New Law Library Resources on Illinois Law

The SIU law library has added two electronic subscriptions on Illinois law to its collection. The first may be used by any researcher on the SIU campus network. The second is limited to researchers using computers on the law school network.

The Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education (IICLE) SmartBooks includes all IICLE current publication handbooks, QuickGuides, Flash Points, and selected course materials, plus all forms sold separately on CD and many forms not available anywhere else. For more details ...

The Illinois Administrative Code Annotations, by Laurel Wendt, Associate Director of the Law Library at Southern Illinois University, includes annotations to all cases from any state or federal court that has cited to the Illinois Administrative Code by title and section or part. The Illinois Administrative Code has been published since 1984. For more details ...

With the IICLE SmartBooks, the researcher can do a Full Online Library search or a Chapter Outline Search. There are four search options for both types of search: Type of Library, Practice Area, Title of publication, and Author.

The Full Online Library search retrieves specific sections for the keywords entered, displaying each section by title, in the context of the book, chapter, and subchapter titles. Browse the sections before and after the current section with the arrows located at the top and bottom of each page.

The Chapter Outline search displays the titles of the publications containing the keywords. By clicking on the publication title, the researcher can reveal the chapters of the publication. The chapters that appear bold, black, and in a larger font indicate that the keyword is found within that chapter. Click on a chapter title to reveal the sections within that chapter. Again, the sections containing the keyword appear bold, black, and in a larger font. Click on a section to review the contents containing the keyword.

Once the chapter outline is displayed, the researcher can click on any chapter and section title to review the contents, not just chapters and sections containing the keywords. Browse the sections before and after the current section with the arrows located at the top and bottom of each page. Browse as far back as the beginning of the publication or as far forward as the end of the publication.

To browse the contents of a Handbook, choose the Chapter Outline Search, leave the Keyword search box empty, choose the By Handbook Title search option, select the desired handbook from the drop-down menu, and click Search. Click on the handbook title on the results page to reveal the chapter titles, and on a chapter title to reveal the section titles. Click on the chapter titles and sections desired to view the contents.

Although you must be using a computer on the SIU campus network, or have your own subscription, to search and view the full contents of SmartBooks, you may search the chapter outlines of the publications without a subscription. Note that this search method will not allow you to view the contents of the sections, but it will show you which sections contain your search term.

The Illinois Administrative Code Annotations are searchable by administrative code citation or by keywords in the administrative code text and annotations. You can also browse the administrative code using the expandable code outline. Code sections that have been cited are marked with a button-like “Annotation” icon.

Although you must be using a computer on the SIU law school network, or have your own subscription, to review the annotations, anyone can browse or search the administrative code itself. The site also includes Illinois Rulemaking Process: A Handbook for Rulemakers and Practitioners (3d ed. 2002) by Robert John Kane.