Denton County Law Library Quarterly
Welcome to "The Q"
February 2015
*** Highlights *** 

All Denton County offices are closed for Presidents' Day Monday, February 16th 
In This Issue
Awful Library Books
UNT Dallas
What We Have to Offer
Don't Forget!
Congratulations!
If you would like to include any news let me know...  
Try the new LibraryWorld app. 
Search the Denton County Law Library catalog from any device, anytime!
Q-tips... Making the best of our e-world
You can borrow e-books from the Texas State Law Library's Digital Collection now! 

Harris County Law Library calendar offering Training & CLE.

Subscribe to Congress.gov to receive email or RSS updates about legislation and various subjects.

Take a look at Texas Bar TV on YouTube.

The Supreme Court Haiku Reporter: The Law of the Land in Seventeen Syllables. 
 
It's a great idea to stay current with new technology. Sign up for monthly newsletters from Law Technology News.

 

Do you like e-books? Try the CALI� eLangdell� Bookstore and download some FREE electronic legal titles. But don't forget to donate so they can remain free for others!
 
FREE electronic legal resources from James Publishing's Attorney Education Center
 
Did you know that you can search the Texas Bar Journal archives online back to 1938?
 
The Texas Register - A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. 
 
Follow the decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States at the SCOTUSblog
Commentary & Editorials: tell us what you think
Check out these links and share your opinion about the subject or write your own editorial. We will only publish with your approval.
 



Awful Library Books
 
 
 
 
 
 
To see more awful library books go here.  

UNT Law School Keeping Costs Brief


 

Dallas Morning News

January 20, 2014

Websites, blogs, and the like
Abnormal Use: An Unreasonably Dangerous Products Liability Blog - Dedicated to the Discussion of Federal and State Products Liability Litigation.

You may find this blog useful... you can filter posts to only Texas related information. 
  
The Power of Positive Peers 3 Geeks and a Law Blog
 
The State Bar offers many downloads for free; some require your Bar Number. 
 
***Anyone else interested in sharing? Let me know...

A reminder of the services available at the Law Library

 DIY Office Services

  • 25�/pg. B/W copies
  • 25�/pg. printing from computers
  • 25�/pg. incoming faxes to 940-349-2131
  • 25�/incoming emails to Kathleen AND Stephanie (in case one of us isn't here)
  • $1.00/pg. color copies & color printing
  • $2.00/8 pgs. local faxes (25� per pg. after)
  • $2.50/8 pgs. long distance faxes (25� per pg. after)
  • No charge auto-feed scanners on 5 public computers & Lounge computer

Research online

Electronic Resources: e-books & .pdf files on ONE public computer in the library

  • State Bar Manuals
    • Collections, Family Law Practice, Foreclosure, Guardianship, Practice, Foreclosure, Guardianship,Probate, Real Estate Forms
  • State Bar Pattern Jury Charges
    • Criminal, Business, Family & Probate, General Negligence, Malpractice,  Property Crimes
  • Various James Publishing
    • Discovery Tactics, How to Prepare for, Take, and Use a Deposition, Personal Injury Trial Notebook, Small-Case Litigation Forms, Picking Juries in Drug Cases, Pleading and Defending RICO, Actions, Trial Tools for MIST Cases

Currenlty Updated Print Resources

  • ALR 1st thru 6th 
  • Am Jur pleading & practice forms annotated, Am Jur legal forms 2d, Am Jur proof of facts
  • Tex Jur pleading & practice forms 2d, Tex Jur proof of facts 3d
  • United States code service
  • Vernon's Texas codes annotated
  • State Bar pattern jury charges & practice manuals
  • O'Connor's code & form books
CDs Available for Checkout
Americans with Disabilities Act handbook Texas criminal defense forms annotated / state and federal trial, appellate and ancillary
Blue's guide to jury selection /Texas criminal jury charges /
Complete manual of criminal formsTexas criminal lawyer's handbook /
Contingency planning / the Texas practitioner's guide to powers of attorney and other alternatives to guardianshipTexas DWI Manual /
Copyright law deskbook /Texas estate planning /
Defending drinking drivers /Texas forms manual / a guide to Texas probate
Deposition checklists and strategies /Texas insurance coverage litigation :
Deposition objections /Texas juvenile law / an analysis of juvenile statutory and case law for Texas juvenile justice officials
Determining economic damages /Texas legal practice forms /
Divorce tools and techniques /Texas motion practice handbook /
DTPA forms and practice guide /Texas motions in limine / evidence exclusion guide
ElderLaw forms manual / essential documents for representing the older clientTexas objections /
Erisman's reversible errors in Texas criminal cases /Texas practice guide / discovery
FinPlan Texas divorce planner / divorce mathTexas practice series / criminal forms and trial manual
Fundamentals of federal litigation /Texas practice series / Texas summary judgment and related termination motions
How to prepare for, take, and use a deposition /Texas pretrial practice /
Lanier's Texas personal injury forms /Texas small-firm practice tools /
Legal secretary federal litigation /The attorney's handbook on small business reorganization under Chapter 11 /
Litigating neck & back injuries /The determination of income for child support /
Litigating sexual harassment & sex discrimination casesThe Texas employer.
Medical malpractice / checklists and discoveryTrial lawyer's series / Texas depositions
Nolo's guide to social security disability / getting & keeping your benefitsTrial lawyer's Series : Texas automobiles /
Officer's DUI handbook /Trial lawyer's series : Texas damages /
Pattern cross-examinations /Trial lawyer's series : Texas discovery /
Personal injury handbook /Trial lawyer's series : Texas evidence /
Preparing for trial in federal court /Trial lawyer's series : Texas premises liability /
Preparing the client for a divorce /Trial lawyer's series : Texas products liability /
Preparing the witness for a deposition /West's Texas forms : administration of decedents estates and guardianships /
Proven jury arguments and evidence /West's Texas forms : administrative practice /
Proving damages to the jury /West's Texas forms : business entities /
Proving mental & emotional injuries /West's Texas forms : business litigation /
Qualified domestic relations order handbook /West's Texas forms : civil trial and appellate practice /
Reversible errors in federal criminal cases / a digest of criminal cases reversed by the United States Supreme Court and the Circuit Courts of AppealsWest's Texas forms : creditors' remedies and debtors' rights /
RICO (racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations) / business disputes and the ""racketeering"" laws, federal and stateWest's Texas forms : estate planning
Sampson & Tindall's Texas family code annotated /West's Texas forms : family law /
Sampson & Tindall's Texas family code annotated /West's Texas forms : minerals, oils and gas /
Search and seizure checklists /West's Texas forms : real property /
Tax, estate & financial planning for the elderly / forms & practice 
Texas annotated family code / with Texas family code, related Texas codes and related federal statutes 
Texas corporation law / 

What we have to offer

Don't forget...

if you have any suggestions for content we would love to hear them. Do remember, we will not promote your services. We will, however, publish your professional writings or recognize any achievements or big events in your lives.

Edited by Kathleen Bransford, Law Librarian &

Stephanie Bassinger, MLS, Assistant Law Librarian

 Denton County Law Library

940-349-2130

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