Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
The US Census Bureau has officially announced the termination of the Statistical Abstract of the United States and its supplemental products: USA Counties, State and Metropolitan Area Data Book, County and City Data Book, State and County Quick Facts, and MapStats. This is a sad, sad day. The Statistical Abstract and its supplements have been …
Have you ever wanted to transfer data from a MS Word document into a spreadsheet? 3 Geeks and a Law Blog shares a couple of tricks to help you make the transition without having to manually re-type the data.
In the September edition of WSLL @ Your Service, there is a useful Tech Tip in Brief by Heidi Yelk. She highlights a free tool called PDF X-Change which allows you to fill in the blanks for any PDF form. See the full tip for more.
Bubbl.us is a simple, free web application that lets you create mind maps for organizing and brainstorming ideas. Mind maps are great for visually laying out ideas and seeing the connections between them. Here is an extremely simple map that I did. As you can see, you can also get much more complex. Bubbl.us is …
Fastcase recently released an app for the iPhone. And not only is the app free, but so access to the case law and statutes that it contains — even if you don’t practice in a state like Wisconsin where the desktop computer version of Fastcase is free through the State Bar. So far the reviews …
Citer is a new tool from the Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute that looks for legal citations in ordinary web pages and points to a free, full-text version of the cited source. The concept is very similar to Jureeka, but Citer works in multiple browsers including IE, Firefox, Safari, Chrome and Opera. Jureeka is …
LexisNexis has released its first iPhone app. From the announcement: It is called “Get Cases and Shepardize,” and (as you may have guessed) allows users to get cases from Lexis.com and Shepardize them to make sure what they have found is still good law. Users must have a current account with Lexis.com and a valid …
I’m not sure exactly when it happened, but it seems that Refworks now supports the Bluebook citation style. It must not have been too long ago since it’s not even showing up yet on the RefWorks Output Style list. If you’re not familiar with Refworks is one of several citation management applications. Other applications that …
Google has announced a nice Docs viewer which you can use to quickly view documents online without leaving your browser. PDF documents, PowerPoint presentations, and TIFF files are supported Simply enter a document URL to generate a link to view it. You can then either view the document right away inside of Google Docs, or …
The ABA Journal has a great list of 70 Sizzling Apps to increase productivity. The list is grouped by categories: Word processing and office suites Research and Reference Accessibility Task Management Maps, Fun and Games