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Improved Internet Searching for Legal Information

Sue Altmeyer, Electronic Services Librarian, sue.altmeyer@law.csuohio.edu | August 21, 2007 - 14:49

The Internet is an excellent source to find legal information for free, although it lacks some of the content, organization, reliability and search mechanisms of for-fee legal databases. A recent article details how attorneys can better use Google to find legal information on the web. Rich, Tracey R., How Lawyers Can Improve Search Results , National Law Journal, July 25, 2007. Tips in the article include:internet computers

  • Using Google Advanced Search to create boolean "and"/"or" searches.
  • Using Google Advanced Search to search for terms in a specific web site.
  • Using specialized databases, such as Google U.S. Government, Google News or Google Patent Search.
  • Identifying the owner of a web site by using InterNic's Whois. Identifying the owner will help determine the site's reliability.
  • Determining web site reliability by finding out who links to that web site. Google Advanced Search will identify sites that link to a particular web site.

For more information, see the library's resource guide on Web Searching. For more information on legal resources available on the Internet, see Internet Legal Resources.


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