Notable Internet Resources 2002
This is the archive of the Notable Internet Resources columns from 2002. Notable Internet Resources is produced by the Langdell reference department as a service to the Harvard Law School community. The Notable Internet Resources archive may be browsed by date or by topic.
Notable Internet Resources provides annotated links to resources on a topic of interest to the Harvard Law School community. Once published, no effort is made to ensure the links remain current or accurate. This archive is provided for informational purposes only. Please contact the Langdell reference desk, (617) 495-4516, located just off the reading room on the fourth floor of Langdell Hall with any questions.
Notable Internet Resources Listed by Date:
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Notable Internet Resources Listed by Topic:
BNA Research Library (February 4)
Berkeley Electronic Press Journals (February 15)
Book Reviews (September 30)
Corporate Officers, Directors, and Resident Agents
(June 10)
Economic Indicators (February 25)
Economics and Business Articles (August 12)
E-Government (February 19)
Government Directories (May 28)
Harvard's History (November 25)
Historical Newspaper Sources (March 4)
HOLLIS Catalog (July 8)
The Homeland Security Act (December 9)
Immigration Law (January 28)
Internet Law Current Awareness (August 5)
Judicial Nomination Tracking (April 15)
Juvenile Justice (May 13)
Labor (September 1)
Law Faculty Directories (December 20)
Medical Literature (April 1)
Natural Gas and Electricity (September 16)
Older Law Review and Academic Journal Articles (April 8)
Product Recalls and Warnings (June 24)
Radio Broadcasts and Transcripts (March 11)
School Profiles: Elementary to Graduate (October
28)
Sites for International Travels (April 29)
Statistics--Starting Points (January 7)
Tobacco Laws, Litigation, & the Master Settlement Agreement (January 21)
Tribal Law (January 14)
The USA Patriot Act (March 18)
U.S. States--Organizations & News (March 25)
Urban Sprawl (November 11)
Voting Systems in the U.S. (October 15)
Notable Internet Resources 2002 Archive:
January 7: Statistics--Starting Points
Statistical Universe
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:statuniv:
Available to the Harvard community, Statistical Universe is an index to statistics compiled by U.S. federal and state
governments, businesses, and associations. From the entry screen, select Power Tables and search
by keyword. Limit by date, geographic area, demographic, or other factors. The statistics are usually available through this resource, but
sometimes only a citation to the publication containing the statistic is provided. Coverage begins in the early 1970s for government statistics,
and the 1980s for business and association statistics.
Harvard MIT Data Center
http://data.fas.harvard.edu/hdc/search/search.shtml:
The Harvard-MIT Data Center distributes quantitative social science data to the Harvard and MIT communities. This is its catalog describing
hundreds of online data sets. Search by keyword and follow instructions at the site to order. Note that there is sometimes a charge for custom
orders, but there is no charge for downloading data directly.
American FactFinder from the U.S. Census
http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/BasicFactsServlet:
The U.S. Census offers this site as an easy access point for Census
information. For quick access to statistics, use the pull-down menu of subjects and then specify a geographical area. Users can also request
data sets, create maps overlaid with statistical information, and generate geographic comparison tables. For the most part, the data from
the 2000 Census, and the 2000 Supplementary Survey (detailed data on families in 64 cities) is presented. The site offers a release schedule
for the rest of the Census 2000 data.
AmeriStat
http://www.ameristat.org/: This site is a collaborative effort of the Population Reference Bureau and demographers at the University of Michigan and the State University
of New York. It offers summaries of demographic statistics for the U.S. population. Browse by such categories as children, education, labor and
employment, marriage and family, income, race, and others. Source
information is provided. Some may find this site easier to browse than the Census site, but for less popularly requested statistics, the Census
site is superior.
United Nations Statistics Division
http://www.un.org/Depts/unsd/:
Use this site as a starting point for a wide array of statistics about member states of the United Nations. Coverage includes demographics, economics, health, housing and much more. Most statistics are available
at the site, but some must be purchased. Links to national statistics sites are provided.
InfoNation
http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation/e_infonation.htm:
This site allows users to compare statistical data for member states of the United Nations. Coverage includes geography, economy, population,
and social indicators. Select countries, then factors to compare. Only seven countries, and four factors may be compared at one time. (Will not
work with Netscape.)
January 14: Tribal Law
Native American Constitution and Law Digitization Project
http://thorpe.ou.edu: This site is the result of a collaborative project of the University of
Oklahoma Law Center and the National Indian Law Library to digitize and publish primary tribal law. Find codes, constitutions, corporate
charters, land titles, and treaties. Felix Cohen's Handbook on Federal Indian Law, a noted treatise on the subject, is also available here in
full text.
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
http://www.senate.gov/~scia/ieindex.html:
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs offers relevant legislation, testimony, press releases, upcoming hearings, and GAO reports.
Indian Affairs Laws and Treaties
http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/index.htm:
This site presents three of the seven volume Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties by Kappler, a historical compilation of U.S. treaties, laws,
and executive orders concerning Native Americans. Search by keyword or browse volume-specific indices and tables of contents. Coverage begins
in 1778 and ends in 1913, but will expand as more volumes are digitized.
The Tribal Court Clearinghouse
http://www.tribal-institute.org:
This is a good starting point to find tribal court opinions and tribal court Web pages. Use the pull-down menu to find sample tribal codes for
housing, probate and environment, as well as major pending federal legislation, law review articles, a list of U.S. agencies involved in
Native American affairs and more.
Native American Tribal Pages from NativeWeb
http://www.nativeweb.org/resources/nations_web_sites_information/native_american_tribal_pages/
: This is an annotated list of links to approximately 150 tribal government homepages.
Indian Law Resource Center
http://www.indianlaw.org: Offered by a non-profit advocacy group directed by Native Americans,
this site is a good resource for monitoring legal events in the Native American communities and non-American indigenous communities. Browse
press releases featured on the top page, link to older press releases, or view the annual newsletter (1997- ). The focus is on land claims,
human rights, sovereignty, environmental protection, mining, and gaming.
January 21: Tobacco Laws, Litigation, and the Master Settlement Agreement
Tobacco Litigation and Enforcement
http://caag.state.ca.us/tobacco/index.htm:
The California Office of the Attorney General presents information on the 1998 Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement, in which seven tobacco
companies agreed to restrictions on marketing practices and to pay $206 billion over 25 years to U.S. states and territories. The text of the
Master Settlement Agreement, the Smokeless Master Settlement Agreement, consent decrees, memoranda of understanding, exhibits, and other
documents are available in pdf format.
Tobacco Control Resource Center/Tobacco Products Liability Project
http://www.tobacco.neu.edu/: Authored by a center at the Northeastern University School of Law, this frequently updated site covers current tobacco litigation and tobacco
control initiatives. New developments are headlined on the top page. Delve a bit deeper to find links to selected litigation documents and
decisions. The Center has a clear anti-tobacco slant in its numerous "background" documents, but news items are from traditional press
sources.
Canadian Law and Tobacco
http://www.ncth.ca/CCTCLAWweb.nsf/:
Health Canada maintains this site on federal, provincial, and territorial
Canadian tobacco control laws. It includes statutes, regulations, and bills.
Search by keyword, browse by region or broad subject. Selecting a subject
generates a chart with links to legislation
by narrower topic, by region.
Investment in Tobacco Control: State Highlights 2001
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/statehi/statehi_2001.htm:
The Office on Smoking and Health of the Centers for Disease Control reports how states have used funds from the national tobacco settlement
for tobacco control and health and economic consequences of tobacco use by state. Download the entire report, look at the portions for specific
states, or read summary maps and tables covering such topics as tobacco use among adults, among youth, and Medicaid expenditures attributable to
smoking. This report is published on the CDC's substantial Tobacco Information and Prevention Source site at
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/index.htm.
Tobacco Archives
http://www.tobaccoarchives.com:
Supported by the tobacco industry, this is a "gateway" to six major archives of documents produced in civil tobacco litigation in the United
States. Combined, these repositories contain hundreds of thousands of documents covering research, manufacturing, marketing, advertising and
sales of cigarettes. Most of the archives are maintained by the tobacco companies themselves. Only some of the sites make images of the
documents available, others provide indexes to the documents.
January 28: Immigration Law
Recent Federal Register Items from the INS
http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/lawsregs/whatsnew.htm:
A good site for monitoring immigration law, the Immigration and
Naturalization Service lists its recent publications in the Federal
Register with links to the text. The list is in reverse-chronological
order and includes title, rule type, and date published. The main INS site
at http://www.ins.usdoj.gov offers forms, interpretations, administrative decisions, manuals, and
more.
