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Oxford English Dictionary
March 9, 2018
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Women's History Month and the Oxford English Dictionary

March is Women's History Month, and the Oxford Dictionaries blog is celebrating with a quiz about "the words of womenkind". Jenkins' members can find the definitions of words like gynarchy , herstory , philogyny , Queen Bee , suffragette , and superwoman on the Oxford English Dictionary database, a...
Jenkins Law Library
March 6, 2018

Jenkins Closed Tomorrow

Jenkins will be closed tomorrow, Wednesday, March 7th due to the impending storm. Forecasts have predicted severe winter weather conditions that will make travel very hazardous or impossible. The Philadelphia Courts will also be closed. Our online services are always available 24x7 on jenkinslaw...
Federal Register
March 6, 2018
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Enhanced Metadata to Improve Search and Discovery in the Federal Register Library on HeinOnline

This article is republished with permission by W.S. Hein. View the original article here. We have been continuing to enhance searching in HeinOnline by adding natural language processing and machine learning tools to different databases. We’ve already updated the tool several times, and we blogged...
Employment Law
March 2, 2018

Employment Litigation

Employment Litigation by Mary Gambardella focuses upon procedural issues and strategies for the employment law case. This insightful volume has chapters which include "Pre-Answer Motions", "Discovery", "The Settlement Agreement" and "Arbitration". Coverage includes agency as well as court...
Federal Legal Research
March 1, 2018

U.S. Government Publishing Office: From FDsys to govinfo

Need a copy of the Federal Budget (including analytical perspectives) ? Or access to George H.W. Bush's public papers ? How about a listing of U.S. Supreme Court Nomination Hearings since 1971 ? govinfo has all these, and more. govinfo provides free public access to more than one million official,...
Of Interest
February 28, 2018

The Law of Guns in Pennsylvania, PBI

This course book is designed to help you master the complexities of state and federal gun laws, map the maze of state and federal constitutional, statutory, case law and regulatory provisions, learn where they converge/diverge and what to tell your clients to avoid the traps and pitfalls. Above all...
Women Owned Law
February 23, 2018

Special Event: Women Owned Law & Her Corner - A Mini Accelerator Session

Women Owned Law and Her Corner are joining together for a special event at Jenkins on March 14th from 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm. Her Corner will be conducting a mini session to give attendees a little taste of what it actually feels like to participate in the Her Corner Accelerator. Accelerator is the...
Fastcase
February 22, 2018

Section 1983 Litigation Titles on Treatises on Fastcase

The Treatises on Fastcase* database provides access to over 130 treatises spanning a variety of topics. Included in this collection are 6 titles focused on Section 1983 Litigation: Handbook of Section 1983 Litigation , Section 1983 Litigation: Claims and Defenses , Section 1983 Litigation: Federal...
ABA
February 15, 2018
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Researching Drone Laws

With the increased popularity of drones across all aspects of society, it is important to examine the laws and regulations regarding commercial, government, and recreational drone use. The American Bar Association and the Pennsylvania Bar Institute have published resources to help you navigate...
HeinOnline
February 13, 2018
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Bitcoin Doesn’t Grow on Trees

This article is republished with permission by W.S. Hein. View the original article here. Although bitcoin was invented in 2009 and picked up speed in 2015, its biggest growth spurt occurred in 2017, and its popularity continues to rise. Recently, bitcoin prices have dipped due to a warning from...