Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
Last month the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that “the state Department of Natural Resources recently scrubbed language from an agency web page on the Great Lakes that said humans and greenhouse gases are the main cause of climate change. The DNR now says the subject is a matter of scientific debate.” The web page in …
Google Images is a great tool for finding useful photos and graphics on the web. Did you know that instead of searching for images by keywords, you can search by an image to find similar images? You can either use a photo from the web or upload your own. For more, see this video from …
Ever tried to copy a link from Google search results and ended up something messy looking like this: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CEwQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.makeuseof.com%2F&ei=wSArUPj0E5Gu8QSd1IGYDg&usg=AFQjCNET_hI9VptfwU-R4oSaJjjI-f0jgA&cad=rja The messiness is because Google changes the URL to help them track who is clicking on which links. That’s fine for Google, but it’s frustrating for people like me who want to save or share those …
A suit filed last week by Habush Habush & Rottier alleges that the firm of Cannon & Dunphy effectively hijacked the names and reputation of Habush attorneys by purchasing the keywords “Habush” and “Rottier” for its Internet search results. From the Wisconsin Law Journal: Until a day after the suit was filed, anyone who typed …
In the latest edition of InsideTrack from the Wisconsin State Bar, Bev Butula introduces some powerful general Internet search engines – besides Google. “These alternatives often support different functionality, which can assist in a more productive online experience.” Specifically, she discusses Exalead, hakia, Clusty, and Bing.
Google has recently launched a new search feature that makes it easy to find and compare public data. From the Google Blog: If you go to Google.com and type in [unemployment rate] or [population] followed by a U.S. state or county, you will see the most recent estimates. Once you click the link, you’ll go …
Google Alerts allow you to enter search terms and receive notification whenever it finds new content matching those terms. You can specify if you would like to search news, blog, web, video, or group content or all of the above. You choose whether you want it to alert you as-it-happens, once-a-day or once-a-week. You can …
From BBC News: Google’s philanthropic arm Google.org has released a new site that tracks the incidence of flu in the US based on terms used in Google searches. Is there anything that Google can’t do? Thanks to my colleague, Nancy Paul for the tip.
Ever wanted to share the results of a Google search with someone? Look.fo makes it easier – well, shorter anyway. Say I want to share the results of a Google search for WisBlawg. I could send you a long, ugly search string that looks like this: http://www.google.com/search?q=wisblawg&sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1B3GGGL_en___US216 Or, I could just send you this one: …
The following post was written by my law librarian colleague, Bev Butula: A couple of weeks ago, I discussed the hakia search engine on my blog for the Wisconsin Law Journal. If you are not familiar with this engine, it uses semantic search technology. They look for quality results, recognizing that the most credible sites …