Blawgs Podcasts Wikis Deciphering the Lingo and Evaluating

Blawgs, Podcasts, Wikis? Deciphering the Lingo and Evaluating Current Awareness Tools Carol A. Watson University of Georgia Law Library

How to stay abreast of legal topics • Become familiar with legal news web sites and visit them regularly • Sign up for e-mail alerts • Join a legal listserv • Become acquainted with the latest technologies such as legal blogs (blawgs), podcasts, vodcasts and wikis

Legal News Web Sites • • • Find. Law Legal News Law. com Daily Report Lexis. One Jurist Topix. net

Subject Areas: Business, Civil Rights, Crime, Environment, etc. Top Legal Headlines Legal Commentary Featured Documents

Free Daily Updates & Newsletters Headlines 2 of 3 Blog Excerpts

National news headlines from Law. com

More News Topics Headline Legal Newsworthy Decisions

Headlines Topics in Legal News Forum Hotline New Documents New Video Featured Clip

E-Mail Alerts • • • Liibulletin ABA Journal E-Report Find. Law newsletters Law. com’s Daily Newswire Court. TV Topix. net

Legal Listservs • Find. Law’s Legal Minds Community • Law. Guru. com

Tips for Managing E-Mail • • Use filters Choose digest format Turn off notification Keep track of how you signed up

Legal Blogs or Blawgs • Definition: a log or journal of an individual’s or institution’s postings available on the Internet

Sources for Locating Legal Blogs • Blawg Republic’s Blawg Directory • Law Professor Blogs

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