Research Guides: Technology Guide: Tech Tools &amp; Devices at Temple Law Library

Research and Writing Tools

Mendeley
Mendeley makes it easy to upload and sort documents, highlight and comment on text within the document, and add notes or tags to entire documents. Like RefWorks, Mendeley cannot retrieve documents directly from Lexis or Westlaw.
PowerNotes
This browser extension lets you capture and annotate excerpts from PDFs and websites, including Lexis and Westlaw. Organize these excerpts in projects and download your research as a Word file. Sign up for this research organizing tool using your @temple.edu address
Procertas
Procertas Legal Technology Assessment offers testing and training on Microsoft Word, Excel, and Adobe Acrobat software. Master skills you'll use to prepare legal documents in practice. Accounts are available for Temple Law School students, faculty, and staff. If you have not already received an account activation email, send a message to charles.perkins@temple.edu to request one.
WordRake
WordRake is an add-in that can help you edit documents in Microsoft Word. After you have downloaded it to your computer, click the button in Microsoft Word for WordRake, and it will suggest edits and revisions to your work. Just like using track changes, you go through each suggested edit and accept or reject it. If you would like to download a copy of this tool, email tulawlib@temple.edu to request a license key. Access to WordRake ends when current keys expire August 31, 2024.

Citation Check and Brief Analysis Tools

Bloomberg Brief Analyzer
Upload your brief to have your citations checked. You will be given case law, practice tools, similar briefs, and practical guidance.
Fastcase Authority Check Report
Authority Check can give you all of the later citing cases for the cases you used in your brief.
Lexis Shepard's BriefCheck
Upload your briefs to have the citations and quotations checked and Shepardized.
Westlaw Edge Quick Check
Upload a brief or memo and Quick Check will check to see if you missed any sources in your research.

Study Aids

CALI
CALI provides nearly 1,000 online lessons on a variety of law topics. CALI lessons are a great way to build fluency in points of law, making you more confident when it's exam time. Lessons are keyed to major casebooks, so it's easy to find the topics you're needing. Please email tulawlib@temple.edu for a code to create an account.
West Academic
West Academic contains several series of study aids, including the Hornbook and Concise Hornbook, the Sum and Substance Series, the Law School Legends Series, the Short and Happy Guides, the Acing Series, and the Exam Pro Series. These series contain audio lectures, practice questions, checklists, and study guides.
Aspen Learning Library
Examples & Explanations, Glannon Guides, videos on fundamental legal concepts, and more can be found in the Aspen Learning Library, formerly known as the Wolters Kluwer Online Study Aid Library. Read ebooks online or install an app and download materials for off-line study. Register a personal account to save notes, highlights, and bookmarks then log in directly at aspenlearninglibrary.com. Temple Law students, faculty, and staff can connect via this link or request access by sending a message to tulawlib@temple.edu.

Tech Devices at Temple Law Library

1. Virtual Reality Headsets (3 hour checkout)

Oculus Go: Take a study break with this all-in-one VR headset. Can be used with prescription glasses.
BNext: Use your favorite VR app from your smartphone with this headset to get the full VR experience. Fits 4-6.2 inch smartphones. Cannot be used with prescription glasses.

2. USB Drives (3 hour checkout)

3. Printers: For all printing information, visit its.temple.edu/print-go.

4. KIC Scanner: Use flatbed scanner for books, and ADF for unbound pages. Scan no more than 30 pages at a time. Images will delete after 5 minutes of inactivity.

Click "Scan" button on screen to start session.
Accept agreement.
Click "Scan" button to proceed.
Send PDF to email or USB drive.
Optional: Change file name to reflect what has been scanned.
Enter email and send to email.
Delete your images.
End your session.

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