Legal Research

"New on LLRX.com for September, 2010"

From the e-newsletter:

Canine Detection Evidence

http://www.llrx.com/features/caninedetectionevidence.htm

For nearly 15,000 years dogs have lived with and served humankind as companions, hunters, shepherds and most recently detectives. The average canine possesses hundreds of millions of receptors for odors, compared with a few million for humans. Their outstanding sensory endowment - olfaction - makes dogs sought after by law enforcement. And in the last century, the cultivation and harnessing of this ultra sensitive faculty has become a part of many facets of criminal investigation. Ken Strutin's article surveys select studies, standards and resources about canine scent detection evidence.

Google Instant and Legal Search

http://www.llrx.com/features/googleinstantlegalsearch.htm

Steve Matthews enumerates some of the issues that merit attention with respect to Google's recent implementation of this default setting search query application.

Open Source Tools for the Day-to-Day

http://www.llrx.com/features/opensourcetools.htm

Nicole C. Engard reviews several open source tools she recommends not only for their usability and reliability, but also for the cost to value ratio when compared to mainstream applications outside our ever narrowing budget requirements.

The Online Oral Academic Learning Community

http://www.llrx.com/features/onlineoralacademiclearning.htm

Lorette S.J. Weldon discusses innovative methods to use social networking and oral tradition to support the goals of sharing professional experiences and collaborating on best practices for past, current, and ongoing research."

Source: Pacifici, Sabrina. "New on LLRX.com for September 2010." Copyright © LLRX TM, Law Library Resource Xchange, LLC. All rights reserved. Subscribe <http://www.llrx.com/subscribe.htm>.

Full post as published by Stark County Law Library Blawg on October 04, 2010 (boomark / email).