U.S. Dept. of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR)
http://www.usdoj.gov/eoir/:
The EOIR was created in 1983, combining the Board of Immigration
Appeals (BIA) with the Immigration Judge function previously performed by
the INS. The site has links to immigration courts nationwide, their local
operating procedures, as well as statistics prepared by the EOIR, the BIA
Practice Manual, BIA Interim Decisions, and Indexed Board Decisions.
Census Statistics Relating to Immigration
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/foreign/reports.html:
The Census tracks the foreign-born population in the U.S. including
immigrants, refugees, and people on temporary visas residing in the U.S.
on the survey date. These statistical reports on foreign-born U.S.
citizens are available for 1994 through 2000.
U.S. Dept. of State Bureau of Consular Affairs
http://travel.state.gov/index.html:
The Bureau of Consular Affairs regulates and administers consular services
for U.S. citizens abroad. Its page offers international travel and
immigration-related resources and links.
ILW.com
http://www.ilw.com: Aimed at both
lawyers and the public, this site is a commercial venture most likely
supporting itself with the paid listings of hundreds of immigration
attorneys. Of note are the free newsletters on immigration law. The
Immigration Daily is aimed at lawyers and covers new legislation,
government documents, decisions, and short pieces by immigration
attorneys. Immigrant's Weekly has legislative updates, short articles, and
letters to the editor. Users may read the newsletters at the site, or opt
to receive them as emails.
Immigration Index
http://www.immigrationindex.org/:
Launched less than a year ago by an activist named Frank Corrigan, this
site is a fairly comprehensive Web directory of immigration resources. It
aims to include resources worldwide, but there is currently a focus on the
UK. Resources are grouped into categories such as asylum, detention,
migration, trafficking, and deportation.
February 4: BNA Research Library
The Harvard Law School Library has recently subscribed to the following
six BNA Research Library Web publications. Our subscription limits access to the Harvard Law School community. Access is controlled by IP address, not by user name and password.
Thus, you must be connected to the internet via the Harvard Law School network either through your HLS dialup account,
through a data jack on the HLS campus, or through an HLS campus network workstation to connect.
The BNA Research Library provides Web access to a variety of BNA publications, listed below. You may read current and past weekly issues; browse by date, by topic or by case name;
and search by key word and other parameters.
Antitrust & Trade Regulation Report
http://ippubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/ATR.NSF/highlights/highlights?OpenDocument:
The Antitrust & Trade Regulation Report covers federal, state, and international competition and deceptive trade practices law including recent judicial, legislative,
administrative, and enforcement actions. It tracks cases brought by the Justice Department's Antitrust Division, the Federal Trade Commission, and state attorneys general,
plus judicial decisions in private cases and follows proposed legislation and appropriations for the enforcement agencies in Congress.
Criminal Law Reporter
http://ippubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/CWB.NSF/highlights/highlights?OpenDocument:
The Criminal Law Reporter covers the enforcement and interpretation of criminal law including federal and state court decisions, federal legislative activities,
and administrative developments in criminal law. It analyzes the implications of current rulings that set precedent, examine new statutes, or tackle controversial issues. The
Circuit Split Roundup summarizes conflicts in the federal courts of appeals on questions of federal criminal law. The Criminal Law Reporter also tracks U.S. Supreme Court
criminal cases from filing through oral argument to final disposition. Detailed information includes titles and docket numbers, articles on oral arguments, and an
annual review of the Court's decisions.
Family Law Reporter
http://ippubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/FLR.NSF/highlights/highlights?OpenDocument:
The Family Law Reporter covers important new federal and state cases, legislation, trends, and issues in family law including federal and state appellate cases,
legislative and regulatory news, and other developments. The Tax Guide covers divorce-related taxation issues and includes tax statutes, regulations, and forms.
It provides access to source materials, including the full text of selected federal statutes and regulations, the text of uniform acts adopted by the states,
and brief summaries of state divorce laws.
Labor and Employment Law Library
http://laborandemploymentlaw.bna.com:
The Labor and Employment Law Library provides a sophisticated web interface to BNA's massive Labor Relations Reporter (KF 3319 .L32x). The Labor and
Employment Law Library provides analysis, news and background information on labor
management relations including the decisions of boards and courts; labor arbitration and dispute settlements; federal and state laws; wages and hours;
fair employment practices; individual employment rights; and the Americans with Disabilities Act. The Labor
and Employment Law Library provides access to the following reporters: Americans with Disabilities Cases (AD Cases); Fair Employment
Practices Cases (FEP Cases); Individual Employment Rights Cases (IER Cases); Labor Arbitration Decisions (LA); Labor Relations Court and NLRB Decisions (LRRM);
and Wages and Hours Cases (WH Cases, WH Cases 2d). It also provides access to the following reference manuals: Americans with Disabilities Act Manual; Collective
Bargaining Manual; Fair Employment Practices Manual; Individual Employment Rights Manual; Labor Arbitration Rules, Procedures and Directories;
Labor Relations Expediter; State Labor Laws; Wages and Hours Manual. It also includes many of the finding aids found in the Labor Relations Reporter including the
Outlines of Classification; case and decision headnotes and summaries; parallel citations and abbreviation lists; statute coordination lists; the Analysis/News Index;
and the Master Index.
Securities Regulation & Law Report
http://ippubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/SRLR.NSF/highlights/highlights?OpenDocument:
The Securities Regulation & Law Report covers federal and state developments in the regulation of securities and futures trading and accounting, including
coverage of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Commodities Futures Trading Commission, industry, courts, and Congress. It tracks legislative and regulatory proposals and actions
affecting securities laws, futures regulation, accounting issues, and related matters. The Securities Regulation & Law Report provides up-to-date information on SEC and
CFTC regulations and FASB actions as well as review summaries of key No-Action and Interpretive Letters, the full-text of selected documents, interviews with key officials,
and coverage of relevant state developments.
United States Law Week
http://ippubs.bna.com/ip/BNA/LAW2.NSF/highlights/highlights?OpenDocument:
United States Law Week reports on the proceedings, opinions and activities of the United States Supreme Court and other federal courts, offering news and analysis
with a focus on new developments in the law. United States Law Week provides headnoted summaries of state and federal court decisions and agency rulings that set precedent,
involve controversial issues, or present new perspectives on established legal principles. United States Law Week provides the full-text, with headnotes, of U.S. Supreme Court opinions.
Supreme Court Today is a service of United States Law Week providing more extensive coverage of U.S. Supreme Court opinions and proceedings than does United States Law Week itself.
Supreme Court Today covers U.S. Supreme Court opinions and proceedings from October 1996 to the present.
February 15: Berkeley Electronic Press Journals
The Library has just subscribed to a series of journals by the Berkeley
Electronic Press (http://www.bepress.com).
The Berkeley Electronic Press was founded as an electronic alternative to
the traditional system of scholarly publishing in peer-reviewed academic
journals. All Berkeley Electronic Press journal articles are peer-reviewed
by leading scholars with a turnaround time from submission to publication of
as little as eight weeks.
The Berkeley Electronic Press publishes journals in law and legal
scholarship, and in economics including economic analysis and policy. The
Berkeley Electronic Press also publishes working papers.
A Berkeley Electronic Press journal may be composed of up to four separate
and distinct journals called Frontiers, Advances, Contributions,
and Topics. Berkeley Electronic Press reviewers and editors decide in
which journal a given submission belongs based on its merit as follows:
Frontiers: suitable for publication in a top general interest journal
Advances: suitable for publication in a very good general interest
journal or a top field journal
Contributions: suitable for publication in a very good field journal
Topics: worthy of publication in an academic journal
Berkeley Electronic Press Economics Journals
The B.E. Journals in Economic Analysis & Policy
http://www.bepress.com/bejeap/
The B.E. Journals in Macroeconomics
http://www.bepress.com/bejm/
The B.E. Journals in Theoretical Economics
http://www.bepress.com/bejte/
Berkeley Electronic Press Law Journals
The Global Jurist
http://www.bepress.com/gj/
The Journals of Legal Scholarship
http://www.bepress.com/jls/
Berkeley Electronic Press Working Papers
The Berkeley Law & Economics Working Papers
http://www.bepress.com/blewp/default/
The German Working Papers in Law & Economics
http://www.bepress.com/gwp/default/
The Gruter Institute Working Papers
http://www.bepress.com/giwp/default/
Access to Berkeley Electronic Press Journals
Our subscription limits access to Berkeley Electronic Press Journals to the
Harvard Law School community. Access is controlled by IP address, not by
user name and password. Therefore, you must be connected to the Internet via
the Harvard Law School network either through your HLS dialup account,
through a network interface or PC card connected to a data jack on the HLS
campus, or through an HLS campus network workstation. This means researchers
connecting to the Internet through private Internet service providers, such
as AOL, AT&T, EarthLink, MSN, Verizon, etc., will not be able to connect
to Berkeley Electronic Press Journals.
