Law on the Web: A Guide for Students and Practitioners - Softcover

Stein, Stuart

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130605719 ISBN 13: 9780130605719

Publisher: Routledge, 2003

Synopsis

Law on the Web is ideal for anyone who wants to access Law Internet resources quickly and efficiently without becoming an IT expert.

The emphasis throughout is on the location of high quality law Internet resources for learning, teaching and research, from among the billions of publicly accessible Web pages.

The book is structured so that it will be found useful by both beginners and intermediate level users, and be of continuing use over the course of higher education studies.

In addition to extensive coverage on locating files and Web sites, Part III provides a substantial and annotated list of high quality resources for law students.

 

About this title

Review:

'The material is laid out in a logical and well-explained manner, with excellent use of explanatory pictures. This enables even the most basic user of the internet to become efficient in a relatively short period of time...the relatively inexperienced user will find this text a god-send.'

Academic reviewer, Hull University, August 2003.

From the Back Cover:

Law on the Web is ideal for anyone who wants to access legal Internet resources quickly and efficiently without becoming an IT expert.

The emphasis throughout is on the location of high quality law Internet resources for learning, teaching and research, from among the billions of publicly accessible Web pages.

The book is structured so that it is useful for both beginners and intermediate-level users, and is suitable for students of law as well as practitioners.

Key features:

• How to make the most of search engines and subject directories
• Extensive illustrations of how to construct standard and advanced search queries for highly efficient research
• Detailed annotations of a substantial volume of law-related Web resources
• How to locate mailing lists in subjects that interest you
• Information on safeguarding your data, computer viruses, personal privacy, installing and uninstalling software, and browser configuration
• Useful, concise and clearly written glossary

Dr Stuart Stein

is a Visiting Fellow at the University of the West of England.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0130605719
• ISBN 13: 9780130605719
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 206