As part of our continuing effort to highlight terrific databases available at no charge from local public libraries, I’d like to introduce ReferenceUSA Business. ReferenceUSA Business is a directory of over 12 million U.S. businesses. …
Year: 2005
Wisconsin State Journal Explains Wikipedia
Today’s Wisconsin State Journal has a nice explanatory article entitled “Working on the Wikipedia.” Wikipedia is the online encyclopedia to which anyone can contribute. The article appears on the front page of the Daybreak section. …
The Downsides of Blogging
Robert Ambrogi reports on a recent article on the downsides of blogging from the Chicago Tribune. The article opens with one woman’s decision to halt her company’s 3-year-old blog. “I believe blogging is not profitable,” …
Evaluating a Blog's Content & Influence
BlogPulse is a useful new tool that can help you evaluate the content and influence of a particular blog – who authors it, how active the blog is, how it ranks in comparison with other …
Add a Law Libraries Button to your Blog
Thanks to ublaw phoenix & Out of the Jungle’s James Milles (University at Buffalo Law School), we have a cool new Law Libraries button that links to the list of Law Library Blogs and Blogs …
Google Temporarily Stops Scanning Copyrighted Books
The New York Times reports: Stung by a publishing industry backlash, Google Inc. has halted its efforts to scan copyrighted books from some of the nation’s largest university libraries so the material can be indexed …
Depository Library Blog & RSS Feed
Two from the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) newsletter: The Depository Library Council (DLC) has developed the DLC Vision Outline blog so that the library community and general public may post their comments on “Toward …
Burning Ears, A New Blog Tracking Law Libraries & Law Librarians
Paula Seeger, of DCLRC Blawg, announces a new blog called Burning Ears which will track stories about law libraries and law librarians in local news reports across the United States. Reports that are available for …
Bibliography on Supreme Court Nominee, John G. Roberts
The Law Library of Congress has compiled a lengthy bibliography of resources by and about Supreme Court Nominee, John G. Roberts. The guide includes materials in the following categories: articles/books, cases, opinions by, cases – …
Google Fills in the Blank
The next time you use Google, check out the wildcard feature. Include an asterisk in your query and Google will match one or more words of text so that the query matches a contiguous sequence …