LLRX.com update for February 15, 2001

[Cindy Chick]

New on LLRX.com for February 15, 2001:
http://www.llrx.com

*Searching for Bookmark Management Solutions: Clickgardens, Backflips and
the Trails of Breadcrumbs
http://www.llrx.com/features/bookmark.htm

Dennis Kennedy surveys the various approaches to bookmark management, gives
examples in each category, discusses some of the strengths and weaknesses of
each approach, and recommends some solutions.

*How to Find Anything Advocacy Related on the Web
http://www.llrx.com/features/advocacy.htm

Stephanie Vance has selected and annotated websites that are particularly
useful for those seeking to improve their advocacy efforts. These sites
cover areas including activism, legislative tracking, and policy and
polling.

*Guide to Country Research for Refugee Status Determination
http://www.llrx.com/features/rsd.htm

This guide is a supplement to the legal analysis integral to refugee status
determination (RSD) with a review of the mechanics of country research. In
addition, Elisa Mason provides recommendations for retrieving and applying
country and human rights information as a means to enhance refugee
protection.

*Researching French Law
http://www.llrx.com/features/french.htm

Stéphane Cottin and Jérôme Rabenou's guide on the French legal system
includes extensive links to government, legislative, and academic sources,
as well as to commercial services, legal texts, citators, and discussion
lists.

*Research RoundUp: Business Filings Databases Updated
http://www.llrx.com/columns/roundup9.htm

Kathy Biehl updates her annotated compilation of state corporate and
business filings online, as well as the availability of a range of public
business records - most of them offered at no charge.

*Reference from Coast to Coast: Tackling Training
http://www.llrx.com/columns/reference22.htm

Jan Bissett and Margi Heinen share strategies and sources that are helpful
in creating effective training programs for the use of databases, web sites
and print materials.

*Notes from the Technology Trenches: The Anna Kournikova Virus; Review of
the NetCaptor Internet Browser
http://www.llrx.com/columns/notes39.htm

Roger Skalbeck highlights issues related to the recent "tennis" virus, and
reviews the features of the NetCaptor Browser, an application that allows
researchers an extra level of control and flexibility above that offered by
IE or Netscape.

*Some Perspective on the West Group Acquisition of FindLaw
http://www.llrx.com/extras/westfindlaw.htm

How does West benefit from this purchase, and will FindLaw's content remain
free?  Sabrina I. Pacifici offers some context to the acquisition in light
of the challenges that exist for the legal dot-com sector.

*A Review of MemoWeb 3 Pro
http://www.llrx.com/extras/memoweb.htm

Jeff Bosh reviews an inexpensive and practical application that allows you
to download web sites from the Internet for later use.

*LLRX Buzz
http://www.llrx.com/buzz/buzz44.htm

Tara Calishain reviews:
Death and Taxes (Well, Taxes Anyway)
Wisconsin Relaunches State Portal
Power Utilities Database Launched for Personnel
Texas Attorneys Receive Free Access to Research
Washington Post Delivers E-News
Beta of ProFusion Search Engine Launched
Google Notes

*Latest Links
http://www.llrx.com/links/index.htm

Margaret Berkland highlights:
European Commission Press Room
NTIS
Project for Attorney Retention
Phaster
World Wide Web Tax
Suite 101.com: Librarians & Information Science

*Featured Site:
http://www.llrx.com

Profusion - This beta site search engine is from Intelliseek. It has over
1,000 sources of information, a large collection of searchable "invisible
Web" sources, and allows users to search using already specified groups of
vertical search sources. Under the Legal topic, there are currently 9
searchable areas, including Federal Government, Legal Directories, Legal
News and Legal Forms.

*LLRX Newstand
http://www.llrx.com/newstand/index.htm

Check-in on the Newstand for daily updates on legal-tech issues, federal and
state legislation related to the Internet, and research related resources:

Microsoft Faces Probe by DOJ Over Alliance with Corel
Census Bureau Blurs Data to Keep Names Confidential
Barnesandnoble.com Claims Win in Dispute Over Amazon.com Patent Dispute
European Parliament Approves Rules Granting Greater Copyright Protection
Free Antivirus Software for Wireless Devices Released
NY Times Digital Unit Inks Yahoo Deal
House Lawmakers Offer New Anti-Spam Legislation
Senate Bill Bans Banks from Selling Social Security Numbers
Senate Learns About Snail Mail