Category «Product Reviews»

Notes from the Technology Trenches – The CueCat Conflict; Shopping & Browsing by Bar Code; WC3's HTML Tidy for Cleaning Up Code

Roger Skalbeck is the Technology Services Librarian and Webmaster at George Mason University School of Law in Virginia, and he is a web committee member for the Law Librarians’ Society of Washington, D.C. Opinions expressed in this column do not necessarily reflect those of his employer or any other organization. This column, of course, is 100% free of any legal advice.

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Subjects: Notes from the Technology Trenches, Product Reviews, Technology Trends

Notes from the Technology Trenches – Full-Text Docket Searching and Advanced Criminal Docket Research from MarketSpan; SurfSaver 2.0 from askSam

Roger Skalbeck is the Electronic Initiatives Librarian at Howrey & Simon in Washington, D.C., and is the Web Master of the Law Librarians’ Society of Washington, D.C. 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.

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Subjects: Court Resources, Notes from the Technology Trenches, Product Reviews, Technology Trends, Web Utilities

ResearchWire – A Review of Flyswat

ResearchWire A Review of Flyswat By Diana Botluk

Diana Botluk is a reference librarian at the Judge Kathryn J. DuFour Law Library at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., and is the author of the The Legal List: Research on the Internet . She teaches legal research at CAPCON , Catholic University Law School , and the University of Maryland . Take a class with Diana! Here’s how…

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Subjects: Product Reviews, ResearchWire

Notes from the Technology Trenches – An impressive “instant information service” software tool

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 Librarians’ 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.

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Subjects: Notes from the Technology Trenches, Product Reviews, Technology Trends, Web Utilities

Features – A Review of West’s Intranet ToolKit

A Review of West’s Intranet Toolkit By Susan Charkes

Susan Charkes is the Systems Librarian for Dechert Price & Rhoads in Philadelphia. Ms. Charkes practiced law in New York City for 7 years before becoming involved in the information professions. She has held positions in technology consulting and electronic publishing, as well as in corporate information services for Warner-Lambert Co. and other organizations. She received a BA in English from The University of Chicago, a JD from Columbia University and an MLS from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Ms. Charkes is Director/Web Manager of the Philadelphia Chapter of Special Libraries Association.

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Subjects: Features, Intranets, Product Reviews, Westlaw
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