Laura K. Justiss - A Survey of Electronic Research Alternatives to Lexis and Westlaw in Law Firms is available on SSRN.
Academic librarians may find the following tables useful for teaching purposes:
Page 12 "Primary Source Alternatives to Lexis and Westlaw"
Page 15 "Court Docket and Case Information Services"
Page 18 "Secondary Sources for Topical Legal Research, Legal Periodicals, etc."
Honorable mentions
Page 20 "Financial, Business & News Information (including SEC Filings, Public and Private Company Information)"
Page 22 "Public Records"
Page 24 "Non-legal land Legal-Related: Patents and Trademarks, Science, Technology, Medicine, etc."
The article has other tables that in my view, are more firm specific information. It probably goes without saying, but I am sure that most of us think that it is important for academic librarians to know what other databases that the firms are using so that we can expose students to those sources as well.
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Monday, August 16, 2010
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Westlaw Law School Exchange
One of the products that impressed me most this year was Westlaw's Law School Exchange. It seemed to address a lot of the gripes that I had about online text books, and it has some other useful features. This product is for passwords with faculty status.
West has divided its marketing of Law School Exchange into three categories: Share, Publish, and Collaborate.
Share
You can upload PDFs, Photos, PowerPoints, Word Documents and Mutlimedia files. This is a good way to share articles and syllabi with colleagues. You can easily share documents under the Materials tab.
Publish
This feature has the ability to integrate with TWEN and allows distribution of course materials. Don't forget to mindful of copyright! West Academic Publishing and Foundation Press materials are available. Text books can be viewed in a document viewer. This is the feature that I saw that impressed me. You could highlight portions of the text as well as annotate. From what I was told, this feature would come for a fee to students.
Collaborate
You can join groups and add colleagues. This allows you to reach beyond your school for guidance and provides networking opportunities.
Other things to note
There are tabs for Collections and Blogs that are in development. Also, the version I saw at AALL seems to be a bit different, so it took some getting use to. Additionally, you have to log in with your unique Westlaw password.
To join Law School Exchange go to http://exchange.westlaw.com/ and click on create an account. You will need your Westlaw password (the unique numeric-alpha password, not your custom password). Next, you select the areas you teach in, you also have the option of adding areas that you are interested in. You then must agree to the terms of use and then you can register.
West has divided its marketing of Law School Exchange into three categories: Share, Publish, and Collaborate.
Share
You can upload PDFs, Photos, PowerPoints, Word Documents and Mutlimedia files. This is a good way to share articles and syllabi with colleagues. You can easily share documents under the Materials tab.
Publish
This feature has the ability to integrate with TWEN and allows distribution of course materials. Don't forget to mindful of copyright! West Academic Publishing and Foundation Press materials are available. Text books can be viewed in a document viewer. This is the feature that I saw that impressed me. You could highlight portions of the text as well as annotate. From what I was told, this feature would come for a fee to students.
Collaborate
You can join groups and add colleagues. This allows you to reach beyond your school for guidance and provides networking opportunities.
Other things to note
There are tabs for Collections and Blogs that are in development. Also, the version I saw at AALL seems to be a bit different, so it took some getting use to. Additionally, you have to log in with your unique Westlaw password.
To join Law School Exchange go to http://exchange.westlaw.com/ and click on create an account. You will need your Westlaw password (the unique numeric-alpha password, not your custom password). Next, you select the areas you teach in, you also have the option of adding areas that you are interested in. You then must agree to the terms of use and then you can register.
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