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(Compiled and edited from materials and information provided by the
Berkeley Electronic Press.)
February 19: E-Government
eGovLinks
http://www.egovlinks.com: For those interested in e-government, this site is a good starting point.
Access sections on voting reform, privacy, the digital divide, disabled access, and other topics. Also find news, reports, and
bibliographies.
State and Federal E-Government in the United States, 2001
http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Taubman_Center/polreports/egovt01us.html
http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Taubman_Center/Pdf/egovt01us.PDF:
This report by Darrell M. West, Brown University, is an update of his 2000 report on the electronic delivery of government information and services. It evaluates government Web sites on democratic outreach, services provided, privacy, email responsiveness, disability access, and other factors. Differences among the states, and between federal and state sites are detailed.
Congress Online Project
http://www.congressonlineproject.org/index.html: Funded by the Pew Charitable trust, the Congress Online Project studies Congress' use of the Internet to inform and communicate with the public. Its recent report, Congress Online: Assessing and Improving Capital Hill web Sites assesses Congress-affiliated web sites, those of individual members, committees, and leadership offices. It concludes that many sites lack crucial information and features.
Global E-Government Survey
http://www.worldmarketsanalysis.com/e_gov_report.html: Published by the World Markets Research Centre, this report assesses over 2,288 government web sites in 196 countries. It concludes that e-government initiatives still have a way to go; many countries lack a "portal" to all government entities and services, very few provide access to the disabled, and most sites cannot be searched.
State Web Portals: Delivering and Financing E-Service
http://endowment.pwcglobal.com/pdfs/JohnsonReport.pdf:
PriceWaterhouseCoopers examined 50 state Web portals to analyze how state
governments are delivering E-services to citizens. The findings are that
many state Web portals are not accessible, customizable, or usable to constituents.
California, North Dakota, Maine, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania ranked
highest with respect to comprehensive information and services, usability,
and trust in content.
The State of State Legislative Web Sites
http://www.ombwatch.org/npadv/2001/stlg/index.html:
OMB Watch reports on state legislative Web sites, assessing their usefulness to consumers in finding email and mailing addresses, information about the legislative process, legislative tracking, and legislation.
Use of E-Government
http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/pr/charts.html:
The 2001 National Technology Readiness Survey finds that more than half of adult Internet users accessed state Web sites, and one-third used federal government sites. Statistics on users are broken out by gender, age, education, and geography. This site offers the data in charts and the full report is available as a Word document download. See the link near the bottom of the page.
February 25: Economic Indicators
Economics Statistics from the White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/esbr.html:This site provides quick links
to economic indicators directly from the federal agencies that maintain
them, such as the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Bureau of Economic
Analysis, the Bureau of the Census, and the Federal Reserve. Headings are
employment, income, prices, production, money, output, transportation, and
international (trade).
Census Economic Briefing Room
http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/briefroom/BriefRm:
The Census tracks many indicators having to do with production including
manufacturing and trade inventories, housing starts, retail and food service
sales, wholesale trade, durable goods manufacturers' shipments, and others.
Each indicator is summarized; the most recent and next most recent figures
are shown, and links are provided to charts of them over time. There is also
an Economic Indicator Calendar, which lists exactly when new economic
indicators will be available.
Economic-Indicators.com
http://www.economic-indicators.com/: This simply designed site is maintained by R. Mark Rogers, author of a
handbook on economic indicators. He offers comprehensive links to publicly
accessible economic and financial data and reports. The best feature is the
Monthly Economic Indicators page that lists key indicators from the BLS,
BEA, Census, Federal Reserve, and the Institute for Supply Management all in
one place.
The Beige Book
http://www.federalreserve.gov/fomc/beigebook/2002/: The Federal Reserve
Board publishes the Beige Book eight times per year. The most current is
January 2002, and the earliest available is October 1996. The Beige Book
summarizes anecdotal information on current economic conditions collected by
each Federal Reserve Bank. Information is gathered from interviews with
business contacts, economists, and market experts and covers prices and
labor markets, manufacturing, services, retail sales, financial services,
construction and real estate, energy, and agriculture. The book is organized
by Federal Reserve district and sector but begins with an overview of U.S.
economic trends and forecasts.
International Economic Trends
http://www.stls.frb.org/publications/iet/: Also published by the Federal Reserve, International Economic Trends is
published four times per year. The most recent is February 2002. It presents
key economic and monetary indicators for many countries including the United
States. Data includes output, inflation, monetary aggregates, interest
rates, government budgets, current accounts, exchange rates and foreign
exchange reserves. View the entire publication, charts by country, or
comparative economic performances in terms of GDP, CPI, and employment
statistics.
The Economic Report of the President, 2002
http://w3.access.gpo.gov/eop/index.html: The Executive Office of the President recently released the Economic Report
of the President for 2002 in electronic form. View the report in its
entirety, search it by keyword, or download its statistical tables in
spreadsheet format. From this site you can access previous reports, related
budget documents, and the chart book Indicators of Social and Economic
Well-Being by Race and Hispanic Origin.
Economic Indicators from the U.S. Congress
http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/cong002.html: The Council of Economic Advisors prepares a report on economic indicators
for the Joint Economic Committee of Congress each month. Browse the reports,
or search by keyword. Reports are available from 1998 forward.
March 4: Historical Newspaper Sources
Newspapers in Microform at Harvard
http://hcl.harvard.edu/govdocs/collection/newspapers.html#web:
Librarians at the Government Documents library kindly created this guide to Harvard's extensive newspaper holdings on microfilm. Browse the lists of U.S. and foreign newspapers by state or country to find newspapers by city of publication with titles, years of holdings, and Harvard call numbers.
Accessible Archives
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:accarchv:
Accessible Archives provides the full text of the following early U.S. newspapers and newspaper collections:
The Pennsylvania Gazette 1728-1800; The Civil War: A Newspaper Perspective 1860-1865; and
African American Newspapers: The 19th Century. The Civil War collection contains major articles from
The New York Herald, The Charleston Mercury and the Richmond
Enquirer, published from November 1, 1860 to April 15, 1865. The African American Newspaper collection includes:
Freedom's Journal 1827-1829; The Colored American 1837-1841;
The North Star 1847-1851; The National Era 1847-1860; Provincial
Freeman, 1854-1857; Frederick Douglass Paper 1851-1859; and the Christian Recorder 1861-1902.
Poole's Plus
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:poolespl:
Poole's Plus provides digital versions of several historical newspaper indexes including: the
New York Times Index 1863-1906; the New York Daily Tribune Index 1875-1906;
Palmer's Index to the London Times 1880-1890; and the index to the Oregon Spectator
1846-1854. Search by author, title, or keyword and date. Plans are underway to add the indexes of the
Niles Weekly/National Register 1811-1849; the Virginia Gazette, 1736-1789; and
National Era, 1847-1860. Note that this is an index only, not a full text source.
Historical Newspapers Online
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:histnews:
Similar to Poole's Plus, Historical Newspapers Online offers electronic indexes to the
London Times and the New York Times. It includes Palmer's Index to the
London Times 1790-1905; the Official Index to the London Times 1906-1980; and the
Historical Index to the New York Times 1851-1922. Search by keyword and limit by main headings, dates, pages, and publications. This is an index only and does not provide the full text of articles.
U.S. News Archives on the Web
http://www.ibiblio.org/slanews/internet/archives.html:
For those interested in somewhat less historical coverage, this page offers links to newspaper archives available for free on the Web. The list is in order of state and city. Links to the current edition of the paper and the archives are provided along with information about dates of availability. This site is aimed at the public and includes prices for those newspaper archives that charge a fee for articles. Members of the Harvard community, however, have electronic access to most major newspapers through commercial database subscriptions, so do not pay to purchase articles directly.
March 11: Radio Broadcasts and Transcripts
NPR
www.npr.org: NPR maintains a sophisticated Web site with audio feeds, station finders, program listings, as well as searchable transcripts and archives of past radio programs. When searching the archives, users can limit to specific dates and programs such as
Fresh Air, All Things Considered, and Talk of the Nation.
Public Radio Fan
http://www.Publicradiofan.com/:
This site allows users to find out what's on the radio right now or what will be on at a certain time. It lists radio programs by time, program, and station and has links to public radio sites in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the U.S. The top page is a current schedule guide. Delve deeper to list stations by location, determine when programs are aired, and find Internet audio of programs like
This American Life and Morning Edition.
