Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
The Wisconsin State Law Library is offering two very useful – not to mention free – workshops this spring. Using LegalTrac and HeinOnline to Locate Law Reviews Online Wednesday, February 13, 2008, 9:00-10:00 a.m. The number of full text law review and journal articles available electronically continues to increase exponentially, making it more convenient than …
I’m pleased to report that MadCat, the UW Madison library catalog, now features RSS feeds for new items. New In MadCat is a list of books, journals, and titles in all media that have recently been cataloged by campus libraries. The list is updated every Wednesday. You may subscribe to RSS feeds for particular Subjects …
From a recent survey on library use conducted by Pew Internet & American Life: The survey results challenge the assumption that libraries are losing relevance in the internet age. Libraries drew visits by more than half of Americans (53%) in the past year for all kinds of purposes…. And it was the young adults in …
Two news items involving historical Wisconsin statutes: A Capital Times writer authenticates Wikipedia claim that the nation’s first open records law was passed in Wisconsin shortly after it became a state. WI Revised Statutes, 1849 – Chapter 10, Section 137 required every sheriff, circuit court clerk, county board clerk, register of deeds and county treasurer …
This is one of those odd-ball posts that I like to sometimes share. It has nothing to do with law or libraries, but I just thought it was so awesome. Boing Boing reports on a unique item up for auction: “Brian Sack offers to drive a person of your choice crazy with mysterious postcards from …
From the HeinOnline Weblog: Next month, HeinOnline will release an enhancement that will allow you to search an Index to Periodical Articles Related to Law Database. The database was created from the Index to Periodical Articles Related to Law publication, which is compiled and edited by Roy M. Mersky and Donald J. Dunn and has …
I ran across this announcement today on the Wisconsin Sentencing Commission Web site: The Wisconsin Sentencing Commission and its statutory provisions under
A question about citation management software on the ALL-SIS listserv reminded me that I haven’t yet posted about EndNote’s addition of the Bluebook citation style. Previously, the only product of which I was aware that supported Bluebook was Citation Legal Edition. [What is citation management software?] I learned about this back in August when Web …
Last week, the popular blogging software, Movable Type announced that they are now open source. This means you can freely modify, redistribute, and use Movable Type for any purpose you choose. Read more at the Movable Type blog. Source: Boing Boing
Beginning in 2008, the MBA Messenger will be published quarterly in a stand alone magazine format. Milwaukee Bar Association members will continue to receive it by mail, but it will no longer be included with the Wisconsin Law Journal. Source: MBA Messenger, Dec 2007 – Thanks to Bill Ebbott for the tip.