Carol Furnish
Carol Furnish
Professor of Law Library Services
Asst Director for Instruction & Outreach
859.572.5396
furnish@nku.edu
Professor of Law Library Services
Profile
Carol is responsible for the Reference Services Department. Shel updates the web pages related to research, prepares handouts and offers classroom instruction. Prior to joining the Chase Law Faculty in 1990, she served as the Head Law Librarian for two law firms, Hopkins & Sutter and Ross & Hardies located in Chicago.
Carol has provided numerous presentations to the Kentucky Bar Association, the Cincinnati Bar Association, the Procter & Gamble Legal Division, the Institute for Paralegal Education, and the National Business Institute.
Carol has contributed short articles to the Northern Kentucky Bar Association - Lex Loci, the Cincinnati Bar Association - CBA Report, the Special Libraries Association - Legal Division Quarterly, and the Special Libraries Association Cincinnati Chapter - Queen City Gazette.
Carol has written two lengthier articles: Evaluating Electronic Instruction Services published in Legal Reference Services Quarterly (vol. 18, no.4, pgs. 7-29) and Environmental Sources: An Update published in Legal Reference Services Quarterly (vol. 14, no.3, pgs. 85-93). Carol also contributed to the reference publication, Recommended Reference Books in Print 3rd ed. (1999).
Carol is a member of the American Association of Law Libraries, the Ohio Regional Association of Law Libraries and the Cincinnati Bar Association. She received the Chase College of Law Young's Library Faculty Service Award in 1997 and 2001 and the Special Libraries Association, Cincinnati Chapter, 2000 Meritorious Award.
Contact
- Office: NH207
- Email: furnish@nku.edu
- Phone: 859.572.5396
- Fax: 859.572.6529
Education
- BA, Indiana University
- MLS, Indiana University
Courses Taught
- Basic Legal Skills - Research
- Advanced Legal Research
Latest Publications
Best Blogs for 2011, N.K.B.A. Lex Loci 8 (February 2012)
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Google Update: Improving Your Searches, N.K.B.A. Lex Loci 16-17 (October 2011)
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Family Law Resources, N.K.B.A. Lex Loci 8 (December 2011)
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Better Than the Web! Libraries Still Offer Quality Information, N.K.B.A. Lex Loci 10 (January 2010)
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Follow the Money! What Are You Spending on Research? Part I: Know the Basics, N.K.B.A. Lex Loci 18-19 (June 2010)
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