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EISIL
UPGRADES TOOLS FOR USERS
EISIL has introduced some new features. Take a look at these and other
improvements.
The EISIL Extra box on the home page alerts you to recent items of interest.
The More Information feature now links you to other categories in EISIL that relate to your topic.
There's a Recent Additions button on the toolbar that allows you to survey new
content quickly and easily.
"New in EISIL" flags now appear next to the latest database records.
There are enhanced tools for personalized Saved Lists, including:
You can instantly save all results of your searches, or entire EISIL
subcategories, without having to mark each record individually.
You now have a choice of brief or full-record formats when you download, print or email
resource lists.
USING EISIL
AS A TEACHING TOOL
A ready-made PowerPoint
presentation on how to use EISIL for international legal research is now available for
general use. It contains slides and a full script for presenters. An introduction to
Using EISIL to Find
and Understand International Law on the Web is also available. Please feel free to
download these materials for classes, brown bag lunches, CLE sessions or personal
use.
AWARD
EISIL is a unique knowledge network for international law on the web. After
several years in development by the American Society
of International Law, EISIL's coverage of the full spectrum of international
law has been completed for its full launch in September 2004. EISIL has already
received the prestigious "Best Website of 2004" award from the International
Association of Law Libraries.
INTRODUCING
EISIL'S AUTHORS
The
EISIL database is a collaborative project. The ASIL is grateful for the support
of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the
skill and patience of the database designers, Northern
Lights Internet Solutions, and the expertise and labor of the content
authors in the creation of EISIL. The current contributors are:
Barbara Bean - Michigan State University
Laura Cadra - Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Donald Ford - University of Iowa Law Library
Terri O'Rourke - Harvard Law School Library
Trinie Parker - University of Washington School of Law
Dean Rowan - University of California at
Berkeley School of Law
Sergio Stone - University of Denver College of Law
Louise Tsang - White & Case
Kelly Vinopal - American Society of International
Law
Jean Wenger - Cook County Law Library
EISIL
ONE-PAGE GUIDE
A one-page
printable hand-out on using EISIL is
available in PDF format for use in classroom
and for other purposes.
