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HeinOnline
October 12, 2017
A truck driving through a water filled street in a hurricane.

Researching Natural Disasters in HeinOnline

This article is republished with permission by W.S. Hein. View the original article here. Natural disasters can devastate people and businesses. In the past month, news stations have broadcasted the destructive effect that Hurricane Harvey, Irma, and Maria have had on the southeast portion of the...
News & Events
October 5, 2017

Legal Newspapers at Jenkins

Jenkins has access to a variety of legal newspapers in print and on microfilm. We have (almost) every issue of The Legal Intelligencer , Philadelphia's legal newspaper. Our collection goes back to volume 1 (1843) and continues through today. The most recent two months can be found in the Reference...
West Academic Digital Library
October 2, 2017

New Database: West Academic Digital Library!

Jenkins is excited to add the West Academic Digital Library to our collection of databases. This Digital Library provides access to a multitude of West Academic titles, including the Nutshell, Hornbook, and Concise Hornbook series. These titles are great guides for getting started in a particular...
Forms
September 29, 2017

Entertainment Law: Forms and Analysis

Entertainment Law: Forms and Analysis by Field and Slotnick is a great resource for understanding the basics of entertainment law. It focuses upon issues such as copyright, trademark and privacy. There are chapters on "Film, Television and Live Theater", "Book and Magazine Publishing", "Music" and...
American Association of Law Libraries (AALL)
September 28, 2017

Database Search Algorithms

Members of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) should check out Susan Nevelow Mart's presentation on Understanding the Human Element in Search Algorithms at AALL's annual conference and her article in the AALL Spectrum "Every Algorithm has a POV" (AALL Spectrum, Sept./Oct. 2017, v.22...
Statutes
September 20, 2017

New Title 34 in United States Code

Title 34 of the United States Code, which had been empty since 1956, is empty no longer. As of September 1, 2017, new Title 34, Crime Control and Law Enforcement , contains editorially reclassified sections of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, and...
Taxation
September 19, 2017

Updated Federal Taxation Research Guide

Our newly updated Federal Taxation Reseach Guide has been added to our collection of Research Guides . This guide is a great resource for research on Federal tax issues and covers the Internal Revenue Code, the Internal Revenue Manual, IRS Regulations, IRS Publications, tax cases, Treasury...
Secondary Sources
September 18, 2017

Landlord Tenant Law

Interested in landlord tenant law? Check out Bisel's Pennsylvania Landlord Tenant Law and Practice . It includes forms, checklists and a thorough discussion of the principles of Pennsylvania landlord tenant law with emphasis on residential leases. Another helpful resource is PBI's Representing...
LexisNexis Digital Library
September 14, 2017

LexisNexis Digital Library New Multi-Volume Search Feature

The LexisNexis Digital Library recently added the ability to search all volumes of a multi-volume set. Users can search by phrase or keyword and across the entire multi-volume set or within one volume. As an added benefit, the search is done before checking out a book, which makes it easier to know...
News & Events
September 7, 2017
Harold Cramer, Esq.

In Memoriam: Harold Cramer, Esq.

It is with great sorrow and sadness that I write to the Jenkins' Law Library community with the news of my father's passing on Friday, September 1st. My Dad was a very impressive person as many of you know from having worked with him and listened to his many stories (sometimes more than once). For...