Mary Ellen Bates has compiled a great list of suggestions for quickly finding the answers to strange research questions. In Searching for Quick Answers To Odd Questions, she instructs users to consult the topic-specific databases …
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TIME Digitizes Complete Archive
TIME Magazine has made available its entire archive of articles since 1923 available via the Web. Although searching is free, the full-text of articles is only available with a subscription to the print edition of …
Another Video Search Engine
Quickly following the news of Yahoo! VideoSearch was the release of Blinkx TV Video Search. Despite its name, Blinkx also searches radio programs. But Blinkx goes a step beyond Yahoo! and other video search engines …
New Law Sites for 2004
Robert Ambrogi of Law Technology News has compiled a list of “some useful, intriguing law-related sites that launched this year.” There is some good stuff here – many were new to me. Source: The E-LawLibrary …
What Are Your MS Word Documents Revealing?
This month’s Site-tation from the ABA Legal Technology Resource Center has an informative article entitle, Lemon Juice, Cornstarch, and Microsoft: Invisible Ink And Your Documents. Originally published in the Summer 2004 issue of the Wisconsin …
Article: Judge Not for Sale, Despite eBay Listing
Disgruntled litigants are getting creative. According to an article in Findlaw, a Manhattan woman put her housing court judge for sale on eBay to attract attention to her case. “After four days on eBay, the …
Yahoo Beta Testing Video Search
Yahoo is beta testing a new video search engine. According to SearchEngineWatch, they are also introducing a new RSS-based video enclosure for producers to include with video content which will help Yahoo (and others) discover …
Article: Using the Wisconsin Legislature Web Site
Amy Gannaway has written an informative article on Using the Wisconsin Legislature Web Site which appears in the December issue of The Wisconsin Lawyer. She offers guidance on “looking up and tracking legislative, statutory, and …
Wisconsin Equal Rights Decision Digest Available on Web
The Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Commission has made the 2004 Equal Rights Decision Digest available on the Web. From the site: The Equal Rights Decision Digest is a digital resource containing summaries of significant …
Svengalis' Legal Information Buyer's Guide & Reference Manual Available on LexisNexis
Kendall F. Svengalis’ Legal Information Buyer’s Guide & Reference Manual 2004 edition is now available on LexisNexis (Library: BUSREF, LEXREF & File: LEGBGD) Law librarians have long known the value of the buyer’s guide which …