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Our primary mission is to train our students to produce highly sophisticated and cost-effective legal research. Florida State Law students have 24/7 access to the Research Center. Our students can also use virtual reference provided by expert research librarians.
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Cost Effective Legal Research Portals

Below are research portals that serve as gateways to online sources.

Cornell's Legal Information Institute
Law Library of Congress' Guide to Law Online
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The Guide to Law Online, prepared by the Law Library of Congress Public Services Division, is an annotated guide to sources of information on government and law available online. It includes selected links to useful and reliable sites for legal information.
Justia
Florida Law Online

Research Center Guides

Cost Effective Research Powerpoint
Powerpoint presentation created by reference librarian Katie Miller in Spring 2012.
Cost Effective Legal Research
PowerPoint presentation created in the spring of 2010 by FSU Law Technology & Reference Librarian Elizabeth Farrell.
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CALI Tutorials

CALI Lesson: Legal Research 101
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One-hour CALI lesson that introduces the novice researcher to some tools of the trade.
CALI Lesson: Cost of Legal Research
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This lesson will help you avoid the pitfalls of poor research strategy when using Lexis® service and Westlaw® and briefly introduce you to some cost-saving alternatives
CALI Lesson: Florida Legal Research: Primary Authority
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This one-hour lesson introduces Florida primary legal resources including the Florida Constitution, statutes, court decisions, Florida administrative law and Florida attorney general opinions.
CALI Lesson: Government Documents
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This 45-minute lesson is intended to familiarize the user with the range of documents produced by the Federal government, where they can be found, and how they can be used in a law practice.
CALI Lesson: Free Internet Legal Resources
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This 30-minute lesson will give students a basic introduction to using the Internet for legal research.

Off Campus Access

Off-campus access is restricted to current Florida State faculty, students and staff. You will be prompted to login with your FSU user name and password.

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Elizabeth Farrell Clifford	Justin Peters

Amy Lipford	Kat Klepfer

Katie Miller	Katie Crandall

Dylan Dunn	Britt Hunter