Category «Columns»
Newstand – September 1999
Subjects: News (Newstand), Newstand
Reference from Coast to Coast – Finding Industry Information
Reference from Coast to Coast: Searches and Strategies By Pam LaMarca
Pam LaMarca is a research librarian in the Business Information Center of William Blair & Company, a Chicago investment bank. Previously, she was a reference librarian for five years in the Katten Muchin & Zavis Chicago library.
Notes from the Technology Trenches – September, 1999
Notes from the Technology Trenches By Roger Skalbeck
Roger Skalbeck is the Electronic Initiatives Librarian at Howrey & Simon in Washington, D.C., and is the Web Master of the Law Librarian’s Society of Washington, D.C. Current work activities cover myriad aspects of electronic research resource evaluation, intranet content development, as well as research and technology training, all from a librarian’s point of view. This column reflects the personal views of the author, which are not necessarily those of his employer or any other organization. This column, of course, is 100% free of any legal advice.
CongressLine – Online Privacy at the Crossroads: Where do we go from here?
Hearings
In July, members of the Federal Trade Commission and industry appeared before the subcommittee on Telecommunications Trade and Consumer Protection of the House committee on Commerce
Latest Links – American Translator’s Assoc. Translation Services Directory…
(Published September 15, 1999; Archived October 1, 1999)
American Translators Association Translation Services Directory http://www.americantranslators.org/tsd_listings/
This directory may be searched by last name, translators (by language combination, by subject expertise), interpreters (by language combination at a minimum), and advanced search. ATA accredited translators and interpreters are noted and information concerning the ATA accreditation is provided. Some of the information provided about translators is name address, phone, fax, e-mail, services, education, experience, areas of specialization, native language, language combinations, and ATA information. Advanced search allows you to select some of these fields to narrow your search.
Extras – Product Review: Westlaw Find & Print 3.2 for Windows
Product Review: Westlaw Find & Print 3.2 for Windows By Susan Charkes
Susan Charkes is the Systems Librarian for the Dechert Price & Rhoads in Philadelphia, PA.
Extras – Internet Roundtable #3 : A Continuing Discussion of Law Firm Marketing on the Internet – Is a “bad” law firm Web page b
The Internet Roundtable #3 A Continuing Discussion of Law Firm Marketing On the Internet By Jerry Lawson, Brenda Howard and Dennis Kennedy
Jerry Lawson is the author of The Complete Internet Handbook for Lawyers (ABA 1999). Mr. Lawson operates the Internet Tools for Lawyers Web site.
ResearchWire – High Hopes for Newer Search Technologies
ResearchWire High Hopes for Newer Search Technologies By Genie Tyburski
Genie Tyburski is the Research Librarian for Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP and the Web Manager of The Virtual Chase: A Research Site for Legal Professionals .
Latest Links – The BigHub Mega Search…
(Published September 1, 1999; Archived September 15, 1999)
The BigHub Mega Search http://www.thebighub.com
Formerly iSleuth, the BigHub Mega Search is a metasearch engine which allows the user to search Yahoo, AltaVista, InfoSeek, Excite, Webcrawler, Lycos, HotBot, Ask Jeeves, and AltaVista news groups simultaneously.