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Note: For easy navigation, right click on hyperlinks to open links in a new window.Wendy Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12108757239264778916noreply@blogger.comBlogger1133125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768128.post-12194229283188937002009-08-28T13:43:00.003-04:002009-08-28T13:57:59.781-04:00Law Firm Hiring practices in the economic downturnThe economy continues to impact the traditional large law firm hiring cycle:<br /><br />A NY Times article focuses on 2Ls waiting for the chance to interview in the fall: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/26/business/26lawyers.html?em">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/26/business/26lawyers.html?em</a> Some famous firms have stopped interviewing at Yale...<br />Gerry Shih, Downturn Dims Prospects Even at Top Law Schools, NYT 8/25/09<br /><br />There have also been reports of delays of offers to those students who were fortunate enough to have a summer associate position in 2009.<br /><a href="http://www.nylj.com/nylawyer/news/09/08/082709l.html?hbxlogin=1">http://www.nylj.com/nylawyer/news/09/08/082709l.html?hbxlogin=1</a><br />Gana Passarella, Please Continue to Hold...Your Career will be Determined by the First Available Agent (published in the Legal Intelligencer) 8/27/09<br /><br />--Greg.Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07825765625127125578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768128.post-67204059157155808962009-05-04T13:16:00.002-04:002009-05-04T13:28:32.652-04:00Movin' OnTo my faithful readers: After many happy<br />and productive years at the Barclay Law<br />Library, I will be moving on to become<br />Executive Director of the Dewitt Community<br />Library. This was a tough decision, but as<br />a former library director always told me,<br />change is good!Wendy Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12108757239264778916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768128.post-26602210522424705132009-04-26T15:01:00.008-04:002009-04-26T15:27:08.597-04:00New Online Legal Magazine a "Refreshing Alternative" to Traditional Law Reviews<a href="http://legalworkshop.org/">The Legal Workshop </a>is a new online legal journal<br />that seeks to disseminate legal scholarship to a broad<br />audience of readers. The new endeavor is produced by<br />a consortium of academic law reviews: Stanford Law<br />Review, New York University Law Review,<br />Cornell Law Review, Duke Law Journal, Georgetown Law<br />Journal, Northwestern Law Review, and University of<br />Chicago Law Review.<br /><br />According to the <a href="http://www.abajournal.com/files/Legal_Workshop_Press_Release.pdf">press release (4/21/2009), </a>the new journal<br />"offers an engaging alternative to traditional academic articles<br />that run 30,000 words with footnotes," instead featuring short,<br />plain-English articles about legal issues and ideas, written by<br />an author whose related, full-length work of scholarship<br />is forthcoming in one of the participating law reviews."Wendy Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12108757239264778916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768128.post-49009617491228285132009-04-26T14:39:00.002-04:002009-04-26T14:58:45.413-04:00Library of Congress on YouTubeThe Library of Congress has a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/LibraryOfCongress">new YouTube site</a>.<br />Currently, the site features 74 videos, organized<br />into the following playlists:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/2008%20National%20Book%20Festival">2008 National Book Festival </a>(Readings by<br />authors from the National Book Festival, Washington DC,<br />Sept. 27, 2008)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=621B36A944FBD47D">Books and Beyond</a> (Public talks at the Library of<br />Congress by authors of recently-published books)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=DBB5F063C0B3BEB6">Journeys and Crossings</a> (Library staff provide<br />insights into historically significant materials in<br />the LC collection)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=F6836E1FFAEE6AC1">Early Films: Westinghouse, 1904</a><br />(Classic historic industrial films from the Westinghouse<br />Works, produced in April-May 1904)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=8FA0A3359E858D1A">Kluge Center Series: Prominent Scholars on Current Topics</a><br />(Prominent scholars present public lectures, book talks<br />and workshops)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=D28424FAA9414F49">Early Films: Edison Companies</a> (Examples of popular<br />content filmed by Thomas Edison's labs in the 1880's)Wendy Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12108757239264778916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768128.post-80616604166531906162009-04-26T14:25:00.002-04:002009-04-26T14:39:06.205-04:00Black's Law Dictionary Now Available for iPhone/iPodWest, part of Thomson Reuters, has launched a Black's Law<br />Dictionary on iTunes. The new application for iPod or iPhone<br />features the most recent edition (the 8th) of the dictionary,<br />edited by Bryan A. Garner. The iPhone version, which sells for<br />a whopping $49.99, features hyperlinked cross-references and<br />audio pronunciations for some terms.