Law Research
Researching state court cases is a long, tedious process. Going to a local library is a good start if you want to actually look up case briefs in a book. The major ones will most likely be available online. More in-depth analysis requires going beyond these listings, though. Say you wanted to do a Chicago, IL court records search to do a background check on the defendant in a case. There are resources online, like illinois-courtrecords.com, which will allow you to get ahold of that information. It may charge you a registration fee, but it will certainly bolster the quality of your case analysis.