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Free Research Tools Get Citators

In some of my recent seminars I have mentioned sites like PreCYdent and the Public Library of Law as good alternatives for finding case law, instead of first using a pay service. Unfortunately, they haven't had some of the great features that make West and Lexis such valuable legal research tools -- headnotes, Shepards, and KeyCite, to name a few. But two of these sites now offer basic citation information -- both PreCYdent and AltLaw now provide a list of cases that your search result cites, as well as cases that cite your search result. Bonnie Sucha at WisBlawg has a good rundown of the two new citator tools, and why they still probably aren't as reliable as the paid services. Interestingly, the Public Library of Law also offers citator services, but only if you upgrade to their $95/month Premium plan.

Full post as published by Inter Alia on May 22, 2008 (boomark / email).