Legal Research: Tips to Zero in on the Good Stuff… and then finding it again!
Legal research isn't just about where to find the information and how to search, but also increasingly knowing how to manage, store, and recall the information you find. In this session for the Arkansas Bar Association Midyear meeting we discussed some of the best starting points for online legal research, as well as how to make sure the information is authoritative, accurate, and updated. We also covered tools for helping the research come to you - RSS feed readers and web-based clipping services. Finally, we explored the concept of personal knowledge management - how to store, track, search, and reapply the research you have already done to help kick start your next research project.

Doing the Research: slaw.com and Other Legal Research Sites Legal research on the net – how to do it efficiently and effectively – what are the new research sites, how do you balance them with the paid services and when it pays to use a professional legal researcher. This presentation and accompanying paper for the 2006 Pacific Legal Technology Conference help lawyers get up to speed with new tools and reminds them of the potential pitfalls of having "everything" on the 'Net.

If You Can't Beat 'Em, Train 'Em: How Lawyers Conduct Legal Research
If librarians only had a nickel for every time they heard "isn't everything available on the internet?" they would all be able to retire to their own private islands. However, we know that is not the case and even if all information anyone ever needed were available on the internet, users would still face obstacles in finding the exact answer they require using online sources. This article first appeared in Legal Information Alert.

Becoming a More "Resource-full" Librarian
Presentation given at Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw .
A presentation focusing on cost recovery and tracking of online legal research in the private law firm library. Topics discussed include ethical consideratations, how to choose software, available options, and the benefits of tracking and reporting of online legal research.

Tips, Tricks, and Tools: Taming the Internet
An alternate version first appeared in The Public Lawyer
For lawyers who use email and are on the Web everyday, we provide some tips and tricks to help make the experience more efficient, more useful, and maybe even fun! Keeping up on the latest news, organizing and sharing frequently used websites, toolbars, new search engines, personalization, combating spam, and much more are covered.

Taming Online Research: Tracking, Reporting, and Cost Recovery
Business Information Alert
Law firm libraries and information centers have new and better oppurtunities to track usage of online research and participate in cost recovery endeavors. Software vendors, both new comers and old timers, help make better reporting possible.

Feasibility/Viability of Digital Law Library
Discussion of research on the private law firm library, conducted throughout 2002 as part of a AALL/Aspen Legal Publishing research grant. The article looks at issues helping or hindering adoption of digital law libraries in private US law firms.

KM 101: Assistive Technology for Knowledge Management Initiatives
Find out how to take the sting out of the buzzword with this introductory article on how technology can assist a law firm in achieving knowledge management. Discrete areas of information within a law firm are identified and suggestions for technologies to help capture, organize, and retrieve this information are discussed.

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ABA Lawtech Discussion List
Lawtech is intended for members of the legal community who wish to discuss issues related to the use of technology by practitioners. Its subscribers include lawyers, law school and law firm IT staff, court staff and judges and other legal professionals. Subscribe, change your subscription or search the archives here: http://mail.abanet.org/archives/lawtech.html.

• Library Databases
• Legal Software Purchasing Checklist
• Resources for Legal Technology Research
• Small/Solo Firm Options for Online Legal Research

More overviews on a variety of legal technology issues can be found on our FYI page.

Universal Citation
An overview and comprehensive collection of resources on uniform/universal citation around the world.

Feasibility and Viability of the Digital Library
Presentation given at Techshow 2003 revealing the results of a year long study on the digital library, funded in part by an American Association of Law Libraries Aspen Law and Business Grant. The presentation, and accompanying paper, include results from surveys of law librarians and legal publishers, as well as the results from the lawyers surveyed for the Online Research volume of the annual LTRC Legal Technology Survey Report (2002).

Legal Research Databases Chart
This chart compares access to state and federal caselaw, state and federal statutory law, and provides pricing options and supplementary services for the major legal research database vendors.