1. Internet Sources (Especially the free & cheap kind) Resources you can find on the Internet without spending a fortune to subscribe to pay services

2. Who Are We? Catherine Lemann Associate Director, Law Library of Louisiana Thorne D. Harris III Solo Practitioner Author, & Director of LSBA Technology Resource Center

3. What it sounds like it is

4. Picture of Building

5. LSBA Technology Resource Center What it really is

6. TRC Plant & Facilities Numbers in Bar Journal 800-295-4960 504-822-5797

7. Where to Start? Legal Specific Resources General Resources Specialty Sites Referral Sites Shortcuts

8. Legal Specific Resources LSBA www.lsba.org Solo & Small Firm Section http://www.solo-smallfirms.org See legal links section of www.ThorneDHarrisIII.com See extensive lists in materialsextensive lists in materials

9. http://www.lsba.org

10. LSBA Resource Links

11. Solo & Small Firm Section

12. SSF Resources & Research

13. www.thornedharrisiii.com

14. Legal Links menu

15. Firm Resources Page

16. Cathy’s Favorites 1 Free public records - registration may be required www.pac-info.com - searchable by state www.pac-info.com www.webgator.org - public records agencies, professional associations, state government directories, missing persons, unclaimed property www.webgator.org www.brbpub.com - public records, public agencies www.brbpub.com www.ancestralfindings.com - military, genealogy www.ancestralfindings.com www.access-central.com - corporate filings, ucc filings, some death, marriage and divorce records www.access-central.com

17. Cathy’s Favorites 2 Fee based public records www.knowx.com www.ussearch.com www.information-search.com

18. Cathy’s Favorites 3 Locating People Yahoo: www.people.yahoo.comwww.people.yahoo.com WhoWhere: www.whowhere.lycos.comwww.whowhere.lycos.com Superpages: www.superpages.comwww.superpages.com Switchboard: www.switchboard.comwww.switchboard.com It helps to know: full name, place of employment or profession, last known address, email address, SSN, telephone number, date of birth or death, professional affiliations, military service

19. Cathy’s Favorites 4 Corporate Information BigBook: www.bigbook.comwww.bigbook.com Company Link: www.companiesonline.comwww.companiesonline.com Corporate Information: www.corporate- information.com free & feewww.corporate- information.com Hoover's Online: www.hoovers.comwww.hoovers.com Wall Street Research Net www.wsrn.comwww.wsrn.com Annual Report Gallery: www.reportgallery.comwww.reportgallery.com

20. Cathy Favorites 5 Expert witnesses - the experts pay to be in the database www.expertpages.com www.expertwitnesses.com www.claims.com/online

21. Cathy’s Favorites 6 Court cases www.findlaw.com http://www.law.cornell.edu:9999/USCA- ALL/search.html http://www.law.cornell.edu:9999/USCA- ALL/search.html is the url to search across US courts of appeal General sites www.llrx.com for legal researchers www.llrx.com www.lexnotes.com lots of legal research links www.lexnotes.com

22. FindLaw

23. Much, Much More See materials for extensive listing of websites CAUTION: Website addresses change daily May not still be functioning Not warranting anything Some may now point to OTHER THINGS

24. Office Tricks on the Net Keep & share your calendar Check email at office on the road Connect to your office and transfer files Work from home at office computer

25. Calendar sharing via the Internet Synchronize to (with) / Publish on => anytime, anywhere Yahoo.com, Intranets.com, MyPalm.com, Visto.com, HotOffice.com, Calendar.yahoo.com

26. Things you can do with a calendar/ PIM PIM = Personal Information Manager Categories (each case a category?) Contacts / Address Book Tasks / ToDo Sync to PDA

27. Remote Control pcAnywhere, LapLink Technical support; Mom, I’d rather do it myself Telecommuting RAS GoTOMyPC.com

28. File Transfer Get/send file, process locally pcAnywhere, LapLink, Carbon Copy RAS GoToMyPC.com

29. How you connect Long distance phone dialup vs. Internet Security, incl. call-back Costs VPN – dedicated/expensive/fast GoToMyPC Phone line or Dual DSL (Office & Home)

30. Questions? Go ahead. What have you got to lose? At least tell me a joke