Professor Nichelle J. Perry Director of the Law Library and Assistant Professor of Law NCCU School of Law Durham Bar 2019 CLE Program-February 7, 2019

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1 Professor Nichelle J. Perry Director of the Law Library and Assistant Professor of Law NCCU School of Law Durham Bar 2019 CLE Program-February 7, 2019

2 Respond at PollEv.com/nichelleperr811 Text NICHELLPERR811 to once to join, then A, B, C, D, E

3 A. Google B. Google Scholar C. Westlaw D. Lexis E. Fastcase F. Print Materials G. Nothing

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5 INCLUDES: Journal and Conference Papers Theses and Dissertations Academic Books Published opinions of state appellate and supreme court cases since 1950 US federal district, appellate, tax and bankruptcy courts since 1923 US Supreme Court cases since 1791 NO: Regulations or Statutes True Citator Service

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7 Case Law Jurisdiction

8 Boolean Operators AND Limit results Example Vegetarianism AND obesity (Search for content that contains both vegetarianism and obesity.) OR One term OR another Scholarly OR academic (Search for content that contains scholarly OR academic.) - or NOT Exclude a term from the search -site: Exclude a website from the search Bears -Chicago or Bears NOT Chicago (Limits results to only those with bears and not the term Chicago.) Bears -site:wikipedia.org (Limits results to results other than Wikipedia.) ~ Synonyms of term ~academic (Search for the term academic and its synonyms.) Exact phrase sleep deprivation (Search for the phrase sleep deprivation.)

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10 Respond at PollEv.com/nichelleperr811 Text NICHELLPERR811 to once to join, then A, B, C, D, E

11 A. Yes, I have used Google Scholar Alerts before. I like it. B. Yes, I have used Google Scholar Alerts before. But, I don t like it. C. No, I have not used Google Scholar Alerts, but I will start. D. No, I have not used Google Scholar Alerts, but I don t think I will.

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15 Click on How Cited

16 Click the star to save the case to your library To access your library, click on the hamburger then My Library.

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18 Respond at PollEv.com/nichelleperr811 Text NICHELLPERR811 to once to join, then A, B, C, D, E

19 A.Definitely B. Probably, if I remember C.Sometimes D.Never

20 Free access for NCBA members

21 FREE NOT FREE

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24 Filter Case Results by. Sort Case Results The Tag Cloud

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28 Respond at PollEv.com/nichelleperr811 Text NICHELLPERR811 to once to join, then A, B, C, D, E

29 A. Yes B. No C. No, I use another system MyCase, Rocket Matter, Practice Panther D. No, but I have been thinking about Clio.

30 Clio is the only legal software that integrates with Fastcase. Clio and Fastcase are linked up so that you can start a timer for your research session in Fastcase and have the activity recorded in Clio. Import Fastcase search results into Clio and save them directly to the relevant matter

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32 Click the flag to develop a list of later citing cases The flag will be red if there is has been any negative interpretation and gray of no negative interpretation. Authority Check generates a list of later citing cases to help you find related authority on your topic.

33 That may or may not be worth the money

34 Treatises & Books Carolina Academic Press James Publishing Wolters Kluwer HeinOnline North Carolina Pattern Jury Instructions for Civil Cases FREE Jury Instructions: UNC School of Gov t

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36 Topical State Statutes From Cornell's LII, provides breakdown of state statutes by commonly used topics. Statistics - USA.gov-Data and Gov t Statistics -Federal government data organized by topic. Business & Corporate EDGAR- All companies, foreign and domestic, are required to file registration statements, periodic reports, and other forms electronically through EDGAR. Deep Web Searching Wayback Machine -Digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Search for old versions of websites.

37 Law Review Commons The Law Review Commons contains over 220,000 articles from open-access law reviews with issues dating from Current issues and archives are freely available online through law schools bepress Digital Commons repositories. Free Full-Text Online Law Review/Law Journal Search Engine

38 Nichelle Nikki Perry NCCU School of Law Director of the Law Library and Assistant Professor of Law