Tag: Legal Research

Build Your Research Skills with the Law Library’s Excellence in Legal Research Program

Did you know that roughly 35% of a new associate’s time is spent doing legal research?

To help further develop your skills, the Law Library has a popular Excellence in Legal Research Program that provides instruction in advanced research techniques.

By taking part in this program, you will become a more efficient and effective researcher who will impress your future employer.

Visit the guide to learn more about the Excellence in Legal Research program (ELR) https://libguides.law.ttu.edu/elr  

Spring 2022 classes will be asynchronous so you can easily fit them in your schedule.

Please email excellenceinlegalresearch.law@ttu.edu  for additional information or see the FAQs https://libguides.law.ttu.edu/elr/faqs

FBI Records: The Vault: Record Requests

This is the last in a four part series featuring the FBI records Vault. Each part highlights a different feature of the site.

FBI records can be requested through both the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and the Privacy Act. to request a record you can submit your request a couple of different ways explained on the FBI website. Once You have made a request you may check on it through The Vault site.

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Status information is updated weekly. You need your FOI/PA request number to use this feature.

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There are some exemptions to the FOIA/PA which are explained on the site.

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The Vault can be reached through the FBI website under the Services Tab.

FBI Records: The Vault: Exploring a Report

This is the third part in a four part series featuring the FBI records Vault. Each part will highlight a different feature of the site.

When you click on a file, it loads in a reader that enables you to view one or two pages at a time, search for key words, shrink or enlarge the size of the text, use different scroll features, and more. In many cases, the quality and clarity of the individual files has also been improved.

The files can be accessed by a couple of different ways from the home page.

You can select a category, search for something specific, or look through their index.

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Once you select a topic the available files will be displayed.

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You can look through the file in the browser or open and download the pdf version.

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The Vault can be reached through the FBI Website under the Services Tab.

FBI Records: The Vault : Search Functions

This is the second in a four part series featuring the FBI’s Records Vault. Each part will Highlight a different feature of the site.

The Vault contains a couple of different easy to use search functions including search by topic and a keyword search.

You can browse or search for specific topics or persons by using the alphabetical listing, the search tool in the upper right of the site, or by checking the different category lists that can be found in the menu on the right side of the Home page.

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In the search results, click on the folder to see all of the files for that particular topic.

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In some cases you can search for key words within a specific document by typing in terms in the search box in the upper right hand of the file after it has been opened and loaded.

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The Vault can be reached through the FBI website under the Services Tab.