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Index to Legal Periodicals on the Web
Contents
This is an overview
of the features of Index to Legal Periodicals (also known as Legal
Periodicals Full Text) in its web interface.
To learn about features not discussed here, and for help and advice specific
to your research, contact
one of the reference librarians or call the reference desk at (415) 422-6773.
Coverage
and Content
Index to
Legal Periodicals (ILP) on the web covers 1918 to the present. For periods
before 1918, use Index to Legal Periodicals in print (shelved at
K 33 .I54 LAW REFERENCE).
ILP contains
citations to articles in law journals and other legal periodicals. In some cases
it also contains or links to the full text of those articles.
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Access
Index to
Legal Periodicals on the web is available to researchers using USF campus
libraries, and to current USF students, faculty and staff on campus or using
remote logins.
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Login
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Follow the
Legal
Periodicals Full Text link at http://www.usfca.edu/library/databases/legalindex.html.
[Follow the remote access instructions if you are logging in from off campus.]
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By default,
ILP searches articles from 1918 to the present. If you'd like to restrict
your searches to pre-1981 articles or to 1981 to the present, select the
"Open Database Selection Area" link. Then, check "Legal Periodicals
Retro" for 1918-1981 or "Legal Periodicals Full Text" for
1981 to the present.
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Search
Options
There are two
search options — Basic Search and Advanced Search. Advanced Search is
the default. "Browse " function is also available. A help link on
every page leads to detailed documentation.
Basic Search
allows natural language and "Boolean" (terms and connectors) searching.
Advanced Search
offers various flexible and precise search methods and allows you to limit
by date
Choose a search
method, enter your terms, and select "Start" to run your search.
ILP keeps a "search
history" (a list of all your searches, with links to results), so you can
return to previous search results.
ILP's "Create
Alerts" feature lets you set up regular email notification of new results
from your searches.
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Display
of Results
After completing
a search, ILP displays results 20 citations at a time.
There are two
display modes: Brief, which shows the author, title and source (journal name,
volume, pages); and Full, which shows the complete description of the article
or book.
A "Customize
Display" link lets you customize the results display to see more or less
of the citations.
Icons to the
left of the citations show whether the full text of the article is available
via ILP.
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Printing,
Saving, and E-mailing
You can print
the current display, or mark citations ("records") for later printing,
saving, or e-mailing. You may print, e-mail or save up to 100 citations at a
time.
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Specific
Searches Useful for Legal Research or Preemption Checking
Key
Word Search
Choose Advanced
Search.
In the "Find"
box, enter any key words, e.g.,
euthanasia
"trade
dress"
internet
and jurisdiction
Then, select
"Keyword" from the adjacent "as" pull-down menu.
Use ?
to retrieve plurals (e.g., lawyer?). Use * to retrieve all forms
of a word (e.g., discrim*).
"All
- Smart Search"
"All - Smart
Search" shares some of the features of relevance searching and key word
searching.
Choose Advanced
Search.
In the "Find"
box, enter any words, e.g.,
death penalty
Then, select
"All - Smart Search" from the adjacent "as" pull-down menu.
("All - Smart Search" has automatic stemming, so don't use ?
or *.)
Subject
Search
Choose Advanced
Search.
In the "Find"
box, enter a valid ILP subject heading, e.g.,
right to
die
then select "Subject(s)"
from the adjacent "as" pull-down menu.
(To find valid
subjects, check the "Subjects" links at the top of your search results
screens, select the "Thesaurus" link, or check the Index to
Legal Periodicals Thesaurus, at K 33 .I542 1988 Law Reference.)
Author
Search
Choose Advanced
Search.
In the "Find"
box, enter a the author's name, last name first, e.g.,
wildman,
stephanie
then select "Author,
Personal" from the adjacent "as" pull-down menu.
Case
Name Search
Choose Advanced
Search.
In the "Find"
box, enter, e.g.,:
oncale
[for one party's name]
cruzan and
director
[for two parties' names]
"compassion
in dying"
[for multiple-word parties' names]
then select "Court
Cases" from the adjacent "as" pull-down menu.
Statute
Name Search
Choose Advanced
Search.
In the "Find"
box, enter, e.g.,:
"americans
with disabilities"
then select "Statute"
from the adjacent "as" pull-down menu.
Using
Your Results to Find Other Similar Articles
If any of your
searches finds useful citations, you can look for articles on similar topics
by following the "Subjects" links at the top of the screen.
Limiting
by Jurisdiction — For Articles About Case Law or Statutory Issues
After you have
entered other search terms related to the issue or topic you are researching,
do the following to restrict your search to articles dealing with a particular
jurisdiction. Jurisdiction limits are most effective at retrieving articles
dealing heavily with individual statutes or cases.
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When statutes
are involved, enter the jurisdiction name (e.g., California or "United
States" or China) in the "Find" box. Then, select
"Statute Jurisdiction" from the adjacent "as" pull-down
menu.
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When case
law is involved, enter the recognized Bluebook abbreviation
for the state or court or reporter (e.g., Cal. or "N.D. Cal."
or "9th Cir.") in the "Search For" box. (Use
"S. Ct." for the Supreme Court.) Then, select "Court Cases"
from the adjacent "as" pull-down menu.
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