So counterfeit Bluebooks are a thing. According to the editors of the authentic Bluebook, some counterfeit books are being sold on online marketplaces, including Amazon and Alibris. Many of these books contain errors and inconsistencies. …
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Instantly Create and Share a Bibliography with ZoteroBib – Even in Bluebook
When I’m writing a document or article and I need to manage a bunch of citations, my go-to tool is Zotero. It’s an incredibly powerful citation manager that helps you collect, organize, cite, and share …
A Zotero Update and work-around for the UW Catalog
2015 has been a whirlwind year of change for UW Libraries, even though most of it is not obvious to users. The campus (and entire UW system!) recently switched our library catalog platform and modified …
New 20th Edition of the Bluebook is Now Available
The other day I walked into my office after lunch and was excited to find that someone had placed a brand new 20th edition of the Bluebook guide to legal citation on my desk. I …
The US Code gets a slight reorganization
Starting on September 1st, the US Code added a new Title. Sections concerning the voting and elections that were previously found in titles 2 and 42 are now being moved to a new Title 52. …
The Bluebook Goes Mobile
The Bluebook, a Uniform System of Citation, is now available via the rulebook app for iPhone and iPad. The app allows users to search, highlight, bookmark and take notes. Content is automatically updated when changes …
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 …
Does Open Access Publication Generate More Readership & Citations?
Will publishing your work in an open access publication generate more readership and citations? Yes and no, according to a Cornell University study. Using a sample of open access journals in the sciences, social sciences, …
Zotero Development Workshop
Are you a Zotero user looking to contribute to the community? Need to make Zotero work for you? [What is Zotero?] On Monday, April 11th, join Zotero community developer Avram Lyon, the primary translator reviewer …
Help Needed to Develop Bluebook Citation Style for Zotero
I received an email yesterday from Frank Bennet who has been leading the development of a Bluebook citation style for Zotero. Zotero is a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite …