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« on: February 03, 2009, 03:26:33 PM »
Folks,
Re: Lexis and Westlaw
Loislaw is available to law students for free, summers included, until 6 months after graduation. You get access to their comprehensive National Collection, described here: http://www.loislaw.com/product/subscriptions/national.htm
It IS permitted for use for non-academic purposes. In fact, since they are trying to gain market share, they encourage you to use it during your summer job. You should be able to get a username and password through your law library.
Link to an instant trial subscription, if you want to see how it looks and works: http://ecom.loislaw.com/freetrial/index.htp?target=demo/trialpage.htp&access=LLDEMO
The trial doesn't include all the features, like GlobalCite. Here are GlobalCite's capabilities for your review: http://www.loislaw.com/product/information/research/tools/globalcite.htm
It's clearly has some weaknesses. It is not as good as Lexis or Westlaw in terms of search sophistication, nor does it provide editorial enhancements or foreign law/treaties. But I've never used it; I'm interested if actual work can be done with it. Your expert feedback would be especially appreciated.
Thanks,
Will
Re: Lexis and Westlaw
Loislaw is available to law students for free, summers included, until 6 months after graduation. You get access to their comprehensive National Collection, described here: http://www.loislaw.com/product/subscriptions/national.htm
It IS permitted for use for non-academic purposes. In fact, since they are trying to gain market share, they encourage you to use it during your summer job. You should be able to get a username and password through your law library.
Link to an instant trial subscription, if you want to see how it looks and works: http://ecom.loislaw.com/freetrial/index.htp?target=demo/trialpage.htp&access=LLDEMO
The trial doesn't include all the features, like GlobalCite. Here are GlobalCite's capabilities for your review: http://www.loislaw.com/product/information/research/tools/globalcite.htm
It's clearly has some weaknesses. It is not as good as Lexis or Westlaw in terms of search sophistication, nor does it provide editorial enhancements or foreign law/treaties. But I've never used it; I'm interested if actual work can be done with it. Your expert feedback would be especially appreciated.
Thanks,
Will