Employment Law Resources at the Anchorage Law Library
Catherine LemannNovember 2007
Library Hours
Monday – Thursday 8 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Friday 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Sunday noon – 5:00 p.m.
Contact us
Call the Reference Desk: 907-264-0585
Email us: [email protected]
Fax a request: 907-264-0733 NEW Toll-Free Number for Alaska
callers: (888) 282-2082
What are your research needs?
What are the biggest challenges in employment law today?
Do you use a current awareness service?
How do you research issues? What tools and resources do you
use? What tools and resources would you
like to see in the library?
Resources in the Law Library
Things you still can’t get online – Books!
Treatises and Law Reviews can be checked out by Bar members
We can mail them to you if you’re not in Anchorage
Finding Aids
Specialized Legal Research – Hazleton Federal Labor and Employment Law –
Todd Identifies sources of statutes,
legislative history, research tips, key research tools, and common research questions on various topics
Finding Aids
Legal Information Buyer’s Guide and Reference Manual- Svengalis Descriptions and pricing for legal
titles arranged by subject matter
Treatises
BNA Labor Relations Reporter Wage & hour cases Labor arbitration reports Individual employment rights cases
Treatises CCH
Labor arbitration awards NLRB decisions Labor Cases Labor Law Reporter Employment practices decisions
Not all is current
Treatises
Individual Employee rights in a Nutshell
Employee benefit plans in a Nutshell
Workers’ compensation and employee protection in a Nutshell
Treatises
Employment Discrimination Lindemann & Grossman, 4th ed. 2007 Pattern Discovery, Danner Larson, Matthew Bender set
Treatises
Employee Dismissal Law & Practice, 5th ed. Perritt, 2005 (also 3rd & 4th eds)
Americans with Disabilities Act Handbook, Perritt, 2003
Topics?
Age Discrimination ? Age Discrimination, 2nd ed.
Whistleblowing Title VII
? Representing Plaintiffs in Title VII actions, 3rd ed.
Alaska Administrative Material
Alaska State Commission for Human Rights decisions
Alaska Labor Relations Agency orders and decisions
AKOSH standards (old)
Law Journals
Berkeley Journal of Employment and Labor Law
Labor & Employment Law (ABA) The Labor Lawyer Monthly Labor Review
HeinOnline
Over 1,000 full text journals Coverage often begins with volume
1 CFR, Federal Register, Statutes at
Large Only available in the library
FREE Westlaw at the Library All State/Federal cases & statutes Alaska Labor & Employment Cases No administrative decisions USCA, USCCAN ALR 2nd – 5th
Am.Jur., Forms, Proof of Facts and Trials Journals and Law Reviews Key Cite
Alaska Case Law Database http://government.westlaw.com/akcases Alaska Supreme Court and Court of
Appeals All published opinions back to 1960 Unpublished decisions (MOJs) back
to 1991, with older decisions being added
No headnotes, keyciting, or page numbers
Alaska Case Law Database Search by
Case name Attorney Pacific Reporter citation or WL citation Decision date Judge name Opinion type Docket number Word
Alaska Case Law Database Word searchAND, OR, BUT NOT
Truncation ! trust! will find trust and trustee disab! will find disabled and disability
Search by phrase – use quotes “irrevocable trust”
Use the singular form – it will automatically look for plurals
Alaska Case Law Database Once you’re in a case, can use
Control-F to find specific search terms
Space = OR so remember to type AND if you are looking for both terms in a case
Example: Sex! AND discriminat! Sex age AND discriminat!
Casemaker
New Bar Association benefit Alaska Caselaw 348 P.2d (1960) –
current With page numbers
Attorney General Opinions From 1995
Alaska Law Review Volume 14 - current
Casemaker
Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Seward, Kenai Borough Codes
Statutes – no currency indication Court rules – no currency
indication No employment specific resources Citator? Limited usefulness
Casemaker – Federal U.S. Supreme Court 1893 - Current
U.S. Circuit Opinions 1 F.3d - current
U.S. District Courts (F.Supp.2d) F.Supp.2d Vol. 401 - current adv. sheet
U.S. Bankruptcy Opinions Begin: Vol. 334 B.R. (2005)
U.S. CodeTitles 1-41, 46 are complete through 01/02/2006Titles 42-45, 47-50 are complete through 01/03/2005Title 11 USC Bankruptcy Reform Act Contains all changes made by the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2005
Public Laws Includes laws passed by the 2005-2006 109th Congress and 2007 110th Congress to date
Code of Federal RegulationsTitles 1-16 complete through 1/1/2007Titles 17-27 complete through 4/1/2007Title 28-31 complete through 7/1/2007Titles 32-41 complete through 7/1/2006Titles 42-50 complete through 10/1/2006
U.S. Constitution
Federal Court Rules
Casemaker
Basic search is natural language Advanced Search
Fields: Citation, Docket Number, Attorney, Judge, Date
Word Form – exact , wildcard * Proximity – word, sentence,
document, within 500 or 1000 characters
Need help? Call the library reference desk if you have
questions: (907) 264-0585 or (888) 282-2082
Reference librarians can walk you through searching or finding a website to help
We have thousands of forms available Catalog is on-line: http://
www.state.ak.us/courts/library.htm You can check out treatises for 3 days We will mail them to you if you live outside
Anchorage
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