The accidental law librarian / Anthony Aycock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aycock, Anthony, 1973-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law libraries--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Law libraries.

Law libraries--Reference services--United States.

Legal research--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Legal research.

Law libraries--Reference services.

United States.

Genre:

handbooks.

Handbooks and manuals

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Medford, New Jersey : Information Today, Inc., 2013.

Summary:

As the law touches more and more of our daily lives while lawyers price their services out of the average person's range, the public increasingly turns to libraries for answers. This book helps provide law librarian's with answers to legal questions.

"Where can I find the case Simpson v. Satterfield? What are the laws in Nevada on gun ownership? Can you help me apply for a business license? How do I copyright my name? Questions like these make a new law librarian's head spin. The truth is, all librarians are apt to get legal questions, and most struggle to respond. Collection development, too, is tricky if you seldom work with legal publishers. As the law touches more and more of our daily lives while lawyers price their services out of the average person's range, the public increasingly turns to libraries for answers. Where can librarians turn? Okay, that one's easy-to Anthony Aycock's The Accidental Law Librarian."-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Contents""; ""About the Website""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1: Legal Publishing, or What Are All Those Books on Law and Order?""; ""Primary Sources""; ""Secondary Sources""; ""History of Legal Publishing""; ""Modern Legal Publishing""; ""Law Journals""; ""Public and Law Firm Libraries""; ""Chapter 2: The Kolor-Koded, Turnkey-Shaped Streamline Basics of Legal Research""; ""The Librarian�s Role""; ""Statutes""; ""Cases""; ""Administrative Law""; ""Secondary Sources""; ""Blaydon Graycastle: Reprise""

""Chapter 3: “How Do I Copyright My Name?�: Answering Legal Reference Questions""""Pro Se Patrons""; ""The Reference Interview""; ""Unauthorized Practice of Law""; ""Extreme Patrons""; ""Law Firm Reference""; ""Listen to Your Patrons""; ""Chapter 4: The Art of Hanging Loose(leaf) in an Uptight World""; ""Looseleafs Defined""; ""Varieties of Looseleafs""; ""Looseleaf Filers""; ""How to File Supplements""; ""The Future of Looseleafs""; ""Newsletters""; ""Chapter 5: The Big Two: Westlaw and LexisNexis""; ""Background""; ""Print vs. Electronic""; ""What Westlaw and LexisNexis Have in Common""

""Westlaw Basics""""LexisNexis Basics""; ""Contracts""; ""Which Is Better?""; ""Chapter 6: Beyond the Big Two: Other Legal Databases""; ""Supplemental Databases""; ""Low-Cost Alternatives""; ""Free Legal Websites""; ""Mobile Legal Research Apps""; ""Chapter 7: Where�s Waldo?: Public Information Searches for Law Librarians""; ""Public Information""; ""Company Information""; ""Individual Persons""; ""To Strive, to Seek, to Find""; ""Finding Waldo""; ""Laws Governing Personal Information""; ""Courthouse Filings""; ""Appellate Briefs""

""Chapter 8: The Anxiety of the Men (and Women) Inside the Board Rooms""""Law Firm Administrators""; ""Library Boards""; ""Marketing the Law Library""; ""Writing a Business Proposal""; ""Chapter 9: Education and Resources""; ""Should You Get a JD?""; ""How About an MBA?""; ""Books on Law Librarianship""; ""Books on Legal Research""; ""Research Guides""; ""Blawgs""; ""Training and Support""; ""Associations""; ""Chapter 10: The Future of Law Libraries""; ""Resources""; ""Users""; ""Appendix A: Patron Requests in Law Libraries""; ""Appendix B: Library Business Case""; ""About the Author"" ; ""Index""

Legal publishing, or, What are all those books on Law and Order?

The kolor-koded, turnkey-shaped streamline basics of legal research

How do I copyright my name? : answering legal reference questions

The art of hanging loose(leaf) in an uptight world

The big two : Westlaw and LexisNexis

Beyond the big two : other legal databases

Where's Waldo? : public information searches for law librarians

The anxiety of the men (and women) inside the board rooms

Education and resources

The future of law libraries

Appendix A. Patron requests in law libraries

Appendix B. Library business case.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (ProQuest Book Central, viewed July 16, 2026).

Other Format:

Print version: Aycock, Anthony, 1973- Accidental law librarian.

ISBN:

9781573878029

1573878022

9781573878036

1573878030

OCLC:

844939618

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license