More updates to THOMAS

In this post, Andrew Weber at the Law Library of Congress summarizes the most recent changes and updates to the THOMAS service.

Follow up on the new THOMAS Share Tools

In my previous post, I linked to an announcement of the new sharing tools from the THOMAS legislative web site. Here's an example of using one of the features.

Suppose you need to send a link to a house or senate bill status page to one of your patrons. The new Share/Save toolbar makes this easy.

• Find the house or senate bill
• Click on the Share/Save link
• Click on the Save tab
• Copy the URL and paste it to your email, web site, blog, etc.

Example: H.R.3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law No: 111-148).

Click on the Share/Save link, Save tab, and copy the resulting URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.uscongress/legislation.111hr3590

You may also share via your favorite social networking tools, or even use their email tool to send to a patron.

THOMAS Share Tools

The Library of Congress has announced a new tool for the THOMAS legislative service. Here's the introduction to the announcement:

About the THOMAS Share Tool


The THOMAS Share Tool allows you to print THOMAS pages and search results, subscribe to regular updates from THOMAS, and share THOMAS content in a number of ways. You can post THOMAS links on social networking Web sites such as Facebook or Twitter, send links by e-mail, and post links to or embed THOMAS content in your own Web site or blog pages.

Read more at http://thomas.loc.gov/help/share.html

New UK legislative web site

I rarely have to research United Kingdom law, but this post from the new In Custodia Legis blog from the Law Library of Congress regarding the new UK legislative web site had me in stitches. Go read it for yourself!

New Blog Resource: LOC Librarians

The LOC Librarians have started to blog!

The blog, named "In Custodia Legis" can be found at http://blogs.loc.gov/law/.

It's only a week old and, IMHO, the law librarians are doing a great job of blogging relevant information.

Yesterday's entry gave some wonderful information on how to find UK legal information.