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Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University

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2009

Legal Research

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The Changing Shape Of Legal Information, David H. Michels, Mark Lewis Jan 2009

The Changing Shape Of Legal Information, David H. Michels, Mark Lewis

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As IT, Reference and Instruction librarians, we have experienced significant changes to the shape of legal information over the past five years. The changes are to both the very nature of legal information and how we perceive it. This can be illustrated by our use of the phrase "legal information". Depending on your age and life situation, the words "legal information" will have created specific images in your mind. These changes in perception challenge how we develop our programs of legal research instruction.