<br />Check it out at the <a href="http://www.apple.com/iphone/appstore/">iPhone App Store</a>.<br /><br />Hat tip to <a href="http://www.legaline.com/2009/04/now-on-iphone-blacks-law-dictionary.html">Robert Ambrogi.</a>Wendy Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12108757239264778916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768128.post-41826186679370326472009-04-16T08:59:00.002-04:002009-04-16T09:25:26.786-04:00Law Professors Seek Injunction Over 'Sham' West Treatise SupplementShannon Duffy (<a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202429943280">The Legal Intelligencer, 4/16/2009</a>)<br />reports on a claim by two law professors that West<br />Publishing falsely identified them as authors of a<br />2008 supplement to their Pennsylvania criminal law<br />treatise.<br /><br />According to the article, David Rudovsky of the University<br />of Pennsylvania and Leonard Sosnow of Widener Law School<br />"claimed that the December 2008 supplement...to their<br />book, Pennsylvania Criminal Procedure -- Law, Commentary<br />and Forms, was so poorly researched that it will harm their<br />reputations if allowed to remain on library shelves."<br /><br />A lawyer for West, reports Duffy, "insisted that although West<br />was not proud of the first version of the supplement, it has<br />recently mailed out a new version that cures [the] defects<br />and includes a revised cover page that clearly explains<br />that Rudovsky and Sosnov ended their work on the updates<br />in 2007."<br /><br />Senior U.S. District Judge John P. Fullam is expected to<br />rule soon the law professor's request for a preliminary<br />injunction.Wendy Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12108757239264778916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768128.post-88565985356350751842009-04-16T08:50:00.002-04:002009-04-16T08:59:07.670-04:00National Archives to Release Reagan and Bush 41 Presidential Records<a href="http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2009/nr09-67.html">National Archives news release</a>:<br /><br /> "Acting Archivist of the United States Adrienne<br />Thomas announced [April 10, 2009] that 245,763 pages<br />of Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush Presidential<br />records will be opened for research on Monday, April 13,<br />2009, at their respective libraries. These records, which<br />were still pending with the George W. Bush Administration<br />as of January 20, 2009, today cleared the review process<br />established by President Barack Obama under<br /><a href="http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-1712.pdf">Executive Order 13489</a>."<br /><br />Hat tip to <a href="http://www.bespacific.com/mt/archives/021075.html#021075">beSpacific</a>.Wendy Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12108757239264778916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768128.post-71262837897011465322009-04-14T20:06:00.001-04:002009-04-14T20:07:56.290-04:00Best Academic Presses in LawBrian Leiter has posted the results of the poll <a href="http://www.cs.cornell.edu/w8/~andru/cgi-perl/civs/results.pl?id=E_e48110b547ed9d55">here</a>.Wendy Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12108757239264778916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768128.post-6402225422780585122009-04-14T19:44:00.004-04:002009-04-14T20:03:55.926-04:00Internally Displaced Persons: Guide to Legal Information Resources on the Web<a href="http://www.llrx.com/authors/238">Elisa Mason</a> has published a new <a href="http://www.llrx.com/features/internaldisplacment.htm">annotated web guide </a><br /><a href="http://www.llrx.com/features/internaldisplacment.htm">on internally displaced persons </a>on <a href="http://www.llrx.com/">LLRX</a>.<br /><br />According to the 1998 United Nations <a href="http://www3.brookings.edu/fp/projects/idp/resources/GPEnglish.pdf">Guiding Principles on </a><br /><a href="http://www3.brookings.edu/fp/projects/idp/resources/GPEnglish.pdf">Internal Displacement</a>, internally displaced<br />persons (IDP's) are "persons or groups of persons who have<br />been forced or obliged to flee or to leave their homes or<br />places of habitual residence, in particular as a result of<br />or in order to avoid the effects of armed conflict,<br />situations of generalized violence, violations of human<br />rights or natural or human-made disasters, and who have<br />not crossed an internationally recognized State border."