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50-State Law Surveys

50-State Law Surveys. Cheryl Nyberg March 17, 2007 Dallas Association of Law Librarians. The Perils of Praline!. 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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50-State Law Surveys

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  1. 50-State Law Surveys Cheryl Nyberg March 17, 2007 Dallas Association of Law Librarians

  2. The Perils of Praline!

  3. 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?

  4. Why Me? • Compiler & editor since 1980 • Identified 16,000+ surveys in 20 volumes Subject Compilations of State Laws

  5. Subject Compilations • 21 volumes • 1970s-date • Annual • 17,000+ state law surveys • Hundreds of subjects

  6. Survey Says . . . • List • Identify • Describe • Summarize • Reprint

  7. Charts • Sometimes include citations • Examples • An Overview of Abortion Laws [link] • Third-Party Visitation [link]

  8. Tables • Usually include citations • Examples • Gift Cards & Gift Certificates [link] • State Laws & Published Ordinances—Firearms [link]

  9. Summaries • Usually include citations • Examples • Congress Passes Prohibition of Qualified Civil Claims Against Gun Manufacturers and Distributors [link] • State Pet Shop Laws [link]

  10. Full Text • Examples • Clergy as Mandatory Reporters of Child Abuse & Neglect [link] • Open Government Guide [link]

  11. Sources • Law review articles • Books & looseleaf services • Websites & commercial databases • Federal & state documents • Court briefs & opinions

  12. Sources

  13. How Does She Do That?Law Reviews

  14. They Call Me “Flipper”

  15. Law Reviews • 700+ US law school, association & commercially published periodicals • Most indexed in the Current Index to Legal Periodicals [link]

  16. Last Week • 63 issues • 404 articles • 15,177 pages 16 state law surveys

  17. Using Law Reviews • LexisNexis & Westlaw versions link to statutes [link] • Except: tables & charts may be omitted or not linked [link]

  18. Using Law Reviews • Hein Online PDFs don’t allow text selection • Use “View Text” option OR • Use Adobe online conversion tools [link]

  19. On the Internet • 80+ from the last 3 years • Findlaw [link] • Law Reviews Online [link] • USC Legal Journals [link]

  20. Brainstorm! • Abortion (159) • Attorneys (155) • Limited liability companies (152) • Sodomy (142) • Health insurance (141)

  21. Top Five Subjects?

  22. Top Five Subjects • Sex offenders (162) • Sexual abuse of children (174) • Labor law (193) • Living wills (284) • Capital punishment (328)

  23. Super Subjects • Business & commerce • Criminal • Family • Health & medicine • Labor

  24. Books & Looseleafs

  25. Law for the Layperson

  26. How Does She Do That?Books & Looseleaf Services

  27. They Call Me “Flipper”

  28. Sources: Print • Current Publications in Legal & Related Fields (Rothman) • Law Books & Serials in Print (Bowker) • Legal Looseleafs in Print • Book reviews, footnotes, etc.

  29. Sources: Online • Amazon [link] • LX [link] & WL [link] • OCLC WorldCat [link] • Publisher catalogs & websites • IndexMaster [link]

  30. How Does She Do That?Websites

  31. Citation Searching Ann. 44 states Stat. 25 states Code 23 states Rev. 14 states Google

  32. Subject with • “states have laws” • “state laws on” • “state statutes on” • “state regulation of”

  33. To Be Fruitful, Multiply! • Multiple searches • Multiple search engines

  34. Search Engines • Search Engine Watch [link] • Meta search engines • Clusty [link] • Dogpile [link] • Kartoo [link]

  35. The Usual Suspects • Associations • Government agencies • Public interest organizations

  36. Abortion Animals Criminal justice Education Firearms Freedom of information Seniors Traffic Brainstorm!

  37. Abortion • Guttmacher Institute [link] • NARAL Pro-Choice America [link]

  38. Animals • Animal Legal & Historical Center [link] • Animal Protection Institute [link] • Humane Society of the US [link]

  39. Criminal Justice • Am. Prosecutors Research Institute [link] • Legal Momentum [link] • National Center for Victims of Crime [link]

  40. Education • Education Commission of the States [link] • Home School Legal Defense Association [link]

  41. Firearms • National Rifle Association [link] • US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms [link]

  42. Freedom of Information • Freedom of Information Center [link] • Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press [link]

  43. Seniors • AARP Public Policy Institute [link] • National Center on Elder Abuse [link]

  44. Traffic • Insurance Institute for Highway Safety [link] • US National Highway Traffic Safety Admin. [link]

  45. Un-Subs • Encyclopedia of Associations (WL: EOA) • Associations on the Net [link] • Gateway to Associations [link] • InfoPlease, US Societies & Associations Directory [link]

  46. National Conferenceof State Legislatures • 200+ surveys • Surveys & legislation tracking databases [link]

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