Monday, November 24, 2008

InfoBrief: Holiday Shopping Edition

Greetings all,

Reports are in that Black Friday is coming early this year and some retailers are already dropping prices.  To help with your gift selections, here are the latest shopping tips from Consumer Reports. 

Wishing everyone a lovely Thanksgiving with friends and families. 

Best,
Julie

Please reply to this email if you experience any troubles with the links.

Where to buy:

Buying Clothes Online
Buying Electronics

What to buy:

Audio Equipment
Blu-Ray and DVD Players
Camcorders
Computers
Digital Cameras
Digital Picture Frames
GPS Navigators
LCD and Plasma TVs
Luxury SUVs
Printers
Wine

How to send:

Shipping (scroll down to read article after opening pdf)

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Wednesday, November 19, 2008

InfoBrief: New Law Books Update

Greetings all,

This is a friendly reminder that new books at the law library, and law related books at other Cornell University libraries, are posted to our web site twice a month.  Peruse the list to keep current on new scholarship in your subject specialty. You can also sign up to receive an RSS feed notice whenever the page is updated.  If you need assistance with or have questions about RSS feeds, please contact your library liaison.

This month, for some light holiday reading, you might be interested in Drowning in the Desert: A JAG's Search for Justice in Iraq, by Vivian H. Gembara. Read more about it from the author's site, and on Amazon

Request this, or any book, from your library liaison.

Emacs!

Cheers,
Julie

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Tuesday, November 18, 2008

InfoBrief: LIFE images available on Google

Greetings all,

This may or may not help you with your scholarship and teaching, but is certainly interesting.  Google and TIME have teamed up to make historic TIME photographs available through Google Image Search.  They are searchable (of course), and browsable by decade (1860s - 1970s), people, places, events, sports, and culture. 

Here's the link: http://images.google.com/hosted/life

Cheers,
Julie

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Friday, November 14, 2008

InfoBrief: Plum Book Supplement

As a follow-up to yesterday, The New York Times reports today on details for would be applicants to Obama's administration.  Click here for a PDF of the seven page, sixty-three question job application that covers publications, blog posts, speeches, testimony, and essentially any findable record of what you've said in any format for the duration of your adult life. 

It ends with a nice catch-all safety net:
Please provide any other information, including information about other members of your family, that could suggest a conflict of interest or be a possible source of embarrassment to you, your family, or the President-Elect.
Indeed.  Hat tip to Alfred Brophy.

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Thursday, November 13, 2008

InfoBrief: US Plum Book Released

The Plum Book is ready!  The 2008 edition of the United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions, commonly known as the Plum Book, is now available from the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO).  It is being eagerly devoured by attorneys, academics, and others who would like a job in the new administration.
 
Prepared after each presidential election, the Plum Book provides comprehensive information on thousands of federal civil service leadership and support positions in the legislative and executive branches of the federal government – jobs that may be subject to noncompetitive appointment, nationwide.
 
Just out of interest, click here to see the positions and salaries for the Department of Justice positions.
 
This information is provided by GPO. For additional information, feel free to contact Pat Court, our government documents specialist, or your librarian liaison.  And yes, the cover of the actual book is plum colored.

Emacs!


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Julie M. Jones, JD, MLIS
Research Attorney and Lecturer in Law
Cornell Law Library
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