3 Geeks and a Law Blog had created a nifty map of free legal resources provided by State Bar Associations. Looks like Casemaker and Fastcase top the list.
Data & Databases
RIP PreCYdent
According to Law Librarian Blog, PreCYdent – one of the free online legal search services – is no longer available. Apparently it folded due to lack of funds.
CRS Report on the Google Library Project
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) has recently compiled a report on The Google Library Project: Is Digitization for Purposes of Online Indexing Fair Use Under Copyright Law? The report offers some background of the project …
Google Scholar Legal – What It Is and Isn't
Greg Lambert over at 3 Geeks and a Law Blog reports on his conversation with Google Scholar Chief Engineer Anurag Acharya. First of all, let me address the questions that I’m sure a lot of …
Value Line Investment Service Online Now Available to Madison Public Library Card Holders
Madison Public Library has acquired an online subscription to the Value Line Investment Survey. The service is available at all nine Madison public libraries or remotely to city of Madison residents with valid library cards. …
Now on Badgerlink – HeritageQuest Online Offers Genealogy Resources including Serial Set and Census
There is a new database available on BadgerLink* called HeritageQuest Online. It offers a treasury of American genealogical sources, including some legal material. HeritageQuest Online contains the following: U.S. Federal Censuses feature the original images …
ISP Legal Department Contact Info
“Need to subpoena Facebook or Gmail? If you do, then you’ll need to know where to serve the subpoena.” Jon Groth’s Wisconsin Personal Injury Weblog points to a useful site called SEARCH which contains contact …
CorporationWiki Visualizes Corporate Relationships
In her Wisconsin Law Journal blog, Bev Butula discusses CorporationWiki, a web site for company research. The website allows the researcher to search businesses in over 25 states. It also supports an index to browse …
Online v. Print Cost Savings Examined
Mark Gediman at 3 Geeks and a Law Blog has an interesting post about law firm cost recovery for online database charges. I find myself constantly explaining/defending/justifying our cost recovery policy. Maybe I’ve been sampling …
UW Madison Expands Agreement with Google Books
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has expanded its agreement with Google to digitize books from UW-Madison’s collection and make them available online. From a press release issued this morning: The expanded partnership, completed on July 8, …