<br /><br />The web guide encompasses international and regional<br />legal instruments and national legislation as well as<br />institutional arrangements for IDP's, conflict and disaster<br />IDP's, development IDP's and additional resources.Wendy Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12108757239264778916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768128.post-59535928634051418922009-04-14T19:33:00.003-04:002009-04-14T19:42:05.258-04:00AAUP Releases Annual Faculty Salaries ReportThe AAUP (American Association of University Professors)<br />has released its <a href="http://www.aaup.org/NR/rdonlyres/0A07ADBE-930F-461E-9140-C74F24122949/0/zreport.pdf">2008-09 Report on the Economic Status of </a><br /><a href="http://www.aaup.org/NR/rdonlyres/0A07ADBE-930F-461E-9140-C74F24122949/0/zreport.pdf">the Profession </a>[PDF].<br /><br />Paul Caron on the TaxProf Blog links to related data<br />and extracts faculty salary information for selected<br />top universities <a href="http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2009/04/aaup-releases-annual.html">here</a>.Wendy Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12108757239264778916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768128.post-47059007811548637082009-04-09T15:31:00.003-04:002009-04-09T15:34:12.370-04:00Sources on the Law Review Submission ProcessBrian Leiter (and commentators) have noted<br />several useful sources for law grads and new<br />law faculty looking for <a href="http://leiterlawschool.typepad.com/leiter/2009/04/is-there-an-online-guide-explaining-how-the-law-review-submission-process-works.html">guides on how the law review</a><br /><a href="http://leiterlawschool.typepad.com/leiter/2009/04/is-there-an-online-guide-explaining-how-the-law-review-submission-process-works.html">submission process works</a>.Wendy Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12108757239264778916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768128.post-33512926932747181672009-04-09T15:10:00.002-04:002009-04-09T15:30:16.992-04:00Avvo Law School Rankings<a href="http://www.avvo.com/">Avvo</a>, the free web site that provides legal information,<br />rates lawyers and offers client reviews of lawyers, has started<br />its own <a href="http://www.avvo.com/stats/school_overview">law school rankings web site</a>. The rankings are based<br />on Avvo's attorney ratings, which are gleaned from bar associations,<br />lawyers' Web sites, and lawyers themselves. This year, alumni<br />from 492 law schools are represented in the rankings. The<br />complete directory of law schools ranked may be found <a href="http://www.avvo.com/stats/law_school_directory">here</a>.<br /><br />U.S. News won't be getting nervous about the competition<br />from Avvo any time soon, but prospective law students<br />and their families will undoubtedly be checking out Avvo<br />as part of their research.<br /><br />Hat tip to the <a href="http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/law_librarian_blog/2009/04/law-school-rankings-by-avvo.html">Law Librarian Blog</a>.Wendy Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12108757239264778916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768128.post-71692180499107838652009-04-09T14:54:00.003-04:002009-04-09T14:57:26.515-04:00LSAT-Free Law School AdmissionPaul Caron at <a href="http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2009/04/alabama-offers.html">TaxProfBlog </a>points us to the following<br />articles on the subject of law schools offering selected<br />undergrads the option of applying to its law school<br />without taking the LSAT.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.abajournal.com/news/univ._of_alabama_admits_honors_undergrads_sans_lsat/" target="_blank">ABA Journal</a><br /><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202429724027" target="_blank">National Law Journal</a><br /><a href="http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20090405/NEWS/904049968/1007?Title=UA-law-school-may-drop-LSAT-standard" target="_blank">Tuscaloosa News</a>Wendy Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12108757239264778916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768128.post-8715477283691835362009-04-07T09:28:00.002-04:002009-04-07T09:42:44.715-04:00Tax Planning for Professors on Visits and SabbaticalsPaul Caron on the <a href="http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2009/04/tax-planning-fo.html">TaxProfBlog </a>brings our<br />attention to a practical article for law faculty<br />planning a sabbatical or visit to another<br />law school. <a href="http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/files/tax_planning_for_visiting_professors.pdf">Tax Planning for Professors on </a><br /><a href="http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/files/tax_planning_for_visiting_professors.pdf">Visits and Sabbaticals</a>, by <a href="http://wsprod.colostate.edu/cwis30/2007/international_ed/index.asp?url=reces_faculty_list">Myron Hulen</a> (Colorado<br />State University, College of Business), <a href="http://www.sba.pdx.edu/faculty/billk/billk.htm">William Kenny</a><br />(Portland State University, School of Business<br />Administration) & <a href="http://www.montana.edu/cob/Faculty_and_Staff/bio/christensen.htm">Anne L. Christensen</a><br />(Montana State University, College