Extras – Finding Information on the Internet – Search Engines, Meta Sites and Directories
Finding Information on the Internet: Search Engines, Directories & Meta-Sites 
Category «Legal Technology»
Features – A Selected Review of Web Utilities for Browsing, Monitoring, Collecting and Printing Web Sites
A Selected Review of Web Utilities for Browsing, Monitoring, Collecting and Printing Web Sites By Roger Vicarius Skalbeck
Roger Vicarius Skalbeck is the Library Systems Specialist at the Washington, D.C. firm of Williams and Connolly, and is the Assistant Chair for the Web Committee of the Law Librarians’ Society of Washington, D.C. Current work activities include efforts to develop creative solutions to technology based legal research problems, from a librarian’s point of view.
Latest Links – BizInfo, etc….
(Posted November 1, 1998; Archived November 18, 1998)
BizInfo http://www.hbs.edu/applegate/bizinfo3/
This site is a guide to conducting business research on the Internet. The site was created by Kirk Goldman, a Harvard Business School Research Associate. The site is divided into thirteen categories with a fourteenth category to be added soon (Entrepreneurial Information): Company Profiles; Stock Quotes; General Business News; Newspapers & Magazines; International News; Economic Information; Investment Information; Government Information; Patents; Company Directories; Travel Information; Search Engines; and Industry Information.
Notes from the Technology Trenches – October, 1998
Notes from the Technology Trenches
By Elizabeth H. Klampert
Elizabeth H. Klampert is the Director of Library Services for the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. Ms. Klampert was formerly a litigator for five years, specializing in professional liability litigation. Before attending law school, she was a corporate librarian for twelve years, holding management positions in libraries in a number of large organizations, including Rainier National Bank in Seattle, Deloitte & Touche, and Merrill Lynch, both in New York. She received both her BA in English and MLS from the University of Washington in Seattle. She received her JD at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York.
Latest Links – Almanac of Politics, etc….
(Posted 10/15/98; Archived 11/1/98)
The Almanac of Politics and Government On-line Edition http://www.polisci.com
This site is the web version of the Almanac of Politics & Government. It provides free access to information about legislatures, agencies, and parties in the us and worldwide.
Features – Growing Your Marketing Department into a Knowledge Management Team: Aim to Hire Assets Not Overhead
Growing Your Marketing Department into a Knowledge Management Team: Aim to Hire Assets Not Overhead By Linda Sedloff Orton
Linda Sedloff Orton is president of Intelligent Marketing Solutions, Inc. a NY based marketing placement firm specializing in law firms, accounting firms and not-for-profits. She is also president for the NY Chapter of the Legal Marketing Associations. She can be reached at 212-420-9777.
Extras – Product Review: Filamentality 2.0
Product Review: Filamentality 2.0 By Linda Woods Hyman
Linda Woods Hyman started working in an academic library in 1975, earned her MLS from the University of Maryland in 1983, and since then has worked in medical, law, and public libraries. Linda is nearing completion of a second masters degree in Educational Technology at San Diego State University. Linda is currently part of a three person team creating informational and instructional Internet and Videoconferencing applications for schools, libraries and community colleges at SDSU’s Department of Educational Technology. We “fellows” have been funded by Pacific Bell Education First since March, 1995.
Extras – Product Review: SurfSaver
Product Review: SurfSaver By Susan Charkes, JD, MLS
Susan Charkes is the Systems Librarian, Dechert Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia.
Latest Links – Bookbrowse, etc….
(Posted 10/01/98; Archived 10/15/98)
Bookbrowse http://www.bookbrowse.com
If you are looking for a good source of online reviews of current fiction and nonfiction titles published and soon to be published, check this site. There are excerpts from current bestsellers plus book summaries and author biographies.
Newstand – September 1998
(Posted 09/98; Archived 10/15/98)
New York Times on the Web, 9/30/98
Nearing Deadline, Plan for Administering Internet Stumbles. With control of the Internet scheduled to be handed over to a non-profit board any day now, a critical disagreement has stalled the plan and thrown the process into disarray.