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- REVIEW: INTERNET HANDBOOK FOR LAW LIBRARIANS James Milles Glanville Publishers
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- This handbook, written for a highly specialized audience, was authored by the
- Head of Computer Services at Saint Louis University Law Library, James Milles
- who is also the Moderator of a BITNET newsgroup (bit.listserv.nettrain) for
- Internet instructors and teachers. Its main value is listing the main
- sources of information of interest to law librarians and how to use the Net
- to search and obtain it.
-
- INTERNET HANDBOOK FOR LAW LIBRARIANS provides a thumbnail description of
- other networks available - such as Law:Forum, BITNET and ABAnet as well as
- a brief history of the Internet and NREN itself. Also covered are the major
- building blocks such as Mail, TELNET, FTP, as well as "newer" tools like
- WAIS, GOPHER and the World-Wide Web.
-
- Of major interest are brief description of mailing lists, UNIX and BU
- LISTSERV commands, Law, Law-related, Library and Miscellaneous mailing
- lists (and how to find more), various library and academic on-line catalogs,
- other Federal and State electronic bulletin boards, Freenets and menu
- access systems of particular interest to law librarians. In addition, there
- is a chapter with suggestions for Internet research strategy. The appendices
- include E-mail etiquette, starting and running a discussion group and a list
- of bibliographical references.
-
- My main critique of INTERNET HANDBOOK FOR LAW LIBRARIANS is that it is
- somewhat dated (1993) given the fast changing world of the Internet. The
- bibliography particularly is lacking. The main sites and address seem to
- be current, although I have not verified any of them. Is it worth $100.00?
- Well, certainly not to the general Net user like you and me, but it may well
- be to the specialized user for whom the handbook was intended. It is included
- at no additional charge with a subscription to the Law Library Information
- Report series (price unknown) available from Glanville Publishers Inc, (75
- Main Street, Dobbs Ferry NY 10522).
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- %T Internet Handbook for Law Librarians
- %A James Milles
- %I Glanville Publishers Inc
- %C Dobbs Ferry New York
- %D 1993
- %O $100.00, included with subscription to Law Library Information Reports
- %G ISBN: 0-87802-093-4
- %P 64 pp, paperbound
- %K Internet for Law Librarians
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- (C) 1995
- Michael Crestohl
- Nahant Massachusetts USA
- mc@shore.net
-
- DISCLAIMER: I have no interest, financial or otherwise, in the success or
- failure of the book or materials reviewed herewith, nor have I received any
- compensation (other than a review copy requested by me) from anyone who has.
- All opinions expressed are strictly my own.
-
- Other Internet and Aviation book/software reviews by me can be obtained
- by anonymous FTP from: x2ftp.oulu.fi in the /pub/books/crestohl directory.
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