A Baker’s Dozen of Tips for Beer Web Searches Anne Burnett, J.D., M.L.I.S. University of Georgia School of Law Library Athens, Georgia Lawyers use the § ABA Tech Report 2019 web for legal § 90% use free online resources research either regularly or occasionally When to use free resources § If item(s) likely to be freely available § If starting with free & switching to When do subscription for supplemental lawyers use the material will save $$$ web for § If time spent on free doesn’t outweigh research? $$ spent on paid § Recent primary legal information § Government information What is free § Company and directory information web good for? § Information about individuals § Reference information and statistics § Comprehensive sites--collecting all relevant material, from all jurisdictions § High quality, reliable secondary sources What is not § Annotated codes, cases with available? headnotes § Sophisticated citator services, such as Shepard's or KeyCite § Older materials The Tips Use Quotation Marks • Phrase searching • “consumer protection” #1 Can I Quote You? • “John F. Kennedy” • Single word in precise form • “childcare” ≠ “child care” Space = AND Google and Bing recognize OR Minus sign excludes terms • RICO –Puerto #2 • Vikings –football –team Smooth Operators AROUND(x) – proximity operator • John AROUND(2) Kennedy • John F. Kennedy • John Fitzgerald Kennedy • John Kennedy • Kennedy, John F. Limit by • Domain: .edu, .org., .gov, .int, -.com, .de • File type: .pdf, .com, .ppt, .xls • Language #3 • Country Learn Your Limits • Last update • Where terms appear in page • Usage rights georgia vehicle not titled will probate .gov OR site:.org Time Filter • Past hour • Day • Week #4 • Month The Sharpest Tool • Year • Custom date rage Results Filter • Verbatim Google • # OR @ • Limit to domain #5 • facebook.com #SearchSocialMedia • twitter.com Google cached pages #6 Go Waaaayback Internet Archive • Wayback Machine #7 It’s Not Just Google • DuckDuckGo • MetaGer #8 Privatize • SearX Google Translate #9 Lost in Translation • Google Reverse Image #10 • Google Lens Throw It into Reverse Google Scholar #11 • Articles Get Scholarly • Cases • Citator function • Deep Web #12 • Specialized search engines Dive into the • Dark Web Deep End • Tor: The Onion Router • High Level of Anonymity What is the Deep Web?/ #13 Be Alert .