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Cost-Effective Legal Research: Resources and Strategies 3/22/2013 Brian Detweiler, Faculty Services Librarian Mike Martinez Jr., Head of Student Services Sarita Kenedy East Law Library, St. Marys University School of Law

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What we will be covering this morning: Free Federal Resources Statutes Regulations Free Texas Resources Statutes Regulations Free Local Resources Municipal Codes Free Caselaw Resources Casemaker LexisNexis Academic Lexis and Westlaw $ trategies Recommended Publications Law Libraries

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Federal Statutes

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Federal Regulations

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Searching the e-CFR

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Navigating the e-CFR

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Updating the CFR Online

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Looking Backwards in the CFR

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Free Public Site Challenging Functionality Texas Statutes

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Texas Legislation

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Texas Regulations

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Municipal Codes

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Free Caselaw Caselaw Resources

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Casemaker Citator Accuracy Issues?

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St. Marys Libraries (on campus only)

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LexisNexis and Westlaw: Dealing with The Dynamic Duopoly Everything is negotiable! Print resources may be more cost-effective Call your sales rep before you buy anything Westlaw Pricing: starting around $100/mo. LexisNexis Pricing: $63-125/mo. for 1 st 18 mos. $125-255/mo. for next 3 yrs. 5% annual price increase

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Recommended Books Texas Legal Research (2012) List Price: $26.00 The Greenbook List Price: $11.00 The Bluebook List Price: $34.00 Legal Research in a Nutshell List Price: $39.00 Amazon: $28.50

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Obligatory/Shameless Law Library Plug Sarita Kenedy East Law Library Bexar County Law Library

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Contact Information Brian Detweiler Westlaw and Lexis Sales Reps: LL 110 ( near Reference Section ) (210) 436-3011 ext. 1374 bdetweiler@stmarytx.edu LL 131 (near Circulation Desk) (210) 431-8070 mmartinez17@stmarytx.edu LexisNexis Ryan Quinn (210) 317-1475 ryan.quinn@lexisnexis.com Westlaw Jacqueline Moyer (210) 428-3200 jacqueline.moyer@thomsonreuters.com Mike Martinez Jr.