of Business),<br />was originally published in the Journal of Legal Tax<br />Research in 2005.Wendy Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12108757239264778916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768128.post-71403649994416137212009-04-07T09:15:00.002-04:002009-04-07T09:21:09.474-04:00Social Networking Online & Criminal Justice<a href="http://www.llrx.com/authors/960">Ken Strutin </a>(Director of Legal Information Services at<br />the <a href="http://www.nysda.org/">New York State Defenders Association</a>) has published<br />a <a href="http://www.llrx.com/features/criminaljustice/socialnetworking.htm">new article </a>on <a href="http://www.llrx.com/">LLRX</a> that "provides a snapshot of many<br />of the novel and varied uses of social networking evidence<br />in the field of criminal justice. The resources [listed<br />in this web article] explore basic concepts about social<br />networking online, the use of materials found on profiling<br />sites for investigation and their impact on criminal litigation."Wendy Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12108757239264778916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768128.post-1496097003685693052009-04-07T08:45:00.004-04:002009-04-07T09:11:32.542-04:00Web Archive of Blawgs from the Library of CongressThe <a href="http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/lcwa/html/lawlb/lawlb-overview.html">Legal Blawgs Web Archive </a>(Library of Congress)<br />is a selective collection of authoritative sites (associated<br />with American Bar Association approved law schools,<br />research institutes, think tanks, and other expertise-<br />based organizations) that contain unique, born digital<br />content. These blogs contain journal-style entries,<br />articles and essays, discussions, and comments on<br />emerging legal issues, national and international. Sites<br />are domestic and in English, although foreign sites may<br />be included later in the duration of this project.<br /><br />I'm proud to note that Syracuse University College of<br />Law's Impunity Watch is among the international and<br />comparative law selections.<br /><br />The site may be browsed or searched.<br /><br />Hat tip to <a href="http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/lcwa/html/lawlb/lawlb-overview.html">Robert Ambrogi at LawSites</a>.Wendy Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12108757239264778916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768128.post-9068428959391670202009-04-05T18:12:00.002-04:002009-04-05T18:32:43.230-04:00Jury Finds that Ward Churchill Was Wrongfully Fired by U of ColoradoThe NY Times reports on the case <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/03/us/03churchill.html?_r=1&hp">here</a>.<br />According to the article, "the jurors found that<br />Mr. Churchill’s political views had been a 'substantial<br />or motivating' factor in his dismissal, and that the<br />university had not shown that he would have been<br />dismissed anyway." Ward Churchill, who came<br />under attack for his controversial views about the<br />Sept. 11 attacks, was dismissed in 2007 from his<br />tenured faculty position at the University of Colorado. <br /><br />University of Denver law students blog about the<br />trial and verdict on the <a href="http://www.theracetothebottom.org/ward-churchill/">Ward Churchill-</a><br /><a href="http://www.theracetothebottom.org/ward-churchill/">First Amendment Suit</a>. Read Brian Leiter's<br />2007 posts on the case <a href="http://leiterlawschool.typepad.com/leiter/2007/07/the-case-of-pro.html">here</a> and <a href="http://leiterlawschool.typepad.com/leiter/2007/08/more-on-profess.html">here</a>.Wendy Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12108757239264778916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768128.post-85273071023962261702009-04-05T17:51:00.002-04:002009-04-05T18:07:53.968-04:00The Life.com Photo ArchiveLIFE and Getty Images have collaborated to provide<br />readers with instant access to millions of photographs<br />free of charge. <a href="http://www.life.com/">LIFE.com </a>offers access to the legendary<br />LIFE and Getty photo archives as well as to more<br />than 3,000 new photographs added daily.<br /><br />You can browse broad subject categories or search the<br />site. Additional features include guest editors'<br />photo picks, an email newsletter, and a list of most popular<br />photos.<br /><br />You can link to photographs, email them to yourself<br />or others, download them as preview images (make<br />sure to read the terms of use) or share them through<br />popular social networking sites such as Facebook. All<br />photographs are for personal, non-commercial<br />use only.Wendy Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12108757239264778916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768128.post-69023350505867520792009-04-05T17:22:00.002-04:002009-04-05T17:50:48.792-04:00Watch Eric Posner & Jack Balkin on "The Politics of Emergency"<a href="http://bloggingheads.tv/">Bloggingheads.tv</a> offers an entertaining and provocative<br />split-screen streaming video - a "diavlog"- of Eric Posner<br />(Chicago) and Jack Balkin (Yale) discussing<br /><a href="http://bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/18503">The Politics of Emergency</a>. <br /><br />Topics include:<br /><br />Executive power in a time of emergency<br />Can the president change reality?