Identifying and Retrieving Online Documents with a Citation

Legal Citation rules are different Courtesy of Harvard, Yale, Columbia and Penn The “Bluebook” A Uniform System of Citation

Citation basics Three elements: Title info; publication info; date

info Publication Info is what is usually thought of as the

“citation” – where can this document be found? Publication info also has three elements

Volume/Title Document/Publication page/section

Rules were developed in/for the world of print

Court decision: Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 Court decision: Tripoli v. BATFE, 437 F.3d. 75 Court decision: Comm v. Dowling, 511 Pa. 28,

511 A.2d. 792 United States Code: 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Pennsylvania Statute: 18 Pa. C. S. A. § 3929.1 U.S. Code of Federal Regulations: 27 CFR 555.29 PA Admin Code: Pa Code §137.1 Court Rules: Fed R. Civ. P 12(b); PA R. Civ.P. 51 Legal Journals (continuous pagination):

Author, Title, 61 U. Pitt L.R. 819 (year) Legal Journals (issue pagination)

Author, Title, Information Today, Sept 2010, at 17.

Most primary law from the last 15 years is available on the Internet

It’s OK to Google Citation is best Case name may work Beware the Deep Web

Google Scholar -Legal Opinions and Journals

http://scholar.google.com/

Statutes, Codes, Legislation GPO Access: Public Laws, U.S. Code Cornell Univ Legal Information Institute: Constitution, U.S. Code Thomas from Library of Congress: Legislation

Court decisions U.S. Supreme Court Third Circuit Court of Appeals Western District of PA Other federal courts Other resources

Google Scholar LexisOne PACER

Court rules LLRX.com Court Websites

Administrative Rules and Regulations GPO Access: CFR and Federal Register Agency Websites

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/

http://www.law.cornell.edu/



http://thomas.loc.gov/

http://www.supremecourt.gov/

http://www.ca3.uscourts.gov/

http://www.uscourts.gov/Court_Locator.aspx

http://www.lexisone.com/

http://www.pacer.gov/

http://www.llrx.com/

http://www.uscourts.gov/RulesAndPolicies.aspx

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/executive.html

http://www.usa.gov/Agencies/Federal/Executive.shtml

Statutes, Codes, Legislation PA Session Laws “Purdons” PA Statutes PA Legislature

Local Ordinances Pittsburgh Philadelphia Others

Court decisions PA Supreme, Commonwealth, Superior Courts Local courts Local Dockets

Court Rules Administrative Rules and Regulations

PA Bulletin PA Administrative Code

http://www.legis.state.pa.us/

http://government.westlaw.com/linkedslice/default.asp?SP=pac-1000



http://www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us/

http://www.phila.gov/

http://www.municode.com/

http://www.pacourts.us/

http://www.alleghenycourts.us/

https://dcr.alleghenycounty.us/

Self-help resources PA Law Help Nolo Findlaw

Professional resources Scholarly resources Research guides

Barco Law Library: Pennsylvania Law Duquesne Law Library Legal Research Guides