Say you (or your client) buy a lovely Victorian house, only to find out that it’s haunted. The seller never bothered to inform you that the house’s original owner was murdered on the premises and now her ghost wanders the …
Whether using Westlaw (KeyCite) or Lexis (Shepard’s), most students and researchers know to use a citator to see if the case is good law. But don’t stop there—use Keycite or Shepard’s to get more information for your research. The citator …
Regarding citators, it’s important for students and practitioners to remember that reports for code sections can be obtained for statutes as well as for regulations. The Shepard’s service in Lexis goes a step further and allows you to get a …
The statement ‘different search engines and databases produce different results’ may elicit various responses from people. Some may think that the statement is obviously true, some may believe search engines are all basically the same, and some may believe that …
The Law Library has added four new Seminars to its Legal Research Seminars, available on the Westlaw TWEN platform: Cost Effective Federal Legislative History: Congress.gov & GPO.gov – Understand the importance of, and materials generated in, the federal legislative process. …
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