Public Record Presentation for ORALL
The following materials were prepared by Sue Altmeyer, JD, MLS. I am Electronic Services Librarian at Cleveland Marshall College of Law. Previously, I worked at the Cleveland Law Library, a county law library, where I performed public records searches for attorneys.
ORALL Materials -
My presentation for the ORALL (Ohio and Regional Association of Law Librarians) annual meeting, Oct. 17, 2008
- Powerpoint - ORALLpubrectalk
- ORALL Public Records - covers Finding People; Finding Neighbors, Relatives & Friends; Assets, Criminal Records; Vital Records; Litgation & Bankruptcy; Social Security Numbers; Campaign Donations; Other Background Information about People, Investigating Companies (briefly).
NBI Materials -
The National Business Institute is a national provider of continuing legal education courses. I gave these presentations on November 6, 2008 as part of the seminar " Find it Free and Fast on the Net: Strategies for Legal Research on the Web".
- Locating Persons Power Point
- Locating Persons and Finding Background Information doc - Concentrates on free web sources. Covers Finding People; Finding Neighbors, Relatives & Friends; Bankruptcies; Social Security Numbers; Campaign Donations; Other Background Information about People; Blogs, Mailing Lists & Social Networks; Lawyers, Judges & Expert Witnesses
- Finding Practice Tools Power Point
- FINDING PRACTICE TOOLS word doc - Concentrates on free web sources. Covers finding Briefs, Motions & Complaints; Forms and Contracts; Jury Verdicts & Settlements.
We also discussed a chart which shows which Boolean operators are available for each search engine. It is: Search Engine Showdown Features Chart. Please note that Altavista also uses the NEAR operator, but you have to put NEAR in capital letters. Search Engine Watch does have a features chart but it was last updated in 2003.