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Legal Research for the
Rest of Us
  • Carol Simon, MLS, MA
  • Business Reference Librarian
  • Hofstra University
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Where to go when you don’t….
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Where to go when you don’t…
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Where to go when you don’t…
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Where to go when you don’t…
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Where to go when you don’t…
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Basic Undergraduate Toolkit
  • Academic Search Premier
  • ERIC
  • Factiva
  • Lexis/Nexis Academic Universe
  • PsycINFO
  • Sociological Abstracts
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Undergraduates
  • Inquiry SUBJECT/DISCIPLINE based
  • Assignment driven
  • Intersection of DISCIPLINE and LAW
  • Have minimal legal background
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Librarian
  • Constructing a search strategy that will
    • Enable student to understand the convergence of disciplines
    • Satisfy his/her research needs
      • Comprehension
      • Comprehensive
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Example: Informed consent and competence
  • Academic Search Premier and PsycINFO
    • DE “informed consent” AND
    • competence
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Grokker: (informed consent) in PsycINFO
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Example: Informed consent and competence
  • Lexis/Nexis Academic Universe
    • Law Reviews
      • Informed consent
        • Focus on competen!
    • Medical & Health Journals
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Example: Freedom of speech in public schools
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Grokker: Freedom in ERIC
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Example: Freedom of speech and public school
  • Lexis/Nexis Academic Universe
    • Nexis Guided Search
      • Major papers
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Example: Provenance, art and nazi
  • Art History student inquiry:
    • Provenance
    • Art
    • Nazi
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Grooker
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Example: Product liability
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Conclusion(s) & Contact
  • Deal with undergraduates creatively
  • Carol.Simon@hofstra.edu