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Guardianship, Conservatorship and the Law |
 By Margaret C. JasperIn general, guardianship is defined as a legal relationship between a capable adult-known as a “guardian” and an individual who, by reason of infancy or legal disability, is unable to care for his or her own personal needs and/or manage his or her financial resources. The Guardianship, Conservatorship and the Law discusses the appointment of a guardian and a conservator, and their respective duties. 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)April 24, 2008
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How to Find Documents Mentioned in Compiled Federal Legislative Histories |
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For visual instructions on many Hein products check their presence on YouTube. |
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Submitted by: Katrina Piechnik, Head of Technical Services
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The Good, the Bad, and the … Hungry? |
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Good: Macs. Apple sold 2.3 million of ‘em in the first quarter of 2008, 51% more than 1Q 2007. (Thanks, Vista!) Can double-digit market share be far behind? Bad: Windows. But since it isn’t going away, we have to deal with it. Windows XP Service Pack 3 is due to be released on Monday, April 28. Get it while you can. Hungry: Google employees. According to one person’s estimate, Google spends more than $72 million on free food for its employees each year. |
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Internet Librarian
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April 22, 2008
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A Tip for All You PubMed Searchers |
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For all of you who search MEDLINE on PubMed, be sure to check the Details feature after you type in your search query to see exactly what search you are running. If you search for a text word, PubMed will usually add the corresponding MeSH term to your search query. That means that you are searching the title and the abstract of the articles for your text word and the index terms for the MeSH term. If you check Details and the MeSH term has not been added to your search, your search retrieval will be adversely affected. For example, and I use this example in my PubMed searching class, if you type “cancer” into the PubMed query box, a click on Details shows that you are really searching for “cancer” as a text word OR “neoplasms” as a MeSH term. If the search engine does not translate the text word to the MeSH term, then you need to identify the appropriate MeSH term and “OR” that into your search to insure a comprehensive search. To further demonstrate how Details works, check the Details section of the PubMed tutorial. The searcher enters the text terms “zinc infant growth” into the query box. The search engine “OR’s” in the MeSH terms “zinc”, “infant”, “growth”, as well as the subheading “growth and development”. Now your search is comprehensive and complete - searching for text words in the title and abstract and MeSH terms as indexing terms. I recently used the Details feature to solve a “mystery” that I encountered while demonstrating an author search during my class. Searching for the author’s name (e.g. ”walker am”) gave me 458 results. Searching for the author’s name, specifying the search in the author field only, (e.g. ”walker am [au]”) gave me 457 results. Checking the Details feature revealed that searching “walker am” was searching both the Author field and the Investigator field. Checking the Details feature while searching “walker am [au]” revealed that I was indeed just searching the author field. So, PubMed searchers, be sure your “attention to detail”includes Details! |
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Submitted by: Alice McCreary, Reference Librarian
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April 21, 2008
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Your Country Needs You to Get on the Web and Surf Your Brains Out |
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USA Today reports that, as of February 2008, China (220 million) now has more Internet users than the ol’ US of A (216 million). It was inevitable — China is 4 times bigger than the U.S., population-wise. What’s interesting, however, is the percentage of the Chinese population with Internet access: 17%. You’d have to go back more than a decade to get those numbers for the U.S. But Chinese Internet users were up 53% from 2006 to 2007, so they may approach U.S. adoption levels Google has seen its future, and it isn’t necessarily Mr. or Mrs. Average searching for stuff from their family rooms somewhere in suburban America. It’s millions of surfers from China and a “shocking” number of mobile iPhone users around the world. |
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Internet Librarian
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The 2008 Solo and Small Firm Legal Technology Guide |
 By Sharon D. Melson, John W. Simek, and Michael C. MaschkeThis annual guide is the only one of its kind written to help solo and small firm lawyers find the best legal technology for their dollar. You’ll find the most current information and recommendations on computers, servers, networking equipment, legal software, printers, security products, smartphones, and anything else a law office might need. It’s written in plain language to make implementation easier if you choose to do it yourself–or you can use it in conjunction with your IT consultant. Either way, you’ll learn how to make technology work for you. Library Record • Borrow it • More Titles |
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Submitted by: Malgorzata Pawska, Web Content Coordinator
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April 17, 2008
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CIL 2008 - Fast & Easy Site Tune-Ups |
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Fast & Easy Site Tune-Ups - presented by Jeff Wisniewski
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Submitted by: RayAna Park, Web Developer
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So you’re ready to redesign your website, and you want a complete renovation! Trust me, it can be daunting task. Consider making iterative changes to your website instead — you can still make a significant difference by applying these upgrades incrementally.April 14, 2008
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CIL 2008 - Web 2.0 Services for Smaller Libraries |
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Overall, the conference was full of great speakers and interesting topics. As Lee Rainie had stated in his Keynote speech, this is the “era of user-generated content” - aka Web 2.0. People are beginning to take on this mindset that the internet is the computer and are storing things online such as documents (Google Docs), playlists, pictures (Flickr), etc. Keeping all the technology changes in mind, we ask ourselves where should a Library’s funds go? It should go to both Librarians and technology because people who go to libraries expect both to be top-notch. Web 2.0 for Services for Smaller, Underfunded Libraries - presented by Sarah Houghton-Jan
I’ll be posting more notes from the sessions I attended, so keep an eye out for those! Technorati Tags: cil2008 |
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Submitted by: RayAna Park, Web Developer
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I had the privilege to attend |
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Medical Malpractice Claims Investigation |
 By Nancy Acerbo-Kozuchowski, Kathleen AshtonThis manual describes all the steps necessary to undertake and complete a thorough medical malpractice investigation. It is a comprehensive, step-by-step guide to the elements involved in the investigation of an actual or potential medical malpractice claim. It also covers the process of reviewing medical records, document collection, fact analysis, interviewing involved individuals, and identifying possible departures from accepted medical practice. Library Record • Borrow it • More Titles |
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Submitted by: Malgorzata Pawska, Web Content Coordinator
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April 7, 2008
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Immigration Consequences of Criminal Activity, 3rd Edition |
 By Mary E. KramerThe Supreme and Federal Courts have issued incredibly important precedent decisions over the past several years that have drastically changed the immigration law landscape. Immigration Consequences of Criminal Activity by Mary E. Kramer is a one volume resource for providing knowledgeable and intelligent representation. Library Record • Borrow it • More Titles |
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Submitted by: Malgorzata Pawska, Web Content Coordinator
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