December 10, 2006

Welcome to Issue #252 of the Internet Legal Research Weekly, a newsletter that delivers relevant and timely legal research information, and other fun stuff, to your inbox every Sunday. If you like what you read, please forward this newsletter to anyone you think might be interested, and encourage him or her to do the same! To subscribe, all you have to do is visit Inter Alia and fill out the subscription form -- it's free!

Get to Know Me
A number of months ago, I gave an interview to the folks at LawCrossing, a great site featuring the largest collection of active legal jobs in the world. In addition, they highlight lawyers in the Law Stars section, and I was pleased to see that my interview was posted last week.

Your Presentations, on the Web
I'm certainly not the first to mention this site, but SlideShare is a terrific new addition to the Web 2.0 genre of websites. The site allows you to upload your own Powerpoint presentations to the Web, where anyone can see them -- and it's free. You can also browse and view presentations created by other users. This is a terrific way to get your presentations on the Web, without having to shell out for your own server space.

Blawgs of the Week
Here are a few of the great law-related blogs I featured on Inter Alia this past week -- and they're all from law professors:

Last week we covered shortcuts in Outlook that could be used with the ALT key. This week, let's look at some shortcuts that begin with CTRL:

CTRL + 1	Go to Mail
CTRL + 2	Go to Calendar
CTRL + 3	Go to Contacts
CTRL + 4	Go to Tasks
CTRL + 5	Go to Notes
CTRL + D	Delete an item (message, task, contact, etc.)
CTRL + F	Forward
CTRL + O	Open a message, contact, task, etc.
CTRL + P	Print
CTRL + R	Reply

And that's just the beginning - try the ALT and CTRL keys with other keys, and see what you can do!

Do you have a question about searching the Internet or your computer in general? Drop me an e-mail at tom(at)inter-alia(dot)net – I’ll post your question (don’t worry, I won’t use your real name) and try to get an answer for you!

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
The mission at M.D. Anderson is simple -- to eliminate cancer. This site provides some great basic resources on cancer, for Patients and the Public and Cancer Professionals. You'll find some good information about cancer, as well as helpful articles on cancer prevention and links to clinical trials. The Clinical and Scientific Resources area contains practice guidelines for the diagnosis of specific types of cancer, research reports, M.D. Anderson publications, and access to the Research Medical Library.

Southern African Legal Information Institute
If you're familiar with other Legal Information Institutes on the Web, you'll know that these sites are terrific for obtaining basic legal research information for different areas of the world. This site covers many countries in Southern Africa, including South Africa, Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Mauritius, Namibia, Tanzania, Zambia, and several more. Each country's page provides access to information on education, government, and legislation resources, as well as links to various areas of law in that country. If you're new to legal research of a Southern Africa country, this site is a great starting place.

sunETHICS
sunETHICS is primarily a site about ethics in the state of Florida, but you'll also find other state and national ethics resources here too. Each page features links to that jurisdiction's rules of professional and judicial conduct, Bar Admissions, ethics opinions, and more. A very easy-to-use directory for starting off your ethics research.

Canadian Society of Forensic Science
This quarterly publication provides reviews, papers, and comments in various branches of forensic science - these include, among other things, forensic chemistry, blood and breath alcohol analysis, questioned documents, firearms examination, hair and fiber examination, and more. Although you can't get full articles here without subscribing, you can browse the issue archives for abstracts of articles.

Free Public Records Sites
Finding public records on the Internet for free can be a challenge; ever since my favorite site SearchSystems began charging a subscription fee just to search their database, I have been looking for other solutions. Here's one -- this comprehensive list of free public record sites from BRB Publications. Just click on a state, and you'll get a list of links to sites that offer free (or cheap) public records.

While you're making your own holiday wishlist, why not take it online and make it available to people who might want to get something for you? Check out Wishlistr - it's really easy to post a wish list here.

Here's a site I have mentioned lately in presentations: Says-It.com lets you create custom church signs, seals, concert tickets, or posters of your favorite political figure -- with your own words.

Well, that’s it for Issue #252 – I hope you liked it! If you did, pass this along to anyone you think might be interested, and encourage him or her to subscribe. Also, feel free to drop me an e-mail any time if you have questions, or if you have websites or other topics you want included in a future issue.

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