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Lexis and Westlaw are both providing "Prepare to Practice" sessions. Check their web sites for details:
- Lexis My School
- Westlaw - check the "Westlaw Training Calendar"
Wouldn’t it be great to be able to find out what kinds of new books the Law Library has recently added to its collection? Or to subscribe to an RSS feed to keep you up to date on new acquisitions in your particular field of interest?
The Law Library is pleased to announce its New Books web feature, a service designed to help Cornell faculty and students keep on top of newly acquired books in law and related disciplines. The list is arranged in subject categories, using the same Library of Congress classification system we use to arrange the books on the shelves. It’s possible to set up an RSS feed for the entire list, or to just those subject categories you’re interested in.
For each book in the list, we provide a brief bibliographical description and a link to the fuller description in the library’s online catalog via the book title. When available, we provide an image of the book’s cover, which links to the book at Amazon.com.
We welcome your feedback on this exciting new service from the Law Library!
Cornell Law Library is proud to be one of the six libraries located in the US, England, and Canada participating in the first international exchange program. In March, Jean Callihan, Head of Research Services, spent two weeks at the University of Victoria Law Library in Victoria, B.C. as a NELLCO Fellow through their International Affiliates Program, learning about common law legal collections, Canadian legal education, and different approaches to legal reference services. She also "studied" the famous U.Vic. bunnies.
From March 31 through April 14, Michael Lines, a U.Vic. Law Librarian, will be at our library as a Fellow, hopefully enjoying a similar experience, minus the bunnies. If he visits your class or you see him on a tour, please feel free to say hello.
Bloomberg, the self-described financial information backbone of Wall Street is offering a legal platform which reconciles market sector information with the law by providing real-time news, legal information, multimedia reports, messaging, trading functions, data and analytics into a single, integrated desktop solution. The B-Law part of the service is growing daily and contains resources on bankruptcy, mergers and acquisitions, and securities, and more. Click here for more information.
The financial world is familiar with a dedicated Bloomberg terminal with two monitors and a specialized keyboard, such as the workstation in Alcove 43-44 in the Reading Room.
"Bloomberg Anywhere" allows use of the service via the web at your own computer.
B-Law intends to compete with Lexis and Westlaw. At this point, the business oriented resources B-Law offers and the amazing news coverage are its major advantages. The only negative aspect of Bloomberg is its DOS heritage which makes navigating less intuitive than a Windows-based icon driven system.
Once you get over the funky dos appearance, you will appreciate the breadth of material that can support all types of legal research, whether done by a giant law firm or a sole practitioner.
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