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Month: April 2006
DCLRC Featured in WI State Journal
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] …
Wisconsin Nostalgia Preserved on National Recording Registry
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. …
Microsoft's Windows Live Search Engine Indexes Academic Content
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, …
Supreme Court Votes to Allow Citation to Unpublished Opinions in Federal Courts
Law.com reports that Supreme Court Votes to Allow Citation to Unpublished Opinions in Federal Courts The Supreme Court on Wednesday adopted a historic rule change that will allow lawyers to cite so-called unpublished opinions in …
The Wisconsin Idea Explained
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 …
LexisNexis Academic Investigating Metasearch
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 …
Wisconsin Pronunciations
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.
EBSCOhost Offers RSS Alerts & Visual Search
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 …
Podcasting the Internal Revenue Code
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 …