I would call Dialog to see if they offer FREE training. I think they offer
free training if you are a library school student. Save your money and time
(library school classes can be expensive for this kind of training), if you
are NOT going to work for an Intellectual Property Law Firm or Corporate
Library. These libraries use DIALOG.
MY opinion,
Eve Valdivia
Spiegel & McDiarmid
Washington, DC
eve.valdivia@spiegelmcd.com
http://www.spiegelmcd.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Bryan Carson [mailto:Bryan.Carson@wku.edu]
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 11:18 PM
To: John Altmeyer
Cc: law-lib@ucdavis.edu
Subject: Re: advice for library student
John,
I think that taking online searching classes is very important, regardless
of
which databases you use. Lexis and Westlaw are not all there is, and there
are other ways of searching. Dialog is good because of the diversity of
databases, and because it teaches you skills that Westlaw and Lexis don't
require.
I searched Westlaw and Lexis first as a law student and a lawyer, but it was
really when I learned Dialog in library school and then used it on the job
that I became a good searcher. Interestingly enough, these skills
transferred
back to my Lexis/Westlaw searches.
Good luck in library school.
--Bryan M. Carson
Bryan M. Carson, J.D., M.I.L.S.
Coordinator of Reference and Instructional Services
Western Kentucky University Libraries
1 Big Red Way
Bowling Green, Kentucky 42101
Phone: 270-745-5007
Fax: 270-745-2275
bryan.carson@wku.edu
John Altmeyer wrote:
>
> How important is it to have a class about Dialog? I am an MLS
> student. I have a law degree, and I have worked doing legal research
> for 9 years. My goal is to be a law librarian.
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