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50-State Law Surveys. Cheryl Nyberg March 17, 2007 Dallas Association of Law Librarians. The Perils of Praline!. Preview. What types of 50-state law surveys are available? Where and how are they published? How can I find a 50-state law survey on a specific topic? How does she do that?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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50-State Law Surveys
Cheryl NybergMarch 17, 2007Dallas Association of Law Librarians
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Preview• What types of 50-state law
surveys are available?
• Where and how are they published?
• How can I find a 50-state law survey on a specific topic?
• How does she do that?
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Why Me?• Compiler &
editor since 1980
• Identified 16,000+ surveys in 20 volumesSubject Compilations of State Laws
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Subject Compilations
• 21 volumes
• 1970s-date
• Annual
• 17,000+ state law surveys
• Hundreds of subjects
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Survey Says . . .• List
• Identify
• Describe
• Summarize
• Reprint
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Charts
• Sometimes include citations
• Examples−An Overview of Abortion
Laws [link]−Third-Party Visitation [link]
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Tables
• Usually include citations
• Examples−Gift Cards & Gift
Certificates [link]−State Laws & Published
Ordinances—Firearms [link]
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Summaries• Usually include citations
• Examples−Congress Passes
Prohibition of Qualified Civil Claims Against Gun Manufacturers and Distributors [link]
−State Pet Shop Laws [link]
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Full Text
• Examples−Clergy as Mandatory
Reporters of Child Abuse & Neglect [link]
−Open Government Guide [link]
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Sources• Law review articles
• Books & looseleaf services
• Websites & commercial databases
• Federal & state documents
• Court briefs & opinions
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Sources
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How Does She Do That?Law Reviews
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They Call Me “Flipper”
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Law Reviews
• 700+ US law school, association & commercially published periodicals
• Most indexed in the Current Index to Legal Periodicals [link]
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Last Week
• 63 issues
• 404 articles
• 15,177 pages
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Using Law Reviews
• LexisNexis & Westlaw versions link to statutes [link]
•Except: tables & charts may be omitted or not linked [link]
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Using Law Reviews• Hein Online PDFs don’t
allow text selection
• Use “View Text” option
OR
• Use Adobe online conversion tools [link]
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On the Internet• 80+ from the
last 3 years
• Findlaw [link]
• Law Reviews Online [link]
• USC Legal Journals [link]
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Brainstorm!6. Abortion (159)
7. Attorneys (155)
8. Limited liability companies (152)
9. Sodomy (142)
10.Health insurance (141)
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Top Five Subjects?
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Top Five Subjects5. Sex offenders (162)
6. Sexual abuse of children (174)
7. Labor law (193)
8. Living wills (284)
9. Capital punishment (328)
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Super Subjects
• Business & commerce
• Criminal
• Family
• Health & medicine
• Labor
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Books & Looseleafs
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Law for the Layperson
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How Does She Do That?Books & Looseleaf Services
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They Call Me “Flipper”
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Sources: Print• Current Publications in Legal
& Related Fields (Rothman)
• Law Books & Serials in Print (Bowker)
• Legal Looseleafs in Print
• Book reviews, footnotes, etc.
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Sources: Online• Amazon [link]
• LX [link] & WL [link]
• OCLC WorldCat [link]
• Publisher catalogs & websites
• IndexMaster [link]
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How Does She Do That?Websites
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Citation Searching
Ann. 44 states
Stat. 25 states
Code 23 states
Rev. 14 states
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Subject with
• “states have laws”
• “state laws on”
• “state statutes on”
• “state regulation of”
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To Be Fruitful, Multiply!
• Multiple searches
• Multiple search engines
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Search Engines
• Search Engine Watch [link]
• Meta search engines−Clusty [link]−Dogpile [link]−Kartoo [link]
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The Usual Suspects• Associations
• Government agencies
• Public interest organizations
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Brainstorm!• Abortion
• Animals
• Criminal justice
• Education
• Firearms
• Freedom of information
• Seniors
• Traffic
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Abortion• Guttmacher
Institute [link]
• NARAL Pro-Choice America [link]
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Animals• Animal Legal &
Historical Center [link]
• Animal Protection Institute [link]
• Humane Society of the US [link]
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Criminal Justice• Am. Prosecutors
Research Institute [link]
• Legal Momentum [link]
• National Center for Victims of Crime [link]
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Education• Education
Commission of the States [link]
• Home School Legal Defense Association [link]
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Firearms• National
Rifle Association [link]
• US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms [link]
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Freedom of Information
• Freedom of Information Center [link]
• Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press [link]
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Seniors• AARP Public
Policy Institute [link]
• National Center on Elder Abuse [link]
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Traffic• Insurance
Institute for Highway Safety [link]
• US National Highway Traffic Safety Admin. [link]
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Un-Subs• Encyclopedia of Associations
(WL: EOA)
• Associations on the Net [link]
• Gateway to Associations [link]
• InfoPlease, US Societies & Associations Directory [link]
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National Conferenceof State Legislatures
• 200+ surveys
• Surveys & legislation tracking databases [link]
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More Treasures
• Congressional Research Service reports [link]
• Findlaw [link]
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SURVEYS = 260
1311
3013
623
924
5049
3 29
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SURVEYS Sources
• Leiter, National Survey of State Laws, 5th ed.
• West-created• Legal Research Center,
Inc.
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WL Sources Not in SURVEYS
• Causes of Action 2d (COA)
• Lobbying, PACS & Campaign Finance (LOBBYPCF)
• Religious Organizations & the Law (RELORGS)
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• Child labor
• Disability discrimination
• Drug testing
• Family & medical leave
• Military leave
• New hire reporting
• Plant closing
• Polygraph testing
• Protected classes
• Smoking
• Unemployment insurance
• Voting leave
• Whistleblowers
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More Subscription Services• ADR World [link
]
• Am. Insurance Ass’n [link]
• Am. Resort Development Ass’n [link]
• ComplianceAid [link]
• 50 State HIPAA Privacy Study [link]
• LienLawOnline [link]
• National Ass’n of Boards of Pharmacy [link]
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Government Documents
• Targeted Internet searches
• Catalog of US Government Publications [link]
• National Technical Information Service [link]
• The Usual Suspects
• StateList [link]
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Evaluate• Best
available?
• Current enough?
• Acceptable format?
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Update & Enhance
Shepard’s Brief
Suite [link]
WestCiteLink
[link]
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Praline Ponders the Possibilities
• Subject Compilations
• LexisNexis & Westlaw
• Targeted web searches
• Usual suspects & Un-subs
• LawLib & Phone-a-friend
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Cheryl Nyberg
• (206) 543-7672
• Slideshow athttp://lib.law.washington.edu/_cheryl/07dall.ppt