Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
If you’re a regular WisBlawg reader you know that I often sing the praises of Badgerlink. Badgerlink is a collection of databases containing over 11,000 periodical titles and over 700 newspapers (including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and many Wisconsin newspapers), children’s and adult literature, business, medical, and education sources, and many other …
WSLL @ Your Service, the newsletter of the Wisconsin State Law Library, reports that “LexisOne recently doubled the number of years’ worth of free case law on its website – from five years to ten. Users can search by keyword or citation, or browse by year. As before, U.S. Supreme Court cases are available for …
Tracking what people say on blogs can be important to legal professionals for a number of reasons: Image Monitoring – What are people saying about you, your firm, your clients? Competitive Intelligence – What are people saying about the competition? Personnel – What is being said by and about potential employees? Litigation – What is …
Kiplinger’s presents Fabulous Freebies 2008. This list includes web sites and services featuring all kinds of free goodies. Some are classics and others are newer. Source: Lifehacker
The ABA Journal reports some interesting findings from the latest annual Legal Technology Survey Report. In general, the survey indicates that lawyers are slow to adopt cutting-edge technology. For all the hype–at conferences, on the Internet, and in this publication and others–about how Web 2.0 technologies are changing the way lawyers practice, the bulk of …
LegalDockets.com, a portal of court case information, is being restructured as Courtport.com. The new site will offer an improved user interface, added content, discussion forums, and more. The main component of the site is still the portal – a collection of thousands of links focused on court case information, rules and forms, property, recordings, liens, …
The UW Madison Libraries have developed a mobile friendly site so that users of devices such as iPhones, PDAs, etc. may more easily navigate through the library web site. This beta mobile site is accessible at either: mobile.library.wisc.edu or m.library.wisc.edu
I’m very pleased to share the newly redesigned Law Library Web site. The new site features lots more quick links to our most popular resources. We’ve also revamped our list of databases so that users may browse by title, subject, or do a keyword search. Because the site architecture is also much changed (for the …
ChaCha is a free cellphone service that lets you ask any question answerable via a Web search, using any cellphone, by simply making a voice call. A few minutes later, you’ll receive an answer as a text message. From All Things Digital: ChaCha requires no registration and works on any cellphone carrier. It needs no …
The Wi-Fi-FreeSpot Directory is a listing of locations that offer Free Wi-Fi. There is a state by state directory, along with nationwide chains and airports which offer free access. International locations are also listed. Source: Now@MPL