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You may want to start thinking about Encrypting

dan.bmpAre your usual accessories these days a flash drive, laptop, BlackBerry, etc.? Do these devices have your personal information on them i.e. social security number, financial data, etc? Most importantly, do you carry around your clients’ information on them? Then you need to read Dan Giancaterino’s article published in The Legal Intelligencer on Wednesday, May 7, 2008, entitled Decrypting Ways to Encrypt Sensitive Information. Dan talks about the encryption process and then reviews a couple of easy to use, free encryption programs. As Dan states in the article …

“Lose a laptop and you’re out $500 to $600. Lose your client’s sensitive information — well, that’s a different story.”

If you find the encryption process a little daunting, attend Dan’s new ethics CLE class, Practical Encryption for Attorneys.

Submitted by: Ida Weingram, Head of Outreach Services
on May 08, 2008 - 3:22 pm

The Public Library of Law makes legal search easier for non-lawyers

workstationsAccording to Popgadget, the new Public Library of Law (short name “PLoL”) was launched by Fastcase in an effort to “democratize the law.” PLoL is free so help yourself to it!

Fastcase is the next-generation legal research system of choice for legal professionals everywhere. Jenkins has Fastcase available at the workstations in the Jenkins’ Reference Room so come visit us to try it out.

Submitted by: RayAna Park, Web Developer
on May 08, 2008 - 10:52 am

HeinOnline - “Search Within These Results”

Hein is working on developing the ability to “search within a specific article” within a Journal.  In the meantime, here is one approach that may help you narrow your results. It’s not straightforward and I’m looking forward to being able to someday search within a specified article within a journal when using HeinOnline.

…….from HeinOnline Tip of the Week. Sign up for the weekly notices via e-mail, RSS feeds or visit their blog. Search HeinOnline’s Weblog for more and take advantage of this resource as a Jenkins’ Member.

Submitted by: Katrina Piechnik, Head of Technical Services
on February 19, 2008 - 10:20 am

HeinOnline - Printing Tip for Windows Users

printer.jpgHave you ever found yourself spending too much time going back and forth to the printer? Wait! Here is a printing tip  for You:

  •  Once you have located the article or pages that you wish to print
  •  Select the print option from the page toolbar
  •  From the print options menu, select one of the PDF download options (either PDF or PDFtext).
  • When prompted, save the PDF to a location on your computer. Or, once the PDF has finished downloading, click save from the Adobe Reader toolbar and save the PDF to your computer.
  • Continue your research until you find the next article or pages of interest.
  • Download the document as a PDF and save it to the same location on your computer as the first document you downloaded.
  • Continue to download and save the documents you need for your research until you are finished and ready to print.
  • Open the folder on your computer to which you have saved your documents.
  • Highlight each of the PDF files in the folder that you wish to print by holding down the control button and selecting each file. If you want to select everything in the folder, you can also hit CTRL+A on your keyboard. 
  • Go to the File menu from within the Window’s folder, and select print.

…….from HeinOnline Tip of the Week. Sign up for the weekly notices via e-mail, RSS feeds or visit their blog. Search HeinOnline’s Weblog for more and take advantage of this resource as a Jenkins’ Member.

Submitted by: Katrina Piechnik, Head of Technical Services
on February 13, 2008 - 11:09 am

Where do you begin?

Boolean Operators
HeinOnline has created a great resource of tips and tricks for searching their databases. Sign up for the weekly notices via e-mail, RSS feeds or visit their blog.

Recent posts include HeinOnline’s Tip of the Week:

  • Searching by Author Name
  • Where are you in HeinOnline?
  • Searching and Using Boolean Operators
  • New Printing Options Now Available!

Search HeinOnline’s Weblog for more and take advantage of this resource as a Jenkins’ Member.

Submitted by: Katrina Piechnik, Head of Technical Services
on February 04, 2008 - 10:30 am

I know it’s Friday… but I can’t wait for Monday

calendar.jpgI can’t wait for Monday to check my e-mail box to see my personalized Jenkins’ New Acquisitions Alert called “New For You”. This is the fastest way to find out if materials on the topic of your interest were purchased by Jenkins recently.

I know, you are afraid to add more to your e-mail load, but wait …. this one is worth waiting for. Check here to learn more about this cool feature.

Here is a little snippet from my Monday e-mail (my preferred search was for an Author Practising Law Institute)

“From: Jenkins Law Library [mailto:exporter@library.jenkinslaw.org]
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 4:00 AM
To: me
Subject: New for You: Jenkins’ Collection Alert

JENKINS NEW ACQUISITIONS ALERT

Jenkins Law Library would like to inform you that new titles in your area of interest are now available. To obtain these items please contact our Document Delivery Department at 215.574.7909, http://documents.jenkinslaw.org.

The listings below match the criteria defined by you in “Saved Preferred Searches”:
**************************************************
Advanced swaps & other derivatives in 2007 / chair, Edward J. Rosen New York, NY : Practising Law Institute, c2007
United States. Securities and Exchange Commission — Rules and practice
9781402409684
KF1085.Z9 A58 2007
——————————–
How to prepare & conduct Markman hearings 2007 / co-chairs, Thomas L. Creel, Cheryl L. Johnson, George M. Newcombe
New York, NY : Practising Law Institute, c2007
Patent suits
9781402409264
KF3155.Z9 H68 2007

To ensure delivery of this important e-mail make sure to whitelist exporter@library.jenkinslaw.org in your SPAM filter.

Need help with setting this up? No problem. I will be happy to assist you both with the process and the search strategy. I can help you to develop searches based on your topic of interest.

My contact kpiechnik@jenkinslaw.org, 215-574-7907

Submitted by: Katrina Piechnik, Head of Technical Services
on January 11, 2008 - 1:32 pm

New Jersey Practical Skills Series

Jenkins Law Library has just acquired updated “how to” manuals for the New Jersey practical skills series from the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education. The library is in the process of enhancing its New Jersey secondary source collection. Feel free to leave a comment in the area below this post with suggestions or you can fill out the suggest a title form.

Stay tuned for more New Jersey practice material coming soon.

Submitted by: Nikki Butler, Acquisitions/Serials Coordinator
on January 08, 2008 - 3:49 pm

New Article e-mail Alert

alertAre 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.

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.

Submitted by: Katrina Piechnik, Head of Technical Services
on December 14, 2007 - 2:29 pm

Have I already borrowed this?

dont_forget_fingerI borrowed this great book before, what was it….. I vividly remember the color of the cover. Yes, this happens to all of us.
To eliminate your frustration in the future use the Reading History feature in our catalog. For more information visit JAC (Jenkins Automated Catalog) FAQs, and start using this feature today.

This service is available to Jenkins members. Not a Jenkins’ member? It is not too late to join us

Submitted by: Katrina Piechnik, Head of Technical Services
on December 06, 2007 - 10:08 am

Your Newspaper is Waiting for You @ Jenkins

dogDid you know that your membership @ Jenkins brings your favorite newspapers and news magazines to your desktop? Yes, you can read them remotely as many of our members already do.

You can learn how to effectively search the newspaper and news magazine collection of over 800 titles by viewing this 8 1/2 minute tutorial.

Submitted by: Katrina Piechnik, Head of Technical Services
on October 10, 2007 - 1:56 pm

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