Spring 2001

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In this Issue

 

**NEW** Lendac Products

Special Offers

Featured Products: eIWLR and Murdoch's Legal Companion

Lendac News

**Our Free Trial: Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals

 

 

 

New  Lendac Products


electronic Irish Weekly Law Reports No more unreported judgements … the new eIWLR online.  EIWLR gives you access to all written (reserved) judgements of the Superior Courts from July 1998, including some Circuit Court judgements.  Created by Bart D. Daly, BL, editor of Irish Times Law Reports since 1989. eIWLR is designed to follow the exact tabulation of every page and paragraph of the original judgement, an added bonus for accuracy in citation and brief preparation.  In addition, Lendac will be adding all National Acts and Statutory Instruments, thus offering a comprehensive Irish eLegal service.  Subscription prices start at £365.00 per annum! Please contact meghan@lendac.ie or phone 01-677-6133 for further details or any other relevant queries you may have. See our "featured products" section in this newsletter for more details…


MURDOCH’S Irish Legal Companion (3rd Edition) on CD-ROM and online…Ireland's DEFINITIVE legal dictionary is now available on CD-ROM and ONLINE! This purchase product incorporates Henry Murdoch's Dictionary of Irish Law with the full text of all cited Acts and Statutory Instruments from 1922-2000.  It is an indispensible source for any  professional, student and lay person who is looking for access to the principal words, concepts, and phrases encountered in Irish law. Order your copy of this wonderful and useful new legal tool today… Prices start at £80.00! Call 01-677-6133.


The William Smith O’Brien Petition, compiled and edited by Ruth Lawler  This petition, from 1848-49, signed by 80,000 + people from every part of Ireland and Liverpool, Manchester, and other parts of England is a unique historical and genealogical resource from the period of the Famine.  Who was William Smith O’Brien?  Following the failure of the 1848 rising, O’Brien was sentenced to death, and this petition was collected the help gain clemency for the rebel leader.  He was found “not guilty” and sequestered to Australia for life.  This CD-ROM contains over 80,000 names, over 10,000 names from England, and over 70,000 names from Ireland.  Price for Institutional Access: £180.00 plus VAT (networkable, PC compatible) call 01 677 6133 to order a copy!



 

Special Offers

SilverPlatter Information

Some special deals to take advantage of from Lendac and SilverPlatter are outlined below. Give us a ring at 01-6776133 and we can set up your NEW subscriptions!

 

Food & Agriculture

FSTA                                      50 % discount on FSTA back files 1969 – 1990 till August 31, 2001

Health & Safety

CHEM-Bank                          20 % discount till December 31, 2001

 

Humanities & Social Science

Bibliography of the History of Art     10 % introductory discount till 30 June, 2001

EconLit                                  1) Discount till December 31, 2001 extended for academic customers with less than 3000 FTE

 

2) Multi-year discounts - valid till December 31, 2001

Ø       Year one: Full price

Ø       Year two: 5 % off full price

Ø       Year three: 10 % off full price

Ø       Year four: 10 % off full price

 

FIAF International Film Archive       10 % introductory discount till 30 June, 2001

 

FRANCIS                              1) Multi-year discounts (valid until further notice)

Ø       2 year Subscription: Save 10% off year one list price

Ø       3 year Subscription: Save 15% off year one list price

 

                                              2 a) 40 % discount for INIST customers who currently subscribe to FRANCIS    (1984+)

                                              2 b) 25 % discount for INIST customers who currently subscribe to FRANCIS (current file)

 

RILM (Music Literature)      10 % introductory discount till 30 June, 2001

 

The Philosopher´s Index    Multi-year discount (valid until further notice): Save when you purchase 2 and 3 year subscriptions  Year 1: full price, Year 2: 5 % off year one list price, Year 3: 10 % off year one list price

 

Science & Technology

FROSTI                                  Existing FSTA customers get a 35% discount on the FROSTI database - valid till December 31, 2001

 

PASCAL                                a) 40 % discount for INIST customers who currently subscribe to Pascal (1987+) and switch to SilverPlatter´s Pascal (1987+) in their next subscription period - valid for first subscription year only.

 

b) 25 % discount for INIST customers who currently subscribe to Pascal (current file) and switch to SilverPlatter´s Pascal (1987+) in their next subscription period – valid for first subscription year only.

Several subjects

INIST Research Collection     Special introductory year pricing for customers who subscribe to all these SilverPlatter databases: Pascal Biomed, Pascal SciTech and FRANCIS. 10% discount on each database for Non-INIST customers.      Upon renewal for INIST Research Collection 10 % discount on Pascal & FRANCIS

 

                                 1) Multi-year discounts (valid until further notice)

-2 year Subscription: Save 10% off year one list price

-3 year Subscription: Save 15% off year one list price

 

                    2) 40 % discount for INIST customers who currently subscribing to FRANCIS (1984+) and switch to SilverPlatter´s FRANCIS (1984+) in their next subscription period – valid for first subscription year only.

                  3) 25 % discount for INIST customers who currently subscribing to FRANCIS (current file) and switch to SilverPlatter´s FRANCIS (1984+) in their next subscription period – valid for first subscription year only.

