If you're not familiar with it already, you'll recognize a key number by the little symbol of a key that appears before a number.
There's also a Wikipedia entry about the West American Digest System, which is what the Topic and Key Numbers refer to.
Friday, November 13, 2009
Using WEST key numbers
A student asked how to look up a legal topic using a West Key Number and I realized I didn't know how! I found this great, simple explanation of the West Key Number System and how to understand/use it. West Key Number System
If you're not familiar with it already, you'll recognize a key number by the little symbol of a key that appears before a number.
There's also a Wikipedia entry about the West American Digest System, which is what the Topic and Key Numbers refer to.
If you're not familiar with it already, you'll recognize a key number by the little symbol of a key that appears before a number.
There's also a Wikipedia entry about the West American Digest System, which is what the Topic and Key Numbers refer to.
Monday, October 12, 2009
Monday, October 5, 2009
Roving Reference
At a recent Adult Services Forum, I listened to the keynote speaker provide tips for coming out from behind the "beaurocratic" reference desk to create a more comfortable environment for our students. His big finish included a video you might find amusing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFhmSDIACew
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
DOI's and URL's in APA
Wow that's a lot of acronyms!
If you're following any academic library listserv, you've seen a lot of discussion and frustration regarding the APA 6th edition's treatment of electronic articles, DOI's, URL's and the like. A recent post to ILI-L linked to the APA Style Blog, which I plan on adding to my Google Reader. Today's post provides a flowchart (I kid you not, this is what citation has come to!!) for when to use a DOI and/or URL. I haven't pored over it, but it will probably be a useful resource to have on hand at some point.
If you're following any academic library listserv, you've seen a lot of discussion and frustration regarding the APA 6th edition's treatment of electronic articles, DOI's, URL's and the like. A recent post to ILI-L linked to the APA Style Blog, which I plan on adding to my Google Reader. Today's post provides a flowchart (I kid you not, this is what citation has come to!!) for when to use a DOI and/or URL. I haven't pored over it, but it will probably be a useful resource to have on hand at some point.
Monday, September 21, 2009
Google Fast Flip
Like many of Google's products, I'm not sure of the value in this...but it seems like there would be some value somehow in some future circumstance that I just can not imagine at this point in time....
Google Fast Flip http://fastflip.googlelabs.com/
"Google has partnered with three dozen diverse publications including the Atlantic, New York Times, Cosmopolitan, Christian Science Monitor, Washington Post, Slate, Seventeen and Good Housekeeping . The publications will get revenue from ads on the site which will hopefully help the struggling industry. Searching by key word, publication, topic or those most viewed you can browse the beginning of recent aricles, literally flipping page by page with instant loading. " (Points of Reference blog, 9/16/09)
Google Fast Flip http://fastflip.googlelabs.com/
"Google has partnered with three dozen diverse publications including the Atlantic, New York Times, Cosmopolitan, Christian Science Monitor, Washington Post, Slate, Seventeen and Good Housekeeping . The publications will get revenue from ads on the site which will hopefully help the struggling industry. Searching by key word, publication, topic or those most viewed you can browse the beginning of recent aricles, literally flipping page by page with instant loading. " (Points of Reference blog, 9/16/09)
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