Case Finding and the Future of Cases covers case finding in both paper and in cyberspace. Various methods for finding cases are explored, as are the best tricks for saving time. The links between the old printed digests and the new online systems of Westlaw and Lexis are explored. Professor Berring closes with a discussion of the future of case publication and case finding.

Citators and Secondary Source Research covers citators and secondary sources. How can you tell if your case is still good law? How can you use a citator to trigger your research? This part of legal research is changing rapidly. Professor Berring breaks citators into thier functional parts and shows how they work in all forms. KeyCite and Shepards are each explored. Then secondary sources, both traditional and new, are treated. Professor Berring shows how they can provide the context for efficient research.

Statutes, Legislative History, and Administrative Materials is a bread and butter explanation of statutes, legislative history, and administrative materials. Professor Berring uses visual patterns to make this material comprehensible. His use of "context" sources is designed to demystify the important, but sometimes difficult research of legislative history.

Legal Research on the Internet and Research Strategies explores both the content and methods of sophisticated Internet Research. Looking for patterns and exploring current sources, he attempts to bring order to the chaos of cyberspace. The second part of the video contains Professor Berring's vital tips for how to be an effective legal researcher.

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