CanadaU'S' Law Institute Finding Citations

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Canada-U.S. Law InstituteFinding Citations

• Andy Dorchak
• (axd10_at_case.edu, 216-368-2842)
• Judge Ben C. Green Law Library

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Traditional Cite Checking

• Citations provided by the author.
• Verified in the original print source if
  possible.
• PDF versions have become acceptable in recent
  years.
• Nonetheless, some sources are only available
  electronically (e.g. newswire article, press
  releases, blog contents).

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Traditional Finding Tools

• Online Catalogs (Book and Journal Titles)
• CWRU (http//catalog.case.edu)
• OhioLINK (http//www.ohiolink.edu)
• WorldCat (OhioLINK research database)
• Journal Indexes
• Legal Indexes (ILP/LegalTrac)
• Verify/correct (known) citations
• Available via Lexis and Westlaw (some links)

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Other Traditional Tools

• Multidisciplinary (Hybrid) Indexes
• http//library.case.edu/databases/rdbindex.aspx
• Academic Index
• ABI/Inform
• Business Source Premier
• New York Times (historical)
• Wall Street Journal
• OhioLinks Electronic Journal Center

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Research Guides

• Best Guide to Canadian Legal Research
• http//www.legalresearch.org/
• http//www.law.duke.edu/lib/researchguides/canadia
  n.html (Duke Law, Canadian Legal Research Guide,
  10/08)
• http//www.llrx.com/features/ca.htm
• http//canlii.org/en/index.php (CanLII portal)

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Known Text without Citation

• Look for clues to known, citable sources
• e.g. In my book/my article...
• at least you know the speaker is the author
• may be traditional or non-traditional (Internet)
  source
• Hodgson, Integrative Trade (on Internet)
• In the journal, The Economist,...
• In my companys press release...

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Known Text without Citation

• Ask yourself what type of source would be most
  appropriate?
• Statistical
• News article
• Company report/press releases
• Internet (URL would be a big hint.)
• Scholarly article
• Scholarly book

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Statistical Sources U.S.

• Statistical Abstracts of the U.S.
• http//www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstrac
  t-04.html
• LexisNexis Statistical (Research Database)
• http//www.ohiolink.edu/resources/dblist.php?byal
  phasearchl-m
• BNA International Trade Reporter, etc.
• https//lawhome.case.edu/libraryServices/electroni
  cResources/index.html (_at_ Case or VPN)

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Statistical Sources Canada

• Statistics Canada
• http//www.statcan.ca/start.html
• University of Toronto
• http//www.chass.utoronto.ca/datalib/other/findcan
  s.htm
• Little red book from Canadian consulate (if you
  can find it)

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Newspapers U.S.

• Westlaw Wall Street Journal (current)
• Lexis New York Times (1980-current)
• Historical WSJ and NYT (Case Research Databases)
• Lexis NewsMajpap (Major Papers)
• Westlaw ALLNEWS
• Wire Services via either Lexis or Westlaw
• USE THE DATE SEGMENT/FIELD to focus on recent
  events (e.g. Kerry campaign quotes)

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Newspapers Canada

• http//www.journalismnet.com/papers/canada.htm
• Lexis
• Toronto Star, Macleans, etc.
• Westlaw
• PAPERSCAN
• Financial Post 4 major papers (OC,TS,VC,(M)G)
• CANADANP (multibase)
• USE SEGMENT/FIELD SEARCHING

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Internet

• Press Releases
• Government Agencies, Private Corps., NGOs
• e.g. USTR (http//www.ustr.gov/)
• World Trade Organization documents
• http//www.wto.org/
• http//thomas.loc.gov (recent US fed. leg.)
• http//canada.gc.ca/ (Canadian govt)

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Westlaw Canada

• Canadian Materials All Cases, Canadian
  Encyclopedic Digest, Abridgment, Journals
  Periodicals, Cases - Including Abridgement,
  Legislation Regulations, Current Awareness,
  Texts Treatises, By Practice Area

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Treaties

• USTRTY (Lexis)
• U.S. treaties, 1776-current
• Tufts (Fletcher-Guinn)
• http//fletcher.tufts.edu/multilaterals.html
• Hein Online US Treaties in PDF format
• U.N.
• AccessUN (index)
• Treaties via HeinOnline (or official site)
• U.N. Yearbooks (free, online)

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U.S. Law

• Popular Name Table (U.S. legislation)
• Table of Cases (by party name) (U.S. case law)
• Westlaw 50-state survey of statutory law
• federal laws that were not passed bill text
  file of respective Congress or Thomas
• USCCAN quick legislative history for federal law
  (gt1944)

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For the Totally Desperate

• Run a natural language search in the full-text
  combined journal and/or news files.
• will retrieve something
• Lexis combined U.S. Canadian law reviews
• Westlaw JLR or TP-ALL
• ATLEAST command in combined journals
• Index to Canadian Legal Periodicals (in print)
• Try advanced search features on Google.
• Ask someone (librarian/CUSLI editor) for help
  before you spend too much time on one cite.