A summary of ISBA's free research offering.

Is print research disappearing in the age of Google?

It's now an excellent starting point for research.

Much of the primary federal law once available only for a fee is now free on the Web.

A look at some leading one-stop-shopping centers of legal research. 

Internet search engines are important research tools, but take care to learn their limitations.

The net is best used as a compliment to, not replacement for, traditional sources of legal information.

There's plenty of material about Illinois ethics law on the 'Net, much of it freely available

A necessary first step in legal research is to identify what an answer might look like and where one might find it.

The Illinois Administrative Code is on the Net.

The 80/20 rule has implications for how you do–and pay for–legal research.

The Big Two legal data providers offer more affordable options than ever.

Your familiar print resources are probably online, where they're more powerful than ever.

The question isn't whether to use books, it's how.

Someone else's brief can serve as the starting point; maybe even the foundation; for yours. But how do you find one? Here are some possibilities.