Primary

• case law: federal or state
• statutes and acts: 50 states and Washington, DC
• administrative rules and regulations: Code of Federal Regulations, Federal Register, 50 states and Washington DC
• court rules: appellate, criminal, civil, tax, bankruptcy, evidence 

Secondary

• treatise libraries: business practice, construction, evidence, elder law, drunk driving, family law, personal injury, product liability
• bar publications: AK, AZ, MA, MO, NY, WA, and WI

Public Records

• personal public records (additional subscription)
• corporate public records (additional subscription)
• UCC filings (pay per transaction) 

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Jurisdiction: Choose from either federal or state:

                        Federal

·        US Supreme Court (reports/cases and rules, reports since 1899)

·        US Code

·        US Constitution

·        Code of Federal Regulations

·        Federal Register

·        Federal Rules

·        U.S. Sentencing Commission Guidelines Manual

·        Federal Circuits (Circuits 1-11, District of Columbia, Fed. Circuit Court of Appeals)

                        State

·        All 50 states

·        District of Columbia

Search Tips

Using connectors such as AND, OR, NOT, and NEAR..

a.       "Murder and gun and robbery" searches all 3 terms; "evidence and gun not robbery" will yield results with the first two items but not the last. Try "automobile or vehicle" or "employer and harassment".

b.      "Search and Seizure" (using quotation marks) will search for both terms together, but Search and Seizure will retrieve items for both terms.

c.       "Insurance near2 fraud" will ensure these terms are within 2 words of each other. You can also use a "/" such as "landlord /3 eviction".

Searching for Statutes. When you know the title/chapter/section, separate them with a

            hyphen. For example, 14-10-231 or 46b-56. From the U.S. Code, try 21 u.s.c. 841

            or 21 near5 841. Note spacing between each segment!

Plurals. Quotation marks will assist in retrieving that specific term but without the quotation marks, you may retrieve plurals. For example, "CONFESSION" (using quotation marks) vs. CONFESSION (which may yield confession, confessions, confessionals, etc.) 

Case Searches. Search for SMITH and JONES, not Smith v. Jones; this will retrieve the pertinent cases. (Another point: you may think it is Smith v. Jones, but it could be Jones v. Smith!)

Known Citation. Search for 992 P.2d 1176. In "Case cite" type this citation for results.

Searching for Names. Typing "William near3 Johnson" will retrieve first and last name and all possible middle names and initials.

Meta-characters.

            Use ( ) to indicate priority searches; i.e. "(gun not rifle) and robbery" or "employ

                        near2 (discharge or terminate)"

            Use "*" to retrieve multiple forms of a word, i.e. "robber*" to retrieve robbery,

                        robberies, robber, robbers, etc.

LOIS-izing

            “Loisizing” means conducting a search for the citation itself in order to retrieve all documents that have cited it (i.e. more current cases). This process helps determine the case's authoritative value. To Loisize, perform the search in the “all fields” or "entire document" category. For example:

                        You want to                    Type

            Loisize 301 Colo. 1                  301 Colo.1

            Loisize $5-101-57                    5-101-57

            Loisize 42 U.S.C. $ 1983         42 near3 1983