Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2019
Abstract
Over the last decade, emoji and emoticons have made the leap from text messaging and social media to legal filings, court opinions, and law review articles. However, emoji and emoticons’ growth in popularity has tested the capability of online legal research systems to properly display and retrieve them in search results, posing challenges for future researchers of primary and secondary sources. This article examines current display practices on several of the most popular online legal research services (including Westlaw Edge, Lexis Advance, Bloomberg Law, Fastcase, HeinOnline, and Gale OneFile LegalTrac), and suggests effective workarounds for researchers.
Citation
Jennifer L. Behrens, “Unknown Symbols”: Online Legal Research in the Age of Emoji, 38 Legal Reference Services Quarterly 155-169 (2019)
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Information storage and retrieval systems--Law, Legal research, Signs and symbols, Emojis, Empirical
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