This post provides a partial list of writings by Synoptic Text’s President, T. R. Halvorson, about the online information industry in the 1990s and the early 2000s.
Page Contents:
- Book
- Book chapter
- Papers
- Monographs
- Articles
Book
- Law of the Super Searchers: The Online Secrets of Top Legal Researchers, by T. R. Halvorson, edited by Reva Basch, ISBN 0-910965-34-X, the second in the new Super Searchers series published by CyberAge Books, an imprint of Information Today, Inc., released November 8, 1999.

Inaugural “LLRX.com Book of the Month“
Review by Sandeep Dave, Global Law Review.
Review by Jerry Lawson, Internet Tools for Lawyers.
Review by Michelle Ayers, Head of Research Services, Jenkins Law Library, Philadelphia, PA.
Review by Hazel L. Johnson, Reference Librarian, McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe LLP.
Review by Crystal Sharp, co-director of CD Sharp Information Systems.
Review by Sheri Lewis, Research Librarian, Mercer University Law Library.
Review by Deborah Lynne Wiley, Next Wave Consulting, Inc.
Review by Chris Sherman, About.com Web Search.
Reviews on Amazon.com.
Book Chapter

- Legal Liabilities of Independent Information Professionals, in Basch, Reva, ed. Electronic Information Delivery: Ensuring Quality and Value (Gower Publishing Limited, Aldershot, Hamshire, England 1995).
Papers
- Here Comes the Judge: Law Librarians Evaluate Online Services, a presentation at the annual conference of the Association of Law Libraries, Orlando, July 24, 2002.
- Alternatives to Westlaw and LEXIS for Montana Law Firms: An Overview of Newer Sources of Online Legal Authority, A presentation at the first Badlands Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Seminar,March 23, 2001.
- The Jurisline Litigation: Implications for Alternative Online Sources of Primary Legal Authority, a presentation at the NOCALL Fall Workshop, “New Choices: Legal Research Tools for Today and Tomorrow,” Stanford Law School, October 26, 2000.
- Painting the Golden Gate Bridge: Emerging Liabilities and Opportunities of Independent Information Professionals on the Internet, a presentation to the 12th Annual Conference of the Association of Independent Information Professionals, St. Louis, April 3, 1998.
- Selected Aspects of Potential Legal Liabilities of Independent Information Professionals, a presentation to the 7th Annual Conference of the Association of Independent Information Professionals, Shelter Island, San Diego, March 26, 1993.
Monographs
- Legal Liability Problems Problems in Cyberspace: Craters in the Information Highway, Burwell Enterprises.

- How to Avoid Liability: The Information Professional’s Guide to Negligence and Warranty Risks, Burwell Enterprises.

Articles
- Casemaker: Ohio Incubates Another Legal Information Service, LLRX.com™, September 16, 2002, with Margi Heinen.
- Evaluating an Online Information Service for Management: A Fastcase Review, LLRX.com™, August 1, 2002.
- Casecrawler: SCOUG Rating Scale Review, LLRX.com™, May 1, 2002.
- CaseClerk.com: SCOUG Rating Scale Review, LLRX.com™, March 1, 2002.
- Securities Mosaic: Somebody Thought This One Through, LLRX.com™, January 1, 2002, with Kathy Biehl.
- Liftoff Over the Lifting of the Arbitration Awards Database: PIABA v. CCH and SAC, LLRX.com™, December 17, 2001.
- Survey of Online Legal Information Alternatives for Small Law Firms and Public Law Libraries, LLRX.com™, November 1, 2001.
- Preview of VersusLaw’s USConline™, CFRonline™, and CFRupdate!, LLRX.com™, July 2, 2001, with Kathy Biehl.
- Reed Elsevier Sues TheLaw.net Complaining of Unfair Competition, LLRX.com™, July 2, 2001.
- Interview of FindLaw President Stacy Stern on Acquisition by West Group, LLRX.com™, February 12, 2001.
- LawProbe: SCOUG Rating Scale Review In Brief, LLRX.com™, January 2, 2001.
- EastLaw: A View through the Southern California Online Users Group Rating Scale Lenses,” LLRX.com™, January 2, 2001.
- Quicklaw America: A View through the Southern California Online Users Group Rating Scale Lenses,” LLRX.com™, October 1, 2000.
- Jurisline.com: Life After Lexis, LLRX.com™, June 21, 2000.
- Jurisline.com: It’s All Over, Including the Shouting, LLRX.com ™, June 20, 2000.
- LOIS Sues National Law Library over Use of Data, LLRX.com™, May 15, 2000.
- National Law Library: A View through the Southern California Online Users Group Rating Scale Lenses, LLRX.com™, May 1, 2000.
- What’s Standing in Jurisline’s Road: Barriers Erected by Lexis or Its Own Necessary Effort and Expense, LLRX.com™, April 17, 2000.
- Where Shall We Play Ball: Reed Elsevier and Matthew Bender Say a Major Portion of the Dispute with Jurisline.com Belongs in State Court, LLRX.com™, April 3, 2000.
- How to Start an Urban Legend: the Reporting of Intellectual Reserve, Inc. v. Utah Lighthouse Ministry, Inc., LLRX.com™, March 15, 2000.
- Jurisline Versus Reed Elsevier – Who’s Holding Trump: Information Licenses or Copyright?, Econtent, Industry News, February 11, 2000.
- Jurisline.com and Matthew Bender: Halos and Horns All ‘Round? – An Update, LLRX.com ™, February 9, 2000.
- Jurisline.com Suit Could Shift the Underpinnings of the Online Legal Marketplace and Beyond, Information Today, Inc., Newsbreaks, February 9, 2000.
- Jurisline.com and Matthew Bender: Halos and Horns All ‘Round?, LLRX.com™, February 7, 2000.
- Jurisline.com Speaks, In and Out of Court, LLRX.com™, February 3, 2000.
- Jurisline.com: Update January 24, 2000, with research assistance by Lynn Peterson and Judy Fair-Spaulding, LLRX.com™, January 24, 2000.
- Jurisline.com: Gift Horse Without a Mouth, by T. R. Halvorson, The Automated Lawyer at Law.com, January 21, 2000.
- Jurisline.com: What You See … What You Don’t See, with research assistance by Lynn Peterson and Judy Fair-Spaulding, LLRX.com™, January 17, 2000.
- The LOIS Law Library, EContent, vol. 22 no. 4, August/September 1999, pp. 43-46.
- VersusLaw’s V.: A View through the Southern California Online Users Group Rating Scale Lenses, LLRX.com™, March 15, 1999.
- The LOIS Law Library: A View through the Southern California Online Users Group Rating Scale Lenses, LLRX.com™, March 1, 1999.
- Searcher Responsibility for Quality in the Web World, Searcher, vol. 6 no. 9, October 1998, pp. 12-20.
- Of Pickup Trucks and Information Services, AIIP Connections, vol. 11, no. 2, Winter 1998, p. 2.
- Do You Warrant Accuracy of the New York Times? Information Broker, vol. 14 no. 3, May/June 1998: 1,5-8.
- Dissin’ My Disclaimer, Information Broker, vol. 13 no. 3, May/June 1997, p. 1 et seq.
- Legal Liabilities of Independent Information Professionals, Information Broker, vol. 9 no. 2, March/April 1993, pp. 6-8.
- Learning to Lurk, AIIP Connections, vol. 6, no. 2, Fall 1992, p. 1.
- Plugging in to Personality, AIIP Connections, vol. 6, no. 1, Summer 1992, p. 1.
Amazon interview of T. R. Halvorson