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BadgerLink Renews Contracts for Wisconsin+ Newspaper Databases

Posted on August 17, 2023

BadgerLink recently announced that it has renewed contracts for two newspaper collections featuring content from Wisconsin.  These are great collections for researching local and state-wide issues and events. Almost 500 Wisconsin newspapers are available in …

Posted in Data & Databases

Three Digital Collections of Wisconsin State Government Documents

Posted on June 21, 2023

The Wisconsin Document Depository Program is a statutorily mandated program that requires Wisconsin state agencies to provide copies of their documents to preserve and make available a record of major state government programs. Documents are …

Posted in Data & Databases, Legislation & Regs

Digital Publication of Tribal Laws Pilot Project Wins AALL Public Access to Government Information Award

Posted on May 30, 2023

I’m very proud to share that the University of Wisconsin Law Library, in partnership with the National Indian Law Library, the Open Law Library, the UW Great Lakes Indigenous Law Center, and the Stockbridge-Munsee Community …

Posted in Data & Databases, Indigenous Law, UW Law School

Complete Congressional Record Back to 1873 Now Searchable in Congress.gov

Posted on May 16, 2023

Historical federal legislative history research just got a little easier.  For the last few years, the Library of Congress has been working to add the Bound Congressional Record to Congress.gov.  It is now available all …

Posted in Data & Databases, Legislation & Regs

Guide to Researching Private and Public Businesses, Specialized Industries

Posted on October 5, 2022

Business information can be an important source of intelligence for attorneys.  Carol Hassler from the Wisconsin State Law Library has compiled an excellent guide to “Researching Private and Public Businesses, Specialized Industries” in the latest …

Posted in Data & Databases, Research Strategies

State Bar of Wisconsin Updates Books UnBound Interface

Posted on September 19, 2022

State Bar of Wisconsin recently launched an improved interface for their Books UnBound online digital library.  The collection includes State Bar treatises, aka “the brown binders,” the Wisconsin Attorney’s Desk Reference, Wisconsin Judicial Benchbooks, and …

Posted in Data & Databases, eBooks

Tools for Tracking Federal and Wisconsin Lobbying

Posted on September 15, 2022

Over $52 million was spent on lobbying in Wisconsin in 2021. Nationally, total lobbying spending amounted to a whopping $3.73 billion.  You can follow the money with these tools. Lobbying in Wisconsin from the Wisconsin …

Posted in Data & Databases, Legislation & Regs

All Publications & Supporting Data from Federally Funded Research must be Openly Accessible from First Publication by 2026

Posted on August 26, 2022

In a surprise announcement yesterday, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) released new guidance that starting in 2026, any publications and supporting data resulting from federally funded research must be openly …

Posted in Data & Databases, Public Information

Law Library of Congress Releases Collection of Research Reports Offering Comparative Analysis of Foreign & International Law since the 1940s

Posted on August 3, 2022

Those of you who follow federal legislation may be familiar with CRS Reports. The Congressional Research Service is a non-partisan legislative branch agency, housed inside the Library of Congress, that provides comprehensive analysis on issues …

Posted in Data & Databases, Legislation & Regs

Judicial Conference Endorses Making PACER Searching Free to All Non-commercial Users

Posted on June 3, 2022

Free federal court records are now one step closer:  The federal judiciary’s policymaking body has endorsed a proposal to make federal court records searches via the PACER electronic database free to non-commercial users.  According to a …

Posted in Courts, Data & Databases
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