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The Government Domain: Testing the THOMAS Beta

Mon, 15 Jan 2007 01:00:00 -0700

Peggy Garvin runs the THOMAS beta test site through its paces, evaluating the new search engine and enhanced navigations features, accompanied by screen shots.

The Impact of Social Networking Tools and Guidelines to Use Them

Mon, 15 Jan 2007 01:00:00 -0700

LaJean Humphries identifies the wide range of social networking sites with which researchers should be knowlegeable, and addresses legal, privacy and ethical concerns associated with their use. She also provides a bibliography of books, articles and reports that focus on the impact of social networking applications.

Deep Web Research 2007

Sun, 17 Dec 2006 01:00:00 -0700

Marcus P. Zillman's bibliographic guide highlights resources that focus on the history of deep web research, as well as dozens of topical sources that will contribute to your search and research efforts, through a range of respositories of valuable data, reports and scholarly literature.

The Government Domain: A Cornucopia of Government Search Engines

Wed, 22 Nov 2006 19:31:54 -0700

Peggy Garvin's column compares and contrasts the features of FirstGov Search, Google Government Search and GovMine.

Features - It’s Not Rocket Science: Making Sense of Scientific Evidence

Fri, 03 Nov 2006 17:48:04 -0700

It's Not Rocket Science: Making Sense of Scientific Evidence

By Paul Barron

Paul Barron is the Director of the Library and Archives at the George C. Marshall Foundation in Lexington, Virginia. This is a revised version of an article published in the Virginia Lawyer in December 2005^[1]

Features - The Google Library Project: The Copyright Debate

Sat, 10 Jun 2006 02:23:00 -0700

The Google Library Project: The Copyright Debate

American Library Association, Office for Information Technology Policy Brief, January 2006

By Jonathan Band

Gumshoe Librarian 2006

Tue, 06 Jun 2006 17:34:02 -0700

Barbara Fullerton and Sabrina I. Pacifici recommend 70 sites whose content and features will enhance your research on subjects that include: news, people finders, U.S. and international competitive intelligence data, state and federal government resources, cybersecurity, blogs, health, finance, locating audio, music and videos online, and accessing open source scholarly literature.

Indecisive Decision: An Examination of the Greenberg and Faulkner Cases and their Impact on Libraries

Tue, 06 Jun 2006 16:27:17 -0700

Sharon Whitfield examines the conflicting decisions made by the Eleventh Circuit Court in the case of Greenberg v. National Geographic and the Second Circuit Court in the case of Faulkner v. National Geographic and the impact that these court decisions may have on libraries that are looking to reformat their copyrighted material into digital media.

Faulkner's Practical Web Strategies for Attorneys - Maximize Your Browsing Experience: Toolbars, Bookmarklets, and Extensions

Sat, 22 Apr 2006 00:44:26 -0700

Frederick L. Faulkner IV recommends a range of applications, easy to install and use, that extend the versatility and enhance the value of your browsing experience as you search the web throughout the course of the day.

The Government Domain: New GPO Catalog of Government Publications

Wed, 15 Mar 2006 01:19:05 -0700

Peggy Garvin reviews the new searchable catalog of current and historical federal congressional, executive, and judicial publications that are in print, electronic, and other formats.

Faulkner's Practical Web Strategies for Attorneys: I'll Take My Legal News to Go Please - A Intro to Podcasting

Wed, 15 Mar 2006 01:17:58 -0700

Frederick L. Faulkner IV explains the basics of podcasting, its future role as a platform for CLE credits, and tools for locating, subscribing to and downloading podcasts. He also highlights the work of lawyers who are pioneering the delivery of content using this application.

Features - Are You Ready for Local Search?

Sat, 17 Dec 2005 00:11:38 -0700

Are You Ready for Local Search?

By Frederick L. Faulkner IV

Frederick L. Faulkner IV is the Webmaster for the American Bar Association. Fred writes about the convergence of Internet technology and how it integrates into business and marketing on his website.

Features - The Authors Guild v. The Google Print Library Project

Sat, 15 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0700

The Authors Guild v. The Google Print Library Project

By Jonathan Band

The Government Domain: New Tools For Government Research

Sun, 15 May 2005 00:00:00 -0700

The Government Domain

The Government Domain: Why Google Uncle Sam?

Sun, 13 Feb 2005 01:00:00 -0700

The Government Domain