R. Berring. (2001)electronic resource / by Robert C. Berring.; 4 computer optical discs ; 4 3/4 in; Title from container.; Disc. 1. Introduction; The mysteries of the first year; Christopher Columbus Langdell and your first year; casebooks; How can you get the most out of your casebook?; The uniform system of citation; Hornbooks; Nutshells; Outlines; Prompts; Tips on surviving the first year. -- Disc 2. Cases; What is a case?; Understanding where cases come from; The importance of precedent and the kinds of judicial opinions; The parts of a case; How cases are published; Tips. -- Disc 3. Citators and legislative and administrative materials; The concept of a citator; Vertical and horizontal over rulings;; How cases change over time; Research functions and citators; Keycite and shepards: getting the most out of them; Tips; Legislation; The pattern of legislation publication; Session law; Codes; Annotated codes; The federal example; Administrative law: the CFR and the Federal Register. -- Disc 4. Legal research strategy; Part 1: Coming to terms with Westlaw and Lexis as libraries of information and search engines, Tips on how to usethem wisely; Part 2 is my twelve rules of legal research: Rule 1, Refine the question; Rule 2, Know what you expect the answer to be; Rule 3, Consider your resources;; Rule 4, The time space continuum; Rule 5, Context, context, context; Rule 6, Find someone who has done the work for you; Rule 7, Talk to a human being; Rule 8, Read with care; Rule 9, Take good notes; Rule 10, Update; Rule 11, Evaluate; Rule 12, Knowing when to stop; And...Bob's secret rule.; System requirements: Pentium PC; 32MB RAM; Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0; 130MB free hard disk space; Adobe Acrobat Reader (included on disc 1); 8-bit, 256-color display with 640 x 480 resolution; DVD-ROM drive.; Sum & substance CD series..