Diorella Velasquez

Assignment for LEGAL RESEARCH AND COMPUTER CLASS

Atty. Laura C.H. del Rosario
October 19, 2015

List of electronic sources of legal information available in the LPULaw library.

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Academic OneFile www.infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/lyceumph

Lex Libris Via the JPL ARC computer stations
Lexis Nexus- www.lexisnexis.com.ap/academic
SC E-Library www.elibrary .judiciary.gov.ph
Judiciary Portal www.judiciary.gov.ph
Chan Robles Virtual Library www.chanrobles.com
LawPhil- www.lawphil.net
World Legal Information Institute- www.worldlii.org

1. Lawphil.net

A. Online databank of Philippine laws and jurisprudence. Published by Arellano

Law Foundation thru its Information Technology Center. Provides free database access to
Philippine laws, statutes, jurisprudence, presidential decrees, executive orders, administrative
orders, lawyers' tools and other legal materials.

Basis of Comparison
Lawphil.net
Price
free
Availability of Philippine Laws?
partial
Philippine Jurisprudence?
partial
Frequency of updates
Last updated September 8, 2015
Search Engine
Drop-down list for year and month
Speed of search
Average
User-friendliness
No
Exact phrase search
No
Wildcard search
No
Boolean search
No
Grouping
No
Proximity search
No
Term boosting
No
Fuzzy search
No

Sorting
Date
Search by title
No search option
Search by date
yes
Search by date range
No
Search by reference no.
No
Search by syllabus
No
Search by ponente
No
Paged results
Show search excerpts

No
No

Section classification
No
Bookmarking
No
Save queries
No
Auto cross-referencing
No
Document section jump links
No
Recognizes shorthand in query?
No
Document images
No

Full-page view
No
Footnotes
Yes
Document highlighting
No
Social bookmarking
No
Up-to-date documents
No
Easy-to-read documents
Yes
Section jump links
No
Ranked search results
No
Remember search query fields
No
Document citations
No
Detects typos in query
No

2. Chan Robles Virtual law library; www.chanrobles.com published by Chan

Robles and Associates Law Firm, provides a database for Philippine
Jurisprudence and laws, as well as US Jurisprudence and laws.
Basis of Comparison
Chanrobles.com
Price
free
Availability of Philippine Laws?
partial
Philippine Jurisprudence?
partial
Frequency of updates
Last Updated on August 2015
Search Engine
Powered by google; Hyperlink Search
for year and month
Speed of search
Slow
User-friendliness
No
Exact phrase search
No
Wildcard search
No
Boolean search
No
Grouping
No
Proximity search
No

Term boosting
No
Fuzzy search
yes
Sorting
Date
Search by title
No
Search by date
yes
Search by date range
No
Search by reference no.
yes
Search by syllabus
No
Search by ponente
No
Paged results
Show search excerpts
No
Section classification
No
Bookmarking
yes
Save queries
No
Auto cross-referencing
No
Document section jump links
No

Recognizes shorthand in query?

No
Document images
No
Full-page view
No
Footnotes
Yes
Document highlighting
No
Social bookmarking
No
Up-to-date documents
No
Easy-to-read documents
Yes
Section jump links
yes
Ranked search results
yes
Remember search query fields
No
Document citations
No
Detects typos in query
No

3. LexisNexis.com by Lexis Nexis. provides more than 45,000 legal, news and
business documents and sources.

Basis of Comparison
http://www.lexisnexis.com/
Price
Limited free trial and access charge $50
Availability of Philippine Laws?
no
Philippine Jurisprudence?
no
Frequency of updates
Last Updated on October 14, 2015
Search Engine
yes
Speed of search
slow
User-friendliness
No
Exact phrase search
No
Wildcard search
No
Boolean search
No
Grouping
No
Proximity search
No

Term boosting
No
Fuzzy search
yes
Sorting
Date
Search by title
No
Search by date
yes
Search by date range
No
Search by reference no.
yes
Search by syllabus
No
Search by ponente
No
Paged results
Show search excerpts
No
Section classification
No
Bookmarking
yes
Save queries
No
Auto cross-referencing
No
Document section jump links
No

Recognizes shorthand in query?

No
Document images
No
Full-page view
No
Footnotes
Yes
Document highlighting
No
Social bookmarking
No
Up-to-date documents
No
Easy-to-read documents
Yes
Section jump links
yes
Ranked search results
yes
Remember search query fields
No
Document citations
No
Detects typos in query
No

4. http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/ by the Philippine Supreme Court; database includes

Philippine Jurisprudence from 1996 to present

Basis of Comparison
http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/
Price
free
Availability of Philippine Laws?
yes
Philippine Jurisprudence?
yes
Frequency of updates
Last Updated on September 22, 2015
Search Engine
Limited access for free trial subscription
Speed of search
average
User-friendliness
No
Exact phrase search
No
Wildcard search
yes
Boolean search
No
Grouping
No
Proximity search
yes
Term boosting
No

Fuzzy search
yes
Sorting
Date
Search by title
No
Search by date
yes
Search by date range
No
Search by reference no.
yes
Search by syllabus
No
Search by ponente
No
Paged results
Show search excerpts
No
Section classification
No
Bookmarking
yes
Save queries
No
Auto cross-referencing
No
Document section jump links
No

Recognizes shorthand in query?

No
Document images
No
Full-page view
No
Footnotes
Yes
Document highlighting
No
Social bookmarking
No
Up-to-date documents
yes
Easy-to-read documents
Yes
Section jump links
no
Ranked search results
no
Remember search query fields
No
Document citations
No
Detects typos in query
No

5. eSCRA http://www.central.com.ph/escra/ by Central Publishing; Supreme

Court decisions from 1901 to present
Basis of Comparison
http://www.central.com.ph/escra/
Price
Php 990 per month; annual subscription
fee $7800; 10 days free trial
Availability of Philippine Laws?
No
Philippine Jurisprudence?
yes
Frequency of updates
frequent
Search Engine
Search engine powered by google, no
dropdown
Speed of search
average
User-friendliness
No
Exact phrase search
No
Wildcard search
yes
Boolean search
No
Grouping
No
Proximity search
yes

Term boosting
No
Fuzzy search
yes
Sorting
Date
Search by title
No
Search by date
yes
Search by date range
No
Search by reference no.
yes
Search by syllabus
No
Search by ponente
No
Paged results
Show search excerpts
No
Section classification
No
Bookmarking
yes
Save queries
No
Auto cross-referencing
No
Document section jump links
No

Recognizes shorthand in query?

No
Document images
No
Full-page view
No
Footnotes
Yes
Document highlighting
No
Social bookmarking
No
Up-to-date documents
No
Easy-to-read documents
Yes
Section jump links
yes
Ranked search results
yes
Remember search query fields
No
Document citations
No
Detects typos in query
No