| Summer Associates Orientation — All Aboard the Jenkins Information Express |
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Send your Summer Associates on a whirlwind tour of our newly renovated library. They will be introduced to the library’s numerous print and online resources, the research links accessible from our web site and the member services available at their desktop. The departure times are 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. on the following days unless otherwise indicated:
Contact Sylvia Knight at 215-574-7905 or sknight@jenkinslaw.org to reserve a time for your associates. |
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Submitted by: Ida Weingram, Head of Outreach Services
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Comments (0)April 27, 2005
| Yahoo My Web Enhanced |
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Today Yahoo added 2 enhancements to its My Web search service. You can now save cached copies (called “My Saved Copy”) of Web pages. (If you download and install the enhanced v6.0 beta Yahoo toolbar, you can save a cached copy of any page you view by clicking on the “Save to My Web” button.) You can also now view your search history. I’ve been experimenting with My Web for a few weeks now, to see if I want to migrate all my IE Favorites to it, and it’s beginning to grow on me. But I’ve got to nitpick. My Web definitely acts like a beta product. Some options don’t work right the first time (it took me 3 tries to edit a note for a saved Web site) and some don’t work at all (I can’t import my IE Favorites, the thing I really want to do.) I tried to create more than one “My Saved Copy” for a site (sort of like my own personal Internet Archive) but My Web wouldn’t let me. And the “search history” is really a “viewed history” — unless you click on a hit from your search, it won’t show up on the list. I really like the Yahoo toolbar — I already used it a lot for the OCLC WorldCat search option. The “Save to My Web” button is a great addition to the toolbar. |
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Education Services Manager
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April 25, 2005
| Uh-Oh |
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Education Services Manager
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Here’s what I saw this morning when I typed that famous URL beginning with “G”. (Note the “Sign In” link in the upper right-hand corner.)Now I know this occurred because I have a Gmail account and Google wants me to use their new My Search History (Beta) feature. But having the words “Google” and “Sign In” on the same page just makes me uneasy.| Practical Jury Dynamics |
 By Dr. SunwolfPractical Jury Dynamics reveals the colorful, real-world dynamics of people who are unexpectedly called to jury duty. This book uniquely takes both a “why” and “how-to” approach, presenting jury research and other interdisciplinary findings that both implicitly and explicitly suggest ways to more persuasively communicate with jurors. Library Record • Borrow it • Buy it • More Titles |
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Submitted by: Malgorzata Pawska, Digital Content Coordinator
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| Seven Steps to Voir Dire, DVD |
 By Gerry SpenceGerry Spence reveals the seven steps of Voir Dire taught at the Trial Lawyers College in Dubois, Wyoming. Now you can learn Spence's secrets and learn from his demonstration of voir dire on a number of issues. Library Record • Borrow it • Buy it • More Titles |
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Submitted by: Malgorzata Pawska, Digital Content Coordinator
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April 21, 2005
| LexisNexis Update |
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I haven’t been paying enough attention to LexisNexis’ free sites lately. It finally dawned on me that even though lexisONE says “Free Case Law (5 years only)” as big as life, I’m still able to retrieve cases prior to the year 2000. So I did some testing and determined that PA state coverage begins in January 1995 and 3rd Circuit cases start in January 1996. I didn’t test other state or Circuit courts, but I’m confident their coverage goes back into the ’90s as well. LexisNexis Ala Carte has been unavailable for (I think) the last 2 weeks or so. The message you see is “The site is temporarily unavailable while we resolve a technical issue.” In the meantime, they give you the choice of using LexisNexis by Credit Card, which looks a lot like LN Ala Carte, but won’t let me search until I establish an account with a credit card number. |
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Education Services Manager
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April 20, 2005
| If You Don’t Think Search Engine Personalization is Hot |
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Think again. Today Google unveiled My Search History, available from the Google Labs page. Google’s a little late to the dance on this one. Amazon’s A9 and My Yahoo Search — which I actually kind of like — have been around for awhile. |
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Education Services Manager
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April 18, 2005
| Google.org |
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That’s right, .org. That’s the URL for the future site of Google’s “philanthropic arm.” Not too much information available right now, but that will probably change soon. Time to plug WHOIS search. If you haven’t used WHOIS yet, you should check it out. You can do some interesting competitive intelligence with WHOIS. For example, why did Google register gbrowser.com? |
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Education Services Manager
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| Standard of Care |
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Looking for standard of care type information? Go to the National Guideline Clearinghouse for a comprehensive database of evidence based clinical practice guidelines. |
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Submitted by: Jenny Hohenstein, Research Services Manager
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| The Amicus Brief: How to Be a Good Friend of the Court, 2nd |
 By Reagan Wm. Simpson, Mary R. VasalyThis new publication provides information on writing and understanding amicus briefs. Topics range from how frequently amicus briefs are filed to how to file and respond to an amicus brief. This book provides practical suggestions on all aspects of amicus practice and more. Library Record • Borrow it • Buy it • More Titles |
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Submitted by: Malgorzata Pawska, Digital Content Coordinator
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