<br />Obama’s political Ponzi scheme<br />Secrecy in the Obama administration<br />Jack vs. Eric: Should we fear the modern presidency?<br />Imagining an executive branch 2.0 <br /><br />Hat tip to the <a href="http://uchicagolaw.typepad.com/faculty/2009/03/video-eric-posner-and-jack-balkin-the-politics-of-emergency.html">University of Chicago Law School</a><br /><a href="http://uchicagolaw.typepad.com/faculty/2009/03/video-eric-posner-and-jack-balkin-the-politics-of-emergency.html">Faculty Blog.</a>Wendy Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12108757239264778916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768128.post-34640804127550411822009-03-30T10:33:00.003-04:002009-03-30T10:37:46.465-04:00HeinOnline Tip of the Week: How to Print a Specific Section or Document Within the Federal RegisterThe <a href="http://heinonline.blogspot.com/">HeinOnline Weblog </a>announces a useful new<br />Tip of the Week <a href="http://heinonline.blogspot.com/2009/03/heinonlines-tip-of-week-how-to-print.html">tutorial </a>on how to use the Table of<br />Contents at the beginning of the Federal Register<br />to identify where a section begins and ends (which<br />then makes it easy to print the document using<br />the custom page range printing tool).<br /><br />This step-by-step illustrated tutorial makes the<br />process clear and easy.Wendy Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12108757239264778916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768128.post-70125342727596921352009-03-30T09:18:00.003-04:002009-03-30T10:20:11.633-04:00Google Enlarges Its Search Results "Snippets" for Some SearchesGoogle <a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/two-new-improvements-to-google-results.html">has announced </a>that it will increase the length of<br />its search result "snippets" (abstracts) for more<br />complex searches.<br /><br />Why is this change useful for researchers? When you enter<br />a longer query with more than three words, regular-length<br />snippets may not give you enough information nor provide<br />a meaningful context. Now, Google will increase the number<br />of lines in the snippet to provide more information and<br />show more of the words you typed in the context of the page.<br /><br />For example, a search for "hearing impaired disability<br />employment rights Australia" now retrieves this four line<br />'snippet' that includes all of our search terms. A significant<br />term, <em>hearing impaired</em>, appears only in the last line, which<br />may have been omitted in the earlier Google results model.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#333399;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Human <span style="color:#cc0000;">Rights </span>and Equal Opportunity Commission Website</span><br /></span></strong><span style="font-size:85%;">Following <span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>Australia 's</strong></span> ratification of the Convention on 18 July, ... </span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">National Mental Health and <span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>Disability Employment</strong></span> Strategy : We have </span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">continued to .... to oversee a project examining human rights issues </span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">for <span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>hearing impaired</strong></span> and deaf ...www.hreoc.gov.au/disability_<span style="color:#000000;">rights</span>/</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">update/0808.html - 36k - </span><span style="font-size:85%;">Cached</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> - </span><span style="font-size:85%;">Similar pages</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span>Wendy Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12108757239264778916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768128.post-11292348488820604332009-03-30T09:06:00.002-04:002009-03-30T09:18:27.808-04:00New Legal Site Focuses on LGBT Community Legal Needs<a href="http://www.legalout.com/">Legalout</a> is a subscription-based online resource center that<br />provides the GLBT community with assistance in preparing<br />legal documents through an online format. Documents are<br />available on estate planning, living wills, domestic partnerships,<br />financial and health care power of attorney, co-parenting<br />agreements, and many others. In addition, the site provides<br />links and other information to support the legal needs of the<br />GLBT community.