staying current

Staying Current: Current Awareness ResourcesLisa Smith-ButlerSeptember 10, 2013

Today

• We’ll talk about:• current awareness services to faculty;• current awareness resources; and• creating alerts.

http://www.charlestonlaw.edu/Library/Services-for-Faculty.aspx





Services

• CILP (Current Index Legal Periodicals)• JURIST• The Barrister• New Books• RSS Feeds• Blogs or Blawgs

https://lib.law.washington.edu/cilp/cilp.html

http://jurist.org/paperchase/

http://lawlibrarybarrister.wordpress.com/

http://www.charlestonlaw.edu/Library/Library-Resources/New-Books.aspx

http://www.charlestonlaw.edu/Library/Services-for-Faculty/Current-Awareness.aspx

http://www.abajournal.com/blawgs

Traditional Current Awareness Legal Resources

• BNA• Casemaker Digest• CCH• Law.com• Law Ratchet• South Carolina

Lawyer’s Weekly

http://www.charlestonlaw.edu/Library/Library-Resources/Databases-Catalog/BNA-at-Charleston-School-of-Law.aspx

http://www.casemakerdigest.com/Home.aspx?pg=lgn

http://intelliconnect.cch.com/scion/secure/ctx_www_charlestonlaw_edu_Library_Library-Resources_Databases-Catalog_aspx/index.jsp?cpid=WKUS-Legal-IC

http://www.law.com/jsp/law/index.jsp

http://lawratchet.com/home/

http://sclawyersweekly.com/

http://sclawyersweekly.com/

Casemaker Digest

Law.com

Law Ratchet: Already Prepared for You!



South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Creating Alerts: AdvanceLexis, Google & WestlawNext

• Researchers can create a variety of alerts via AdvanceLexis, Google and WestlawNext.

• These alerts can be delivered directly into the recipient's mailbox.

AdvanceLexis

https://advance.lexis.com/GoToExperienceBarPageResearch?sit=1365537310152.893&lnsi=0dc6a518-2e80-444f-90af-12737891470d&aci=la&rmflag=true

Google Alert

http://www.google.com/alerts?hl=en

WestlawNext

https://1.next.westlaw.com/Search/Home.html?clientid=Smith-Butler%20Lisa&transitionType=Default&contextData=(sc.Default)&originationContext=RequestDirector&firstPage=true&bhcp=1

Readers: Feedly (Google Chrome Only!)

http://cloud.feedly.com/

Other Readers?

• Aol Reader• Digg Reader• The Old Reader

http://reader.aol.com/

http://digg.com/login?next=/reader

http://theoldreader.com/

Check Out CVN for Your Students

http://lawschool.courtroomview.com/

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Want to see it again? Check out Sharepoint/Faculty/Links

http://www.charlestonlaw.edu/Library/Using-the-Library/Library-Guides.aspx

Questions?

• Contact your library liaison or the Reference Desk @ x 4020 or [email protected]

http://csol.bluekeylabs.com/static/Library%20Faculty%20Sourcebook/index.html

mailto:[email protected]

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