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50-State Law Surveys Cheryl Nyberg March 17, 2007 Dallas 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 volumes Subject 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]link − Third-Party Visitation [link]link
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Tables Usually include citations Examples − Gift Cards & Gift Certificates [link]link − State Laws & Published Ordinances—Firearms [link]link
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Summaries Usually include citations Examples − Congress Passes Prohibition of Qualified Civil Claims Against Gun Manufacturers and Distributors [link]link − State Pet Shop Laws [link]link
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Full Text Examples − Clergy as Mandatory Reporters of Child Abuse & Neglect [link]link − Open Government Guide [link]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]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]link Except: tables & charts may be omitted or not linked [link]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]link
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On the Internet 80+ from the last 3 years Findlaw [link]link Law Reviews Online [link]link USC Legal Journals [link]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 Subjects 5.Sex offenders (162) 4.Sexual abuse of children (174) 3.Labor law (193) 2.Living wills (284) 1.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]link LX [link] & WL [link]link OCLC WorldCat [link]link Publisher catalogs & websites IndexMaster [link]link
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How Does She Do That? Websites
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Citation Searching Ann.44 states Stat.25 states Code23 states Rev.14 states Google
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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]link Meta search engines − Clusty [link]link − Dogpile [link]link − Kartoo [link]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]link NARAL Pro- Choice America [link]link
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Animals Animal Legal & Historical Center [link]link Animal Protection Institute [link]link Humane Society of the US [link]link
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Criminal Justice Am. Prosecutors Research Institute [link]link Legal Momentum [link]link National Center for Victims of Crime [link]link
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Education Education Commission of the States [link]link Home School Legal Defense Association [link]link
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Firearms National Rifle Association [link]link US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms [link]link
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Freedom of Information Freedom of Information Center [link]link Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press [link]link
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Seniors AARP Public Policy Institute [link]link National Center on Elder Abuse [link]link
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Traffic Insurance Institute for Highway Safety [link]link US National Highway Traffic Safety Admin. [link]link
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Un-Subs Encyclopedia of Associations (WL: EOA) Associations on the Net [link]link Gateway to Associations [link]link InfoPlease, US Societies & Associations Directory [link]link
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National Conference of State Legislatures 200+ surveys Surveys & legislation tracking databases [link]link
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More Treasures Congressional Research Service reports [link]link Findlaw [link]link
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SURVEYS = 260 13 11 30 13 6 23 9 24 50 49 329
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SURVEYS Sources Leiter, National Survey of State Laws, 5 th 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]link Am. Insurance Ass’n [link]link Am. Resort Development Ass’n [link]link ComplianceAid [link]link 50 State HIPAA Privacy Study [link]link LienLawOnline [link]link National Ass’n of Boards of Pharmacy [link]link
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Government Documents Targeted Internet searches Catalog of US Government Publications [link]link National Technical Information Service [link]link The Usual Suspects StateList [link]link
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Evaluate Best available? Current enough? Acceptable format?
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Update & Enhance Shepard’s Brief Suite [link]link WestCiteLink [link]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 cnyberg@u.washington.edu Slideshow at http://lib.law.washington.edu/ _cheryl/07dall.ppt
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