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New Procedures & FAQ’s for College Internet Access

Using a laptop or wireless device in the Law Library or on-campus? L&C Law School Computing Services has recently changed the system for logging on to the network. Find out the hows and whys at http://www.lclark.edu/dept/lawcomp/helpsheets.html

Computer Services has all sorts of helpful helpsheets, including one explaining how to print to the Boley Printer (as well as the lab or Wood hall printers), conveniently located in the library stacks.

Jay’s Trial Notebook – PBA

American Center for Law & Justice Chief Counsel Jay Sekulow is filing reports (blogging?) from the U.S. District Court in New York, which is presently hearing a challenge to the national ban on partial-birth abortion.

View the Trial Notebook. Read the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of
2003.

Source: How Appealing

Making a Case for the Open Web

This ResourceShelf post makes the important point that sometimes free or inexpensive resources on the ‘open web’ can offer “information, features, and pricing options not available on LexisNexis or Westlaw.”

Examples used are D&B, Delaware Corporate Records, the Federal Register, and GuideStar’s database of non-profit organizations. With explanations and links.

Microsoft To Offer Weblog Search Engine

Microsoft recently announced its planned news and blogs search services.

Sounds good. But ResourceShelf points out that they are far from the first to offer such services, providing links to five existing blog search tools.

Google has made a number of changes. Here are a few useful pages explaining these new tweaks, with links to try them out yourself:

ResourceShelf
- Tweaks to the Google Home Page and Other News Services
- Google Web Alerts
- Google “Personalized” Web Search

ResourceBuzz
- Google Rolls Out a New Look

ResourceBuzz
- New Google Syntax for Number Range

ResourceBuzz
- Google Alert Now Offers New Features, Case/Punctuation Filtering

Internet Archive’s 10,000th Concert Recording

The estimable Internet Archive (as talked about previously here) has just uploaded its 10,000th live concert to the Live Music Archive.

Go there to download royalty-free, no-cost digital recordings of live performances. Choose recordings by over 500 bands.

Source: Library Stuff

FindLaw.com: Number One on the Web for Information About the Law and Lawyers

This press release highlights FindLaw.com’s status as the most-visited resource for legal information.

Source: Robert Ambrogi’s LawSites

Employee Relations Law & News

Employee Relations Law & News – Legal Commentary and News about the Workplace. By Attorney J. Bryan Tuk.

Source: Netlawblog

Puzzled why people “blog”? Blogging yourself? Then go ahead and read “I’m Blogging This”: A Closer Look at Why People Blog, by Bonnie A. Nardi, Diane J. Schiano, Michelle Gumbrecht, Luke Swartz.

What motivates people to blog? Their findings include:
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WestCheck.com Due April, 2004

Westlaw has announced the impending introduction of WestCheck.com, the online version of their citation checking software.

Finally, no more messy software downloading when you wish to check the citations within your paper.

Source: LawLibTech