SpeechBot Radio Index
http://speechbot.research.compaq.com/:
SpeechBot is a searchable database of radio content. It uses audio-to-text technology. There are some errors in the converted text, but the site is valuable nonetheless since it groups radio content not combined in other transcript databases. The eclectic mix includes
Car Talk, PBS Online News Hour, U.S. Department of Defense Briefings,
Motley Fool and many other programs.
LexisNexis Transcripts
http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?searchtype=bo&source=news;script:
LexisNexis offers an extensive transcript file containing the text of both radio and television programs. It includes news programs from ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox, and NBC as well as other selected news programs such as the
Nightly Business Report and the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. National Public Radio programs are covered since 1992.
Westlaw Transcripts
http://www.westlaw.com/search/default.asp?DB=transcripts&RS=WLW3.0&VR=2.6:
The TRANSCRIPTS database on Westlaw offers extensive transcripts from radio and television broadcasts through an arrangement with Dow Jones. The database includes news programs from ABC, NBC CBS, CNN, Fox and NBC. It also includes other television and radio programs like the
Oprah Winfrey Show, Wall Street Week with Louis Rukeyser, Bill Moyer's Specials and National Public Radio programs.
VOANews
http://www.voanews.com/: The Voice of America (VOA) broadcasts over 900 hours of programs each week in 53 languages. Its programs are available online at this site. Browse VOA's top international stories and lead stories in various world regions. Visitors can also listen to audio feeds of VOA newscasts.
Find That Radio Station
http://www.radio-locator.com/: For those interested in finding Web-based radio, this site is a useful starting point. Find Internet radio stations in the U.S. or abroad as well as regular radio stations in the
U.S. by city, call letters, AM or FM, or music type.
March18: The USA Patriot Act
The Patriot Act
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c107:H.R.3162.ENR:
The USA Patriot Act's short title is "to deter and punish terrorist acts in the United States and around the world, to enhance law enforcement investigatory tools, and for other purposes." From this page, view the pdf version (131 pages), find a detailed summary from the Congressional Research Service, or link to specific portions of the act.
DOJ Guidance on Electronic Surveillance under Patriot Act
http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/PatriotAct.htm:
The Patriot Act expanded law enforcement's authority to intercept electronic communications and capture electronic evidence without court orders. This guidance, aimed at prosecutors, exactingly compares what was allowed before and now in terms of intercepting voice mail, email, Internet use, etc. It is authored by the Department of Justice's Computer Crime Section.
Cyber Search and Seizure Before and After the USA Patriot Act
http://www.arl.org/info/frn/other/matrix.pdf:
D.C.-based law firm Wiley Rein & Fielding LLP prepared this six-page chart comparing electronic search and seizure law before and after the Patriot Act. The chart has been put on the Web by the Association of Research Libraries.
Federal Reserve's Explanation of the Act's Impact on Banking
http://www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/SRLETTERS/2001/sr0129.htm:
A large portion of the Patriot Act deals with international money laundering issues and forfeiture of terrorist-owned assets. This letter from the Federal Reserve Board explains how the act impacts banking rules, lists portions of the act requiring Treasury interpretation, and mentions areas to be covered by future regulatory action.
ACLU's "Safe and Free" Campaign
http://www.aclu.org/safeandfree/index.html:
The ACLU expresses concern about the adverse effects of anti-terrorism legislation on civil liberties. This page links to editorials and reports from the ACLU on wiretapping, airport security, detainees, and face-recognition technology. A series of Fact Sheets on the Patriot Act cover such topics as how the act expands "sneak and peek" warrants, puts financial privacy at risk, and permits indefinite detention of immigrants. See this chart from October comparing what was then current law with provisions of the Patriot Act,
http://www.aclu.org/congress/patriot_chart.html.
American Libraries Association and the Patriot Act
http://www.ala.org/washoff/patriot.html:
Libraries are chaffing at being required to turn over records of patron loans and Internet use to law enforcement. The ALA presents this page on how the Patriot Act affects libraries. It includes links to pages on the Patriot Act from privacy advocate groups such as the Center for Democracy in Technology and the Electronic Privacy Information Center. See also this article by a library consultant discussing how the act impacts libraries and patron
privacy http://www.llrx.com/features/usapatriotact.htm.
March 25: U.S. States-- Organizations & News
Stateline.org
http://www.stateline.org/: Stateline.org covers public agenda issues in the states. Find information
and statistics on election reform, crime and courts, welfare reform,
healthcare, transportation, education, and utility deregulation. Browse by
topic or state. State pages cover key facts about the legislature, budget,
taxes, crime, prisons, income, poverty, population, and recent news on the
state's politics. The range of statistics presented is broad, and each can
be compared by state. Stateline.org is offered by the Pew Center on the
States, a research organization based at the University of Richmond.
National Association of Attorneys General
http://www.naag.org/: The National Association of Attorneys General aims to promote cooperation
among the states' chief legal officers. NAAG sponsors federal-state
working groups, seminars, and conferences. They author reports,
newsletters, and releases on such topics as computer crime, tobacco, and
state constitutional law. There is a good deal of information about the
Microsoft case, consumer fraud schemes, NAAG major initiatives, as well as
links to each Attorney General site.
National Association of Secretaries of State
http://www.nass.org/: The National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) is currently
focusing on three major issues: election reform; digital democracy; and
civic involvement. The page features news items on these topics, NASS
press releases, and links to each Secretary of State site.
Council of State Governments
http://www.statesnews.org/: Elected and appointed officials in all branches of state government can
elect to join the Council of State Governments. Although some portions of
the site are members-only, the site offers good collections of links and
up-to-date news arranged by topic, by state.
National Conference of State Legislatures
http://www.ncsl.org/: State legislators and legislative staffers can elect to join the National
Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL). For its members, NCSL offers
research services, conferences, reports, directories, etc. The public
portions of its site include policy analyses, surveys of state action on
selected topics, detailed state election information, and links to state
legislatures.
National Center for State Courts
http://www.ncsconline.org:
The National Center for State Courts is a non-profit whose mission is to
provide leadership and service to state courts. It consults on court
procedures and use of technology. The site has statistical reports about
state court case loads, links to state and municipal court sites, and
links to court associations such as the Conference of Chief Justices and
the American Judges Association. The Center is currently seeking public
comments on a draft policy on public access to court records, see http://www.courtaccess.org/modelpolicy/.
April 1: Medical Literature
MEDLINE
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:medlineo:
MEDLINE is the major index to the literature of medicine, covering the content of nearly 4,000 U.S. and foreign medical journals, most from 1966. It is produced by the National Library of Medicine. Although versions of MEDLINE are available for free on the Web, this commercial version offers more sophisticated search features. Most citations have abstracts. A Harvard PIN is required for access.
PubMed with Full Text
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:pubmedpi:
PubMed provides free access to MEDLINE. This version, however, requires a Harvard PIN because it has been integrated with hundreds of medical and science journals that Harvard owns. If PubMed retrieves a citation to a journal published electronically by any of nine major publishers, (Academic Press, Blackwell Science,
HighWire, CatchWord, Elsevier Science, American Chemical Society, American Physical Society, John Wiley & Sons, or
Springer-Verlag) and if Harvard subscribes to that journal, users can link to the full text of the article. From the result list, link to the complete citation and then click the Harvard icon. Although PubMed allows Harvard users to retrieve the full text of many articles, it does not offer the advanced search features available in the version of MEDLINE mentioned above.
Medical Matrix
www.medmatrix.org: This is a comprehensive guide to quality medical resources on the Internet. You must register to use it, but it is very much worth the trouble. Registration is free, only takes a moment, and according to the site, the information will not be divulged. An editorial board selects resources for inclusion, ranks them, and writes pithy descriptions. Find collections of medical journals, medical texts, clinical trials, fact sheets, Web sites, and several versions of MEDLINE. Search or browse by topic, or use "featured links" to browse by source type.
WebMedLit
http://www.webmedlit.com/: WebMedLit is a free database of recent articles from about 30 key medical journals on the Internet. It scans these journal sites each day and extracts new citations, abstracts and full-text articles. Its forte is currency; it contains articles weeks and sometimes months before they are included in MEDLINE. Search articles by keyword, or browse by topic. The site is sponsored by SilverPlatter, a commercial publisher.
April 8: Older Law Review and Academic Journal Articles
Hein On-Line "The Modern Link to Legal History"
http://heinonline.org/HeinOnline/start.pl:
Hein On-Line is a database of law review articles in page image format. It
covers the contents of about 200 journals from their first issue forward,
including all HLS journals. Coverage continues to expand at an aggressive
rate. Browse a journal by volume, retrieve an article using its citation,
or search all journals by author or title. Full text searching is
available, but there are no advanced searching options.
