2 .S42 covers F., F.2nd , F .3rd, F.supp. F.R.D. Shepard’s State Citators -- there is one for each state; e.g., Shepard’s Indiana: Reference KFI 3059 .S55 Shepard’s Regional Citators -- citator for each regional reporter; cases only. Indiana is included in the Northeastern at Reference KF 135 .N62 S5 1995 How To Do It [Print]
this is your cited case
Cir.8 400F2nd8381 Cir.9 411 F2nd3904 and so on These are your citing cases Citing cases will give one of the following:5. Write down all the citations you find, volume after volume. As you approach the present, be sure to check all paper supplements as well. 2 history of the case; letter abbreviations indicate what happened to the case on appeal: a affirmed on appeal D dismissed on appeal r reversed on appeal c a case criticized the cited case f a case followed the cited case o a case overruled the cited case q a case questioned the cited case
Westlaw Keycite [online, in Library
only]. Access via Databases/Alphabetical. Note information on
screen:
On the next screen, find
and click on KeyCite. KeyCite for cases covers
all cases on Westlaw, including unpublished opinions and selected
administrative decisions. In order to use KeyCite, you already have
to
have the case citation. KeyCite provides the following information:
You can print or email your results. You can set your print or email parameters. Email choices include send as attached Word document or send as email text. Once you select your Print/Email option, the results should automatically be taken care of. When you are in KeyCite, you can also switch to other parts of Westlaw [we don't subscribe to the entire package... too expensive!] such as KeySearch, a topical index to the law. If you click Welcome, you will reach the opening page of Westlaw Campus, and from there you can get to all parts of Westlaw that ISU currently subscribes to. If you try to use a non-subscription component, you will receive a message [.... cannot be processed because use of this database is not authorized under your subscription agreement.] If you are using Westlaw Campus, you will not be able to reach KeyCite from there, and vice versa. Return to Databases/Alphabetical. Remember, you CANNOT shepardize from Westlaw Campus, only from Westlaw Keycite. Academic Universe/Legal Research: You can Shepardize U.S. Supreme Court cases only.
The ISU Library will not always have the materials you need. The sooner you begin your research, the sooner you will discover what materials, if any, you need to get from somewhere else. You have several options: Online Catalogs Within Indiana: Use the Other Libraries links explore other Indiana college libraries. Your Sycamore ID allows you check-out privileges at these universities, if you choose to go in person. Return materials to the ISU Library Interlibrary Loan Office and we will return them for you (be sure to do this well in advance of the other library’s due date) Normally, you will probably just identify the items and then turn in with complete information to Interlibrary Loan (below). Average turnaround time is 7-10 working days, so plan accordingly. Some limits to the number of requests per person per week do apply; for more information, inquire in the Interlibrary Loan office (open 8-4:30, Monday - Friday). Pick up materials at the Check-out Desk. FirstSearch (OCLC) and Ingenta: Both of these electronic databases let you search for journal articles from a large selection of journals. FirstSearch searches articles in 12,500 periodicals allows you to email your interlibrary loan request directly to the ISU Interlibrary Loan Office. UnCover allows you to search 17,000 periodical titles, and then email the citations to yourself. Check LUIS for local holdings. Use ISU's Electronic Interlibrary Loan forms to request materials.
Link to Introduction to Basic Legal Citation (2002-2003 ed.) by Peter W. Martin (Cornell Law School), based on the Seventeenth Edition of the "Bluebook." See also Legal Research and Citation Style in USA by Ronald B. Standler, a Massachusetts attorney. Academic Universe makes the
following suggestions: Fullilove v. Klutznick. 448 U.S. 448. 448-554. No. 78-1007. US Supreme Court. 1980. Online. LEXIS-NEXIS® Academic Universe. (5 August 1999). APA lists the case title, U.S. Reports citation, year of decision, and Internet address. Fullilove v. Klutznick, 448 U.S. 448 (1980) [Online] Available: http://www.lexis-nexis.com/universe. U.S. Code: MLA lists the
title number, statute book of the U.S. Code,
section, year, publication medium, name of computer service, and
date of
access. Always ask for help at the
Information Desk or contact
us
for assistance in using these or any other library resources.
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