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programs will send the reply [Q all list members. Users must change the 'To:" line in the e路mail message when replying only to an individual. A vendor-neutra.!, med.ium路neutra.! citation form to paragraph numbered opinions would eliminate this problem. When the Ubrarians began posting opinions on the Internet, the original syllabus w:lS replaced with the new table of contents. However, after receiving severa.! requests for retention of the information in the syllabus, the procedure was changed. In addition to the announcement of the opinions, each syllabus contains per curiam orders, motions submined and submissions. This is the only electronic source for this information, and it is indexed in the search engine. It is available directly at hmrllrouns.state.3["-Slol2injQrnJQpm.ain hgn The opinions are separated into the fall and spring terms of coun each year to make them more manageable. Prior [Q May 20, 1998, the librarians were not able to cQnveniently convert the opinions from WordPerfect to HTML, so they are available only in ASCI I or WordPerfect formats. OpiniQns added since that time have been converted to HTML format. AlthQugh the conversion results are generally very good, users may notice some Qddities in the display of the HTML version. This is probably attributable to the fact that the opinions are authored in Corel WordPerfect 8 format and convened. to WQrdPerfect 5.1 before mer are convened
to HTML. 9. The ZIP file was primarily intended as a convenience fQr the legal publishers as a simple way to dQwnlQad all the QpiniQns at once. The WordPerfect 5.1 fiJes are CQmpressed using PKZip sQftware. The software [Q decompress the files is available on the Internet at htcp'll www I2kwarc com. 10. This is the method u.s芦! by many publishers to permit pinpoint pualld citatiQns. The starring point of each parallel page is indicated by a "star" or .. page number. 11. The Information Network of Arkansas, a quasi-state agency supported by subscription fees, added the search engine. I A is responsible fQr hosting many of the Arkansas state agency web sites, including the official State Qf Arkansas home page at httl2路llwww stat<; ar us and the Arkansas Bar Association home page at h([~r"www ark-
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12. Su, Jacqueline S. Wright & Timothy N. HolthQff, A Ytar on tht Wlb: A Rtport on tht Arkansas judiciary Homt Pagt, ARK. UWYER, Summer 1997. at 6. 13. Attorneys should be aware that this wQrk has been dQne with no additional financial suppOrt. Tht Arkansas Judiciary Homt Pagt was not created tQ compete with more comprehensive legal research tools. Instead. the primacy purpose is to provide access to the Qpinions and other court informatiQn as quickly and inexpensively as possible. Neither the Reporter of Decisions nor [he Supreme Court Library has sufficient fiscal Qr human resources to maintain a comprehensive Imernet-based legal research tool. evenheless, both recogniu: the importance of making this informatiQn freely available to the public. 14. The full-text search cannot be SQ limited because QnJy published Qpinions are available in full-tex[ on (he web site. 15. The <AND> and <OR> operators n~ nor be enclosed in the angle brackets (0), but the <NOT> and <NEAR> operators must. 16. Select the "Hinu" link next to the full-text
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17. Supreme Court civil docket numbers wualIy begin with a twQ digit number specifying the year the case was filed followed by a hyphen [hen a number indicating (he sequence in which the case was filed, e.g. 97-1234 fot the 1,234th <:as< fila! in 1997. Docket numbers fQr criminal cases in the same CQurt are immedia(dy preceded by (he letters "CR", e.g. CR97-1234. Similarly, Court of Appeals civil docket numbers begin with "CA" then the numbers. Criminal d""ota! by "CACR" then the numbers. Employment Security DivisiQn cases start with "E" fQIIQwed by the numbers. Inconsistency in indexing occurs when spaces are inadvertently emered between letters and numbers. For example, "CACR98-1234" is correctly entered, but"CA CR 98-1234" is incorrectlyentered. A successful docket number search may require searches for incorrectly entered docket numbers. 18. .'AoS[ legal publishers experience delays ranging from one day to more than one week in getting Arkansas cases into their e1ecuonic databases.
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