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Congressional Information Service Library Collection Updated |
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Access to the 2001 CIS (Congressional Information Service) Microfiche Library Collection is now available while searching JAC (Jenkins Automated Catalog). This update to the CIS records gives Jenkins patrons increased remote access to the full text online documents of 106th and 107th Congress. (Example: CIS 2001 H401-140). For details on searching this product, read Jenkins News. |
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Submitted by: Ida Weingram, Head of Outreach Services
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Comments (0)August 18, 2003
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Yahoo Redux |
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Did you know that Yahoo’s search page was redesigned in April? It’s now a lot cleaner, and features shorcuts to maps, weather, news, and dictionary definitions. FYI, Yahoo’s search results are provided by Google. |
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Submitted by: Nancy Garner, Head of Information & Research Services
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August 15, 2003
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The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed. |
 By The University of Chicago PressClear, concise, and replete with commonsense advice, The Chicago Manual of Style, fifteen edition, offers the wisdom of a hundred years of editorial practice while including a wealth of new topics and updated perspectives. If you work with words, whether on paper or on computer screen, The Chicago Manual of Style continues to be the one reference book you simply must have. Library Record • Borrow it • Buy it • More Titles |
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Submitted by: Malgorzata Pawska, Web Content Coordinator
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Resumes for Law Careers |
 By Editors of VGM Career BooksA strong resume can be the single most important factor in landing the best job. This essential guide identifies the key ingredients of outstanding resumes for law-career professionals to help you write a concise, stylish, and information-packed resume that will get noticed. Library Record • Borrow it • Buy it • More Titles |
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Submitted by: Malgorzata Pawska, Web Content Coordinator
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The Handbook of Law Firm Mismanagement for the 21st Century |
 By Arnold B. Kanter, Paul Hoffman (Illustrator)More competitive, more dependent on computer technology, and somehow even more stressful, the business of law in the 21st Century can now be mismanaged in more ways then ever before. And so Arnold Kanter is back with a whole new array of humorous committee meetings, memos, speeches, and consultants' reports that show lawyers the way of their errors. Library Record • Borrow it • Buy it • More Titles |
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Submitted by: Malgorzata Pawska, Web Content Coordinator
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The Practice of Law School: Getting In and Making the Most of Your Legal Education |
 By Christen Civiletto Carey, Kristen David AdamsFind out what to expect, how to succeed at every stage, and how to make your law school experience fulfilling and relevant to your development as a lawyer. Library Record • Borrow it • Buy it • More Titles |
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Submitted by: Malgorzata Pawska, Web Content Coordinator
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The Taft Court: Justices, Rulings, And Legacy |
 By Peter G. RenstromThis book is an authoritative survey of the Taft Court and the impact it had on the U.S. legal system, social order, economics, and politics. The work offers discussions and evaluations of each justice of the Court and provides comprehensive coverage of all Court's major decisions as well as an analysis of the Court's impact on U.S. constitutional law. Library Record • Borrow it • Buy it • More Titles |
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Submitted by: Malgorzata Pawska, Web Content Coordinator
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August 14, 2003
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New Electronic Resource Available at Jenkins |
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Need to find news articles? Come to Jenkins and access NewsBank. This service offers full-text searching of over 460 newspapers from across the United States.Years of coverage vary by title, but most date back at least twenty years and are updated daily. Popular titles include:
NewsBank is available on our public access workstations in the reference room. For questions, contact Reference at: 215.574.1505. |
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Submitted by: Ida Weingram, Head of Outreach Services
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