Periodicals Contents Index (PCI)
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:perconti:
With the coverage of Hein Online becoming so extensive, this resource has
lost its some of its unique value to legal researchers. Periodical
Contents Index contains the tables of contents for 3,500 journals in the
social sciences including about 160 law journals. Coverage for each
journal is from its first issue to 1991. Search by keyword, title, author,
language, journal title or subject. As of last week, users of PCI can link
to the full text of any articles available in JSTOR.
JSTOR (Journal Storage)
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:jstorage:
JSTOR is a project to digitally reproduce journals in the arts and
sciences from their first issue forward, excluding the most current three
years. (These are excluded to appease publishers who do not want libraries
to cancel subscriptions.) JSTOR does not include law journals. It does,
however, contain journals in related disciplines such as political
science, history, philosophy, and economics. JSTOR covers about 200
journals from the early 1900s forward. Search the text of all articles, or
browse by journal.
Jones and Chipman's Index to Legal Periodical Literature
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:poolespl:
Jones and Chipman's Index to Legal Periodical Literature covers the
content of about 235 British legal periodicals and 67 Law Report titles
from 1796-1922. It is available through Poole's Plus, a collection of
indexes covering nineteenth- century periodicals and newspapers. Once
connected to Poole's Plus, select the Jones and Chipman's Index from the
first pull-down menu. Search by keyword, author, or title, and limit by
date.
April 15: Judicial Nomination Tracking
Nominations from the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
http://www.senate.gov/~judiciary/nominations.cfm:
The Senate Judiciary Committee presents information on nominations for the federal judiciary and other federal positions. Find statistics on confirmations, vacancies, nominations pending, nominations without peer review, and other categories. Find nomination hearing dates, subjects, and selected prepared statements. The page also lists nominees by jurisdiction, with dates of nomination, and the results of votes by the Committee and by the full Senate.
Judicial Nominations from the U.S. Department of Justice
http://www.usdoj.gov/olp/judicialnominations.htm:
The Office of Legal Policy of the Dept. of Justice presents statistics about judicial nominations, vacancies, nominations pending, and emergency vacancies. Emergency vacancies are those in which a court has only one remaining active judge, or those vacancies resulting in extreme caseloads per judge. The page lists relevant press releases from the Senate and White House and the status of “blue slips.” (Blue slips are the approvals or disapprovals of nominations from home state Senators.) There are also complete lists of nominees with biographies, resumes, and lists of supporters.
Vacancies in the Federal Judiciary
http://www.uscourts.gov/vacancies/archives.htm:
The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts maintains this 'archive' of lists regarding vacancies in the federal judiciary. This is a useful site for researchers tracing the recent history of nominations, speed of confirmations, and shifting court membership. Lists include: judicial vacancies; vacancy summary; future vacancies; and emergency vacancies. New lists are created for each category every couple of months or so, and are presented here back to January of 1999.
Presidential List of Nominations
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/nominations/:
The White House presents this complete list of nominees for all federal positions. (The list comprises several pages; use the alphabetical links to jump to other parts.) The page lists name, position title, relevant White House press releases, and occasionally, the dates of Senate action on the nomination.
FairJudges.org
http://www.fairjudges.org/: For those following the Pickering nomination controversy, this site may be interesting. It has been created by the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights ostensibly to promote the value of an impartial judiciary. The current focus of the site, however, is to oppose the nomination of Charles Pickering to the Fifth Circuit. Besides the anti-Pickering items, there are articles and press releases about judicial nominations generally.
April 29: Sites for International Travelers
Currency Converter
http://www.oanda.com/convert/classic:
Offered by a currency trading company, this converter calculates
exchange rates for 164 currencies.
Weather Worldwide
http://www.intellicast.com/International/World/:
Enter a city, state, airport code, or country to find a current weather forecast. Click the world map to find city temperatures by continent and
to view current satellite and radar imagery.
Local Time Worldwide
http://www.timeanddate.com: Find current date and time for cities by continent.
CIA World Factbook
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html:
The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency annually produces this invaluable reference source on 266 countries. For each country, find detailed
information on government, geography, religion, demographics, vital statistics, economy, communications, infrastructure, armed forces, and
conflicts.
Foreign Entry Requirements
http://travel.state.gov/foreignentryreqs.html:
The State Department provides passport and visa requirements for U.S. citizens traveling to foreign countries. The list provides contact
information for foreign embassies within the U.S. To find the locations of U.S. embassies abroad, see
http://usembassy.state.gov/.
Embassies Worldwide
http://www.embassyworld.com: Find embassies within specific countries, i.e. the Australian embassy in France.
City Guides
http://www.timeout.com/: Produced by TimeOut, a travel guide publisher, these free city guides cover accommodations, restaurants, shopping, and services for about 30
major cities around the globe.
May 13: Juvenile Justice
Juvenile Justice from the NCJRS
http://virlib.ncjrs.org/JuvenileJustice.asp:
The National Criminal Justice Reference Service authors hundreds of reports related to juvenile justice. Reports from 1992 to present are available on such topics as gangs, gun use by juveniles, juvenile sex offenders, use of juvenile records, and animal abuse by children. Reports can be browsed by title or topic. The NCJRS also maintains a page on school violence specifically; see
http://www.ncjrs.org/school_safety/school_safety.html.
Building Blocks for Youth
http://www.buildingblocksforyouth.org/index.htm:
Building Blocks for Youth aims to protect minority youth in the criminal justice system by documenting disparate treatment of minority versus white juvenile offenders. Detailed reports cover children in adult jails; privatization of detention facilities; juvenile violence; and disproportionate minority confinement among other topics. For each state, there is a "juvenile justice profile" as well as research, fact sheets, and contact information for local advocacy groups.
Office of Juvenile and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/resources/resources.html:
The Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile and Delinquency Prevention presents reports on gun violence, gangs, and school safety. They also list contact information by state for organizations, government agencies, and law enforcement groups working with children and teenagers.
Juvenile Law Center
http://www.jlc.org/: The Juvenile Law Center, a children's rights organization based in Pennsylvania, presents national news related to juvenile justice as well as press releases about its work and links to other children's rights organizations.
Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice
http://www.cjcj.org/: The Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice is an organization opposed to the overuse of incarceration to solve social problems. Find news articles, reports, and position pieces. Visitors can opt to receive email updates on juvenile justice issues by sending a blank email to
jpi-subscribe@mailcjcj.org.
May 28: Government Directories
The following three directories are available to the Harvard Community
only. To enter, click on the yellow box in the upper left that says "Enter here if you are already a subscriber." You may be requested for your Harvard PIN before connecting.
The Judicial Staff Directory
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:judstaff:
The Judicial Staff Directory provides contact information for federal and state judges, clerks, judicial staff, the Justice Department, and Presidential appointees. Short biographies for judges and key personnel are included. Browse by category or search by keyword.
The Congressional Staff Directory
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:congstaf:
The Congressional Staff Directory provides contact information and brief biographies of members of Congress and their staff. It also has information on congressional districts and elections. Search by name, committee, district, hill organization, or keyword.
The Federal Staff Directory
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:fedstaff:
The Federal Staff Directory provides contact information for officials and staff of the executive branch and independent agencies. Biographical information for high-level personnel is included. The "News Alerts" section, updated weekly, covers confirmations, department reorganizations, and major hires. Browse, or search by keyword, name, or title.
E-WID (Washington Information Directory)
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:ewidxxxx:
E-WID provides contact information and short descriptions of U.S. government offices, congressional committees, agencies, and organizations in the Washington D.C. area. Each listing includes a description of the organization, names, contact information, and Web address. Browse by topic or organization, or search by keyword.
The United States Government Manual
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/nara001.html:
The U.S. Government manual is an annual reference source on departments and agencies of all three branches of federal government as well as boards, commissions, committees, independent agencies, and international organizations in which the U.S. participates. It includes terminated or transferred agencies. Descriptions include the names of principal officials, the group's purpose, history, and activities. Search or browse the current Manual, or previous editions from 1995 forward.
Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, 1774 to present
http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp:
Search by name, position, or state to find biographical descriptions of members of the U.S. Congress from 1774 to the present. Entries provide birth and death dates, education, and professional career summaries.
Judges of the United States Courts
http://air.fjc.gov/history/judges_frm.html:
From the Federal Judicial Center, this database provides biographical information for federal judges serving since 1789. Entries include birth and death dates; race or ethnicity, gender, education, and professional career. Search or browse by judge's name. Users can also create lists of judges by gender, race, court, nominating president, termination reason, and other criteria.
June 10: Corporate Officers, Directors, and Resident Agents
Forbes People Tracker
http://www.forbes.com/peopletracker:
After free registration requiring email and zip code, users can find the key officers and board members for publicly held companies as well as people on Forbes' lists of the world's richest, America's richest, top800 CEOs, or top 100 celebrities. Search by ticker, company or personal name to find an executive's title, pay, stock options, and relevant news items. Users can also opt to receive email alerts tracking changes to title, pay, etc.
