This was seen as overly aggressive by library managers since we are largely meant to be the main point of contact for
online research services in the firms.
Online research services remain the most reliable source of updated legal information — but not only do they remain expensive, they also require you to seek out the information you want.
Lawyers spend an average of 20 percent of their work time conducting legal research, and when they start a research project, they generally turn first to
free online research services before using fee - based services or research materials in print or on CD - ROM.
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Online research services allowing patrons to pose questions and get answers from librarians: 37 % of Americans ages 16 and older would «very likely» use an «ask a librarian» type of service, and another 36 % say they would be «somewhat likely» to do so.
Author: Three librarians from the University of San Francisco's Dorraine Zief Law Library write this blawg: Lee Ryan, senior reference librarian; John Shafer reference librarian; and Amy Wright,
online research services librarian.
Our prior intranet library pages had more that 2000 links to external content (including third
party online research services and government websites).
Sweet and Maxwell's announcement mentions the «now far
superior online research services available, such as Westlaw UK and Lawtel, which provide vast amounts of content and are much more suited to today's legal practitioner».
It is
an online research service that you should use to find cases and secondary sources — for free.
With the advent of sophisticated databases and
online research services, the task has become easier.
Firms never billed clients to retain libraries and
online research service has in most cases effectively replaced law firm libraries.
But at the same time, some small firms are still flourishing, aided by computer technology and
online research services.