Research workshops available on the web

Research classes and workshops led by the Reference librarians are also being recorded and made available on the Library's web cast page. Now available - Federal Tax Policy research and Journal orientation. You can listen and watch the demonstration of the web sites and databases covered in the workshops. Coming soon, the recent Paper Writing Resources workshops mentioned in Tuesday's post.



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Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Laws, Cases, and Resources

The Law Librarians’ Society of Washington, D.C. offers a convenient gathering in one place of Federal Equal Employment Opportunity laws, cases, and other resources. In addition to the laws themselves, there are links to Congressional Research Service reports, federal agency resources, recent judicial opinions, and much more on the subject of federal equal employment opportunity law.

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Paper Writing Resources workshop

Students who were not able to attend asked that we record the presentation and make it available on our website. The workshop was recorded today and will shortly be available on the Library's webcast page. A handout for paper writing resources is available here. The handout is not quite the same as the recording but either or both are useful.



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World Digital Library

The World Digital Library (WDL) is pretty amazing. The mission of the library is to "makes available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world."

Proposed by U.S. Librarian of Congress James H. Billington, the basic idea of WDL was to create an "Internet-based, easily-accessible collection of the world's cultural riches that would tell the stories and highlight the achievements of all countries and cultures, thereby promoting cross-cultural awareness and understanding."

WDL partners are mainly libraries, archives, or other institutions that have collections of cultural content that they contribute. Click here to browse WDL by place, time, material format, or topic.





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Capturing Law Firm Information

If you are job hunting, preparing for interviews, or researching any type of information published on law firm web sites, try Fee Fie Foe Firm. This free search engine is designed to provide more effective access to law firm web site material, and aims to be the most comprehensive window on law firms, from large multi-nationals to smaller boutique firms and solo practitioners having a presence on the internet. Firm and attorney profiles, press releases, expert analysis, and other information can be found quickly, with date limitations, and with results tags for "people," "expertise," "publications," and "media releases." To search firms beyond the United States, select UK, Canada, or one of several other countries.



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Prowling outside of the Law Library

I do occasionally venture out of the virtual law world and into other virtual spaces. If I have to do research, I prowl the Axinn Library and look at their Research Databases. I almost always start my non-legal hunting in Academic Search Premier - a general interest database with references to non-legal articles (including a lot with full text pdfs) in just about all areas. Then, I'll take a look at the Subject Listing and choose my interest du jour.

If I do not see a link to the full text, then I will definitely try Journal Finder - a resource to help me find which database carries my journal of interest.

Happy Hunting!!

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Open Internet.Gov

Open Internet.gov invites interested parties to “join the discussion about the important issues facing the future of the Internet. Through this site you can stay connected to all Federal Communication Commission [FCC] activities on the issue, and share your thoughts and ideas on [the] open Internet”.

The site is in beta, but it is worth watching as a place to keep current with FCC activities during these days of debate over net neutrality and other aspects of Internet use and access.

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Computer History

Not impressed by your cell phone, Blackberry or Iphone? You might be when you realize that this giant supercomputer from 1972 has about the same computing power as your phone. The supercomputer lives at the Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley. If you don't have time for a trip to California, take a look at this photo gallery -- it is fascinating.


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Law Practice Technology Information Sources & Tools

Posted recently on LLRX.com "Law Practice Technology Information Sources & Tools" is a handy reference work on becoming aware and keeping current on technologies, legal and otherwise. You cannot only discover useful technologies but practical reasons and tips for use.

You may not want to use a technology, but then again you never know.

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The National Technical Information Service

The National Technical Information Service (NTIS) serves as a central resource for government-funded scientific, technical, engineering, and business related information. It provides access to nearly 3 million U.S. Federal Government technical reports covering over 350 subject areas, including reports prepared by or for the U.S. Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency.


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