The Corporate Library
http://www.thecorporatelibrary.com/company_research/companies_ceos/:
A good site for company research generally, the Corporate Library makes it easy to find information about corporate officers and directors. Search by various fields, company, person, ticker, SIC, market cap, etc., to find a company/companies. For each, the names of officers and directors are provided with age, gender, contact information, profile, length of tenure, shares held, and sometimes an employment contract as extracted from filings.
Small Business Information from D&B
http://sbs.dnb.com: Finding information about privately held businesses can be difficult, but Dun & Bradstreet kindly offers this free database covering them. For those businesses included, it lists the highest officer or manager, and sometimes other key personnel. It also provides address, a brief description, annual sales, sales trends, number of employees, and Web site. Search by name, telephone number, or business description.
Resident Agent Information
http://www.residentagentinfo.com/:
Created and maintained by an attorney, Terry Berger, this page links to government-provided databases of corporate resident agents. He covers U.S. states, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. For states that do not have public databases, he provides contacts and instructions to find a resident agent. (Forty-three states offer free Web access to this information; some states offer the information only by mail or phone. Only one state charges for the information.)
Executive Pay Watch
http://www.aflcio.org/cgi-bin/aflcio.pl:
The AFL-CIO offers this list of executive compensation for public companies. The information is extracted from filings and is presented in a long alphabetical list of public companies. The site cannot be searched by name. Beware that the site is distinctly anti-executive in tone. Executive pay is difficult to sift for otherwise, however, and makes for an interesting read. The page offers detailed instructions on how to find a company's proxy statement for more information on executive pay.
Corporate Information
http://www.corporateinformation.com:
This site collects profiles of public companies from many places. Search by company name or ticker to retrieve a list of profiles with source information. Most profiles begin with the names of corporate officers, key executives, and general counsel.
June 24: Product Recalls & Warnings
FCIC Recall Resources
http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/recallsdesc.htm:
The Federal Consumer Information Center collects and lists recall notices from the Consumer Products Safety Commission, the Food and Drug Administration, the National Highway Traffic Safety Commission, and from industry. Notices are grouped into categories of automotive, children, consumer, food, health, and plant and animal. Short descriptions of product risk are provided with links to press releases from the agency or company.
Vehicle Recalls from the NHTSA
http://www.dot.gov/affairs/nhtsain.htm:
The Vehicle Recall Campaigns database allows users to search for recalls on vehicles, tires, child seats, and vehicle equipment. Select a product type and then use a series of pull-down menus to find relevant recalls. The Safety Problems and Issues page at
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/problems/ lists many other searchable NHTSA databases.
U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC)
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prerel.html:
The CPSC is responsible for preventing injuries from all consumer products except vehicles, food, or cosmetics. View recalls by product type, product description, or manufacturer. Visitors can opt to receive email notification of new recalls. See also the CPSC home page allowing users to report unsafe products, browse safety alerts, and view injury statistics,
http://www.cpsc.gov.
Recall and Safety Alert from the FDA
http://www.fda.gov/opacom/7alerts.html
The FDA provides this list of Class 1 product recalls on pharmaceuticals, blood products, medical devices, veterinary products, and radiation-emitting products. The "Class 1" designation means the product could cause serious health problems or death. Visitors can browse or search the Enforcement Report, a weekly publication of all recalls and safety alerts, as well as FDA enforcement actions, indictments, prosecutions, seizures, etc. Use the MedWatch feature to request email alerts of food and drug recalls and safety warnings.
Safety Alerts
http://www.safetyalerts.com/: This site presents collected recall and warning information from many sources and groups it by narrow category. Users can browse by category or search all recalls by keyword. The banner ads are disconcerting, but spot testing indicates this site is up to date and accurate.
July 8: HOLLIS Catalog
HOLLIS Catalog
http://hollis.harvard.edu
The database of University library holdings, HOLLIS Catalog, has a completely new interface as of July 8, 2002. It is now a tremendously easy to use Web-based catalog with sophisticated search options.
Major New Features:
Your Account
It is possible, but not necessary, to log in using a University PIN (available at
http://www.pin.harvard.edu). Once logged in, you can see what you have checked out, their due dates, renew items, and request items from storage. (Faculty should continue to make office delivery requests through
FRIDA.) You can also set display options that will persist each time you log in.
Catalog "Subsets": Journals, E-Resources, Reserves
Rather than search the entire catalog, you can now search three subsets of library materials. Each subset has its own screen color.
"Journals" contains library records of periodical publications such as journals, reviews, newspapers, magazines, yearbooks, etc.
"E-Resources" contains library records of electronic items such as CDs, online journals, online indexes, Web pages, and data sets. Connect to online materials in two clicks.
"Reserves" is a database of reserve materials at most Harvard libraries. The Law School will be adding their records to this database in the fall.
Expanded Search
It is finally easy to do sophisticated searches through the use of pull-down menus. You can search in one or many fields such as author, title, call number, publisher, place of publication, etc. You can restrict your searches to materials in a specific library or libraries. You can also limit your results to just those items in a certain language, or published within a certain time frame.
Browse
Browse allows you to view a list of call numbers, authors, titles, subjects, etc. Use Browse when you know the exact beginning of the item you want to find, i.e. title, author's last name, call number, etc. Otherwise, use Keyword search.
Previous Searches
While you work in HOLLIS Catalog, whether or not you are logged in, your search history is saved in "Previous Searches." (These disappear when you log out or click Start Over.) You can go back to previous search results or combine them to create new sets.
Exporting
Select records to email or save by using the check boxes next to each item. You must click "Confirm Selections" first then Save/Mail. To save, leave the email address blank. Choose your format. Users of ProCite or Endnote should export in MARC, a database-ready format. Printing can be done directly from your browser.
Please note that the old interfaces to HOLLIS Catalog are no longer available. If you have questions about the new HOLLIS Catalog, please contact Reference at
495-4516. Faculty with questions about document delivery should contact FRIDA,
frida@law, 496-2147.
August 5: Internet Law Current Awareness
Cyber Securities Law
http://www.cybersecuritieslaw.com:
Updated daily, this site covers news and developments in Internet law relating to securities regulation. Topics include online trading, online investment banking, corporate
cybersmears, chat rooms, electronic investor relations, and spam. Releases from the SEC,
NASD, and NYSE relating to online materials are included.
GigaLaw.com
http://gigalaw.com/: GigaLaw presents news and analysis on most legal topics relating to technology. Select from a topic menu to find short articles by lawyers and law professors. Topics include
cyberstalking, political spam, high tech TV recording, right to record off CDs, employee use of the Internet, e-commerce, privacy, and deep linking. Users may register to receive daily e-mail news updates on technology and the law.
Perkins Coie LLP: Internet Case Digest
http://www.perkinscoie.com/casedigest/default.cfm:
Produced by Perkins Coie, a multi-office firm based in the Pacific Northwest, the Internet Case Digest is a collection of case summaries on Internet-related law. Summaries are well written and conclude with links to cases or legal documents available on the Web. Summaries are also written for major cases filed. The most recent cases appear in “Headlines.” Users can browse by topic or search by keyword. An advanced search template allows searching by case name, citation, court, date, topic, and keyword.
GrepLaw
http://grep.law.harvard.edu/: Produced by the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, GrepLaw aims to be a discussion forum for information technology and the law. Produced with
Slashcode, it allows visitors to easily post comments to the latest developments. To post, you must register. The site promises absolute privacy. Users can browse both active and cold discussions by topic, or search by author or keyword. The site also features informal polls, video files, and selected government reports and case documents.
Bytes In Brief (email newsletter): Offered by a consulting company and a law firm, Bytes in Brief is a monthly e-mail newsletter covering developments in technology and Internet law. It contains abstracts of decisions and analytical summaries of news events with links to cases or news articles. To subscribe, use the form provided at
http://www.senseient.com/bytesinbrief/subscribe.asp. See the current issue at
http://www.senseient.com/bytesinbrief/bytes.asp?page=currentbytes.
August 12: Economics and Business Articles
EconLit
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:econlitx:
EconLit is the major finding aid to the scholarly literature of economics, indexing the contents of over 600 journals. Selected books, working papers, dissertations, and proceedings are indexed as well. Coverage begins in 1969. This is only an index; full text is not provided. Search by keyword, author, title, journal, etc.
Harvard Libraries E-journals in Economics
http://lib.harvard.edu/e-resources/type/electronic_journals/social_sciences_economics.html:
Harvard University subscribes to hundreds of economics journals in electronic format, most of which are not available on LexisNexis or Westlaw. This page links to these titles and indicates years available. It includes journals subscribed to individually and those in aggregated journal collections such as JSTOR. Most provide page images so equations and graphs display properly.
ABI/Inform
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:abiinfor:
ABI/Inform is an index, with some full text, of finance, economics, accounting, management, and business journals. Over 1000 publications are covered, most from 1971. Many news and trade publications are included.
EIU Country Reports
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:countrep:
The Economist Intelligence Unit Country Reports provide political and economic overviews for more than 180 countries. Each report reviews political and economic events, compiles the latest economic indicators and forecasts the country's economic outlook. For the EIU data itself, see
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:eiucdata.
Inomics: The Internet Site for Economists
http://www.inomics.com/cgi/econdir:
This site provides a directory of economics sites and more importantly, a database containing thousands of economics papers and publications available on the Web. Select EconSearch to access this database. It includes reports from government Web sites, papers from think tanks, and research from economic organizations. Search for terms in text, title or metatag. The site also lists economic conferences and job openings.
September 1: Labor
Union Annual Financial Reports Database
http://union-reports.dol.gov/olmsWeb/docs/index.html:
The Department of Labor's Office of Labor Management Standards offers Union financial reports from 2000 forward. Approximately 180 unions are included. Reports usually cover contact information, number of members, dues, assets, cash receipts, elections, and names of officers with compensation levels.
BLS Statistics
http://www.bls.gov/data/home.htm: The Bureau of Labor Statistics provides reports, tables, and data on employment and unemployment. Choose to view the most often requested statistics, create customized tables, or download a flat file (best for large volumes of time series data). Categories include: Employment and Unemployment; Prices and Living Conditions; Compensation and Working Conditions; Productivity and Technology; and Regional Resources. Within each category narrower datasets are listed.
NATLEX
http://natlex.ilo.org/: The International Labour Organization provides this database of citations to laws on labor, social security, and human rights for approximately 180 countries. Selected laws are available in full text, but for most only title, citation, and summary are provided. Search or browse by country or topic.
EEOC Statistics
http://www.eeoc.gov/stats/index.html:
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission presents Enforcement Statistics and Litigation; Job Patterns For Minorities And Women In Private Industry; and Tables for Race and Ethnic Distributions in the United States.
Baker & McKenzie Employment Law Alert
http://www.bmck.com/gel/default.asp:
Edited by Gerald Maatman Jr. of the Chicago office of Baker & McKenzie, the Global Employment Law Alert presents news items and summaries of emerging employment law issues in the U.S. and abroad. Browse the current edition, or search by category in the complete archive by topic, country, region, or date. Users must register to see the entire archive or to receive monthly email alerts. Registration only requires your email address.
September 16: Natural Gas & Electricity
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
http://www.ferc.gov/index.htm:
FERC regulates the transmission and sale of natural gas, electricity, and oil. Its site is extensive, providing access to FERC reports (see below), orders, docket sheets, complaints, commission actions, Congressional testimony, and more.
FERC Report on Misconduct in Energy Pricing
http://www.ferc.gov/Electric/bulkpower/PA02-2/Initial-Report-PA02-2-000.pdf: FERC recently released this report stating that six companies, including Enron, potentially manipulated short-term electricity and natural gas prices in the West. The 112-page report recommends initiating separate proceedings against each company.
E-mail alerts from the Energy Information Administration (EIA)
http://www.energy.gov/subscriptions/sub/mail.html: The EIA offers over 40 email alerts on various energy issues. Most are on topics within categories of electricity, natural gas, petroleum, coal, consumption, and forecasts. Click on EIA e-mail Notification Lists to browse titles and subscribe.
Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy
http://www.ies.ncsu.edu/dsire/index.htm:
This database describes incentives promoting the use of renewable energy sources. Incentives from states, local governments, and utilities are included. Most are tax related. Browse by state, or search by energy source, incentive type, or sector. The project is funded by the Department of Energy and an academic research center at North Carolina
State University.
Energy LawNet from Greenberg Traurig, LLP
http://www.energylawnet.com/:
David Blackmar of Greenberg Traurig maintains this excellent site on energy law. The two strongest areas of the site are Restructuring and Agency Documents. Restructuring contains links to state statutes and regulations, FERC orders, news, and industry reports. Agency Documents links to federal and state government energy-related document databases and to specific noteworthy documents produced by government agencies.
September 30: Book Reviews
Book Review Index (via Westlaw)
http://www.westlaw.com/search/default.asp?DB=bri&RS=WLW3.0&VR=2.6:
Book Review Index provides citations to book reviews appearing in
approximately 500 periodicals and newspapers. It covers from 1969 forward.
Book Reviews on LexisNexis
http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?searchtype=bo&source=entert;books:
This source on LexisNexis collects book reviews from twenty major newspapers
as well as Kirkus, Library Journal, Publisher's Weekly,
and Salon.com.
Legal Resource Index (LRI) (via Westlaw)
http://www.westlaw.com/search/default.asp?DB=lri&RS=WLW3.0&VR=2.6:
LRI provides citations to book reviews published in law reviews and journals
since 1980. It covers approximately 800 legal publications.
Social Science Citation Index
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:socscici:
Social Science Citation Index covers the social science literature since
1978, indexing the contents of thousands of academic journals. To find book
reviews, select the "Full Search" option on the initial screen and
"Cited Ref Search" on the next. Search by Cited Work (book title)
and/or by Cited Author (book author).
Magazines on Westlaw
http://www.westlaw.com/search/default.asp?DB=magazine&RS=WLW3.0&VR=2.6:
Along with approximately 400 magazines, this database includes the New
York Review of Books and the New York Times Book Review.
Proquest
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:proquest:
Proquest is a general academic index that includes many titles from the
popular press. A significant number of titles are available in full text.
The "Guided Search" option under "Search Methods" allows
users to limit results to book reviews. (Use the pull down menu next to
"article type.") The default is to search articles published in
the last few years only. To find book reviews published before 1999, select
"Backfile."
Booknotes: C-SPAN's author interviews
http://www.booknotes.org/home/index.asp:
Rather than a source for book reviews, this site contains author interviews.
C-SPAN presents searchable transcripts of its author interview programs.
Transcripts are available from 1989 to present. Search by keyword, or browse
by date.
October 15: Voting Systems in the U.S.
CRS Report on Voting Technologies
http://www.cnie.org/nle/crsreports/risk/rsk-55.cfm:
Following the 2000 presidential election, the Congressional Research Service issued this report on voting technologies. It provides an overview of technologies in use, history and characteristics of each, the design of ballots, kinds and sources of voter error, vote counting, and standards. The report discusses changes needed and legislative initiatives in the 106th and 107th Congresses.
Voting Technology Summary
http://www.fairvote.org/administration/votetech.htm: The Center for Voting and Democracy offers this pithy description of the types of voting systems in use, current vendors, and approximate costs.
Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project
http://www.vote.caltech.edu/:
After the 2000 election, Caltech and MIT jointly initiated this project to evaluate the reliability and uniformity of U.S. voting systems and to establish uniform performance guidelines. They offer reports and news releases about voting systems, and system reforms.
FEC Voting System Standards
http://www.fec.gov/pages/vssfinal/vss.html:
Last April, the Federal Election Commission approved a set of voting system standards to aid state and local election officials involved in evaluating and purchasing voting systems. See the overview at
http://www.fec.gov/pages/vssfinal/overview.doc. The initial draft standards and public comment thereto are available at the site.
Voting Technology
http://www.calvoter.org/votingtechnology.html:
The California Voter Foundation presents this page covering voting technology standards, vendors, organizations, news, and reports. The statistics section is specific to California.
Electronic Voting Information
http://lorrie.cranor.org/voting/hotlist.html:
Lorrie Cranor, a researcher at AT&T labs, maintains this comprehensive set of links on electronic and online voting systems.
Internet Voting Report
http://news.findlaw.com/cnn/docs/voting/nsfe-voterprt.pdf:
The Internet Policy Institute, with support from the NSF and the University of Maryland, released this report in March of 2001 finding that "remote Internet voting systems pose significant risk to the integrity of the voting process…"
October 28: School Profiles: Elementary to Graduate
Schools, Colleges, and Libraries
http://nces.ed.gov/globallocator/:
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) maintains this database
on schools in the US. Search by school name or town for public
schools, private schools, or colleges. Elementary school results cover the
numbers of teachers and students, enrollment by race and gender, as well as
the number of students eligible for free lunch. College results specify
contact information, key phone numbers, URLs, federal aid offered, degrees
offered, application fee, and tuition and costs.
