{"title":"“Unknown Symbols”: Online Legal Research in the Age of Emoji","authors":"J. Behrens","doi":"10.1080/0270319X.2019.1696067","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0270319X.2019.1696067","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Over the last decade, emoji and emoticons have made the leap from text messaging and social media to legal filings, court opinions, and law review articles. However, emoji and emoticons’ growth in popularity has tested the capability of online legal research systems to properly display and retrieve them in search results, posing challenges for future researchers of primary and secondary sources. This article examines current display practices on several of the most popular online legal research services (including Westlaw Edge, Lexis Advance, Bloomberg Law, Fastcase, HeinOnline, and Gale OneFile LegalTrac) and suggests effective workarounds for researchers.","PeriodicalId":39856,"journal":{"name":"Legal Reference Services Quarterly","volume":"38 1","pages":"155 - 169"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/0270319X.2019.1696067","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47767616","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Critical Explorations of Human Rights: Recent and Selected Works","authors":"N. Stump","doi":"10.1080/0270319X.2019.1656458","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0270319X.2019.1656458","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The author provides an overview of recent critical works on human rights that constitute important contributions to the literature and ties together key threads from the discourse. Monographs, edited collections, and select articles on human rights are examined that draw primarily on critical legal theory and feminist approaches, among others, such as radical democracy and radical cause lawyering. Also explored are intersections between the critical human rights scholarship surveyed and recent works on ecological feminism and environmental human rights. The author argues that such collected works are invaluable contributions for those seeking transformative approaches to law and social change through the critical human rights lens.","PeriodicalId":39856,"journal":{"name":"Legal Reference Services Quarterly","volume":"38 1","pages":"115 - 122"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/0270319X.2019.1656458","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46492236","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Robots, Blockchain, ESI, Oh My!: Why Law Schools Are (or Should Be) Teaching Legal Technology","authors":"Emily Janoski-Haehlen","doi":"10.1080/0270319x.2019.1656456","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0270319x.2019.1656456","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The author explains the important of introducing legal technology into the law school curriculum. At a time when innovation in law is happening at a rapid-fire pace, the need for these courses is indisputable.","PeriodicalId":39856,"journal":{"name":"Legal Reference Services Quarterly","volume":"38 1","pages":"101 - 77"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/0270319x.2019.1656456","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49636549","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Teaching Civil Procedure in the 21st Century: An Annotated Bibliography of U.S. Books and Articles, 2000–2019","authors":"A. Blaine","doi":"10.1080/0270319X.2019.1667163","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0270319X.2019.1667163","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract An annotated bibliography of articles and books on teaching civil procedure published in the United States from Winter 2000 through Spring 2019.","PeriodicalId":39856,"journal":{"name":"Legal Reference Services Quarterly","volume":"38 1","pages":"123 - 154"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/0270319X.2019.1667163","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42191745","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Special Collections in View: Marketing and Outreach as Reference Services","authors":"Ryan Greenwood","doi":"10.1080/0270319x.2019.1656457","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0270319x.2019.1656457","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article discusses the marketing and promotion of special collections in academic law libraries as complementary to, and a part of, effective reference services based in those collections. The two activities can share similar goals and be mutually reinforcing: good marketing can lead to better reference service and an increase in patrons using special collections; and better, more engaged reference service can lead to long-term interest and support for special collections among a library’s stakeholders.","PeriodicalId":39856,"journal":{"name":"Legal Reference Services Quarterly","volume":"38 1","pages":"102 - 114"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/0270319x.2019.1656457","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48162905","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Applying User-centered Design to Discovery Layer Evaluation in the Law Library","authors":"Scott Uhl","doi":"10.1080/0270319X.2019.1614373","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0270319X.2019.1614373","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Usability and user experience are an important factor in the overall value of products and services offered by law libraries. User experience evaluation tools can help librarians make better decisions for their users when choosing databases to purchase or subscribe to, designing a library website, or selecting and implementing discovery layers. This article describes an array of evaluation tools and discusses how and when they can be implemented in the law library context.","PeriodicalId":39856,"journal":{"name":"Legal Reference Services Quarterly","volume":"38 1","pages":"30 - 63"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/0270319X.2019.1614373","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43658036","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Trends in Use of Institutional Repositories for Faculty Scholarship in ABA-approved Law Schools","authors":"Judith Simms","doi":"10.1080/0270319X.2019.1614376","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0270319X.2019.1614376","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Using a population of ABA-approved law schools, this study attempts to quantify their institutional repositories and the types of items collected. I conducted a content analysis of repositories containing faculty scholarship, journal archives, and other collections. I located these collections through searching the Web, checking commercial directories and an AALL directory, and directly searching law school Web sites. Approximately 66% of law schools maintain institutional repositories containing faculty scholarship, journal archives, and/or other documents. This article includes recent research about other academic repositories, reviewing their success factors and general difficulties in implementing institutional repositories.","PeriodicalId":39856,"journal":{"name":"Legal Reference Services Quarterly","volume":"38 1","pages":"64 - 76"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/0270319X.2019.1614376","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59279248","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Five-minute Exercise: A Method for Using Modified Lectures in the Legal Research Classroom","authors":"N. Downing","doi":"10.1080/0270319X.2019.1614365","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0270319X.2019.1614365","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract As legal research instructors develop new and exciting ways to engage law students in the classroom, the value of the lecture as a continued pedagogical tool can be lost. In comparing the pedagogical strengths and weaknesses of passive and active learning, this article identifies lack of engagement as one of the biggest weaknesses of lectures as compared to active learning methods. To increase engagement during lectures, the author proposes the five-minute exercise method as a way to modify lectures with the addition of short, skill-based exercises.","PeriodicalId":39856,"journal":{"name":"Legal Reference Services Quarterly","volume":"38 1","pages":"1 - 29"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/0270319X.2019.1614365","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48577823","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book Selection Services: One Law Library, Two Vendors","authors":"M. Garmon","doi":"10.4324/9781315864815-11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315864815-11","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39856,"journal":{"name":"Legal Reference Services Quarterly","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70457236","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How Little Is Known: Finding Regulations from the First 100 Years of the United States","authors":"M. Vanderheijden","doi":"10.1080/0270319X.2018.1552053","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0270319X.2018.1552053","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The task of finding 19th-century regulations is not as daunting as it might initially appear. By adapting well-worn research advice about the importance of secondary sources and indexes and by exercising a healthy dose of creativity, researchers will be better prepared either to find the sought-after regulations or to fail—but to do so with a greater understanding of the universe of existing and available documents. This article briefly examines 19th-century administrative law and its publication and identifies some of the issues facing researchers. After reviewing early attempts to help provide access to regulatory documents, this article offers suggestions for modern researchers faced with this difficult, but not impossible, research.","PeriodicalId":39856,"journal":{"name":"Legal Reference Services Quarterly","volume":"37 1","pages":"257 - 272"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/0270319X.2018.1552053","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46366854","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}