Category Archives: PLI PLUS

Discover PLUS is Live!

Discover PLUS, PLI’s new eBook library, went live today!  Discover PLUS is your source for our authoritative Answer Books, Course Handbooks, Treatises, Legal Forms, and Program Transcripts.  What’s more, Discover PLUS includes tools to help you manage your research, such as folders and saved searches.  And you can access our whole library for one flat, firm-wide price

Sound good? Check out our video introduction below.  Contact PLI’s Library Relations Department (libraryrelations@pli.edu; 877-900-5291) if you have any questions or you’d like to learn more.

PLI Listserv

The PLI Librarian would like to invite you to sign up for our Library Relations listserv.  Stay on top of all developments regarding our new eBook library, Discover PLUS, and learn what supplements are released each month. Our moderated listserv–we’ll only send messages about 3-4 times each month–will also keep you informed about our Answer Books, Treatises, and Course Handbooks, as well as our library-focused programs, and any other news that would be of interest to our library customers.

If you’d like to sign up please email libraryrelations@pli.edu.

PLI Released a New and Updated Mobile App

PLI recently released a newly updated mobile app to make accessing our programs and published content easier than ever!

If your firm or organization subscribes to PLI Discover or Discover PLUS–our eBook libraries–you can access our books from your mobile device.

To start accessing our publications, first, download the app for free from the iTunes store.  After you have downloaded the app, you will be asked to log in.  Use your PLI username and password.

Once you’re logged in, click on the magnifying glass icon along the navigation panel at the bottom of the screen, then click the “Books” tab. From the Books screen, you can narrow the results list down by practice area, or search for specific titles or topics using keywords.  After you’ve selected a title, you can read an individual chapter by selecting it from, the chapter list screen, and you can search through the chapter text by clicking on the magnifying glass icon at the top of the screen and entering your terms.

Selecting a chapter to view will automatically download the chapter to your device.  You can delete chapters from the “Downloads” screen by clicking on the red “x” to the right of the chapter title.  Be sure to delete chapters after you’ve read them to save room on your device!

2012 Discover PLUS Coverage List

The Discover PLUS coverage list is a reference guide for librarians, attorneys, researchers, and other PLI Discover PLUS subscribers.  Inside the catalog is a listing of the books, forms, and transcripts that are available through Discover PLUS.  Discover PLUS contains all PLI published materials, including our authoritative Treatises, Answer Books, and Course Handbooks.

In addition, we have listed our searchable and downloadable legal forms, as well as those program transcripts made accessible through PLUS.

If you have any questions about the coverage list or would like to learn more about Discover PLUS, please contact PLI Library Relations at libraryrelations@plu.edu or 877-900-5291.

 

PLI Discover PLUS Second Annual “Caption the Cartoon Contest” Announces its Winner

The conferences are over and election season is well underway so it’s the perfect time to announce the winner of our contest!

From June 29th through July 27th, PLI held our second annual Discover PLUS: Caption the Cartoon Contest, during which we asked that you come up with the cleverest caption for our debating treatises cartoon. We received lots of smart and funny captions but, unfortunately, we can only pick one winner.  So, without further ado, the winner of the 2012 Discover PLUS Caption the Cartoon Contest is…Elizabeth Kenney, Law Librarian at Consolidated Edison Co. of NY!

 

Introducing PLI’s Discover PLUS!

Practising Law Institute announces the release of Discover PLUS– our new ebook library created by legal researchers to meet the needs of legal researchers.

Discover PLUS offers the following features:

  • First-rate secondary source material–Subscribers have all-inclusive 24/7 access to our library of acclaimed publications.
  • One flat, firm-wide fee–Pay a one-time, upfront, flat fee for the entire firm and avoid per-click charges and complicated statements.
  • Searchable forms–We’ve included a database of over 1,000 customizable legal forms
  • Manageable research–Organize your research using folders and saved searches
  • New look and feel–Redesigned interface for easy navigation

Interested in learning more? Check out our press release here or watch this video.

Please contact Library Relations (877-900-5291 or libraryrelations@pli.edu) if you have any questions.

We’re Going to AALL

In just a couple of weeks, PLI will be going to Boston for the AALL annual meeting!

Stop by our booth (#323) to say hello and watch a demo of our brand new eBook library, Discover PLUS.

We’re also doing another “New Yorker”-style caption the cartoon contest this year and the winner will receive the New iPad! We’ll accept caption submissions at the booth.  Click here to view the cartoon and start thinking of your best caption–you can also submit your caption online if you won’t be at SLA or AALL.

So stop by, learn about Discover PLUS, and submit your most clever caption for our cartoon to win a new iPad.

We look forward to seeing you soon!

PLI Cordially Invites You to Attend our Discovering Discover PLUS Breakfast at AALL this Year

Be among the first to learn about our new eBook library! We will provide a live demo of Discover PLUS at the breakfast.  What is Discover PLUS, you may ask?  It’s is PLI’s new eBook library compiled from our renowned authoritative treatises, answer books, course handbooks, program transcripts, and legal forms. The database also features new ways to manage your research and a customer feedback-driven user-interface.

Want to learn more? Join us for breakfast on Monday, July 23rd from 7:00 – 8:15 AM at the Sheraton.  Please email libraryrelations@pli.edu to let us know you want to attend and we’ll include the Sheraton room number in your confirmation.

We look forward to seeing you in Boston!