Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Historical Society has recently digitized the full text of The Wisconsin Magazine of History from volume 1 (1917) to volume 83 (1999). The journal is freely available on the Wisconsin Historical Society’s Web site. Not only is this good news for historical researchers, it holds special significance to me personally. My very first …
It’s been reported on the GOVDOC-L listserv that Hein Online is scheduled to release some significant collections soon, including the following: Congressional Record Annals of Congress Register of Debates Congressional Globe Journals of the Continental Congress American State Papers According to the post, this collection will begin to appear in June 2007, with the remainder …
The New York Times reports that Reuters agreed today to a “$17.2 billion takeover by Thomson that would vault the combined entity ahead of Bloomberg to become the world’s largest financial data and news provider.” ”The companies will be separate legal entities but will be managed and operated as if they were a single economic …
If you have a Google account (like Gmail, Google News, etc.), you might be surprised to learn that Google is keeping track of your Web activity. We’re taking every day, every site, every search going back years (mine goes back to 2005). They call it your Web History. Here’s the explanation from Google: You know …
The Wisconsin State Law Library has recently begun offering remote access to Hein Online. This service is only available to firms or state agencies with less than 25 attorneys, however. If that’s you and you have a WSLL library card, you can access the full text law reviews and journals in Hein Online from anywhere. …
Sabrina Pacifici with help from the team over at Justia has launched a redesigned LLRX. They’ve done a great job of spicing up the look and feel to highlight the first rate content for which LLRX is so well known. Kudos all around.
Amanda Werhane over at Wendt Library Blog has compiled a useful list of library services available to UW alumni and Wisconsin residents. Check it out.
I know I’ve mentioned it a couple times before, but I wanted to give another plug for Current Law Journal Content (CLJC) from Washington and Lee Law School. With CLJC, you can search and subscribe to current tables of contents from over a thousand law journals (including Wisconsin Law Review, Wisconsin International Law Journal, and …
There is a very useful article in today’s Wall Street Journal on Why You Should Spy on Yourself. [Article link is to WSJ.com (subscription required). Wisconsinites can also access the article on Badgerlink (via ProQuest)] The article lists services, free and fee, which you (and others) can use to check your credit history, criminal history …
From TVC Alert: Consumers and other non-subscribers to LexisNexis may now obtain select public records, verdicts, settlements and other case information through LexisONE. There is a fee for accessing this information, but the site offers several pricing options. See TVC for more.