(Our e-mail service here at SLU has been extremely erratic for
the past few days, due to some kind of problem with our TCP/IP
router, so please forgive me if someone has already posted this
information.)
There is an amazing new resource that has just come online--the
Library of Congress Information System (telnet locis.loc.gov; no
login required).
Among the databases available:
1. The Library of Congress Catalog
2. Federal Legislation (bill digests and status from the 97th
Congress to date)
3. Copyright Information (works registered for copyright since
1978, and documents relating to copyright ownership such as
name changes and transfers)
4. Braille and Audio (list of resources)
5. Organizations (The National Referral Center Master File,
13,739 records on "organizations qualified and willing to
answer questions and provide information on many topics in
science, technology, and the social sciences. . . . Each
description in the file lists the name of the organization,
mailing address, location, telephone number, areas of
interest, holdings (special collections, databases, etc.),
publications and information services.")
6. Foreign Law (abstracts of legislation from 33 (mainly
Hispanic-language) countries, and article citations in
selected legal publications relating primarily to Hispanic
legal systems)
Searches in these databases are lightning-fast, and FREE!
It looks like familiarity with Internet tools (telnet) has
overnight become essential for law librarians in public
services--it's not just computer geeks anymore.
Jim Milles
Head of Computer Services
Saint Louis University Law Library
millesjg@sluvca.slu.edu
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