If I actually use one-tenth of the stuff I came away with at BlawgThink, I’ll consider it a smashing success. This gathering of legal bloggers was, by far, the most invigorating conference I’ve ever attended. …
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Subscription Databases Free from your Local – and not so Local – Library
Legal and business information can be very expensive. That’s why I’m a big believer in taking advantage of subscription databases available from your local public libraries. The library has already paid for them so you …
Technology in the WI Courts Topic of Wisconsin Law & Technology Conference
Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending/presenting at the Wisconsin Law and Technology Conference put on the Milwaukee Bar Association. It was the first time I had attended the annual conference and I must say …
Crime & Arrests in WI – 2004 Report
From DCLRC Blawg: Reported Index crime decreased by 5 percent in 2004, including a 11.5 percent decrease in murder, according to the “Crime and Arrests in Wisconsin – 2004 Report” issued today. The report was …
Search Books with Google Print
Despite pending lawsuits, Google Print has beta launched. As it’s name indicates, with Google Print, you can search the content of selected books. To see what it is all about, run a simple search for …
Search Books with Google Print
Despite pending lawsuits, Google Print has beta launched. As it’s name indicates, with Google Print, you can search the content of selected books. To see what it is all about, run a simple search for …
eBay and Amazon.com for Research? You Bet
Genie Tyburski has written a useful article which appears in the November issue of e-LOC. In Answers in Unusual Places, she offers tips on using non-traditional sources such as eBay and Amazon.com as research tools. …
Evaluating Blogs
Turns out that the advice that librarians have been spouting for years about evaluating Web sites goes for blogs as well– When it comes to blogs, no one can screen them for you so keep …
Supreme Court Rules Pro Se Prisoner Not Entitled to Law Library Access
In Kane v. Espitia, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a California inmate was not entitled to a new trial due to lack of access to a jail law library despite his repeated requests and …
Upcoming Presentations
Sorry for the lack of posts lately. I’ve been up to my neck getting ready for presentations. I hope to see some of you at the following: – November 2, 2005, All about Blogs: Using …