| Criminal Law Handbook: Know Your Rights, Survive the System |
 By Paul Bergman, Sara J. Berman-BarrettAn excellent and balanced guide to the state court criminal justice process, this book does not detail the differences of being charged in federal court, such as federal sentencing guidelines. Authors Bergman and Berman-Barrett, also a criminal attorney, use a question-and-answer format to cover cases from police investigations through appeals. The book is not intended to replace legal advice, and the authors stress the importance of obtaining representation. Library Record • Borrow it • Buy it • More Titles |
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Submitted by: Malgorzata Pawska, Digital Content Coordinator
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Comments (0)December 27, 2007
| A word about our WordPress |
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Anyway, I’m the type who likes to know what goes on behind-the-scenes so let me share a few technical things about our installation of WordPress. I had initially thought that incorporating WordPress into our current site design would be the most difficult task. However, after dumping the contents of the old Jenkins Webblits (our homegrown blog) into the new software, it was easy to wrap our existing templates around the blog. The biggest technical issue was getting the subdomain of http://blog.jenkinslaw.org to redirect to http://www.jenkinslaw.org/blog/index.php without breaking the way I set up the permalinks. That’s when our Sys. Admin (aka Ken) came to the rescue. It had something to do with a loop-de-loop interaction between various .htaccess files associated with our site. But, as you can see, that’s all fixed now. Getting through the logistics of who’s going to post when or what categories we should have also took some time to sort out. Apparently, we’re not the only ones who have run into these sorts of questions when starting a group blog. To really make WordPress shine you need to take advantage of its many available plugins. For example, a few we’ve installed are:
We also decided to use Feedburner for our RSS feed stats and it’s working out pretty well. It looks like 142 people have subscribed to our blog! (Give or take 100 or so…) So what do I like best about using WordPress?
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Submitted by: RayAna Park, Former Web Developer
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What’s the first thing I think of when I hear “Wordpress”? Gutenberg’s December 24, 2007
| Tips from the FTC |
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Protect your personal information by following these 10 Tips for Smart Holiday Shopping Online provided by the Federal Trade Commission. |
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Submitted by: Nancy Garner, Assistant Director of Knowledge Services
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| Real Estate Finance Law |
 By Grant S. Nelson, Dale A. WhitmanReal Estate Finance Law gives an extensive coverage of real estate finance law, including due-on-sale clauses, alternative mortgages, bankruptcy, finance forms, and construction. Section titles discuss: An Introduction to the Law of Mortgages, The Necessity and Nature of the Obligation, Mortgage Substitutes, and more. Library Record • Borrow it • More Titles |
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Submitted by: Malgorzata Pawska, Digital Content Coordinator
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December 21, 2007
| No Beeeep! More Beeeep! Chef Beeeep! Ramsey Beeeep! |
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Or the annoying scientist from Bones. Or — praise God! — House. For me, in 2009, that is. I belong to the 17% of U.S. households that don’t have cable or satellite TV. So when the U.S. switches over to digital television, we’ll be in the Why am I mentioning this now? Yesterday the NY Times’ Bits blog mentioned a poll by the Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing in which less than half the people interviewed knew about the cut-over to digital TV and less than 20% knew when it would happen. And more than 30% of the people who said they had neither cable nor satellite had any idea that they would soon be spending their free time playing Uno. Not me. I’ll have YouTube. |
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Education Services Manager
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December 18, 2007
| MayoClinic.com |
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For those of you who have taken my Medical Resources class, you know that MayoClinic.com is my favorite resource for comprehensive information on a medical disease or condition. This site is owned by the Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research and, yes, it is associated with THE Mayo Clinic. This site offers health information, self-improvement and disease management tools to empower people to manage their health and is written with the layperson in mind. The medical editors who vet the health information on the site are experienced Mayo Clinic clinicians and educators who work with the web content producers to ensure that all information is accurate and clearly written. The entire website can be searched or the A-Z medical topic list can be accessed by first letter of disease or condition. For comprehensive health information, I prefer to use the A-Z list. An article will be returned, with the table of contents at the beginning, which can be used to lead you directly to the particular type of information about the disease or condition that you are interested in: introduction, signs and symptoms, causes, risk factors, when to seek medical advice, screening and dignosis, complications, treatment, self-care, and coping skills. Amongst the wealth of information and health-related features on this site are a symptom checker and a first aid guide. I do have to add a disclaimer here – this site should never be used in place of a physician and never for self-diagnosis. It should be used as an adjunct to a consultation with your physician and to help suggest questions to ask your doctor about your particular condition. |
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Submitted by: Alice McCreary, Reference Librarian
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| Searching for Books Old and New |
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There is a neat and useful website that we sometimes use to compare book prices. It is AddAll.com book search and price comparison website. This search engine automatically compares prices among major, reputable online bookstores and finds the internet-wide best offer for any book or magazine you want. It also searches for used, hard to find, and out of print books. Search results can be sorted by title, author or price. It is very easy to use. |
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Submitted by: Nikki Butler, Acquisitions/Serials Coordinator
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| Blogging at Jenkins |
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The Jenkins website has been growing and evolving since 1996. Our newest change is the addition of the Jenkins Blog. Using Web 2.0 technology is an easy way for us to keep you updated on our services, research databases, court rule changes, library news, staff activities, search engine tips, and lots of other information to help you get the most out of your membership. Over the next couple of months, we will be incorporating our Research Tips and New and Noteworthy book selections into this Blog. We have also added a link at the end of each blog for you to send us your comments or read comments from others. We hope you will start commenting and let us know what you think. So, take advantage of this great technology to keep up with what is happening at the law library and add the Jenkins Blog RSS feed to your Blog reader today. |
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Submitted by: Kathy Coon, Deputy Director
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December 17, 2007
| Credit Cards and the Law |
 By Margaret JasperThis Almanac presents an overview of the laws governing the use of credit cards, including the historical background and development of the various credit card systems and the credit protection legislation that necessarily ensued. Margaret C. Jasper discusses the role of an individual's credit history in credit granting decisions, as well as the legal protections afforded the consumer for preserving their credit rating. Library Record • Borrow it • Buy it • More Titles |
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Submitted by: Malgorzata Pawska, Digital Content Coordinator
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December 14, 2007
| New Article e-mail Alert |
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Enter your search and request daily, weekly or monthly updates that are e-mailed directly to your desktop. Alerts can be customized to your preferred format: full text, customized citation or brief format. To receive them make sure to add search@hwwilsonweb.com to the whitelist in your SPAM filter. This service is available to Jenkins members. Not a Jenkins’ member? It is not too late to join us. I know that now you can’t wait to try this new feature, so log on to WilsonWeb and give it a try. You can learn more about using this database by checking this pdf tutorial. |
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Submitted by: Katrina Piechnik, Library Systems Manager
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Are you researching articles to publish your own article or book or just because ….. you want to know? WilsonWeb Index to Legal Periodicals Full Text has a “Create Alerts” feature that keeps track of newly published articles for the research topics of your interest.
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