Common Core of Data (CCD)
http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/: Also
from the NCES, the Common Core of Data is a statistical database on public
schools and school districts in the US. As opposed to the above site, the
CCD is more complex to navigate and does not cover colleges. It does cover
school districts, however, and offers far more detailed information as well
as comparison tools. View tables, create customized tables through a wizard,
or download raw data for manipulation in statistical processing programs.
Peterson's
www.petersons.com: Peterson's
Guides are well known reference sources on colleges and graduate schools.
This free site from Peterson's offers detailed profiles of colleges,
universities, graduate programs, and selected private high schools. It also
offers information on financial aid, test preparation, distance learning,
corporate training, and study abroad.
Academic Institutional Profiles
http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/profiles/toc.htm:
The National Science Foundation annually produces rankings of academic
institutions. Focused primarily on science and engineering, these rankings
are based on surveys of research and development spending, graduate and post
doctorate students, and federal financial support. Browse by school name or
search by keyword.
State Boards of Education
http://www.nasbe.org/SEA_Links/SEA_Links.html:
The National Association of State Boards of Education maintains this simple
list of links to state boards of education. Offerings from each vary, but
generally include statistics, reports, publications, news items, and press
releases.
Education from ODP (Open Directory Project)
http://dmoz.org/Reference/Education/:
The Open Directory Project is a major directory of Web sites created by
volunteers. The education section of the directory is fairly comprehensive
and well maintained. Find lists of, and resources on, colleges, schools,
preschools, home schooling, distance learning, special needs, and more.
November 11: Urban Sprawl
Sprawl Guide>
http://www.plannersweb.com/sprawl/home.html:
Created by the editor of the Planning Commissioners Journal, this site provides background information on urban sprawl, its roots, effects, and potential solutions.
Sprawl City
http://www.sprawlcity.org: Professors of environmental science and urban planning have created this site to raise awareness of sprawl. They present detailed reports on population growth, "top sprawlers," rural land loss, and other topics. Their data is primarily from the Census and the Department of Agriculture.
Smart Communities Network
http://www.sustainable.doe.gov/:
The Department of Energy advocates "sustainable development" and "smart communities,” i.e., planning communities to avoid congestion, sprawl, pollution, and resource
over consumption. Find information on green buildings, green development, land use planning, transportation, and model codes and ordinances.
Smart Growth from the EPA
http://www.epa.gov/piedpage/:
The Environmental Protection Agency focuses on the environmental impact of
sprawl. It offers a database of smart growth policies and programs implemented by states and localities. It also
presents news, reports, and a list of interested organizations.
Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy
http://www.brook.edu/dybdocroot/es/urban/urban.htm:
This division of the Brookings Institution deals with urban planning, land reform, smart growth, and transportation. The "Research" and "Publications" sections contain extensive reports and analysis.
TRIP: The Road Information Program
http://www.tripnet.org:
The Road Information Program is a non-profit focused on transportation policy.
Its site documents overburdened road systems and increased traffic congestion nationwide.
Stop Sprawl from the Sierra Club
http://www.sierraclub.org/sprawl/:
The Sierra Club explains the problem of sprawl and presents articles and
research on population, transportation, and smart growth.
November 25: Harvard's History
The Harvard Book (1875)
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.ARCH:15010:
The Harvard Book is a two-volume, 800-page history of Harvard published in 1875. Available here in electronic format, it covers Harvard's academic mission, buildings, organizations, and prominent individuals (including the Law School, Dane Hall, and Christopher Columbus Langdell.) Unfortunately, it cannot be searched. Access content by browsing each volume's subject list.
The Harvard Guide
http://www.news.harvard.edu/guide/intro/index.html:
The Harvard Guide covers both historical and current information on Harvard University's structure, governance, faculties, officers, student body, and finances. The searchable guide includes trivia on famous visitors, past presidents, commencement speakers, the selection of "crimson" as school color (it was almost magenta), and other lore.
Harvard/Radcliffe Online Historical Reference Shelf
http://hul.harvard.edu/huarc/refshelf/HROHRSHome.htm:
This is a digital repository of Harvard serial publications and works on the history of the University. Find Annual Reports of the Presidents and Treasurers of Harvard (1826-1995) and Radcliffe (1879-1988); the Harvard Crimson (1950- ); the Harvard University Gazette (1996- ); the Harvard Magazine (1996- ) the Harvard Charter of 1650; Massachusetts legislation concerning Harvard (1642-1814); and compiled statistics on students, libraries, finances and more.
Bibliography on Harvard History
http://hul.harvard.edu/huarc/xharv-bibliography.htm:
The Harvard Archives has compiled this selective list of books on the history of Harvard University. Use HOLLIS catalog (http://hollis.harvard.edu) to find locations and holdings.
History of Harvard Law School and the University
http://www.law.harvard.edu/library/research/guides/united_states/basics/hls_hu_history.php:
The Library maintains this selective list of sources by and about the Law School and the University. It includes print and electronic books, directories, and periodicals.
December 9: The Homeland Security Act
The Homeland Security Act
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=107_cong_bills&docid=f:h5005eas.pdf:
The Homeland Security Act of 2002 was signed into law on November 25. (Public Law 107-296, H.R. 5005, 116 Stat. 2135). The public law version is not yet available. This is a copy of the final engrossed bill. Use Thomas,
http://thomas.loc.gov, to retrieve a bill tracking report, selected associated documents, and eventually the public law version. Search by bill number H.R. 5005.
Washington Post article
http://www.lexis.com/xlink?searchtype=Boolean&search=byline(dewar)+and+date+is+11/20/2002&source=news;wpost: This article on the Act’s passage mentions vote counts, key points of the legislation, and a few controversial riders.
House Select Committee on Homeland Security
http://hsc.house.gov/: The
committee briefly summarizes the Act and the structure of the new Department
of Homeland Security (“DHS”).
See “Documents” for the President’s original proposal, versions of the bill, and selected testimony.
Department of Homeland Security
http://www.whitehouse.gov/deptofhomeland/:
The White House’s DHS page has an analysis of the Homeland Security Act, an executive overview of DHS’ mission, and related Presidential documents.
It briefly describes its four areas of jurisdiction: border and transportation security; emergency preparedness and response; chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear countermeasures; and information analysis and infrastructure protection.
Homeland Security: General Accounting Office Reports
http://www.gao.gov/homelandsecurity.html:
The GAO presents its reports on Homeland Security. Several of the more recent reports analyze the Homeland Security Act and the new department.
CQ Weekly
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:cqweekly: CQ Weekly offers insider pieces and analysis of the Homeland Security Act and the DHS. Enter search terms in the Quick Search box to retrieve relevant articles.
Making Democracy Work: A Brief History of 20th Century Federal Executive Reorganization
http://millercenter.virginia.edu/resources/print/homeland_security/full_report.pdf:
In contemplation of the Homeland Security reorganization, the Miller Center of Public Affairs published this 125-page review and analysis of the major reorganizations of the executive branch.
December 20: Law Faculty Directories
AALS Directory of Law Teachers
(Westlaw password required)
http://www.westlaw.com/search/default.asp?DB=wld-aals&RS=WLW3.0&VR=2.6:
The American Association of Law Schools Directory is available on Westlaw.
Search by name, school, city, course, or education. Use this online version
to make lists of every law professor who teaches a certain course or went to
a certain school. Listings cover title, contact information, birth year,
education, bar admittance, past positions, and courses taught.
Law School Faculty from Martindale Hubbell
(LexisNexis ID required)
http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?searchtype=bo&source=marhub;lawfac:
Similar in scope to the AALS Directory, MarHub's Law School Faculty database
lists name, institution, title, contact information, courses taught, bar
admittance, education, and birth date. Use segment searches to create lists
of faculty born before or after a certain year, teaching certain courses, or
who have attended a certain school.
Law Professors from Jurist
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/home_pgs.htm:
This page from Jurist, a site aimed at law professors, links to the faculty
directories of U.S. law schools. Many law school faculty directories include
profiles, curriculum vitae, bibliographies, or current areas of research.
Academic Email Directories
http://www.qucis.queensu.ca/FAQs/email/college.html:
Not specific to law schools, this is a simple finding tool for academic
email directories on the web. Enter the name of an academic institution and
this tool will furnish the link to its email and phone directory if
available. It also provides the generic email format when no directory is
available. Many non-U.S. academic institutions are included.
NALP Directory of Law Schools
(LexisNexis ID required)
http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?searchtype=bo&source=career;nalpls:
Not a faculty directory, this source instead provides contact information
and profiles of law schools. Profiles cover the number of full-time and
part-time faculty, faculty to student ratio, semester dates, statistics
about the student body, courses of study, degrees offered, publications, and
academic awards. This is primarily a source to help employers assess law
student applicants.