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1. Shepard's Citations would be good for the third level of research (validation research) since Shepard's is a citator that lists all of the authorities citing a particular case. This helps during the validation phase the most since you can see if a higher authority has made cites for the opinion that is on-point for your research.

2. Ohio Jurisprudence 3d would be considered be used during the background research phase since this work contains the general descriptions to all of the fields contained within Ohio law. Thus this encyclopedia would be a good starting place for one to conduct research on a topic that might relate to a client's case.

3. The Table of Cases, Laws and Rules from 14 A.L.R.3d 1358 would be best used during the background research phase since the A.L.R contains summaries and analyzes specific areas of law depending upon which area of law you are researching.

4. Words and Phrases would be an excellent starting tool during background research since the multivolume set of books allows a person to focus on pertinent terms contained within the text; thus further finding pertinent cases through focusing on the definition of the selected word. This is why Words & Phrases would be best utilized during the background research phase.

5. An on point opinion from the US Court of Appeals would be of best use during the validation research phase since an opinion that is on point would be considered most of the time mandatory authority(depending upon the jurisdiction in question).

6. The American Law Reports Index would be best used during the background research phase since the ALR index provides a list of general to specific legal topics from which one can browse and search further into the section the contains the needed information.

7. Chapter 8 of Alabama DUI Handbook would be of best use during the specific research phase since this particular chapter of the Alabama DUI Handbook contains listed sections pertaining to constitutional provisions including $4:1 Reasonable suspicion and the Fourth Amendment, and other listed issues which gives detailed insight into other sub topics one could search for during Additional comments: Would these be considered Background research, Specific research (secondary authority), specific research (primary authority), or validation research?