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Looking at the cost of Online Legal Research

ABA Journal reports on a survey of law firm librarians and the electronic monitoring of database usage to lower costs. ABA

Florida Bar offers free legal resources

The Florida Bar offers free legal research sources to members of the Bar from Fastcase.  The service was announced at the June 2005 annual meeting, according to a July 15, 2005 Florida Bar News story.  The free resources include:

• Florida Supreme Court cases (back to 1950)
• All Florida DCA opinions
• All U.S. Supreme Court decisions
• Opinions from the 5th and 11th Circuit Courts of Appeals
• Florida Statutes
• Florida Administrative Code
• Florida Constitution

LexisNexis AlaCarte

Journalists and other researchers rejoice at the release of the new LexisNexis AlaCarte service.  Simply register to begin a search.  The searches are free and the results can be viewed and printed at $3.00 per document.  The AlaCarte service allows for searching 20,000 news sources, business information and public records, and legal sources.  This is a bargain compared to the full LexisNexis plans that the little guy cannot afford.  For a complete review see this article at Poynter Online.

Shepardize for a day

Internet for Lawyers, is a web site with legal research tips for attorneys. The site makes note of a new service offered over at lexisOne.com. Now you can Shepardize cases for a fee by day ($32), by week ($52), or by month ($107). Here's a link to the service. Sure beats paying $4.25 per citation!