Features – A New Choice for Public Records: DBT’s AutoTrak Plus
A New Choice for Public Records: DBT’s AutoTrack Plus By Sue Taylor Reference Librarian Katten Muchin & Zavis, Los Angeles
(Posted May 15, 1998; Archived June 15, 1998)
Newstand – May 1998
May 1998
The Sidebar – Frauds Hoaxes Myths and Chain Letters or What’s This Doing in My E-Mail Box, p. 50. Don’t be taken in by Internet hoaxes. This article will tell you how to tell fact from fiction.
Guide on the Side – Getting Proposals Accepted Within Your Organization
Guide on the Side Getting Proposals Accepted Within Your Organization By Marie Wallace
Marie Wallace has enjoyed a fulfilling career as a librarian, beginning in 1951 in academia with the University of California and transitioning in 1971 into the private law library world until her 1995 retirement from O’Melveny & Myers. She is the 1997 recipient of the American Association of Law Libraries’ highest honor, the Marian Gould Gallagher Distinguished Service Award. Throughout her professional life, Marie has been a guiding force in the Southern California Association of Law Libraries, Practising Law Institute’s programs for law librarians and Teaching Legal Research in Private Law Libraries (TRIPLL).
ResearchWire – Searching on the Web: Adventure an Abyss
ResearchWire Searching on the Web: Adventure an Abyss By Genie Tyburski
Genie Tyburski is the Research Librarian for Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the editor of The Virtual Chase:TM A Research Site for Legal Professionals .
Latest Links – Agency FOIA Sites, etc….
(Posted May 1, 1998; Archived May 15, 1998)
Agency FOIA Sites http://www.citizen.org/public_citizen/litigation/foic/foiasite.html
This site offers links to several U.S. government agency FOIA web pages some agency FOIA reports.
Features – Thinking About Linking, Part II: Can Law Accommodate the
Thinking About Linking Part II Can Law Accommodate the Power of the Internet to Share Information? By Bradley J. Hillis
Bradley J. Hillis is a member of the Washington state bar, and the author of “Internet Experiments in Electronic CourtFiling,” “Considerations When Placing Court Opinions on the Internet,” and “Legal Research on the Internet: A Simple, How To Guide.” He lives in Bellevue, Washington, and is a legal analyst for the Office of the Administrator for the Courts.
Extras – What’s Wrong and What’s Right With Pacer
What’s Wrong & What’s Right with PACER A Cry for Help Carl Oppedahl’s Response Joann Howard Swanson’s Response
Features – The Little Browser That Could: A Review of Opera
The Little Browser that Could: A Review of Opera By Mark P. Albright
Mark P. Albright maintains a solo practice in Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., emphasizing employment law compliance and litigation from an employer perspective, as well as consultation and litigation of computer and technology, real estate, Orphans Court, and general commercial disputes. He has chaired the Law Day Committee of both the Lehigh and Berks County (PA) Bar Associations and served as a lecturer for both organizations on the Internet and other topics. He has also served as a statewide lecturer for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute on “The Internet for Pennsylvania Lawyers.” In addition to participating in the Donald E. Wieand, Sr. American Inn of Court, and authoring a weekly column in his local bar association’s law journal, Mr. Albright has served as a beta tester for Websites of the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts and PaLawNet. He received his J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law and his A.B. from Albright College (Reading, PA), summa cum laude.
Latest Links – Center for Latin American Capital Markets, etc….
(Posted April 16, 1998; Archived May 1, 1998)
Center for Latin American Capital Markets http://www.netrus.net/users/gmorles/index.html
This site has five sections: Exchanges and quotes which provides links to all the stock exchanges in the region that have a Website; Research which provides access to original research and the site’s complete database of quotes on the major markets and links to other research tools; General Economic Data which provides links to original sources of relevant economic data; Country News which has the site’s weekly newsletter Latin.Net and other local sources of news; and What’s new which is a historical archive of changes to the site.
Newstand – April 1998
April 1998
Feds in a Web World: Public Domain v. Copyright, p. 35. Should government generated databases reside in the public domain? The pros and cons are discussed. Don’t miss the sidebar defining the “Can’s, Cannots’, Maybe’s, and Should’s” when it comes to copying government produced electronic information.