<br /><br />The first document is free, after which users can choose either<br />a monthly subscription of $19.95 or an annual subscription of<br />$119.95. There is also an option for professionals that allows<br />multiple users and additional sharing and collaboration features.<br />All subscription levels allow unlimited access to the legal documents.<br /><br />Hat tip to Robert Ambrogi on <a href="http://www.legaline.com/2009/03/new-legal-site-targets-lgbt-community.html">LawSites</a>.Wendy Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12108757239264778916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768128.post-64821440172299695982009-03-23T14:46:00.003-04:002009-03-23T14:58:23.573-04:00Webinar on "Getting Started" in HeinOnlineCould you or your students benefit from a tutorial<br />on the basics of using HeinOnline? If so, check out the<br /><a href="http://heinonline.blogspot.com/2009/03/heinonline-is-hosting.html">webinar</a> being hosted by Hein on Wednesday, April 15th<br />from 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. EST.<br /><br />The webinar (for HeinOnline subscribers)<br />will cover the following topics:<br /><p><span style="font-size:85%;">Logging in to the database and accessing the content<br />Navigating from one collection to another<br />How to navigate within the content using the interface </span></p><p><span style="font-size:85%;">How to use the Field and Advanced Search options <br />How to print/download documents<br />Where to find additional help and resources for specific collections</span></p><span style="font-size:85%;">To register, email <a href="mailto:marketing@wshein.com?subject=Please%20Register%20Me%20For%20Getting%20Started%20Webinar" target="_blank">marketing@wshein.com</a>. Please include your </span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">full name, name of your institution, and the email address to which you </span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">would like HeinOnline to send the webinar invitation. </span>Wendy Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12108757239264778916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768128.post-74741517708924820182009-03-23T14:02:00.002-04:002009-03-23T14:44:14.853-04:00Getting Serious About Research OnlineSarah Kubik (associate faculty member in visual<br />communications and design at Indiana University-<br />Purdue University) <a href="http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2009/03/20/kubik">writes </a>in Higher Ed Today<br />about the value of authoritative online research<br />sources in the evolving academic information<br />landscape.<br /><br />Kublik, who was "shocked at [a student's] apparent<br />laziness and naiveté on conducting research" when he<br />presented three website addresses as his research<br />source list, realized that students are not being trained<br />to analyze online sources and select quality information<br />because many academics dismiss Internet sources<br />out of hand. <br /><br />Kublik encourages academics to "take seriously issues related<br />to citing materials in media that didn’t exist a generation ago."<br />She advocates for recognition of online-only journals<br />(generally not peer-reviewed) that are frequently located<br />by students in web searches and cited in their research.<br />She suggests that, "while it once made sense to equate<br />print with quality, it’s time to embrace newer forms of<br />communication as valid. If they need academically<br />sound forms of verification and procedures for citation, let’s<br />get to work."<br /><br />Make sure to look at the comments following the article.<br /><br />Hat tip to Marie S. Newman at <a href="http://outofthejungle.blogspot.com/2009/03/new-research-paradigm.html">Out of the Jungle</a>.Wendy Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12108757239264778916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768128.post-33912182254494681192009-03-23T13:55:00.002-04:002009-03-23T14:02:24.432-04:00LitiLaw: Legal Article Research PortalFrom <a href="http://litilaw.lexbe.com/Free-Legal-Research-Articles-at-Litilaw-about.aspx">About LitiLaw</a>:<br /><br />A tremendous amount of high-quality legal research has<br />been written by lawyers as part of continuing legal education<br />(CLE) programs or conferences, or published in legal magazines<br />or articles...[o]ften they represent the best writing available<br />on a legal subject, but can be difficult to find.<br /><br /><a href="http://litilaw.lexbe.com/">Litilaw</a> gathers descriptions of and links to these articles and<br />organizes the articles into an easy to use searchable collection. <br />We include the title, authors, a description, the publication,<br />year published and number of pages. The collection is text-<br />searchable to allow users to find articles by applicable keywords.<br />Articles are available full-text in PDF or PPT formats. <br />Articles are categorized and organized into over 50 substantive<br />and procedural areas of law.Wendy Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12108757239264778916noreply@blogger.com