The library maintains links from the library website to various Internet
webpages. The library is not responsible for the content of external publications
and Internet sites linked to from this website. One of our main goals
is to select accurate and unbiased information sources that include items
of scholarly interest to the Hastings faculty and students. In determining
whether a website should be included as a link, we consider the following
factors:
- Accuracy
- Authority
- Currency
- Navigation & Design
- Applicability& Content
- Audience Level
- Quality of Writing
Most webpages linked to from our website are related to the field of
law in general, and tend to have a California or San Francisco focus.
Many of our links are to government websites and to educational institutions.
We link to many government and university pages, in part because they
are non-commercial and have proven reliable and stable over time. A preference
is given for sites without advertising and pop-up windows. We also link
to many international law resources, as this is becoming a growing area
of interest to legal scholars. In addition, we try to link to websites
that will compliment our collection of print resources in the library
and will support legal study at Hastings.
These links are updated on an irregular basis as new websites emerge
and as legal research interests change. Websites are evaluated using the
criteria above by one or more members of the library staff. The Hastings
College of the Law Library expresses no opinion about any of the issues
discussed on these externally linked pages; opinions represented on these
external webpages reflect the views of the writer/speaker only.
