Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
It appears that SSRN (Social Science Research Network) has made some interface improvements to its author and article pages. Very nice. For those that may not be familiar with it, SSRN is an open access repository of scholarly papers. Article page: Notice the large download buttons at the top of the article page. They appear …
A new service called Slydial connects you directly to to someone’s mobile voicemail – without ever having the phone ring. Sneaky. Here’s how it works: Dial 267-SLYDIAL (267-759-3425) from any landline or mobile phone. (It doesn’t work if you have caller id blocked on your phone) At the voice prompt, enter the U.S. mobile phone …
Genie Tyburski has announced that she’s closing down The Virtual Chase. Wow – the end of an era. I will take down the site gradually over the next several months unless I find someone willing to archive it or continue its development. I anticipate that the site will be completely offline by no later than …
Criminal Searches is a new site that allows you to do just what its name implies – run a criminal history check on specific people or generally for a geographic area. From an AP story: Created by the folks behind PeopleFinders.com, the new site crunches monthly government data down to the state and county level, …
Two librarians from Stanford Law School, J. Paul Lomio and Erika V. Wayne, have recently published the results of their study analyzing law librarians opinions on LexisNexis v. Westlaw. As costs for research tools, both online and paper, continue to increase, librarians are often faced with the difficult decision of what materials can and should …
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports on the use of RFID in Milwaukee area libraries. West Allis is among a handful of local libraries in Milwaukee County — including Greenfield, Wauwatosa and Franklin — that are moving from a bar code system of tracking materials to radio frequency identification, or RFID. Using scanners to detect tiny …
Once again, it’s time to nominate your favorite legal support staff for the Wisconsin Law Journal’s Unsung Heroes award. From the Web site: Lawyers in Wisconsin do terrific work. But where would they be without the members of their support staff who, behind the scenes, quietly make it all happen? In the fast-paced, demanding legal …
July 27-August 1is Madison Magazine’s Summer Restaurant Week. During these six days, Madison’s finest restaurants will offer three special, fixed-price, three course menus for just $25 per person. A list of participating restaurants is available at the Madison Magazine Web site. Thanks to my colleague, Cindy May for the tip. Many of these restaurants have …
I was doing some research in HeinOnline this afternoon and was surprised to find that they now have an article citator. When viewing an article, there is a link to “Articles That Cite This Article” at the very top. Nice. According to the HeinOnline Weblog, this feature was added in May.
HeinOnline has announced that it will soon be adding Subject Compilations of State Laws as an a-la-carte library module. According to the HeinOnline Weblog This database contains references to more than 17,000 sources of 50-state surveys published in law review articles, books, court briefs and opinions, federal and state government publications, and loose-leaf services. Researchers …