Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
This post originally appeared in UW Law Library News and was written by Scott Park, Digital Collections and Reference Librarian. As we approach Thanksgiving, you might assume the fourth Thursday of November has always been the designated date for this federal holiday. The actual history reveals a more contentious story involving presidential proclamations, state resistance, …
By Eric Taylor, Evening Reference Librarian For ages, people have been putting together books of lists. Librarians love to catalog books making lists. Merchant marines make manifests. In fact, there is probably a list for everything. In the present book, A Book of Legal Lists (1997), the author Bernard Schwartz tackles the law. Here there is a list for …
Brand new for your reading leisure! This delightful book takes you way behind the scenes of the Supreme Court, and spotlights the culinary traditions that have been a part of the institution since its first session in 1790. From cover to cover readers will be rewarded with recipes, wonderful photos, and stories brimming with history. …
511 Wisconsin is a website with up-to-date information about Wisconsin traffic, travel, road conditions, etc. According to the website, “We’re updating the 511 Wisconsin website with additional features that will help My 511WI users personalize travel planning needs. These enhancements mean that all My 511WI users will need to re-enroll when the new site goes …
Today is Abraham Lincoln’s birthday, our 16th and arguably greatest president. His legacy as president and leader during the Civil War has been covered in great detail over the past 150 years. Sometimes, his career as a lawyer before his ascension to the presidency is overlooked (though all aspects of Lincoln’s life have been studied …
Odd Wisconsin, from the Wisconsin Historical Society, is one of my favorite web sites. As a history buff, I love the quirky little tidbits they dig up from the archives. Last week it was a tale of some very creative detective work in an unsolved 19th century murder involving a rope, a barrel, and … …
One of my favorite games is called Origins. It’s a trivia game about the origins of customs, cliches, inventions, words and superstitions. Why do we say “break a leg” to wish someone good luck? Or why might we say someone is “mad as a hatter”? Mental Floss had a post the other day on the …
From Found in Wisconsin The Elections Division of the WI Government Accountability Board provides information to look up voter registration and polling place location, look up polling place location for an address, and check provisional vote status by using the Voter Public Access link. The site also contains information on alternative sources for polling place …
A while back I did a post on some clever uses for old books. Since I’ve run into a few more, I thought I’d update the list. Kathy Kelly, an Erie law librarian, has developed a business called BookBags in which she makes purses and laptop computer cases from the covers of outdated law books …
Traveling this holiday season? Then you may be very pleased to learn that Google is providing free WiFi at 47 participating airports and on every Virgin America flight. The service is already available and will run through January 15, 2010. Milwaukee is one of the airports available. See the Google site for a list others. …