Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
Google has recently added one more to it’s specialty search engine tool box: Google Patent Search. Nancy Spitzer, Patents and Technical Reports Librarian at UW–Madison’s Wendt Library, had this to say: Patent librarians across the country are busily analyzing this new member of the Google family and it looks promising. There’s much excitement because this …
A collaboration between the University of Wisconsin Digital Collection Center and the Madison Public Library has produced a digital collection of Historical County Plat Maps from South Central Wisconsin and Early Madison City Directories. The collection spans the latter half of the 19th century. In addition to their usefulness for historians and genealogists, these plat …
On Wednesday, Microsoft released Live Search Books in beta. Similar to Google Book Search, the Microsoft book search engine allows users to keyword search for scanned books. Unlike Google, however, Microsoft is scanning only noncopyright books, unless publishers opt-in to have in-copyright publications scanned. According to CNet news, Microsoft has restricted the beta release of …
Looks like the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is now charging non subscribers for articles older than fourteen days. Access to the archives is free for 7 Day subscribers. See the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Archive Search page for more information, including pricing. (Thanks to Bev Butula & Diane Duffey for the tip) Wisconsinites can still access Journal …
Jimmy Atkinson, of the OEDb: Online Education Database has compiled a very useful directory of authoritative Web resources. The article is entitled, Research Beyond Google: 119 Authoritative, Invisible, and Comprehensive Resources. I like this line: Do you think your local or university librarian uses Google? Sure, but certainly not exclusively. [Oh no, our secret is …
HeinOnline has recently announced the availability of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) from inception in 1938 through the 1983 edition. It includes all editions inclusive of this period as well as all supplements for this time frame in PDF format. Currently, the 1938 through 1983 editions of the CFR in HeinOnline have been electronically …
I’m a firm believer that public libraries are one of the best deals around. Besides the books, music, and movies available for checkout, many libraries offer card holders remote access to their collection of databases. If you are a regular WisBlawg reader, you know that I often mention those available through the South Central Library …
“We estimate that as many as 50 percent of all federal government documents are now born digital, published to the Web, and will never be printed by the GPO,” says GPO CEO Bruce James. Read more in the FCW.com article. Thanks to my colleague, Bill Ebbott, for the tip.
Cullom Davis Library of Bradley University in Peoria, IL has compiled a wiki listing Blue Books for every state. Where available, links to the online sources are available. Source: V.U.Lawcity – The Valpo Law Blawg
I recently discovered that the University of Wisconsin–Madison maintains an Experts Database. This database consists of over 1700 UW Madison faculty and staff who have agreed to talk with reporters on selected topics. There are two different ways to search the database: by keyword search and by expert name. If you have trouble finding the …