The way we use the internet today is leagues away from how it was being used even five years ago. In order to keep the pace, you need streamlined research skills that will make the internet an asset rather than a liability for your firm. How do your skills stack up? Do you know the best, most efficient ways to get what you need? Order today to find out how to harness the internet as an excellent resource.

1. How to Search Like a Pro
2. Finding Free Legal Research Sites and Free Case Law
3. Discover the Invisible Web
4. Government Internet Resources: Federal State and Local
5. Investigative Research: Public Records and “Publicly Available” Information
6. Finding “Practice” Tools
7. Locating Persons and Finding Background Information
8. Locating Companies for Due Diligence and Background Information

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1. HOW TO SEARCH LIKE A PRO
   9:00 - 10:00, Rebecca S. Trammell
   1. What's the Difference Between a Search Engine and a Directory?
   2. How do Search Engines Really Work?
   3. Learn Boolean Logic to Create the Best Search Strategies for Finding Relevant Documents
   4. Which Search Engines are the Best?
   5. A Close Look at Google and Search Engines That "Think"
   6. Learn Browser Tricks - the Power of the "Find" Function to Scan Web Pages Quickly
   7. Managing Bookmarks
   8. Effectively Using RSS Feeds, Blogs and Podcasts
2. FINDING FREE LEGAL RESEARCH SITES AND FREE CASE LAW
   10:00 - 10:30, Richard S. Loudermilk
   1. Finding the Shortcuts to Legal Research: Free Legal Portals and Meta-Sites
   2. Finding and Using Free, Full-Text Case Law Sites
   3. Learn About the Free (Poor Man's) "Shepards"
3. DISCOVER THE INVISIBLE WEB
   10:45 - 11:30, Rebecca S. Trammell
   1. What is the Invisible Web?
   2. How Does it Differ From the Visible Web?
   3. Learn to Find "Invisible Documents"
   4. Where do Old Web Pages Go? Learn to Locate Them
4. GOVERNMENT INTERNET RESOURCES: FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL
   11:30 - 12:15, Richard S. Loudermilk
   1. Statutes, Bills and Legislative History
   2. Regulations and Agencies
   3. Find Court Opinions, Forms, Rules and Dockets
5. INVESTIGATIVE RESEARCH: PUBLIC RECORDS AND "PUBLICLY AVAILABLE" INFORMATION
   1:15 - 1:45, Richard S. Loudermilk
   1. Accessing Public Records
   2. Professional Licenses
   3. Criminal Records
   4. Vital Statistics: Birth, Death, Marriage and Divorce Records
   5. Real and Personal Property Records
6. FINDING "PRACTICE" TOOLS
   1:45 - 2:15, Rebecca S. Trammell
   1. Sample Briefs, Motions, Complaints and Settlements
   2. Sample Forms and Contracts
   3. Uncover Jury Verdicts
7. LOCATING PERSONS AND FINDING BACKGROUND INFORMATION
   2:30 - 3:30, Richard S. Loudermilk
   1. Phone Numbers and Addresses of Missing People
   2. Social Security Numbers
   3. Bankruptcies
   4. Neighbors, Relatives and Associates
   5. Mailing List Postings, Blogs, Etc.
   6. Attorneys, Judges and Experts
8. LOCATING COMPANIES FOR DUE DILIGENCE AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION
   3:30 - 4:30, Rebecca S. Trammell
   1. Company Web Sites
   2. Directories for Private, Public and Foreign Companies
   3. Stock Quotes - Current and Historical
   4. SEC Filings
   5. State Corporate Records/Registered Agents and Fictitious Business Names
   6. News and Information About Companies, Products and Executives
   7. Information From Government Agencies Regulating Companies

RICHARD S. LOUDERMILK is a partner and member of the litigation practice group in the Sarasota, Florida office of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP. He focuses his practice on creditors' rights and commercial debt collection. Mr. Loudermilk represents clients at every stage of the collection process, from pre-suit negotiations through trial as well as post-judgment collection. His clients have included financial institutions, manufacturers, collection agencies, mortgage holders, and individual creditors. Mr. Loudermilk has acted as corporate counsel to collection agencies and debt purchasers, and he has extensive experience in commercial and consumer asset collection. He has advised corporate clients on the various issues affecting asset recovery, including the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and other federal and state statutes. In addition to his collection work, Mr. Loudermilk represents individual landlords, property management companies, and businesses in landlord-tenant disputes. His representation ranges from pre-suit lease negotiations to eviction lawsuits. Mr. Loudermilk is admitted to all state and local courts in Florida and Georgia, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, the Georgia Supreme Court, and the Georgia Court of Appeals. Mr. Loudermilk is a member of the Sarasota County Bar Association, the Florida Bar and State Bar of Georgia. Mr. Loudermilk also is a member of the National List of Attorneys, the General Bar, the Commercial Law League of America, and the Lease Enforcement Attorney Network. He earned his B.A. degree from the University of South Florida and his J.D. degree from Emory University.

REBECCA S. TRAMMELL is a professor of law, law library director, and director of electronic education at the Stetson University College of Law Library. She teaches basic legal research, advanced legal research and cyber law at Stetson, and is active in a number of professional organizations including the American Bar Association, the Florida Bar Association, the American Association of Law Libraries and the Southeastern Association of American Law Libraries. Ms. Trammell has made numerous presentations at national and regional conferences and her most recent presentation focused on the interface of technology and academic law libraries in today's rapidly changing environment. Her areas of interest and research include Internet legal research and classroom technology. Ms. Trammell's articles and bibliographies have been published in Northern Illinois University Law Review, John Marshall Law Review, Legal Information Alert, American University's The Modern American and AALL Spectrum. She earned her B.A. degree, cum laude, from Lindenwood University, her M.L.S. degree from Dominican University and her J.D. degree from the University of Denver School of Law.

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