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16 Legal Information Alert 1 (1997)

handle is hein.lbr/leinfal0016 and id is 1 raw text is: I/a' e nlglpbiain, aaaeadrsac ehiue oue1,N.1Jnay19 Contents CALR on the Internet LOIS Enter the Fray 1 Database Report 6 The Frugal Libraran 7 NewPublications 8 Calendar 15 Publishers 16 Index 16 CALR on the Internet: LOIS Enters the Fray by Barbara Glennan LOIS, a new provider of online legal information, has entered the market with the potential to steal customers from Westlaw and Lexis. In this article, LOIS's WWW site (www.pita.com) is described and evaluated, and its databases are compared to Westlaw, Lexis, and other free databases available on the Internet. Background History LOIS stands for Law Office Information Systems. The company was founded in 1987 by attorney Kyle Parker with the intent of producing affordable electronic law libraries. LOIS began with CD-ROM products and introduced its databases on the Internet in September 1996. The CD-ROMs are still being produced and contain the same data as the WWW site. jurisdictions, Information, and Coverage Currently, the LOIS Web site contains selected state and federal caselaw, codes, administrative materials, and other primary information, (see chart). All primary materials have been officially issued by the respective court, legislature, or agency. Annotations or headnotes that are not part of the official documents are not provided. Information is available within 72 hours of receipt by LOIS, although United States Supreme Court opinions are online within two hours after release. The site now contains caselaw from the U.S. Supreme Court, the Circuit Courts, and the states of Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Louisiana, Massachu- setts, Missouri, North Carolina, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Wisconsin. The United States Code, as well as codes, regulations, court rules, and other primary law from a number of the above states are also available. continued on next page Le * alnormation yhat's new in legal publications, databases, and research techniques Volume 16, No. 1 January 1997

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