Tip for Improving Information Quality
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The Surf Report - vol. 30 www.askSam.com
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Tuesday, June 24, 2003
This month we have a new Library Catalog Template, an article on
Information Quality, and we'll be heading to Seattle for the
AALL, July 13-15. Stop by booth #432 for a free gift.
Enjoy,
Marlinda Bullock
editor@askSam.com
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THIS ISSUE INCLUDES:
1) Tip for Improving Information Quality by Mary Ellen Bates
http://www.askSam.com/four/surf30/article.asp
2) Using askSam To Create An Integrated Library Catalog
http://www.askSam.com/four/surf30/userstory.asp
3) Library Catalog Template
http://www.askSam.com/four/surf30/template.asp
4) Visit askSam/LegalCitation at the AALL at booth #432
http://www.askSam.com/four/surf30/aall.asp
5) Save 50% on SurfSaver Professional 2.3, but only until
June 30th. Regular $29.95, on sale now for only $14.95
http://www.askSam.com/four/surf30/ssspecial.asp
6) askSam /Citation Database:
Download this database of U.S. Supreme Court landmark cases
http://www.askSam.com/four/surf30/files.asp
7) WANTED: Professional resellers for the legal market to
promote askSam products.
http://www.askSam.com/four/surf30/resellers.asp
8) Follow-up to last months article on Email Tips -- Some
People Don't Use An Email Client by Nathan Sivin
http://www.askSam.com/four/surf30/feedback.asp
9) Ask questions, make suggestions, get ideas.
Visit askSam Forums
http://www.askSam.com/four/surf30/forum.asp
10) Want to be more organized? See how askSam can help.
Sign up for a live, one on one, demonstration of askSam.
http://www.askSam.com/four/surf30/demo.asp
11) Do you need more help than a demonstration?
Schedule a two-day askSam training course.
http://www.askSam.com/four/surf30/training.asp
12) askSam 5.1 and Citation 8 Tip:
askSam Tip -- Importing information from Dialog into askSam
with TextPipe
http://www.askSam.com/four/surf30/asksamtip.asp
Citation Tip -- Help for legal researchers from the legal
version of Citation
http://www.askSam.com/four/surf30/citationtip.asp
13) Download Trial Versions of askSam 5.1, SurfSaver 2.3 and
Citation 8:
See how effectively you can organize notes, research,
documents, email, and other information. Try askSam 5.1, our
award winning free-form database.
http://www.askSam.com/four/surf30/asksam.asp
SurfSaver - the searchable filing cabinet for your Web pages
http://www.askSam.com/four/surf30/surfsaver.asp
Citation is a powerful and easy to use bibliographic
database system and notes organizer for research writing.
http://www.askSam.com/four/surf30/citation.asp
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TIP FOR IMPROVING INFORMATION QUALITY By Mary Ellen Bates
Who cares about reliable, up-to-date information? For best
results, you should ask yourself this very important question
before beginning your search.
Read more...
http://www.askSam.com/four/surf30/article.asp
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USING ASKSAM TO CREATE AN INTEGRATED LIBRARY CATALOG
By Virginia A. McNitt, Manager, Library Services
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner
"I have used askSam for almost 20 years. I was and am still the
librarian at the law firm of Finnegan, Henderson. Computers were
starting to be used for everything and I was told to automate
the library. I investigated several different software packages,
but nothing was exactly what I wanted."
Read more...
http://www.askSam.com/four/surf30/userstory.asp
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LIBRARY CATALOG TEMPLATE
The Library Catalog Template allows you to create a library
catalog in askSam. Track all the necessary information about a
book or article so that is easily accessible - by title, author,
or keyword. Stored Searches and Reports make it very easy to
find any item in the database.
The Library Catalog Template was donated by Virginia A. McNitt
Manager, Library Services, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett
& Dunner.
http://www.askSam.com/four/surf30/template.asp
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VISIT ASKSAM/LEGAL CITATION AT THE AALL CONFERENCE
askSam will be exhibiting at the American Association of Law
Libraries in Seattle, Washington July 13 - July 15. Come by
booth #432 for a free gift and a quick demonstration of askSam
and LegalCitation.
For more on the AALL conference see:
http://www.askSam.com/four/surf30/aall.asp
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SAVE 50% ON SURFSAVER PROFESSIONAL 2.3
Order SurfSaver Professional, the easy way to save and search
your favorite Web pages now for only $14.95. Save $15 on
SurfSaver Professional 2.3, but only until June 30th.
Order SurfSaver today at:
http://www.askSam.com/four/surf30/ssspecial.asp
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ASKSAM/CITATION DATABASE: U.S. Supreme Court Landmark Cases
Download this database of landmark decisions compiled from U.S.
Supreme Court cases listed on various legal resource centers
(LRI, USSC, Findlaw, etc.) as having had an impact on
legislation, or substantially affecting subsequent decisions in
the lower courts.
http://www.askSam.com/four/surf30/files.asp
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WANTED: PROFESSIONAL RESELLERS TO THE LEGAL MARKET
If you have legal clients that could benefit from askSam
products, we would love to hear from you. askSam is a great way
to organize legal information and legal libraries. If you would
like to include askSam as part of your consultancy business to
attorneys please contact us. We offer friendly and helpful
support staff, generous commission, and very reputable products.
For more information see:
http://www.askSam.com/four/surf30/resellers.asp
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FOLLOW-UP TO LAST MONTHS ARTICLE ON EMAIL TIPS....
Some People Don't Use An Email Client by Nathan Sivin
Quite a lot of people don't want to put up with the bloat and
extra complexity of a separate web browser and email client, so
they use a browser with an integrated email function.
Netscape pioneered this arrangement. Its built-in email client
is about as sophisticated as any dedicated one, and it is an
enormous advantage to move from email composition (Communicator)
to web site access (Navigator) to web page authoring (Composer)
within a single program. The whole shebang takes up about the
same space as Internet Explorer alone. And, as is well known, it
has fewer security gaps.
Read more...
http://www.askSam.com/four/surf30/feedback.asp
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ASK QUESTIONS, MAKE SUGGESTIONS, GET IDEAS. VISIT ASKSAM
COMMUNITY FORUMS
The askSam Community Forum is a great way to get your questions
answered quickly, talk with other professionals, get ideas, and
to discuss technical issues.
http://www.askSam.com/four/surf30/forum.asp
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SEE HOW ASKSAM CAN HELP YOU
Schedule a live, on–line demonstration of askSam with
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TIP OF THE MONTH...
askSam 5.1 Tip:
Dialog is the worldwide leader in providing on-line based
information services to organizations seeking competitive
advantages in such fields as business, science, engineering,
finance and law. Dialog is a great source of all sorts of
information -- but taking the results of a Dialog search and
bringing them into askSam makes Dialog even more useful.
Here's how...
http://www.askSam.com/four/surf30/asksamtip.asp
Citation 8 Tip:
LegalCitation provides you with specially designed forms to help
you enter information on just about any kind of legal source
work: including cases, statutes, code, constitutional
provisions, administrative documents, court documents, treaties,
ALR annotations, ordinances, rules of ethics & procedure, law
review articles, treatises, legal dictionaries & encyclopedias,
websites. Here's how...
http://www.askSam.com/four/surf30/citationtip.asp
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DOWNLOAD TRIAL VERSIONS OF ASKSAM 5.1, SURFSAVER 2.3 AND
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Try it today at:
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Create bibliographies and organize notes for research writing
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