Cost Effective Lexis Westlaw and Alternatives to Lexis
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Cost Effective Lexis & Westlaw and Alternatives to Lexis & Westlaw Research Certificate Seminar 2011
Topics Covered l l l The Cost of Lexis & Westlaw Frugal Lexis and Westlaw Use Westlaw. Next Cost Effective Use Low cost databases Free Internet Sources
Flat Rate Plans Still care about cost effectiveness because: l l l client charged Item maybe outside of plan Greater Usage = Greater Cost for Flat Rate Plan next year
Figures are from a Local Law Firm, 2008
2010 Westlaw Law Firm Costs File/Services Hourly (Per Minute) Transactional (Per Search) All Federal Cases $19. 05 Ohio State and $23. 08 Federal Cases Sixth Circuit Cases $8. 60 All Ohio Cases $8. 60 Get a Document/Find 14. 00 (primary), $24. 00 (secondary) Keycite $6. 25
Computing Westlaw Costs Hourly or Transactional Charge for Database use PLUS l Communication Charge (per minute) PLUS l Downloading or Printing Charge l (sample computation)
Cost-Saving Tips for Lexis/WL l l CALI Lesson – Cost of Legal Reseach Efficient /Cost Effective Legal Research C-M Guide Lexis – Conducting Efficient Research Westlaw - Cost Effective Research » Powerpoint
BEFORE you search l Ask librarian/managing partner about price plan. l Use print or lower cost databases l Plan your search before you go online l Call the Reference Attorneys
Cost Effective Searching-Lexis & Classic WL l Narrowest Source l Broad Search, then Focus/Locate l Table of Contents l Book Browse on LEXIS (not Westlaw) l History (L) or Research Trail (W) – (next day) l Westlaw – search transactional or hourly?
Classic Searching, Cont’d l Alerts l Search by Topic/Headnote (L); Key. Number/ Keysearch (W) l Get a Document (L), Find (W) l 50 state surveys
Cost Effective Printing l Westlaw decide per line or per document l Print from browser l Copy with Reference l Get and Print, Find and Print
Keycite/Shepards l Brief Check or Lexis. Nexis for Microsoft Office to Shepardize; Westcheck to Keycite
Westlaw. Next l l Flat rate plan When view a document, charged if that document is off-plan (will get warning). Save document in folder - access forever. Document updates for one year for free. History saved one year (but does charge again if after 2 am next day)
Westlaw. Next - Cost Recovery =charging back to client l $60 per search l PLUS a find charge for items clicked on (Transactional Mode) OR per minute charge (Hourly Mode) l Cost chart – Click on Tools tab, then Subscriber Pricing Guide (non-discounted rates)
Cost Effective Westlaw. Next l Only SEARCHING hints are different than the above
Cost Effective Westlaw. Next l Preferences link – pick Hourly or Transactional. Begins charging when click on Document. l Broad initial search Narrow using filters or search within results (as many as desired) l
Cost Effective Westlaw. Next Searching - Transactional l Pull up (Click on) the least amount of documents needed Show the most detail Use Folders (forever, updated 1 yr and History (until 2 am following day)
Show Less or More Detail
Reference Attorney Phone Nos. l l l 800 45 LEXIS 1 -800 -REF-ATTY (733 -2889) (Westlaw) 1 -800 -850 -9378 for law students (Westlaw)
Low Cost Databases
Stripped down versions of Lexis/WL • Casemaker –Free w/ free student OSBA membership • Fastcase – Free w/ Cleve bar membership (not student) • Lois Law – C-M has, CLL has • Versus Law – Free to Law students
Access to Low Cost Databases l Go to Library Website, Law Databases Page.
Stripped Down Versions of Lexis/WL What does Lexis/Westlaw have these do not? l Editorial features – headnotes, annotations l Practice Books (except Loislaw) l Law Review articles l Better search mechanisms and coverage
Stripped Down Versions of Lexis and Westlaw l l Casemaker – best coverage for Ohio, Odd search syntax Fastcase – Natural Language, Visual Charts Loislaw - Best terms and connectors, field searching. Treatises. Alert searches. Versus. Law – Cheapest, worst coverage
Fastcase Webinar • Thursday, 3/24, 4: 30 pm-5: 30 pm –– LB Room 208 or remotely via your own computer • Contact Laura Ray to register
Primary & Secondary – Specific Subjects l l l BNA CCH See Law Databases page for links. NOT low cost, but not charged back to clients Have primary and secondary sources, current awareness
BNA Libraries l ex. Labor Relations Reporter/Labor and Employment Law Library, Intellectual Property Library or ABA/BNA lawyers' manual on professional conduct
CCH Intelliconnect • Topics Covered: Antitrust Banking Corporate Governance Health Care and Medicaid/Medicare Labor & Employment, Pensions Securities
CCH l l Boolean searching, w/n etc. Federated Searching Indexes Known for their fifty state charts
Benefits of Low Cost Databases Over Free Internet l l l Better Search Mechanisms Coverage May be more current Trustworthiness Aggregated Info – One stop shopping
What’s on the Free Web l l All US Supreme Court Cases Reported Federal Appellate from 1882 Some Unreported Fed App, Fed District State cases: reported – 1950. unreported - early-mid nineties
What’s on the Free Web, cont’d l Statutes & Regulations- federal and states Municipal Ordinances Law Review Articles Forms Dockets, Briefs & Pleadings l LOTS more! l l
Start with a Good Internet Portal l From the Library Home Page – Legal Research on the Web Public Records & People Finders Cornell Legal Information Institute (LII)
Case law l l Google Scholar – state reported 1950 -, fed circuit/ district 1923 Ohio Supreme Court Lexis. One – Last 10 yrs, Lexis searching Legal Research on the Web - Cases
Google Advanced Operators l l l AROUND –ex. constitution AROUND(5) "home rule“ ~ searches for synonyms and related words ex. ~constitutionality - searches for constitutional, unconstitutional, etc. * placeholder for a word. Ex. sexual * abuse picks up “sexual misconduct abuse”, “sexual child abuse”, etc.
Web Sites to Know l l l Thomas. gov – Federal Legislative History FDSys - Fed’l Govt. PACER – Federal Court dockets
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