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An Online Encyclopedia for Legal Researchers by Andrew Zimmerman.
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The Guide began several years ago when I was visiting a senior law librarian at her office. In the middle of our conversation she opened a drawer and pointed to a black ring binder stuffed with paper. This was her "black book." She said the binder held twenty-odd years of her accumulated wisdom. Then she closed the drawer, and I never saw the book again.

That afternoon I started my own black book. Mostly I just took notes on anything I learned in the library. At first I kept my notes to myself, but soon I started printing out copies for other librarians. I called the manuscript "A Reference Guide." I considered it a work-in-progress, and that was as far as I ever expected things to go.