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Internet Librarian to Present |
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Where: PBI/PBEC Education Center When: Monday, August 25, 2003 Jenkins’ Internet Librarian, Dan Giancaterino, is scheduled to present at the Basic Law Office Skills seminar this month. Dan’s 1-hour presentation, entitled Developing a Web Toolbox, will explore 12 Web sites, including Google, Daypop and Cornell’s Legal Information Institute, that are a “must” for a lawyer’s Web toolbox. Don’t miss this opportunity to sharpen your Internet research skills and earn CLE credits. For more information, and to register online, please visit the PBI’s Web site, or call 800.247.4724. |
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Submitted by: Ida Weingram, Head of Outreach Services
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Comments (0)July 21, 2003
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Are You Pinging Me? |
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Do you use AOL Instant Messenger? You may be interested in The Wall Street Journal’s headline news service. Simply send an IM to “WSJOnline” and you’ll get continually updated headlines. Access to in-depth content requires a subscription to either the print or online versions of the WSJ. |
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Submitted by: Nancy Garner, Head of Information & Research Services
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July 15, 2003
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Roget’s International Thesaurus 6th ed. |
 By Barbara Ann Kipfer, ed.This revised and updated sixth edition features thousands of new words and phrases, including the newest slang words and expressions that color and inform everyday language. Library Record • Borrow it • Buy it • More Titles |
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Submitted by: Malgorzata Pawska, Web Content Coordinator
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Legally Speaking: 40 Powerful Presentation Principles Lawyers Need to Know |
 By David J. DempseyLegally Speaking arms attorneys with techniques that will improve any presentation–in the courtroom, the boardroom, or the convention hall. It provides an extensive bibliography of books, Web sites, and other sources of material essential to an effective presentation. All the critical steps to building and delivering a dynamic presentation are shared through Dempsey's personal anecdotes and engaging style. Library Record • Borrow it • Buy it • More Titles |
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Submitted by: Malgorzata Pawska, Web Content Coordinator
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The Living Trust: The Failproof Way to Pass Along Your Estate to Your Heirs |
 By Henry W. AbtsIn The Living Trust, noted living trust authority Henry Abts presents a simple, inexpensive legal alternative that eliminates the costs and delays of probate and ensures that your loved ones will receive their inheritance promptly and exactly as you intended. Library Record • Borrow it • Buy it • More Titles |
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Submitted by: Malgorzata Pawska, Web Content Coordinator
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The Lawyer’s Guide to Writing Well |
 By Tom Goldstein, Jethro K. LiebermanThis book examines the most common usage and style mistakes which make legal writing one of the most criticized forms of technical writing. Included in the book are over 70 pointed quotations about legal writing and a glossary summarizing all the principles outlined in the book. Library Record • Borrow it • Buy it • More Titles |
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Submitted by: Malgorzata Pawska, Web Content Coordinator
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Aila’s Asylum Primer 3rd |
 By Regina GermainAILA’s Asylum Primer provides practical, interpretive guidance to those representing asylum seekers. Intended for everyone from attorneys to government officials, from law professors to law students, from nonprofit organizations to asylum seekers themselves, AILA’s Asylum Primer will help you understand and resolve critical asylum issues and provide answers to help you through the asylum process–from the first meeting until you close the case. Library Record • Borrow it • Buy it • More Titles |
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Submitted by: Malgorzata Pawska, Web Content Coordinator
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July 14, 2003
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PBI Seminars on Audiocassette |
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Are you spending long hours commuting? Fill the time by listening to PBI’s seminars which are available on audiocassettes at Jenkins. Some of our recent acquisitions include:
For other audiocassette titles related to your area of specialty search JAC by subject and on your results page click Limit Search, to limit your results to records located in Audiocassettes. |
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Submitted by: Ida Weingram, Head of Outreach Services
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July 7, 2003
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Easy as Ein, Zwein, Drei |
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Need a company’s employer tax identification number (EIN)? Search FreeERISA’s database of over 4 million companies. |
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Submitted by: Nancy Garner, Head of Information & Research Services
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