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Month: April 2006

Guide to Setting up Old PC as a Server

Posted on April 18, 2006

Give that old computer a new life. Don’t Trash Your Old PC from Law.com is a step-by-step guide on how to use an old PC as a primary or backup server. In this age of …

Posted in Miscellaneous & Odd-ball

DCLRC Featured in WI State Journal

Posted on April 17, 2006

Today’s WI State Journal contains a nice article on the Dane County Legal Resource Center. About 80 percent of the people who use the resource center are going to court without an attorney, [Director Paula] …

Posted in Libraries & Librarians

Wisconsin Nostalgia Preserved on National Recording Registry

Posted on April 17, 2006

A little bit of Wisconsin history has made its way on to the Library of Congress’s National Recording Registry. As one of only 200 recordings to make the list, the old foghorn of Kewaunee, Wis. …

Posted in Uncategorized

Microsoft's Windows Live Search Engine Indexes Academic Content

Posted on April 17, 2006

Microsoft has beta released a new search engine for academic journal content called Windows Live. According to a press release, the initial beta release will target the subjects of computer science, electrical engineering and physics, …

Posted in Data & Databases

Supreme Court Votes to Allow Citation to Unpublished Opinions in Federal Courts

Posted on April 13, 2006

Law.com reports that Supreme Court Votes to Allow Citation to Unpublished Opinions in Federal Courts The Supreme Court on Wednesday adopted a historic rule change that will allow lawyers to cite so-called unpublished opinions in …

Posted in Courts

The Wisconsin Idea Explained

Posted on April 13, 2006

The LRB has put together a nice, two-page guide on the Wisconsin Idea which explores its origins, importance, and future. What is the Wisconsin Idea? From the the guide: The most commonly offered definition of …

Posted in Miscellaneous & Odd-ball

LexisNexis Academic Investigating Metasearch

Posted on April 12, 2006

For those academic librarians, like myself, who thought that LexisNexis Academic would never be metasearchable, I share the good news that they do have an XML gateway in production. According to an email received by …

Posted in Data & Databases

Wisconsin Pronunciations

Posted on April 12, 2006

MissPronouncer.com is a neat little site for “learning to pronounce stuff in Wisconsin.” From place names to politicians, this site will have you speaking like a native Wisconsinite.

Posted in Miscellaneous & Odd-ball

EBSCOhost Offers RSS Alerts & Visual Search

Posted on April 12, 2006

It looks like EBSCOhost is offering a couple of new search enhancements: RSS Alerts for saved searches and a visual search interface. EBSCO has some great medical and business databases, many of which are available …

Posted in Data & Databases

Podcasting the Internal Revenue Code

Posted on April 12, 2006

Lewis & Clark Law Professor Jack Bogdanski (of Jack Bog’s Blog! fame) has taken on a new challenge: Podcasting the Internal Revenue Code – one new section every day. From his blog: I’m all about …

Posted in Legislation & Regs
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