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Workers’ Compensation Resources at the Anchorage
Law Library
Catherine LemannJanuary 2008
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Library Hours
Monday – Thursday 8 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Friday 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Sunday noon – 5:00 p.m.
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Contact us
Call the Reference Desk: 907-264-0585
Email us: [email protected]
Fax a request: 907-264-0733 NEW Toll-Free Number for Alaska
callers: (888) 282-2082
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What are your research needs?
What are the biggest challenges in workers comp law today?
Do you use a current awareness service?
How do you research issues? What tools and resources do you
use? What tools and resources would you
like to see in the library?
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Resources in the Law Library
Things you still can’t get online – Books!
Treatises and Law Reviews can be checked out by Bar members
We can mail them to you if you’re not in Anchorage
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Finding Aids
Legal Information Buyer’s Guide and Reference Manual- Svengalis Descriptions and pricing for legal
titles arranged by subject matter Workers’ Compensation Good for cost saving tips
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Alaska Resources
Legislative history 1988 Act AK workers compensation board
Superior Court decisions 1983-1992
AK Workmen’s compensation board decisions and orders 1989 – present No paper index
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Alaska Division of Workers’ Compensation
www.labor.state.ak.us/wc/legaldir.htm
Bulletins, forms Employee/employer information BAD links: statutes (old version),
admin code (wrong place)
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Alaska Division of Workers’ Compensation
Workers compensation board decisions & orders: Searchable/browsable (clunky)
Workers compensation appeals commission decisions: www.labor.state.ak.us/WCcomm/home.htm - not searchable
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Treatises – Workers’ Comp Larson, The Law of Workmen’s
Compensation The Law of Maritime Personal Injuries,
5th ed. Workers’ Compensation in a Nutshell Guides to the Evaluation of
Permanent Impairment, 5th ed. (6th expected soon)
Understanding the AMA Guides in Workers’ Compensation, 3rd ed.
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HeinOnline
Law journals – 1,100+ Coverage often begins with volume
1 CFR, Federal Register, Statutes at
Large Only available in the library But, we can email law review
articles
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FREE Westlaw at the Library
All State/Federal cases & statutes USCA, USCCAN ALR 2nd – 6th, Journals and Law
Reviews Am.Jur., Forms, Proof of Facts, Trials Keycite AK workers compensation board
decisions: AKWC-ADMIN
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Alaska Case Law Database http://government.westlaw.com/akcases Alaska Supreme Court and Court of
Appeals All published opinions back to 1960 Unpublished decisions (MOJs) back
to 1991, with older decisions being added
No headnotes, keyciting, or page numbers
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Casemaker
Alaska Caselaw 348 P.2d (1960) – current With reporter page numbers
Attorney General Opinions From 1995
Alaska Law Review Volume 14 – current
No Alaska Administrative decisions
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Casemaker
Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Seward, Kenai Borough Codes
Statutes Court rules Citator? Identifies cases, you
analyze them
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Casemaker – Federal U.S. Supreme Court 1893 - Current
U.S. Circuit Opinions 1 F.3d - current
U.S. District Courts (F.Supp.2d) F.Supp.2d Vol. 401 - current adv. sheet
U.S. Bankruptcy Opinions Begin: Vol. 334 B.R. (2005)
U.S. CodeTitles 1-41, 46 are complete through 01/02/2006Titles 42-45, 47-50 are complete through 01/03/2005Title 11 USC Bankruptcy Reform Act Contains all changes made by the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2005
Public Laws Includes laws passed by the 2005-2006 109th Congress and 2007 110th Congress to date
Code of Federal RegulationsTitles 1-16 complete through 1/1/2007Titles 17-27 complete through 4/1/2007Title 28-31 complete through 7/1/2007Titles 32-41 complete through 7/1/2006Titles 42-50 complete through 10/1/2006
U.S. Constitution
Federal Court Rules
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Casemaker
Basic search is natural language Advanced Search
Fields: Citation, Docket Number, Attorney, Judge, Date
Word Form – exact , wildcard * Proximity – word, sentence,
document, within 500 or 1000 characters
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Free PACER access
All law library locations Two year trial project
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Need help? Call the library reference desk:
(907) 264-0585 or (888) 282-2082 Email: [email protected] Reference librarians can walk you through
searching or finding a website to help Interlibrary loan Catalog is on-line: http://
www.state.ak.us/courts/library.htm You can check out treatises for 3 days We will mail them to you if you live outside
Anchorage
