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    Diorella Velasquez

    Assignment for LEGAL RESEARCH AND COMPUTER CLASS


    Atty. Laura C.H. del Rosario
    October 19, 2015

    List of electronic sources of legal information available in the LPULaw library.


    1.
    2.
    3.
    4.
    5.
    6.
    7.
    8.

    Academic OneFile www.infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/lyceumph


    Lex Libris Via the JPL ARC computer stations
    Lexis Nexus- www.lexisnexis.com.ap/academic
    SC E-Library www.elibrary .judiciary.gov.ph
    Judiciary Portal www.judiciary.gov.ph
    Chan Robles Virtual Library www.chanrobles.com
    LawPhil- www.lawphil.net
    World Legal Information Institute- www.worldlii.org

    1. Lawphil.net

    A. Online databank of Philippine laws and jurisprudence. Published by Arellano


    Law Foundation thru its Information Technology Center. Provides free database access to
    Philippine laws, statutes, jurisprudence, presidential decrees, executive orders, administrative
    orders, lawyers' tools and other legal materials.

    Basis of Comparison
    Lawphil.net
    Price
    free
    Availability of Philippine Laws?
    partial
    Philippine Jurisprudence?
    partial
    Frequency of updates
    Last updated September 8, 2015
    Search Engine
    Drop-down list for year and month
    Speed of search
    Average
    User-friendliness
    No
    Exact phrase search
    No
    Wildcard search
    No
    Boolean search
    No
    Grouping
    No
    Proximity search
    No
    Term boosting
    No
    Fuzzy search
    No

    Sorting
    Date
    Search by title
    No search option
    Search by date
    yes
    Search by date range
    No
    Search by reference no.
    No
    Search by syllabus
    No
    Search by ponente
    No
    Paged results
    Show search excerpts

    No
    No

    Section classification
    No
    Bookmarking
    No
    Save queries
    No
    Auto cross-referencing
    No
    Document section jump links
    No
    Recognizes shorthand in query?
    No
    Document images
    No

    Full-page view
    No
    Footnotes
    Yes
    Document highlighting
    No
    Social bookmarking
    No
    Up-to-date documents
    No
    Easy-to-read documents
    Yes
    Section jump links
    No
    Ranked search results
    No
    Remember search query fields
    No
    Document citations
    No
    Detects typos in query
    No

    2. Chan Robles Virtual law library; www.chanrobles.com published by Chan


    Robles and Associates Law Firm, provides a database for Philippine
    Jurisprudence and laws, as well as US Jurisprudence and laws.
    Basis of Comparison
    Chanrobles.com
    Price
    free
    Availability of Philippine Laws?
    partial
    Philippine Jurisprudence?
    partial
    Frequency of updates
    Last Updated on August 2015
    Search Engine
    Powered by google; Hyperlink Search
    for year and month
    Speed of search
    Slow
    User-friendliness
    No
    Exact phrase search
    No
    Wildcard search
    No
    Boolean search
    No
    Grouping
    No
    Proximity search
    No

    Term boosting
    No
    Fuzzy search
    yes
    Sorting
    Date
    Search by title
    No
    Search by date
    yes
    Search by date range
    No
    Search by reference no.
    yes
    Search by syllabus
    No
    Search by ponente
    No
    Paged results
    Show search excerpts
    No
    Section classification
    No
    Bookmarking
    yes
    Save queries
    No
    Auto cross-referencing
    No
    Document section jump links
    No

    Recognizes shorthand in query?


