Preface to the third edition

• Author: Ted Tjaden
• Profession: National Director of Knowledge Management McMillan LLP
• Pages: 21-22

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PR EFAC E

To the Third Edition

Change continues to dominate the legal rese arch f‌ield. There have been

many development s in the lega l publishing and legal res earch com-

munity in Canada si nce the second edition was published in late 2004.

Most of these changes have occur red in three areas: (i) new print ma-

terials; (ii) new and improved “fee” and “free” online research materi-

als, particul arly the improvement to legislation and case law for free

on the website of the Canadia n Legal Information Inst itute; and (iii)

the advent of Web 2.0 technologies that are essential to legal rese arch,

including the use of blogs, wiki s, and RSS feeds.

More particularly, some of the new content in the third edition in-

cludes:

Updated content in every chapterUÊ

A new chapter on knowledge management in law f‌irmsUÊ

Updates to new developments for some of the major legal publishers UÊ

and their products, including Westlaw Can ada, LexisNexis Q uick-

law, Canada Law Book, CCH Online, and Irwin Law

The increasing digitization of all legal materials, including e-booksUÊ

Expanded coverage of free legal resources, i ncluding CanLIIUÊ

Updates to legal encyclopedias, now including UÊ Halsbury’s Laws of

Canada and JurisClasseur Québec, in add ition to the Canadian En-

cyclopedic Digest

Improved coverage for Québec, the UK, Australia, and New ZealandUÊ

Coverage of Web 2.0 tools (such as blogs and wikis) for legal researchUÊ