1. Internet Research Methodology
Maureen Cahill
University of Georgia
Law Library

2. What’s there Government reports Statistics Data about public companies
Directories
Current codes and admin regs
News

3. Who produces it? Federal government Companies
Investment firms/Corporate analysts
Universities/associations/interest groups
Media companies/wire services

4. Why use it? Available Searchable Up to date Codes Statistics
Legislative history

5. Reliability of Web Resources

6. Question the Source Who publishes Where is data obtained
Is it accurate
Is it complete
Is it up to date

7. Citation Issues

8. Uniform Citation Medium and vendor neutral Four data elements Year
Court
Case Number
Paragraph Number

9. 1999 GA 6, 15 Sixth decision Georgia Supreme Court 1999
Paragraph 15 within the decision

10. Bluebook form Parallel cite to Web source Web only material
available at [URL]
Web only material
at [URL]
Parallel cite to traditional source--no signal

11. Bluebook Elements Title or other information about the source cited
Indication of what source actually used
Provider
URL
Date