1. Cost-Effective Legal Research: Resources and Strategies 3/22/2013 Brian Detweiler, Faculty Services Librarian Mike Martinez Jr., Head of Student Services Sarita Kenedy East Law Library, St. Mary’s University School of Law

2. What we will be covering this morning: Free Federal Resources Statutes Regulations Free Texas Resources Statutes Regulations Free Local Resources Municipal Codes Free Caselaw Resources Casemaker LexisNexis Academic Lexis and Westlaw $ trategies Recommended Publications Law Libraries

3. Federal Statutes

6. Federal Regulations

7. Searching the e-CFR

8. Navigating the e-CFR

9. Updating the CFR Online

10. Looking Backwards in the CFR

11. Free Public Site Challenging Functionality Texas Statutes

15. Texas Legislation

18. Texas Regulations

20. Municipal Codes

21. Free Caselaw Caselaw Resources

22. Casemaker Citator Accuracy Issues?

23. St. Mary’s Libraries (on campus only)

24. LexisNexis and Westlaw: Dealing with The Dynamic Duopoly Everything is negotiable! Print resources may be more cost-effective Call your sales rep before you buy anything Westlaw Pricing: starting around $100/mo. LexisNexis Pricing: $63-125/mo. for 1 st 18 mos. $125-255/mo. for next 3 yrs. 5% annual price increase

25. Recommended Books Texas Legal Research (2012) List Price: $26.00 The Greenbook List Price: $11.00 The Bluebook List Price: $34.00 Legal Research in a Nutshell List Price: $39.00 Amazon: $28.50

26. Obligatory/Shameless Law Library Plug Sarita Kenedy East Law Library Bexar County Law Library

27. Contact Information Brian Detweiler Westlaw and Lexis Sales Reps: LL 110 ( near Reference Section ) (210) 436-3011 ext. 1374 bdetweiler@stmarytx.edu LL 131 (near Circulation Desk) (210) 431-8070 mmartinez17@stmarytx.edu LexisNexis Ryan Quinn (210) 317-1475 ryan.quinn@lexisnexis.com Westlaw Jacqueline Moyer (210) 428-3200 jacqueline.moyer@thomsonreuters.com Mike Martinez Jr.