Details of such access will be announced as soon as they are known. Searching in the databases is done using Folio software. In addition to these new Internet products, CCH also offers CD-ROM and print publications. As of September 1999, the Bora Laskin Law Library is still in the process of negotiating access for U of T law students to access this service. Details of such access will be announced as soon as they are known.
Many legal professionals appreciate the speed and convenience of CD-ROM searching.
Canada Law Book, for example, publishes consolidated versions of the federal statutes and regulations on one CD-ROM, something which a lawyer can use on a laptop computer while in court. This is a very convenient advantage to have over other lawyers and something that would have been unimaginable even as little as a few years ago. The Internet is also an extremely important source of law-related information in electronic format. Governments, courts, universities, law firms and law-related organizations are all good sources of law on the Internet. One issue about conducting legal research on the Internet, however, is the unofficial nature of information on the Internet and the lack of editorial control over what information is published.