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Technolo Review' " il l" /1Jii lW (,I J li ~r.l '~i ~ ,~iNwMJ 'Jji~ r;lJ'~ Wi'/,t, by Marsha Thomas Working at a law library, we are often asked whether the Internet wil replace Westlaw"" and Lexis"". We predict that it wil not. Although the Internet is becoming an excellent source for some recent legal materials, in most areas it stil lacks the retroactive coverage of traditional legal sources. Westlaw"" and Lexis"" have adapted to the Internet format well, and offer a fee- based web interface to their databases. WHT is VERSUSLAW? Having said all that, there is a competitor of Westlaw"" and Lexis"" out there on the Internet. It is called VERSUSLAW. This database allows full-text searching of (mostly) cases and is quickly obtaining retroactive coverage. For example, Utah Cases back to 1950 are available on VersusLaw. Many states go back even further. Federal appellate cases are also available (they are stil weak on the federal district court level). You have an option to search individual states or to search all the state or federal opinions at once. State statutes are just beginning to be loaded and some are not current (including the Utah statutes). Regula- tions, newspapers and journal articles are not yet available. SEARCHING VERSUSLAW There are two ways to search on VersusLaw - Boolean and Natural Language. The boolean searching is similar to boolean searching on Westlaw'" or Lexis"'. Most connectors are the same, except that if you do not put a connector between words it tries to find the words adjacent to one other, and there is no sentence (Is) or paragraph (/p) connector - instead you must specif the number of words you wil allow between your terms (Le. w/50). If you are familiar with Lexis"" or Westlaw"" searching, there is an operator comparison chart available. There is also "natural language" searching on Versuslaw, but instead of tryng to find the most occurrences of your words in a docu- ment, it looks for the words you input adjacent to each other. You can pull up a particular cite or restrict your searching to a particular level of court. Help screens are available to explain the searching methods and connectors. Although there is a SeachBuddy available to help formulate queries, I think it is easier to jump in and tty formulating the queries yourself. The searching is pleasantly easy. is IT EXPENSIVE? What is really amazing about this database is the cost. For attor- neys or the general public, the cost is $6.95 per month (yes, that is six dollars and ninety-five cents). This is for unlmited use. There are no additional per minute or printing charges. DISPLAYING AND PRINTING THE RESULTS. Once you run a search, VersusLaw wil give you a cite list of the results. Clicking on one of those results wil show you the full- text of the case. Often (but not in every case) it wil give you the regional reporter citation of the case, along with any uniform tye of citation required. The paragraphs are numbered (rather than having page numbers). Your search terms are shown in bold or red so you can easily locate them by scrollng down the screen. Of course, you won't get West's topic and key numbers because this isn't a West product. Printing the case will yield what you see on the screen. To save a case, the procedure changes depending upon the date of the case. You wil be instructed either to download a fie or to save the fie as text only. You can also cut and paste results to a word processor. WHT DOES THIS MEAN FOR ME? My prediction is that if VersusLaw can keep the cost low, more Marsba Tbomas is tbe Head ofTeachillg and a RefeJ'iice Librarian at tbe SJ f)uinney Law Library She rqcqilJ~d bel' JD. jiom tbe úniversif,J1 of ltab College ofLâtu in 1992, and cUl'rRntly coordi- nates tbe te(l(;biiig s(!rvicps offered by the LibraiJ! Sbe tqacbpc I1pf.i1Ziillg and Advanced Legal IIPse(f1:h to law sm dents. Siy alw) io( l1ks tlJ 'riNPiice desk wbere sbe belps all t)lJes of peoplr'fìlld all t)Jes of legal Í1~/Ò1'nation. ~~~ ~ 0 URN A L I I I Ii I i. ,i t; II Ii , ii l I ."1 ~I 'I ,i II iiii r37' ll ~ ~ 'I'
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