Novalawcity points to a pair of handy cost effective research tip sheets from LexisNexis and Westlaw. For additional documentation and tip sheets on using those services, see Westlaw User Guides and LexisNexis Literature & Reference …
Month: May 2005
Patent Monitoring RSS Service
Robert Ambrogi reports that a new service called PatentMojo: . . . enables patent professionals to create watchlists for patent searches and monitor them through RSS feeds. . . Its users are able to create …
Database of Cease & Desist Notices
Chilling Effects is a joint site from the Electronic Frontier Foundation and several academic institutions which “aims to help you understand the protections that the First Amendment and intellectual property laws give to your online …
Tips for Finding Legal Forms
Back when I was a law firm librarian, I can remember being asked all the time to locate legal forms. And it’s not always easy. For some good advice, check out DCLRC Blawg’s latest legal …
Statewide Book Discussion Series – A More Perfect Union: The Common Defense
Connie Von Der Heide of the Wisconsin State Law Library reports that the Wisconsin Humanities Council is coordinating a statewide book discussion series entitled, A More Perfect Union: The Common Defense. Discussion kits are available …
New Edition of the Bluebook Now Available
Now available – The 18th edition of The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation. To learn what’s changed, law librarians can attend the AALL Annual Meeting program, “Is the New Bluebook New?,” on Tuesday, July …
Victim's Blog Leads to Arrest of Murder Suspect
The New York Daily Times reports a chilling tale about a murder victim’s last blog post. In what may have been just minutes after posting to his blog that his sister’s boyfriend was in the …
Blog About Madison Schools "Growing Force" in Local School Policy
There was an interesting article in Wednesday’s Capital Times about School Information System, a blog about the Madison school system which is “seen as a growing force in local school politics and policy.” According to …
National Sex Offender Registry Planned
TVC Alert reports that: The Department of Justice announced on Friday plans to build a Web site that would deliver sex offender registry information to the public for all U.S. states and territories. Initially, it …
Follow the Activity of a Congressperson
Find out what our U.S. congressmen and women are up to with Plogress, a new service that reports on the activities of individual representatives via automated blogs. View a listing of Wisconsin’s senators and representatives …