In updating the “Legal Periodicals and Indexes” chapter of the upcoming edition of Fundamentals of Legal Research, I’ve done some digging into the details of two major indexes that will be changing platforms in the …
Month: August 2011
Jureeka! Now Powered by Cornell's LII
It appears that Jureeka! is now powered by Cornell’s Legal Information Institute (LII). Jureeka! is a Firefox plugin that turns legal citations in web pages into hyperlinks that point to online legal source material. It’s …
Google De-Enhancements
A few weeks ago I posted that Google had discontinued the Google Uncle Sam search engine for government documents. Law Librarian Blog reports that Google has, unfortunately, discontinued a few more things: “The option for …
Macaulay & Mertz Start New Legal Realism Conversations Blog
UW Law Profs Stewart Macaulay and Elizabeth Mertz have started a blog called New Legal Realism Conversations. The blog is an extension of the NLR Project webpage started in 2009 and will feature commentary from …
Analysis of the Proceedings of the Old Bailey Revises the History of the Criminal Trial
This week, the New York Times had an interesting article about a digital archive of the Proceedings of the Old Bailey. The archive is a fully searchable collection of criminal trials held at London’s central …
Google Pulls the Plug on Uncle Sam
From Government Computer News: Saying that search technology has made some specialized tools unnecessary, Google has discontinued operation the Google.com/UncleSam tool for searching government websites…. “Today, search quality has advanced tremendously, and based on our …
Feedback Needed on Beta US Code Website
From the AALL Government Relations Office: The Office of the Law Revision Counsel is seeking comments on the new beta version of its website for the U.S. Code. The Office is looking for feedback from …
Information for Submitting Articles to Law Reviews & Journals
If you’re considering writing an article for a legal publication, check out Information for Submitting Articles to Law Reviews & Journals. This guide, compiled by librarians from the University of Missouri at Kansas City – …
House Votes for Cuts to FDsys
H.R. 2551, passed by the House of Representatives, would eliminate funding for GPO’s Federal Digital System (FDsys). “Kirsten Clark, the regional depository librarian at the University of Minnesota and the chair of ALA’s Government Documents …
UW Law School Introduces 3 Faculty Members
The University of Wisconsin Law School is proud to announce the addition of three new faculty members. Cecelia Klingele and Mark Sidel join the UW Law School faculty beginning in the Fall of 2011. Paul …