Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
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 research – and it’s open source which means that it’s free! Zotero is perfect for large research projects where you’re …
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 several of our web discovery tools. Zotero, a free and very helpful citation manager used by many Law School faculty …
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 realize that I may be revealing some major nerdiness admitting to that. I’ve always had a love – hate relationship …
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 idea behind the addition is to both simplify the existing sections of 2 and 42 and make a more …
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 occur. Other legal content is also available for purchase through the rulebook app, including the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, …
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 great for quickly locating statutes, case law, regulations, federal court rules, international law sources, and more. We’ve installed Jureeka! on …
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, and humanities, the authors found that such articles received significantly more downloads and reached a broader audience within the first …
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 who’s helped to create many translators and has developed for Multilingual Zotero, to learn more about Translator Creation, Citation Style …
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 your research sources. Currently, Zotero only offers a beta version of the Bluebook citation style which is pretty limited. But, …
A new edition of the Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation was released in May. Pace Law Library has compiled a list of the changes to the 19th edition and the associated rule numbers. Note that many of the changes deal with electronic sources. Copies of the new edition are available from Hein for $32. …