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Basic Legal Research
Legal Research, Shelley Chick-Gravel, Law Blog, Law Subject Guide
07/02/2010 - 10:17am
The purpose of this tutorial is to guide a person beginning legal research on Virginia law. After completing this course you will have a basic understanding of the legal research process.

To begin, you must define your legal question. Consider whether state, federal or local law governs your legal issue. Once you have defined your legal problem, you may want to begin by using a legal research guide to better understand the process and the resources available for you.
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Bankruptcy Resources
Bankruptcy, Shelley Chick-Gravel, Law Blog, Law Subject Guide
07/02/2010 - 10:20am

Get more information about bankruptcy from these helpful Web sites.

Filing Bankruptcy Without An Attorney
This site provides information on the bankruptcy procedure for individuals filing without an attorney.

Bankruptcy Forms
Official Bankruptcy Forms can be found here.

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Free eBooks for your eReader!
eBooks, iPod, Kindle, LibraryPoint Blog, Mary Buck, Sony Reader, Tech, technology, Reading Room Blog, Tech Answers, Books and Reading
09/06/2012 - 2:27pm

A loving relative (or maybe it was you, yourself!) was good to you this holiday season and now you want to fill up your Kindle or Sony Reader with books.  Or you are looking for even more to do with your iPod Touch. Try these sites for free eBooks:

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The Library on Your Phone
Cell Phones, Chuck Gray, LibraryPoint Blog, Mobile Computing, Tech, Tech Answers, Science and Technology
09/27/2012 - 9:38am

If you're not on the Internet with your mobile phone, chance are you soon will be.  With the adoption rate for smartphones and other cellular Internet devices skyrocketing, these devices are stealing the spotlight from laptop computers and vying for the position as our dominant mobile computing solutions.  With this transition has come a plethora of mobile applications to meet our every need and then some (and some more).  We want to be able to do everything our regular computers can do on our smartphones.  For many of us, that includes using the library.  We're in luck. 

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Searching the Internet
Internet, internet searching, LibraryPoint Blog, Mary Buck, search engines, surfing, Tech, web, web surfing, Tech Answers, Self-Help and Instructional
09/06/2012 - 2:19pm

Looking for information in all the wrong places?

That's a song that Internet searchers could sing day after day. Spending hours (even days) looking for something online can be frustrating. Here are some tips and favorite sites that our reference librarians use to find what they're looking for....
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Carry Your Programs with You Everywhere
Chuck Gray, Flash Drives, LibraryPoint Blog, Mobile Computing, Tech, Tech Answers, Science and Technology
09/27/2012 - 9:33am

Most computer users these days use laptops as their portable computing solution and take them almost everywhere they go.  There are those situations, however, when you need access to your programs and your files, but of course, you forgot your laptop when you needed it most.  Fortunately there’s easy access to a computer nearby, but it doesn’t have anything you need on it.  What to do? 

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