New on LLRX.com for December 18, 2000

[Cindy Chick]

New on LLRX.com (http://www.llrx.com) for December 18, 2000:

**European Document Delivery Services
http://www.llrx.com/features/european.htm

Anke Baumgartner reviews some of the key document providers in Europe for
journal articles, books, reports, conferences and dissertations available
for purchase or loan.


**Japanese Law Via the Internet
http://www.llrx.com/features/japan.htm

According to Dr. Makoto Ibusuki, Professor of Law at Japan's Kagoshima
University, his country's legal resources are not well represented on the
Web, and most of the available data is in Japanese. He provides references
and links to legislation, case law, government resources, secondary
resources and legal guides.


**Notes from the Technology Trenches: Adding Value with Adobe Acrobat 4.0;
Tracking a Dot-com's (Potential) Demise
http://www.llrx.com/columns/notes37.htm

Roger Skalbeck reviews methods to extend the value of electronic legal
research using the full production version of Adobe 4.0. These include
bookmarks and annotations; PDF conversion of Web pages; and building
databases. In addition, Roger provides annotated links to a range of sites
that track the status of dot-com's in jeopardy of failing.


**Research RoundUp: Slip Opinion Listservers Updated
http://www.llrx.com/columns/roundup7.htm

There is no need to wait for the advance sheets to arrive in the mail if a
slip opinion listserver or notification service is available for the
jurisdictions you follow. A number of these notification services come
directly from courts, at no cost. Kathy Biehl's column is her most recent
tally of both types of alert services, and will be periodically updated.


**Reference from Coast to Coast: Time Travel - Locating Sources of
Historical Stock Quotes
http://www.llrx.com/columns/reference20.htm

You no longer need wonder about how to find historical stock prices on the
Web. Jan Bissett and Margi Heinen detail how you can use your skills to
retrieve pathfinders, research guides and other materials that will help you
locate online and print sources for historical stock quotes.


**You Can Get ANYTHING on the Web! An Adventure in Internet Dating
http://www.llrx.com/extras/edating.htm

Looking for a date for New Year's Eve? Angela A. Hodge tells you her
experiences with match-making via the Internet from the perspective of a
single woman who also happens to be an information professional. She
includes ways to research potential dates, as well as how to maintain your
anonymity and privacy during the process.


**The Internet Roundtable #15: A Continuing Discussion of Law Firm Marketing
on the Internet
http://www.llrx.com/extras/ir15.htm

Jerry Lawson, Brenda Howard Dennis Kennedy discuss: What if I don't have any
content? They offer numerous practical ideas to populate your firm's Web
site with rich and relevant content, with a minimum of expense and not too
much trouble.


**LLRX Buzz (http://www.llrx.com/buzz/buzz36.htm):

New Connecticut And New Jersey State Court Resource
How Closely Do You Check Your Medication?
Water Water Everywhere -- And Amazingly Well Organized!
Trying to Find a Good Web Host?
State Health Facts
North Carolina Creates Child-Care Information Database
Science Search Engine Being Developed


**Latest Links (http://www.llrx.com/links/index.htm) includes
reviews of:
Alba36.com - The portal of vortals, with 50,000 links to 700+ subjects
ECOLEX -  Seven databases on global environmental law data
HTML Station - Training site for web publishers
LOOKOFF - Helps you to select a search engine according to your topic
Scirus - A preview of the new scientific search engine from Elsevier Science


**Newstand (http://www.llrx.com/newstand/):
daily updates on legal-tech and research related stories.


**Featured Site: LAYOFF TRACKER

Provided by TheStandard.com, this site offers a continually updated,
searchable database of reports on dot-com layoffs. You can search by company
name, sector, reason for layoffs, limit your search by date, and sort the
results. If you are interested in staying current with the trends and the
news associated with dot-com and Net related companies, this tracker is a
recommended resource.


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