Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
According to the Wisconsin State Bar, the Books UnBound electronic library is now complete. See the full list of titles. The Books UnBound product launched in April, but not all of the titles were available yet. They have since all been loaded, tested and are ready to go.
The Wisconsin Office of the Secretary of State maintains a digital archive of state municipal records – some more than 100 years old. Records from Wisconsin’s towns, villages, cities and counties include incorporation papers, charters, annexations, corporate boundaries, maps and litigation correspondence. For example, see this 1921 map of the Original City of Madison with …
Earlier this year, Fastcase released a free iPhone app which was named 2010 New Product of the Year by the American Association of Law Libraries. Now, Fastcase is set to release an app for iPad also. According to Bob Ambrogi, once Apple gives the OK, the app will launch. Check out the iPad screen shots …
Google Scholar has a feature that allows you to view documents that cite to your case or article. This is somewhat akin to Shepards, although without the status indicators and comprehensiveness. Recently, Google has beefed up the “cited by” feature by allowing you not only view the citing cases and articles, but also do a …
The migration of government content from GPO Access to FDsys is almost complete. As of this month, 29 of the 40 collections have been migrated with the remaining collections set to make the move in the coming weeks. It was previously reported that migration would be complete by June 30, 2010. Due to the constraints …
The Library of Congress has announced that it is archiving every public tweet made since the service went live back in 2006. Why you may ask? ars technica gives a pretty good explanation There’s been a turn toward historicism in academic circles over the last few decades, a turn that emphasizes not just official histories …
Last week I posted about the State Bar of Wisconsin’s new Books UnBound product – a subscription-based online library of State Bar of Wisconsin CLE Books (the “brown binders”). I had some concerns about the limited search capabilities but Books UnBound project coordinator, Kristin Huotari, tells me that a more advanced search is in the …
Earlier this week the State Bar of Wisconsin launched its new Books UnBound product – a subscription-based online library of State Bar of Wisconsin CLE Books (the “brown binders”). According to the State Bar, Books UnBound is not intended to replace the print books, but rather to provide greater flexibility for members to conduct legal …
Archived news articles from the Milwaukee Journal and Journal/Sentinel are now available in Google News from the 1890s to the present. Unfortunately, there is no way to print the pages, but you can direct link to an article. To access the archives, go to the advanced search page and enter Milwaukee Journal in the Source …
On April 15, the Wisconsin State Bar will launch a new product called Books UnBound. This subscription database will contain content from CLE books published by the State Bar. Primary law links will point to Fastcase which is available to State Bar members. The initial library will include 29 titles, i.e. the majority of the …