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Cost Effective Legal Research Alternatives to Lexis & Westlaw
1. Cost Effective Lexis & Westlaw and Alternatives to Lexis & Westlaw Sue Altmeyer c 2011
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6. 2010 Westlaw Law Firm Costs File/Services Hourly (Per Minute) Transactional (Per Search) All Federal Cases $19.05 Ohio State and Federal Cases $23.08 Sixth Circuit Cases $8.60 All Ohio Cases $8.60 Get a Document/Find 14.00 (primary), $24.00 (secondary) Keycite $6.25
36. Contents Unanno Statutes Cases w/o Headnotes Unanno Regs “ Shepard’s –Like Feature” Other Loislaw Yes Yes – Ohio unreported 1997- Yes Yes Treatises, Forms, Public Records (depends on plan) Casemaker Yes Yes – Ohio unreported 1981- Yes Yes Some Jurisdictions - Jury Instruc., Jury Verdicts, More
37. Contents Unanno Statutes Cases w/o Headnotes Unanno Regs “ Shepard’s –Like Feature” Fastcase Internet links for 8 states Fed App 1925-, Ohio 1950 -, Ohio unreported 2000-. Coverage Mostly Internet Links Yes Versuslaw See help, Content/ Features Fed if pay more, no state Ohio 1950 -. Ohio unreported 1995 -. Older Fed District More $ Fed if pay more, no State Yes
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50. Searching Boolean Natural Language Fields Search databases together Loislaw Yes - near2 No Yes Yes Casemaker Yes - w/n, w/sent, w/para No Yes Fed together, State together
51. Searching Boolean Natural Language Fields Search databases together Fastcase Yes - w/n Yes Date, cite look-up only Yes Versus Law Yes - w/n Yes default connector is ADJ 4 fields, see help For addtl fee
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Notas do Editor
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