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Pennsylvania Environmental Law Handbook |
 By John MattioniPennsylvania Environmental Law Handbook, Sixth Edition focuses on Pennsylvania environmental law including its statutes, regulations, informal guidance, and common law developments as reflected by administrative and Court decisions. Also included are those areas with an impact on Pennsylvania business over which the federal government retains primary responsibility or that closely interact with or supplement state programs. Library Record • Borrow it • Buy it • More Titles |
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Submitted by: Malgorzata Pawska, Web Content Coordinator
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Comments (0)October 25, 2005
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Heads Up! Google Base is Coming |
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Talk today is focusing on Google Base, which — according to a screen shot I’ve seen — will be:
Hmmm. The “Trust Us, We’re Smarter Than You” folks are letting the masses tinker with their algorithm by tagging. What’s the world coming to? Google Base’s supposed to launch this afternoon. As I write this (2:15 pm), the URL base.google.com returns an HTTP Error 403 (Forbidden) page. UPDATE #1: At 3:30 pm the Wall Street Journal reports that “Google is testing a new service called Google Base that could be used for classified ads, putting the search giant squarely in competition with eBay.” (Subscription required to get the full text of the article.) UPDATE #2: John Markoff in Wednesday’s NY Times reports (registration required) that Google Base was “accidentally made public” yesterday and that Google “took down the test site and replaced the page with a “403″ forbidden-access response.” He also goes on to say that discovery of Google Base “drove eBay’s stock down about 5 percent at points during the day.” |
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Internet Librarian
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Digital Divide Doesn’t Deepen |
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Today the NY Times reported on the results of a recent study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. Summary findings include:
Here’s a great quote:
The Times article is available here (registration required.) The Pew report (17 page PDF) is available here. |
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Internet Librarian
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October 24, 2005
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Trial Evidence |
 By Thomas A. A. Mauet, Warren D. WolfsonDrawing on a wealth of experience in the courtroom, the authors reveal effective trial strategy by viewing evidentiary issues from the perspective of the trial judge. Trial Evidence, now in its Third Edition, offers both an accessible and penetrating examination of how evidentiary issues arise before and during trial. Library Record • Borrow it • Buy it • More Titles |
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Submitted by: Malgorzata Pawska, Web Content Coordinator
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October 20, 2005
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Google Helps Librarians |
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Google has just announced a new service just for librarians - Google Librarian Center. Librarians can now join a Google Group just for them. Members of this group will receive a quarterly newsletter that will include Google tips, information on Google features and other library related information. |
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Submitted by: Nicole Engard, Former Web Manager
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October 19, 2005
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Handy RSS Tool |
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Tired of visiting all of your favorite News sites every day? Wish you could read them all in one place? Well thanks to Steve Rubel (author of Micro Persuasion) I have found the perfect site. FeedShake.com! FeedShake allows you to put all of your favorite news RSS feeds together into one RSS feed. Then you can plug your combined feed into your News Reader and you’re set to go! But that’s not all! (Can you tell I’m excited about this new tool?) You can also filter out unwanted news from your feeds. Say you want to subscribe to the Jenkins Blog, but you’re not interested in Business related topics. You can enter the RSS URL (http://feeds.feedburner.com/jenkinsblog) for our Blog and then filter out the word “business”. Read Steve Rubel’s Ten RSS Hacks for more neat tips. |
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Submitted by: Nicole Engard, Former Web Manager
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October 18, 2005
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Healthline |
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Tip of the hat to Chris Sherman, Associate Editor of SearchEngineWatch, who reported yesterday on Healthline, a specialized search engine that focuses exclusively on reliable, doctor-reviewed information. Sherman reminds us that more Americans search for health care information than make doctor visits each day (Pew Internet Project report). Using Healthline as your medical search engine can ensure that the information that you find is reputable, reliable, and not based on quackery. When you search using "lay terms", Healthline translates your search terms into the appropriate medical terms and returns with relevant medical information. If you would rather browse for information, Healthline offers more than 200 "channels" that focus on a particular health topic. Check it out. For Chris’s full article, see Curing Medical Information Disorder. |
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Submitted by: Alice McCreary, Reference Librarian
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October 17, 2005
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Cross-Marketing’s Not Such a Bad Thing … |
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… When it’s about you. Check out today’s Jenkins News for info about my spot on the Michael Smerconish radio show discussing Web privacy, access to public records, and more. Audio of the show is coming. Stay tuned (snicker snicker.) |
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Internet Librarian
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Don’t be speechless! |
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Want to quote a speech in your oral argument or brief, but don’t know where to find it? Go to American Rhetoric, an online speech bank of over 5000 documents. |
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Submitted by: Nancy Garner, Head of Information & Research Services
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Trials: Strategy, Skills, and the New Power of Persuasion |
 By Thomas A. MauetDesigned for experienced practitioners and law students alike, this text examines the psychology of persuasion and its application in a trial setting. Mauet (law, University of Arizona) organizes the book around the phases of a jury trial in presenting a methodology for the creation of trial strategy and courtroom ability. Library Record • Borrow it • Buy it • More Titles |
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Submitted by: Malgorzata Pawska, Web Content Coordinator
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