LLRX.com update for April 17, 2000

[Cindy Chick]

LLRX.com (http://www.llrx.com) is the free Web journal providing current, 
comprehensive articles and resources for legal professionals and law 
librarians on research, information technology, digital legislation, 
cybernews, Web links and Web tools for researchers, software reviews, and
presentation/marketing/training issues, since 1996. 

Editors: Sabrina I. Pacifici & Cindy L. Chick. 
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New on LLRX.com, April 17, 2000

Guide to Researching the Council of Europe
Anne Burnett, of the University of Georgia School of Law, provides a terrific
resource for researchers interested in information and documentation about, and
from, the Council of Europe. 

A Review of GalleryWatch.com: A New Web Based Legislative Tracking System
Carol M. Morrissey, legislative expert and author of the LLRX.com CongressLine
column, reviews a Web service that promotes itself as the "dot com company for
legislative professionals." 
 
What's Standing in Jurisline's Road: Barriers Erected by Lexis or its Own
Necessary Effort and Expense
T.R. Halvorson analyzes the legal issues underlying Jurisline's antitrust
claims against Lexis. He also details how Lexis creates its database of court
opinions. 

Low Cost Solutions for Online Catalogs: One Librarian's Quest
Cindy Chick reviews a number of online catalog products that are MARC and
non-MARC compatible. 

LLRXBuzz
Tara Calishain's reviews of the latest resources for researchers:  what's
available via the new Supreme Court Web site; the Licensed Occupational
Information System database; how to search for search engines; InfoBeat's
Industry Reports; new additions to Pac Info, the site that allows you to search
over 1420 free databases of public records; the Hungry Minds database of
"learning experiences," and the CDC's Web-based Injury Statistics and Query and
Reporting System.

Margaret Berkland's Latest Links
ADRWorldcom; FunkandWagnalls.com (remember this name!); Search Engines
Worldwide; WashTech.com; and the Department of Labor Library Web site.

Notes from the Technology Trenches
In this month's column, Roger Skalbeck focuses on My Findlaw, a customizable
legal portal, and important information regarding new services from legal
database giant, Westlaw. 

The Internet Roundtable #9: A Continuing Discussion of Law Firm Marketing On
the Internet 
Jerry Lawson, Dennis Kennedy and Brenda Howard discuss means other than the
Web, to market your Web site. 

Who Benefits from Electronic Filing? 
M. Sean Fosmire contends that not only attorneys, but court personnel and the
public, benefit from e-filing. 

Finding and Using Information on the Web 
Sabrina I. Pacifici's PowerPoint presentation includes dozens of reliable Web
resources for legal researchers including: digital news and newpaper sites,
court, federal, state & local government sites, corporate/business data, &
legislative, lobbying/political content. 


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