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January/February 2009

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Rise of American Law: landmark authorities at your fingertips
Many of the law library's oldest publications are still essential sources of authority, analysis, and legal history.

DMI-US: A fast way to identify the nearby companies in a specific industry
You can use a user-friendly search template to retrieve data specific to a state, city, industry, business type, or other criteria on more than 18 million U.S. companies.

ABA-SANCT: A nonfrivolous look at Rule 11
This exhaustive publication covers all aspects of Rule 11 and features a circuit-by-circuit comparison of Rule 11 approaches.

Retrieving law reviews: the no-search solution
If you suspect that every law review article on your issue will cite a particular statute or regulation, then start with the statute or regulation.

For patent attorneys: the essential back story
You can instantly retrieve the largest online portfolio of U.S. patent file histories available anywhere, including related office actions, correspondence, and exhibits.

Natural Language searching: Rediscover plain English
In many situations, Natural Language assists even experienced researchers—researchers who can write Terms and Connectors queries in their sleep.

Date restrictions: Don't search everything since 1789 if you don't have to!
Date restrictions are especially useful when searching case law, law review articles, administrative decisions, and news.

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