    No
    Document images
    No
    Full-page view
    No
    Footnotes
    Yes
    Document highlighting
    No
    Social bookmarking
    No
    Up-to-date documents
    No
    Easy-to-read documents
    Yes
    Section jump links
    yes
    Ranked search results
    yes
    Remember search query fields
    No
    Document citations
    No
    Detects typos in query
    No

    3. LexisNexis.com by Lexis Nexis. provides more than 45,000 legal, news and
    business documents and sources.

    Basis of Comparison
    http://www.lexisnexis.com/
    Price
    Limited free trial and access charge $50
    Availability of Philippine Laws?
    no
    Philippine Jurisprudence?
    no
    Frequency of updates
    Last Updated on October 14, 2015
    Search Engine
    yes
    Speed of search
    slow
    User-friendliness
    No
    Exact phrase search
    No
    Wildcard search
    No
    Boolean search
    No
    Grouping
    No
    Proximity search
    No

    Term boosting
    No
    Fuzzy search
    yes
    Sorting
    Date
    Search by title
    No
    Search by date
    yes
    Search by date range
    No
    Search by reference no.
    yes
    Search by syllabus
    No
    Search by ponente
    No
    Paged results
    Show search excerpts
    No
    Section classification
    No
    Bookmarking
    yes
    Save queries
    No
    Auto cross-referencing
    No
    Document section jump links
    No

    Recognizes shorthand in query?


    No
    Document images
    No
    Full-page view
    No
    Footnotes
    Yes
    Document highlighting
    No
    Social bookmarking
    No
    Up-to-date documents
    No
    Easy-to-read documents
    Yes
    Section jump links
    yes
    Ranked search results
    yes
    Remember search query fields
    No
    Document citations
    No
    Detects typos in query
    No

    4. http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/ by the Philippine Supreme Court; database includes


    Philippine Jurisprudence from 1996 to present

    Basis of Comparison
    http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/
    Price
    free
    Availability of Philippine Laws?
    yes
    Philippine Jurisprudence?
    yes
    Frequency of updates
    Last Updated on September 22, 2015
    Search Engine
    Limited access for free trial subscription
    Speed of search
    average
    User-friendliness
    No
    Exact phrase search
    No
    Wildcard search
    yes
    Boolean search
    No
    Grouping
    No
    Proximity search
    yes
    Term boosting
    No

    Fuzzy search
    yes
    Sorting
    Date
    Search by title
    No
    Search by date
    yes
    Search by date range
    No
    Search by reference no.
    yes
    Search by syllabus
    No
    Search by ponente
    No
    Paged results
    Show search excerpts
    No
    Section classification
    No
    Bookmarking
    yes
    Save queries
    No
    Auto cross-referencing
    No
    Document section jump links
    No

    Recognizes shorthand in query?


    No
    Document images
    No
    Full-page view
    No
    Footnotes
    Yes
    Document highlighting
    No
    Social bookmarking
    No
    Up-to-date documents
    yes
    Easy-to-read documents
    Yes
    Section jump links
    no
    Ranked search results
    no
    Remember search query fields
    No
    Document citations
    No
    Detects typos in query
    No

    5. eSCRA http://www.central.com.ph/escra/ by Central Publishing; Supreme


    Court decisions from 1901 to present
    Basis of Comparison
    http://www.central.com.ph/escra/
    Price
    Php 990 per month; annual subscription
    fee $7800; 10 days free trial
    Availability of Philippine Laws?
    No
    Philippine Jurisprudence?
    yes
    Frequency of updates
    frequent
    Search Engine
    Search engine powered by google, no
    dropdown
    Speed of search
    average
    User-friendliness
    No
    Exact phrase search
    No
    Wildcard search
    yes
    Boolean search
    No
    Grouping
    No
    Proximity search
    yes

    Term boosting
    No
    Fuzzy search
    yes
    Sorting
    Date
    Search by title
    No
    Search by date
    yes
    Search by date range
    No
    Search by reference no.
    yes
    Search by syllabus
    No
    Search by ponente
    No
    Paged results
    Show search excerpts
    No
    Section classification
    No
    Bookmarking
    yes
    Save queries
    No
    Auto cross-referencing
    No
    Document section jump links
    No

    Recognizes shorthand in query?


    No
    Document images
    No
    Full-page view
    No
    Footnotes
    Yes
    Document highlighting
    No
    Social bookmarking
    No
    Up-to-date documents
    No
    Easy-to-read documents
    Yes
    Section jump links
    yes
    Ranked search results
    yes
    Remember search query fields
    No
    Document citations
    No
    Detects typos in query
    No

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