LLRX Update - July 15, 2002

[Cindy L. Chick]

New on LLRX.com for July 15, 2002: 
http://www.llrx.com


**CRS Reports http://www.llrx.com/features/crsreports.htm

Frequent LLRX.com contributor Stephen Young provides an historical 
introduction to Congressional Research Reports (over 1,000 written 
reports are published yearly), and a variety of avenues online to 
obtain copies of the small number of these documents actually made 
available to the public.


**Labor and Employment Law Resources on the Internet 2002 
http://www.llrx.com/features/laborlaw.htm

Alyssa Rosen's guide will assist you in locating free labor and 
employment sites from commercial, academic, association, publisher, 
union and government sources.


**Overview of Sources of Canadian Law on the Web, Update 3 
http://www.llrx.com/features/canadian3.htm

Louise Tsang reviews Canadian Meta Sites, sources of law (statutes and 
regs), case law, and links to provinces and territories.


**FLAG: The New Internet Gateway to Foreign Law Holdings in the UK 
National and University Libraries 
http://www.llrx.com/features/flag.htm

Dr. Peter Clinch details The Foreign Law Guide or FLAG project, which 
has developed a free Internet database describing the holdings of 
foreign, international and comparative law in the national and 
university libraries of the United Kingdom.


**Revisiting Jury Instructions (Part 2) - Missouri through Wyoming 
http://www.llrx.com/columns/reference39.htm

Jan Bissett and Margi Heinen's guide highlights sources for state jury 
model/standard instructions in print, on the Web, and via commercial 
databases.


**Searchable Intellectual Property Databases - Updated 
http://www.llrx.com/columns/roundup26.htm

Kathy Biehl has cataloged searchable IP databases maintained by 
government, academic and institutional sites, as well as commercial 
sites. This resource now includes specialized U.S. and international 
patent databases, records from the European Patent Office and six 
countries and trademark registration databases from 20 states.


**Latest Links http://www.llrx.com/links/071502.htm

Margaret Berkland reviews: 1stHeadlines, Presenters University, The 
Library of Congress: Classification Web, Avoiding Information 
Overload: Knowledge Management on the Internet, U.S. News Archives on 
the Web, and U.S. States and Territories.


**The Balancing Act of Multitasking Managers - Program Material 
http://www.llrx.com/extras/SLA2002multitasking.htm

Librarians who are responsible for the supervison of more than one 
department won't want to miss Lee Nemcheck's bibliography, and Robert 
Oaks' job descriptions for the multitasking librarian, from their  
recent Special Libraries Association presentations.


**SLA 2002 - Maximizing Technology: Creative Intranet Applications 
http://www.llrx.com/extras/sla2002.htm

Cindy L. Chick, Nina Platt and Bob Sullivan demonstrate library-
related Intranet applications created for their respective firms. 
Their presentations are available in both Powerpoint and PDF.


**Editor's Featured Site - Internet White Pages Phone White Pages 
http://www.internet-white-pages-phone-white-pages.com/

Although the name of this site is rather odd, the service provided is 
well worth your review. It offers quick and user friendly access to 
names, addresses, email, phone and fax numbers from white and yellow 
page directories worldwide. Many of the foreign services provide 
English language access (Editor, Sabrina I. Pacifici).

**LLRXBuzz July 15, 2002 http://www.llrx.com/buzz/buzz117.htm Tara 
Calishain reviews: -KillerInfo Meta Site -Boot Scoot iBoogie -Experian 
Announces UCC Delivery Service -California On-Line Directory -Maine 
Launches New Web Site -Search Engine Openfind Enters Beta Test

**LLRX Newstand http://www.llrx.com/newstand/index.htm Updated daily: 
the latest news on legal-tech issues, legislation, web resources, 
search engines, online research and more. (Edited and Compiled by 
Sabrina I. Pacifici)

**9-11-2001 Related News and Legal/Legislative Resources, Updated 
Daily http://www.llrx.com/newstand/wtc.htm (Edited and Compiled by 
Sabrina I. Pacifici)

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