GPO Access has recently conducted a comparison of legislative resources available in its collection with those in other government websites and commercial databases such as Westlaw, LexisNexis and HeinOnline. The report concludes that “one of …
Data & Databases
ALR Comes Back to Lexis
After almost a year’s absence, the American Law Reports are now available again on Lexis. Here’s the announcement from my Lexis rep: The following publications are again accessible on Lexis.com via the Legal menu > …
LIFE Photo Archive Available via Google
Google has recently released a LIFE magazine photo archive. The archive contains millions of photographs, stretching from the 1750s to today. Most were never published and are now available for the first time. I particularly …
Fastcase Now Free to WI Bar Members
From the Wisconsin Law Journal: Oct. 31 marked the State Bar of Wisconsin’s roll-out of its newest, and by far most significant, member benefit: It launched free access to Fastcase for bar members… A couple …
Legal History Resources Online: Avalon Project, A Century of Law Making & ConSource
The following is reprinted from a column in the UW Law School News. It was written by my colleague, Eric Taylor. In this week’s column, we review three free online resources of historical legal documents …
Recent SSRN Enhancements
The folks at Social Science Research Network have been kind enough to share with me info about some recent enhancements. These features include a completely revised Simple Submission process, a new sign in process, and …
SAGE Offers Free Online Access to Journals in October
SAGE is offering free online access to over 500 of its journals until October 31, 2008. Content is available from 1999 to the present. Registration is required. Source: LISNews
Fastcase Free to State Bar of WI Members Starting Nov. 1st
Beginning November 1st, Fastcase will be available free to State Bar of Wisconsin members. See the press release for more information. The Fastcase database contains state and federal caselaw, statutes, administrative codes, and court rules. …
Badgerlink Databases Available to All Wisconsinites – Now with Federated Searching
If you’re a regular WisBlawg reader you know that I often sing the praises of Badgerlink. Badgerlink is a collection of databases containing over 11,000 periodical titles and over 700 newspapers (including the Wall Street …
IDEA to Replace EDGAR for Company Filings
The Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman recently announced that EDGAR will be replaced with a new system called IDEA offering “investors far faster and easier access to key financial information about public companies and mutual …