II. IDEAS ON HOW TO DO COST EFFECTIVE LEGAL RESEARCH
- Use Lower Cost Options - EX. FASTCASE (see next Tab in LibGuide)
- Use Free Resources - ACADEMIC; GOV'T (see next Tab in LibGuide)
- Make Friends With Your LIBRARIAN OR INFORMATION SPECIALIST
- Ask For A TOUR OF THE LIBRARY
- Find Print Materials Available to you - ONE GOOD TREATISE ("Smart Researchers Save Time by Starting with Legal Treatises" by (Shawn G. Nevers) -may need to sign in w/Campus Connect ID & PW
- FIND OUT - WHICH ONLINE MATERIALS ARE PART OF "OVERHEAD" (already paid for by firm/office)
- ASK IF THERE IS AN INTRANET AND OR A WIKI
- If So - How Do You Access It?
- What Is Contained In It?
- ASK IF THERE IS A DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (or Work Product Retrieval Database)?
- A Document Management System - Is An In-House Database Of Work Already Performed (model)
- Make Appts With Your WESTLAW; LEXIS PLUS & BLOOMBERG LAW Representatives
- When Searching - CREATE YOUR SEARCH BEFORE GOING ONLINE - IN A FEE-BASED DATABASE