 

 

The Philosopher´s Index Multi-year discount Save when you purchase 2 and 3 year subscriptions

-Year 1: full price, Year 2: 5% off year one list price, Year 3: 10% off year one list price

 

 

BOOKDATA

Bookfind Premier Online (Global) and BookWISE Service (Ireland, UK data)

Bookdata are offering a "2 free users" special for their newest services Bookfind Premier and BookWISE. This offer stands until the end of 2001. Premier service contains 3.7 + million titles, from Ireland, UK, USA, Austrailia, & South Africa. BookWISE service contains 1.6 + million titles from Ireland and the UK. Please contact info@lendac.ie for a trial or price details for BOOKDATA.

 

 

Dialog@Site

 

EIU Products - New Price  Please note that the archival information EIU Country Reports is all retained, and therefore you not only have monthly updated new reports, but you also have up to ten years of historical reports! Remember: Qualified Print Subscriber Discount: 25% …… Public/Academic Library Discount 35%.  Call Lendac for more details!!



 

Featured Products: eIWLR and Murdoch's Legal Companion


EIWLR: No more unreported judgements  With more courts, more judges and new judgements everyday, it is difficult to keep track of new legal proceedings. The most effective way to ensure that you are up to date is to subscribe to electronic Irish Weekly Law Reports. Traditionally, Law Reports in the Republic of Ireland have been selective in coverage, allowing for “unreported” judgements to become an unfortunate component of our legal system. Thanks to eIWLR, you can obtain all judgements of the Superior Courts at your desktop or laptop. Now you can access all written (reserved) judgements of the Superior Courts from July 1998, including some Circuit Court judgements. compiled by Bart D. Daly, BL, editor of Irish Times Law Reports since 1989 and configured by Lendac, eWILR is designed to follow the exact tabulation of every page and paragraph of the original judgement, an added bonus for accuracy in citation and brief preparation.  To look at what eIWLR can do for you, go to: http://eiwlr.lendac.ie 


EIWLR offers:

Basic and advanced query searching

 

Refined searching by:

Title

Number

Court

Judge

Date

Keyword

You can also browse the table of contents, and indices, and synchronise the contents

You can print, save, cut-and-paste, or email any document within the infobase

 

Coverage

Archive of 900 judgements (1999-2000)

All 2001 written judgements of the Superior Courts to date

Occasional Circuit Court judgements

 

Platform and frequency

CD-ROM (quarterly)

ONLINE (weekly)

 

Annual Subscription Fee, ex VAT

stand-alone CD-ROM                       £365.00

1 simultaneous user                          £456.00

2-4 simultaneous users                    £547.00

5-8 simultaneous users                    £638.00

9-13 simultaneous users                  £730.00

site license                                         £1095.00


MURDOCH'S Irish LEGAL COMPANION Incorporating a Dictionary of Irish Law, plus the full text of cited Acts & Statutory Instruments from 1922-2000  This dictionary contains 6,500 legal definitions cross referenced with the Acts & S.I.s.  Available on CD-ROM or Online, Murdoch's I an indespensable source for the professional, student, or lay person requiring access and understanding of the principles of Irish Law.  Using the Folio Views interface, Murdoch's allows the searcher to Brows the table of contents perform in-depth search queries using Boolean Operators, combined searching relevance ranking, and more.  Records can be printed, cut & pasted, or exported to office applications.


About the Author


Henry Murdoch was born in Cavan in 1938. He is a barrister and a chartered engineer.  He practised at the Irish Bar in the mid-1980's, while on a career break, when he conceived and wrote the first edition of this dictionary.


If you are interested in ordering this comprehensive dictionary, call us at 01-677-6133. Pricing is as follows, ex VAT:


Edition

CD-ROM

CD-ROM & ONLINE

Student

£80.00

Not available

Personal Edition

£100.00

£120.00

Small Business Edition (< 10 employees)

£160.00

£210.00

Library Edition

£350.00

£400.00

Large Enterprise Edition

£400.00

£450.00


feel free to check the following url: http://milc.lendac.ie and browse Murdoch's!!


Lendac News


Lendac is pleased to introduce Martina McGlade as our newest colleague in the Electronic Information Products Department. Martina is a graduate of DCU and received a BA (HONS) in International Marketing and Languages.  Martina came to Lendac from DeRoyal Europe, a medical device manufacturing company, as the Business Unit Co-ordinator.


Lendac will be attending the BIALL (British and Irish Association if Law Librarians) conference on June 8-12 in the Silver Springs Hotel, Cork to demo our new legal products. We hope to see you there!


Keep free the date: On Friday, July 27th SilverPlatter Information and Lendac will be holding an ERL 5 ROADSHOW in Dublin.  We are hopeful that it will take place in the IFC, Temple Bar.  If you are interested in attending, contact Meghan O'Connor at 01-677-6133 or email meghan@lendac.ie



 

**Our Free Trial: Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals


Produced by the American Association of Law Libraries, the Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals is a multilingual index to articles and book reviews appearing in approximately 492 legal journals published worldwide. It provides in-depth coverage of public and private international law, comparative and foreign law, and the law of all jurisdictions other than the United States, the UK, Canada and Australia.  It covers all languages except Arabic. IFLP also analyzes the contents of approximately 80 individually published collections of legal essays, Festschriften, Melanges, and congress reports each year.  Beginning in 1960, IFLP was first published by the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies at the University of London.  In 1984, IFLP moved to its present location in the Garrett W McEnerney Law Library at Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley, where it utilises the international and foreign law collection of the library.


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