EISIL: Electronic Information System for International Law

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EISIL Electronic Information System for
International Law

• A Project of the American Society
• of International Law (ASIL)

Jean M. Wenger Cook County Law Library jwenger_at_coo
kcountygov.com 2005 Conference for Law School
Computing June 9, 2005
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EISILThe Knowledge Network for
International Law
http//www.eisil.org
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EISIL Origins

• Mellon Foundation grant in 2000 to build
  international law information gateway
• Planning workshops
• 2002 Records entered in prototype section
  charter authors recruited
• EISIL functionalities tested
• Author guidelines/instructions
• Official launch September 2004

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What is EISIL?

• One stop shopping on the web for international
  law
• Primary documents (full-text, descriptions,
  citations and status in one place)
• Web sites (focus on high quality content)
• Research guides (to further in-depth study)

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Navigating EISIL

• Browse
• 13 top international law categories
• detailed subcategories
• Category descriptions
• Breadcrumbs
• Records arranged by type of source

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Viewing Results

• List of titles
• Results per page
• Show description
• More

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Detailed Records

• More Information Value Added Info
• Titles (acronyms, alternative titles)
• Dates (conclusion and entry into force)
• Descriptions of documents web sites
• Citations
• Keywords
• Site administrator information

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Navigating EISIL

• Search
• Basic
• Advanced

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Additional Features

• Mark and Save
• Regular review of content
• Site Map
• EISIL Help button
• User feedback
• Suggest a site
• Report a broken link

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EISIL It (versus google it)

• Vetted resources
• One vs. thousands
• Using the right tool efficiency/accuracy
• Deep web access
• Value added information
• Customize search results

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Using EISIL

• Library reference resource
• Supplement print collection
• International law moot court research
• Professional scholarly writing
• Topic selection and orientation on a topic
• Cite checking

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EISIL Authors View

• Editors authors communicate via listserv
• Easy to use editorial web interface
• Template for entering value-added info
• EISIL Editorial Review Group (EERG)

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EISIL as a Teaching Tool

• Ready-made PowerPoint presentation
• Slides with a full script
• Printable handout on using EISIL
• Demo video

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Need International Law?

• It!