LLRX Update - May 1, 1999

[Cindy Chick]

LLRX (http://www.llrx.com) is the free legal Webzine providing current,
comprehensive resources for legal professionals and law librarians on
research, information technology, federal legislation, marketing and
communications.
        Editors:  Sabrina I. Pacifici & Cindy L. Chick.
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New on LLRX for May 1, 1999

  Locating Company Information on the Internet
Martina Anders focuses on Web resources, in eight major areas,   
for researchers who require corporate data. High quality information
is widely available from state and federal agencies, corporations, and
private vendors.   

  Finding an Expert Through the Internet
Aaron Larson, an attorney with the Institute of Continuing Legal
Education in Ann Arbor, Michigan, guides us through the maze of free
and fee-based expert witness resources.  He provides links to mailing
lists, directories, associations, organizations, referral services and
traditional sources.

  Genie Tyburski's ResearchWire column this month,
Discoveries in Elder Law, provides research strategies and a broad
spectrum of  resources on elder related issues, including federal,
association, law firm, and medical Web sites.  

  In her Guide on the Side column, Why and How to Avoid
Trashy Handouts, Marie Wallace discusses how to create high
quality program materials that will enhance, not detract, from your
presentations.  

  Online Business Intelligence Solutions: Dow Jones
Interactive and Insite 2
Laura Olsen Dugan compares and contrasts two online research
tools that provide critical business, news, trade and financial
information.  

  Using Folio to Create Electronic Legislative Histories
Folio Site Director is an effective and efficient application to create
and
disseminate legislative data within an organization, according to author
Lillian H. Fry.

  In Margaret Berkland's new Links in the News you will
find: a gateway to over 300 library newsletters; a U.S. currency
convertor that allows you to perform retrospective conversions; Forbes
annual listing of top technology companies; an inflation currency
conversion site; a site which is a filmography of librarians on
celluloid;
and a site with links covering over 4,000 library Web pages and online
catalogs worldwide.  

  On the Newsstand has links to recent Web stories on:  recent
rulings on bulk e-mailing and corporate privacy, and software
copyright; the move to digital modems; Y2K liability legislation;
whether the Internet is somehow complicit in the Littleton, Colorado
tragedy; IBM's new XML specific search engine; government warnings
regarding health sites on the Web; and the pros and cons of cable
modems.

  LLRXalerts reports on the recent court ruling on unfiltered
Internet access in public libraries.  

  LLRXlinks puts the Spotlight on several new resources,
including:  a Survey of Library Automation Systems in Use at
Various Libraries; Evaluating Web Resources Home Page; and 
Information on Lady Justice (Themis), from law-lib, summarized by
Christopher Carr and Sandra B. Placzek  LLRXlinks is a
comprehensive, up-to-date resource to Web links on topics ranging
from legal research to library products & services. 

  LLRXbookstore: Books for the Legal Information Professional
Take a look at the new listings available in the LLRXbookstore!  
Search Amazon.com directly from our bookstore, and purchase to
your heart's content. We also continue to provide direct links to
topical
materials referenced in LLRX articles and reviews, and a quick and
easy means to purchase them.


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