LLRX Update - Oct. 15, 1999

[Cindy Chick]

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Editors: Sabrina I. Pacifici & Cindy L. Chick. 
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LLRX.com Update for October 15, 1999 

Court Docket Services - A Comparison of Pacer, 
CourtLink, CourtEXPRESS.com and CaseStream 
Julie Bozell reviews four services competing for your docket 
retrieval business. She summarizes their features, shortcomings, 
coverage and cost. 

World Trade Organization (WTO) and GATT Research 
Jeanne Rehberg provides a detailed guide to the essential sources 
for WTO/GATT research, including Web and hard copy resources. 
She also includes a list of bibliographic citations and descriptions. 

In Notes from the Technology Trenches, Roger 
Skalbeck reviews a new hypertext content software tool, GuruNet. 
He also updates us on a new court filing notification service, some 
Pacer improvements, and a fun Web-based translation service. 

In her CongressLine column, Internet Taxation - Who Will 
Prevail? Carol M. Morrissey's focus is on the legislative and 
lobbying activity concerning Web taxation, and the numerous studies 
and reports that are being issued by parties with a strong stake in the
final decision. 

In Reference from Coast to Coast, Sue Taylor 
commends the use and value of headnote and indexing systems in The 
Power of Headnotes. 

Margaret Berkland's new Links in the News includes: two 
sites replete with resource for Web site developers and managers; a 
site maintained by the CDC providing vital records; the "ultimate" 
people search engine; a search engine review site; and a site offering 
links to homepages and opinions by state judiciaries. 

On the Newsstand links to new articles on: Net tax plans; 
corporate monitoring of employee email; new Web search tools; 
self-destructing email; online privacy initiatives; UK papers joining
the
Web; Internet2, the next generation; the mail abuse prevention system;
and
how the Web impacted the outcome of the Fen-Phen case. 

LLRXalerts reports on yet another new search engine with a 
weird name, and Dialog's new pay-per-view service. 

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