Looseleaf Services

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Looseleaf Services
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Generally, what are Looseleaf Services?

• They are like a vacuum cleaner they pull
  everything together on a subject.
• They provide a single source of cases, codes,
  rules and regulations with commentary on a
  particular subject.

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Specifically, what do looseleaf services provide?

• Relevant legislation reprinted and explained in
  detail
• Administrative Regulations, decisions and
  advisory opinions and/or summaries of the same.
  (Some of these are difficult or impossible to
  find elsewhere!)
• Recent court opinions and/or summaries of
  opinions.
• References to relevant studies and reports
• Editorial Comments and practice tips!

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What do they look like?

• Looseleaf services are in three-ring or
  post-binder format
• Each publisher picks a color and binder style for
  all of its looseleaf services.
• 1. CCH (Commerce Clearing House)- black with gold
  letters
• 2. BNA (The Bureau of National Affairs) gray with
  red labels
• 3. Prentice Hall maroon red
• 4. RIA (Research Institute of America) blue or
  green
• 5. Matthew Bender - Blue

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How do I find if there is a looseleaf service on
my subject?

• Consult the subject index in Legal Looseleafs in
  Print (Reference KF1.436)
• LawCat Search
• By subject, title or author heading
• For example,
• Environmental Law (subject heading search)
• BNAs Health Law Reporter (title search)
• Bureau of National Affairs (author search)
• Limit your search to looseleafs.
• http//www.law.mercer.edu/library/webpac/index.cfm
  

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How do I find if there is a looseleaf service on
my subject?

• Lexis/Westlaw have some looseleaf services online
• Check the Westlaw Database directory
• Check the Lexis Directory of Online Services
• These services provide parallel citations to
  decisions which are reported in looseleaf
  services. You may need to check a guide to
  abbreviations for the names of reporters cited.
• Ask a reference librarian

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Types of Looseleaf Services

• Cumulating Services
• New material is always filed in the back of the
  service or at the back of each tabbed section
  within the service
• i.e. BNAs United States Law Week
• Interfiling Services
• New Material is integrated by replacing old
  material page by page
• i.e. CCHs Labor Law Reporter
• Combination Services
• Some sections or volumes are updated through
  cumulating pamphlets and some through interfiled
  pages
• i.e. BNAs Labor Relations Reporter

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Common Features of Looseleaf Services

• Multiple Indices and Tables
• These provide access by case name, statute,
  regulation, etc.
• Paragraph Number or Section Number Arrangement
  instead of page numbers!
• Current Materials or News Section
• Report Letters or Newsletters summarize the
  latest developments in an area.
• Bound Decisions Volumes or Transfer Binders
• These bound volumes are shelved next to the
  looseleaf binders in most cases. Older volumes
  are upstairs on the third floor.

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How do I use a looseleaf service?

• Look for the Instructions on How to Use the
  Service
• Look to see that the filing is current.
• LawCat is the best place to start, or
• Look at the Last Report Letter, filed at the end
  of the last volume or in the first volume of the
  set. (Note if filing is not current, do not use
  the set!)
• Become familiar with the numbering of the set

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How do I use a looseleaf service?

• Browse the tabs to see how the material is
  organized
• Look at the subject information on the spine
  labels
• Expect several layers of indexes
• Update your search online when the service is
  also online!

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When is it advisable to use a looseleaf service?

• When you know something about a subject!
• When you need to integrate several primary source
  materials.
• When currency is critical.

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When is it advisable to avoid looseleaf services?

• When you know nothing about the subject field.
• When you need a practice book or overview of the
  area of law.
• When the filing is not current.

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How are looseleaf services maintained?

• Updated pages are sent in weekly by the publisher
• Weekly updates contain a summary section that is
  designed to provide a quick overview of the most
  recent developments. Copies of these summaries
  may circulate throughout an office.
• The library staff files the pages shortly after
  they are received.

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Are there maintenance problems with looseleaf
services?

• Updates can be lost or delayed
• Looseleaf filers may be unable to update the set
  if a volume is misplaced
• Pages are sometimes removed for copying and not
  replaced
• The binders are dropped and not reassembled
  properly
• Older paragraph numbers are often in the bound
  volumes. Look at the spine of the looseleaf for
  the paragraph numbers.
• WESTLAW and LEXIS may be consulted for very
  recent developments

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General Pointers about Looseleaf Services

• Avoid a set that Is not current
• Check the scope of the looseleaf service to
  ensure it meets your needs
• Read the How to Use instructions
• Look for more than one index
• Use paragraph numbers, not page numbers
• Each page is dated, so you know when a particular
  page was filed.
• Citing Looseleaf Services is uncommon. Cite to
  the primary source.

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BNA Labor Relations Reporter

• Ten Volume Set plus numerous bound volumes!
• Volume 1 - Analysis News Background Information
  (LRR)
• Volume 2 - Labor Management Relations (LRRM)
• Volume 3 - Labor Arbitration and Dispute
  Settlements (LA)
• Volume 4 - State Laws (SLL)
• Volume 4a - State Laws (SLL)
• Volume 5 - Wages and Hours Cases (WH)
• Volume 6 Wages and Hours Manual((WH)
• Volume 7 Fair Employment Practices (Cases)(FEP)
• Volume 8 Fair Employment Practices (
  Manual)(FEP)(FEP)
• Volume 9 Individual Employment Rights Cases
  (IER)
• Volume 9a Individual Employment Rights Manual
  (IER)
• Volume 10 Americans with Disabilities Cases
  (AD)
• Master Index I
• Master Index II
• Labor Relations Expediter (LRX)

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CCH Labor Law Reporter

• Current Reports
• Issued bi-weekly in two or three parts
• 14 Compilation volumes
• Wages-Hours
• Two volumes
• State Laws
• State employment decisions
• Employment Practices
• Five volumes
• Labor Relations
• Six volumes of Federal labor relations rules
• Advance Sheets and Bound Volumes

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CCHs Related Reporters

• CCH products include
• Labor Law Reports
• Accommodating Disabilities Business Management
  Guide
• Accommodating Disabilities Decisions
• Canadian Labor Laws
• EEOC Compliance Manual
• Employment Practices..

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And now, lets look at the assignment..