Deck 9: Computer and Internet Research

Question 1

Because of the ethical obligation to provide the client with competent representation , you must verify the accuracy of your findings and determine whether the information you obtain from websites is up to date.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The American Bar Association site is the parent site of LawCrawler.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

The organization and elements of the electronic databases are based on the structure of the print material.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Lawsonline provides links to state sources including state codes.

Question 5

Links numerous sources for the specialty areas may be found at the Lawyer Express website.

Question 6

FedWorld is the U.S government's official Web portal.

Question 7

The Government Printing Office's website provides access to the Code of Federal Regulations and Federal Register .

Question 8

FindLaw is a general access site.

Question 9

Most treatises are available on nonfee-based Internet sites.

Question 10

The homepage for the federal courts can be found at http://www.uscourts.gov.

Question 11

Most nonfee-based sites provide you with the ability to update research.

Question 12

Sites maintained by law schools are usually accurate and well maintained.

Question 13

Many law firms now access legal materials online rather than paper texts.

Question 14

There are laws and regulations governing the accuracy of the content of nonfee-based websites.

Question 15

A Boolean search is a search using key words or terms from the issue.

Question 16

Computer searches using key words or terms from the issue are often referred to as terms and connectors searches.

Question 17

The addresses of websites are referred to as URLs.

Question 18

When you are searching for statutory law, most nonfee-based websites include the annotations.

Question 19

A listserv is an e-mail newsletter.

Question 20

When looking for case law, many sites require that you know the name or citation of the case and do not allow Boolean searching.

Question 21

Boolean is:

A)a type of computer language.
B)a type of CD-ROM.
C)a type of search.
D)a type of research website.
E)none of the above