TechnoLawyer: Legal Research

In today's issue of TechnoLawyer NewsWire, tech expert Jill Bauerle covers a free toolbar for fast, easy legal research, software that can map your entire network and help you manage desktop application licenses, and a service that enables you to create unique e-mail addresses on the fly to prevent spam. Don't miss the next issue.

Below you'll find one of the three articles from today's edition:

Raising the Bar for Legal Research
By Jill Bauerle
Knowing shortcuts when you search LexisNexis can save you time. Now you can save even more time with the new LexisNexis Toolbar, the first toolbar designed specifically for online legal research. The LexisNexis Toolbar integrates with your Web browser for immediate gratification when you must find information, fast. To this end, it provides several options for searching. As you might expect, you can type your terms into the search box, select your source, and click "Search." However, you can also conduct searches by highlighting keywords on Web pages. The LexisNexis Toolbar also supports most favorite LexisNexis command searches. In addition to searching various LexisNexis sources, you can also use the LexisNexis Toolbar to Shepardize and pull up citations. It can even run Google and MSN searches. However you use it, the LexisNexis Toolbar saves you from continuously logging onto the LexisNexis home page and clicking through multiple screens. You can download the LexisNexis Toolbar for free. To use it, you'll need Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher. Learn more about LexisNexis Toolbar.

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Coming December 14, 2005 to Answers to Questions: Jerry Thompson explains how to assess your individual needs when choosing from the many versions of Dragon NaturallySpeaking, Stephen Seldin reviews his experience with Dell's tech support (and shares an interesting tidbit about founder Michael Dell), Scott Bassett explains how to integrate your digital camera with your office network, Ed Walters reviews a legal research service as well as some free resources, and Mark Payne suggests a simple solution for removing ready-made folders in Windows XP. Don't miss this issue.

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Published Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, Answers to Questions is a thrice weekly newsletter in which TechnoLawyer members answer legal technology and practice management questions submitted by their peers (including you if you join TechnoLawyer). Like all of our newsletters, it's free. Please subscribe now.

In Answers to Questions, several TechnoLawyer members recently discussed alternative legal research services. TechnoLawyer member Dana Kjellgren writes: "Our office is a small governmental law office, and we have used LOISLaw for several years because the costs were significantly lower than with WestLaw and Lexis. I believe they have the bankruptcy materials you require. You may want to check their Web site for more information."

About Quips
A Quip is a brief member contribution for which we don't have room in our Answers to Questions or Fat Friday newsletters. Instead, Quips appear first in TechnoGuide, and later here in TechnoLawyer Blog. TechnoGuide, which is free, also contains exclusive content. You can subscribe here.

Coming August 4, 2005 to Answers to Questions: Cynthia Zook explains how to tame Outlook's auto-address completion feature (the postscript to Cynthia's Post features additional advice from TechnoLawyer members Melinda Benanti, Pamela Coleman, Kath Gilliam, David Parker, and Walter Sanchez). Also in this issue, Martin Pagel discusses the strengths and weaknesses of various electronic forms solutions, Diana Brodman Summers compares VersusLaw to Westlaw, George Tanguay discusses his the pros and cons of various legal research tools, and Bryan Morin checks in with his opinion of Dell's tech support. Don't miss this issue.

How to Receive this Newsletter
Published Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, Answers to Questions is a thrice weekly newsletter in which TechnoLawyer members answer legal technology and practice management questions submitted by their peers (including you if you join TechnoLawyer). Like all of our newsletters, it's free. Please subscribe now.

Coming July 11, 2005 to TechnoGuide:

Your Search Engine Rank; Driving Ross Crazy; Have You Learned Anything?
By Neil Squillante

In this issue of TechnoGuide, Neil Squillante discusses search engine optimization and the importance of link building. This issue also contains Quips about Travan tape drives, Microsoft Office on a Mac, cell phones in the courtroom, and the benefits of a Certificate in Forensic Economics. This issue's Questions inquire about confidentiality when outsourcing, CiteIt, PCLaw's P&L reports, scanning to PDF, 64-bit laptops, and accessing peripherals remotely. All that plus the Question of the Week.

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Coming April 20, 2005 to TechnoLawyer NewsWire: In this issue of TechnoLawyer NewsWire, you'll learn about a new set of Outlook add-ins designed to increase your efficiency, a Web site that compiles all the best deals on tech gear, a Google-like search engine that facilitates searching public records, a new service for cyberspace meetings and collaboration, and an intuitive e-mail filtering system.

How to Receive this Newsletter
Published on Wednesdays, TechnoLawyer NewsWire is a weekly newsletter that enables you to learn about new technology products and services of interest to legal professionals. Like all of our newsletters, it's free. Please subscribe now.

TechnoLawyer member Michael Hanlon sums up the recent debate in our Answers to Questions newsletter regarding pinpoint citations rather succinctly, writing: "Always remember your audience. Judges are not necessarily technolawyers or consultants. Many judges (both federal and state) have bound volumes in their chambers. Use pin cites when and where available."

About Quips
A Quip is a brief member contribution for which we don't have room in our Answers to Questions or Fat Friday newsletters. Instead, Quips appear first in TechnoGuide, and later here in TechnoLawyer Blog. TechnoGuide, which is free, also contains exclusive content. You can subscribe here.