| A Four-Step Research Plan | The four-step research plan consists of analyzing the facts, articulating the issue, selecting research tools, … | legal research, research plan | Download |
| Critical Information Literacy Lesson Plan | The lesson plan provides an introduction to critical information literacy as conceptualized by the Framework … | ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education, authority is constructed and contextual | Download |
| Critical Information Literacy Slides | The slides provide a definition of “critical information literacy,” discuss resources for fact-checking, and correspond … | ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education, authority is constructed and contextual | Download |
| Introduction to Municipal Law Research | This exercise focuses on finding city ordinances or municipal law and using Boolean operators or … | ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education, legal research, municipal law, searching as strategic exploration | Download |
| Introduction to Nexis Uni | The exercise focuses on finding case law and statutes in Nexis Uni and the usefulness … | case law, legal encyclopedia, Nexis Uni, research plan, statutes, Wex | |
| Research Log | The research log is a way for researchers to keep track of when they conducted … | artificial intelligence, database, large language model, prompt, research log, search engine, search string | Download |
| Statutory Research: Use Editorial Annotations to Find Case Law and Regulations | The exercise focuses on using editorial annotations such as Notes to Decisions in Lexis+ and … | case law, govinfo.gov, Lexis, regulations, statutes, Westlaw | Download |
| The Cell Phone Search Exercise | The exercise focuses on the use of citators in legal research. A citator tells the … | BCite, Bloomberg Law, citators, KeyCite, Lexis, open access databases, searching as strategic exploration, Shepard’s, Westlaw | Download |
| The Vape Shop Exercise | This exercise focuses on researching state and federal law with a focus on county ordinances, … | legal research, regulations, searching as strategic exploration, statutes | Download |
| Thinking Outside the Box In-Class Exercise | This exercise focuses on thinking critically about the differences between results from databases and generative … | artificial intelligence, authority is constructed and contextual, critical legal information literacy, information creation as process, searching as strategic exploration | Download |