According to a press release, The New York Times announces that “all articles dating back to Sept. 18, 1851, when the paper started publishing, are now available online at NYTimes.com.” “Searches for articles published before …
Data & Databases
LegalTrac Interface Changes
The Wisconsin State Law Library newsletter recently ran an article describing the interface changes to the LegalTrac database. What’s LegalTrac? A database containing citations for articles in law reviews, specialty law publications, bar association journals, …
Search 200+ Years of News & Magazine Articles
The big news today is Google News Archive Search, a searchable archive of articles that, in some cases, date back 200+ years. Some publishing partners include The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The …
Scanned Books & Gov Docs Available via MBooks
You may have seen the news that the University of Michigan has partnered with Google to scan library materials. The project is called MBooks. According to the FAQ: Access to MBooks is through Mirlyn, the …
LexisNexis Picks up Blog Content
Looks like LexisNexis has tuned in to the blogosphere. They are now picking up blog content in their Newstex (file name = NEWSTX) database. Lori Blair, Marketing Manager with the LexisNexis – Librarian Relations Group …
Sample Corporate Contracts on Findlaw
Looking for samples of software license agreement or an employment contract? Check out Findlaw’s Corporate Counsel Center’s Business Contracts. This is a gold mine of contracts and sample contract language. And since it’s on Findlaw, …
Zillow – View Home Valuations in Your Neighborhood on a Satellite Map
Some of the scarier databases that my colleague, Bev Butula, covered in the Internet Research Workshop were those in the Investigating Individuals section. One of these is Zillow.com. Zillow offers free, instant valuations and data …
Legal History Databases
Attention legal historians: WilsonWeb has added ten more years of coverage to Index to Legal Periodicals Retrospective. You can now search for legal articles dating back to 1908. ILP Retro is available for public use …
Westlaw at the WI State Law Library
From the Wisconsin State Law Library newsletter, WSLL @ Your Service : New & Improved Westlaw Access @ WSLL and MLRC WSLL and MLRC have offered in-library user access to Westlaw for a little over …
Wisconsin Codes & Ordinances Online
In addition to their many other excellent guides, the Wisconsin State Law Library has compiled a list of Wisconsin Codes & Ordinances online. This is a very comprehensive guide.