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5/9 2013

Jenkins On Your Desktop: Restatements on HeinOnline

Use HeinOnline to find ALI's Restatements of the Law.
5/7 2013

Summer Associate Orientation

At Jenkins we want to partner with you to help your summer associates get the most out of their time at your firm. Our 60-minute orientation session will introduce them to the wealth of legal materials available in our facility and from our website.
4/25 2013

Jenkins On Your Desktop: Pennsylvania Legislative Histories

Our Pennsylvania Legislative Histories database now has over 1200 histories!
4/11 2013

Jenkins On Your Desktop: Pennsylvania Session Laws on HeinOnline

Find Pennsylvania Session Laws going back to 1700 on HeinOnline.
4/4 2013

New Resource Guide Now Available: Securities Law

Check out our new Securities Law Resource Guide which covers primary and secondary resources useful for researching securities law.
4/1 2013

Phone Problems

We're experiencing problems with incoming calls this morning (April 1 - no joke). Email/chat is your best alternative. We'll advise when the situation is back to normal. Thanks for your patience.
3/28 2013

Jenkins On Your Desktop: Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News on NewsBank

Use NewsBank to find local newspapers back to the 1980s.
3/14 2013

Jenkins On Your Desktop: Journals about Women and the Law on HeinOnline

Celebrate Women's History Month with journals about women and the law on HeinOnline.
3/7 2013

Email and download options now available on WestlawNext

Use any library Westlaw computer to email or download documents from WestlawNext.
2/28 2013

Jenkins On Your Desktop: NPR Podcasts on General OneFile

Use General OneFile to access NPR Podcasts.
2/21 2013

Accessing Pennsylvania Committee Reports and Hearings

Find out how to locate Pennsylvania Committee Reports and Hearings
2/19 2013

Jenkins Law Library Video Tip (Episode 201304): Firefox v.19

Firefox version 19, released on February 19, features a native PDF viewer. You can now choose between the Firefox PDF viewer or the Adobe Acrobat plug-in. Ultimately, your decision is going to based on which one you're the most comfortable with.
2/14 2013

Jenkins On Your Desktop: Presidential Documents on HeinOnline

Use HeinOnline to find documents written by or about the presidents, from George Washington to Barack Obama.
2/8 2013

Jenkins Law Library Video Tip (Episode 201303): More On Disabling Java In Your Browser

More on disabling Java in your browser, including what happens when you visit a site that requires Java, problems with Internet Explorer and Java, and more.
2/4 2013

Jenkins Law Library Video Tip (Episode 201302): Disabling Java In Your Browser

Java is a big security problem. Its installer will also copy unwanted software onto your PC if you're not paying attention. This video shows you how to disable Java in the Firefox and Google Chrome browsers so that you can plug a big security hole.
1/31 2013

Jenkins On Your Desktop: Attorney General Materials on HeinOnline

Find attorney general reports and opinions from all 50 states on HeinOnline.
1/24 2013

New Resource Guide Now Available: Expert Witnesses

Want to know where to start when looking into an expert witness? Check out our new resource guide.
1/14 2013

Jenkins Law Library Video Tip (Episode 201301): Google Docs Conversions

If you've uploaded a file to Google Drive in a proprietary format you won't be able to edit it online. You don't have to re-upload it and convert it to Google Docs format. Simply right-click on the file, select "Open With", and choose the Google format.
1/2 2013

Tip of the Week (Episode 201253): 2012's Most Popular Tip

Encore performance of 2012's most-viewed tip: Hybrid Search Engines.
12/27 2012

Important Changes to Filing in Commonwealth Court

Effective December 31, 2012 the Commonwealth Court Philadelphia filing office in the Widener Building will permanently close.
12/26 2012

Tip of the Week (Episode 201252): Fastcase Search Engine Changes

Fastcase has made changes to its search engine on the Boolean search page including an internal wildcard and unlimited maximum results (which clears up an issue with incorrect citation counts). Booleans, proximity and nesting also now play better together.
12/18 2012

Tip of the Week (Episode 201251): Shortening Gmail Message Threads

If you want to shorten your Gmail message thread, simply highlight the portion of the email you want to include in your response. The rest of the text of the original email will be dropped.
12/11 2012

Tip of the Week (Episode 201250): Time Is On Your Side

Limit your searches by date in Google, Gmail, and Jenkins members-only database NewsBank.
12/4 2012

Tip of the Week (Episode 201249): Chrome Browser and Website Permissions

Google Chrome version 23, released during the first full week of November, now lets you set permissions for individual Websites by clicking on the address bar. While you're at it, you can see if your connection to the Website is encrypted or not, too.
11/27 2012

Tip of the Week (Episode 201248): Spinelli's Law Library Reference Shelf

HeinOnline’s new library, Spinelli's Law Library Reference Shelf, was compiled by Dick Spinelli, a legend in legal information. It has something for practicing attorneys, legal researchers, legal historians, law school professors, and law librarians.