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This book has long held a cherished space on my bookcase, and it just keeps getting better. With the 700 page third edition, authors Carole Levitt and Mark Rosch have outdone themselves in collecting sources for everything to doing background checks on employees to doing competitive intelligence - and everything in between. While it is invaluble for lawyers, anyone can benfit from using this book - and the language is plain English, not legalese. The book is user-friendly, with lots of screen shots, and comes with a CD-ROM so you can click on hyperlinks without typing in URLs. All in all, this is a terrific compendium of Internet research sources - bravo!

When I ordered the first set of the Montessori Books I wasn't sure about what I going to get. But being familiar with the Montessori teaching method, I thought I give it a try. My sons love these books and activities. The fact that I can click a particular word and the activity repeats it really helped both my sons. I'm glad I took a chance and will continue with all the levels.

wolgemuth's familiarity with the internet and her ability to relate to those who are, shall we say, "unfamiliar" make this an excellent guide for all in the educational field. wolgemuth is an excellent instructor on this subject.

This book is an excellent reference for Distance Education Programs and for Distance Education Researchers. The book has largely been inspired by the practice and research in the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Graduate School of Library and Information Science's LEEP program, an online distance education program which combines synchronous and asynchronous sessions, using such technology as chat, bulletin boards, email, and both live and recorded audio. The book discusses both the practices of the program, and the unexpected lessons that have been learned by researching the program, addressing a diverse number of issues, from social consequences of different aspects of the program, to usability issues, to pedagogical issues.

Mr. Kinsock's book provides a clear format for using on-line legal research databases. His book is user friendly and focuses on search strategy to help you get the best results from your on-line query. This book is a must have for anyone just learning to use an on-line legal database such a Lexis.

Chapter 0. Introduction to "The Legal List."

0.0. Introduction to the Introduction.

This chapter describes, e.g., how to get "The Legal List." If you are trying to get a copy of "The Legal List," you can avoid many problems by reading and following these directions. This is true not only of "The Legal List" but also of all of the resources it describes. (For example, you may get "The Legal List" via anonymous FTP from ftp.midnight.com as pub/LegalList/legallist.txt, but you may NOT TELNET to this site. See Section 0.7.3 for details.)

Since "The Legal List" ITSELF is a law-related resource on the Internet, I list a few resources that do not THEMSELVES contain any Internet resource (e.g. only a USPS mailing address may be provided). This is, however, the exception rather than the rule.

Within each listing, the resources in "The Legal List" are listed in order of ease-of-accessibility. The resources that are easiest to access are listed first. For example, the user of a commercial online service (such as CompuServe, GEnie, or America Online) may have access to Internet e-mail but may not have FTP or Telnet access. To this user, the e-mail servers are the most useful. Also, I have tried to list free services before paid services. Finally, I have included appendices of general Internet information that is not necessarily law-related. The following is a summary of the contents of "The Legal List":

Chapter 1. Corporations and Organizations. This chapter describes law-related resources made available by for-profit, nonprofit, and not-for- profit corporations and organizations. An organization in this chapter would most likely have a domain name ending in ".com" (commercial) or ".org" (organization). Law firms are listed separately--sorted by the state (or country) of their main office.

Chapter 2. Government Organizations. This chapter describes law-related resources made available by US government organizations. An organization in this chapter would most likely have a domain name ending in ".gov" (government). This chapter is divided into four sub-sections: 1) US Federal Executive Branch, 2) US Federal Judicial Branch, 3) US Federal Legislative Branch, and 4) US State Government Organizations.

Chapter 3. Educational Institutions. This chapter describes law-related resources made available by US educational institutions. An organization in this chapter would most likely have a domain name ending in ".edu" (education). This chapter is divided into two sub-sections: 1) US law schools, 2) other US educational institutions.

Chapter 4. Listserv Lists. This chapter describes law-related listserv lists These lists are like magazines in that one can subscribe and unsubscribe. There are lists for a wide range of law-related interests such as intellectual property (CNI-Copyright), fathers' rights (FREE-L), and issues of interest to law students (LawSch-L).

Chapter 5. Non-US Resources. This chapter describes law-related resources made available by non-US organizations, governments, and educational institutions--including those made available by the United Nations.

Chapter 6. Journals, FAQs, Usenet Newsgroups, Etc. This chapter lists law-related journals, files of frequently-asked questions (FAQs), and Usenet newsgroups. Usenet is the news network that is intertwined with, but independent from, the Internet. A resource is listed in this chapter if it is primarily made available by an individual (or by individuals) rather than by an organization, government, or educational institution.

Appendix A. More About the Internet. This appendix contains, for example, information on how to get on the Internet, i.e. how to purchase an Internet account.

Appendix B. More Books. This appendix lists introductory Internet books, law-related books, and book publishers. Many of the publishers listing in this appendix maintain a Gopher site.

Appendix C. More About Midnight Networks. This appendix describes Midnight Network Inc (midnight@midnight.com), the company that provides administrative support for "The Legal List" in the form of an anonymous FTP server (and its disk space).

Excelente libro para la investigación jurìdica en internet. Excellent book for legal research through the internet. Superb livre pour la recherche juridique sur la net.

Jenny Semenza's Librarian's Quick Guide To Internet References provides a fine explanation of Internet tools and procedures, listing over 500 web sites in over seventy subjects. From how to make effective use of browsers to search strategies and newsgroups, this profiles methods and sites of broad use to school and public librarians.

The Library of Congress was set up for Congress, which is probably why its law library reading room has legal materials in all languages and covering all ancient and modern legal systems. But it is also there for government agencies, other libraries, scholars and us: just look at the LOC website, which is probably unbeatable in digitized, free-of-charge reference and research offerings. But what else could be expected from the world's greatest multimedia encyclopedia? Even before the digital decade, bound volumes were only a small part of all its holdings, what with almost every phonograph record made in the U.S., the largest collection of motion pictures in America, and the world institutional record in charts and globes, Civil War photographs, handwritten copies of the Gettysburg Address, maps, and Stradivari violins. Already web accessible are American Memory documents, photographs and sound recordings; American Treasures, such as some of what President Thomas Jefferson had in his personal library; the federal legislative database; and the LIBRARY OF CONGRESS ONLINE catalog, making much of its over 110 million physical items web searchable. Readers should have smooth visiting online and off. Robert S. Want's snugly thorough book shows just one of the ways of applying Ian Forsyth's TEACHING AND LEARNING MATERIALS AND THE INTERNET, David Leu's TEACHING WITH THE INTERNET, Colin McCormack's BUILDING A WEB-BASED EDUCATION SYSTEM, and Edward J. Valauskas' THE INTERNET INITIATIVE

Library Web Sites: Creating Online Collections And Services by A. Paula Wilson (Adult Services Coordinator, Maricopa County Library District - Arizona) is a direct-to-the-point instructional guideline to creating a patron-centered library website, whether featuring basic or advanced online library services. Offering an invaluable checklist of essential qualities, and detailed "how-to" explanations for managing content using database-backed web pages; integrating external content into the site; conducting reader's advisory services online, and so much more, Library Web Sites is a nicely organized and presented, easy-to-understand instructional, and an absolute "must-have" for anyone charged with designing or maintaining such a online library website.