June 1998
Information Outlook, June 1998
Librarians in Evolving Corporate Roles, p.27. Librarian, cybrarian, or knowledge manager? Titles have shifted in response to the evolution and expansion of skills, responsibilities and challenges posed by the digital era.
(Posted June 15, 1998; Archived July 1, 1998)
bankinfo.com http://www.bankinfo.com
This site is a source for a wealth of banking information. There are links to financial institutions on the Web, a Year 2000 Watch, links to regulations, a regulatory review, a court watch, a searchable e-mail directory, banking listservs, quick links to other relevant banking sites, statistics at a glance and much more.
Client Centered Web Sites By Jerry Lawson
Jerry Lawson is an Internet consultant for attorneys and designer of the Internet Tools for Attorneys Web site, http://www.netlawtools.com.
(Posted June 1st, 1998; Archived June 15th, 1998)
Fed In Print http://206.79.163.3/library/index.htm
This is database of all Federal Reserve System Economic research. It was developed by the FRB of San Francisco. You can search by keyword in the title, subject and abstract, title word search, author, or publication year. Some documents are offered in full-text format while others must be ordered from the publishing institution in print.
ResearchWire Search Engines Compared: Which is Right for You? By Diana Botluk
The most recent version of this article is available at //www.llrx.com/features/engine3.htm. You will be automatically redirected to that page shortly.
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.
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)
(Posted May 15, 1998; Archived June 1, 1998)
Symbols.com http://www.symbols.com/
Symbols.Com is the online version of Carl G. Liungman’s Thought Signs. It claims to be the world’s largest online encyclopedia of graphic symbols containing more than 2,500 Western signs arranged in 54 groups by their graphic characteristics. There are two indices by which you can search. Use the Graphic index to search for the meaning or history of a sign. To use this index, you must enter the symbol’s characteristics. There is a good help section to assist you with describing the characteristics. Use the Word index to search for a symbol by its meaning. The meanings are arranged alphabetically.
Cataloging Internet Resources: “Don’t Worry. It’s Easier than Rocket Science.” By Joni Lynn Cassidy President, Cassidy Cataloguing Services, Inc.
Joni Lynn Cassidy is President/Co-owner/Founder of Cassidy Cataloguing Services, Inc., a small quality-driven company providing contract cataloguing and technical services to law firm, bar association, corporate and special libraries throughout the U.S. and Europe. She founded Cassidy Cataloguing in 1985 and was joined full-time by her “computer wiz” husband, Michael, in 1988. A professional and support staff of 12 serves 75 libraries. Recent projects include the reclassification of the Lillian Goldman Law Library at Yale Law School to Library of Congress classification. Cassidy Cataloging Services, Inc. is proud to be unveiling a new service: MOLEhill ’98. MOLEhill ’98 will provide libraries with reasonably-priced desktop access to their online public access catalog (OPAC) via the Internet. Contact Joni Cassidy at [email protected] or 973-481-0900, for more information.
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.