Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
It appears that the 2003-2004 Wisconsin Statutes in print are available for purchase earlier than expected. For purchasing information, see the Document Sales Catalog from the Wisconsin Department of Administration, Bureau of Document Services, Document Sales and Distribution. Thanks to Mary Koshollek of Godfrey & Kahn, s.c. and Vicky Coulter at the UW Law Library …
Dane County Legal Resource Center librarian, Paula Seeger, has introduced a new quarterly e-publication called Legal Research Reports. The first issue is on the topic of Jury Sequestration Practices in Wisconsin and Sequestration Alternatives. Summary: There is a variety of literature and practice regarding jury management in lengthy, and/or high profile cases. Most local practice …
Findlaw News has an article, Defendants Accused of Sending Spam, about the nation’s first felony prosecution for illegally sending bulk e-mail, or spam. Source: Findlaw’s The Practice Paper
Westlaw has recently added two new databases of Wisconsin information: Wisconsin Legislative History and WestDockets for Wisconsin State Courts Wisconsin Legislative History (WI-LH) Contents: Bill histories, bill analyses, Assembly and Senate journals from the 94th Legislature (1999-2000) through the 96th Legislature (2003-2004). Assembly bill memos from the 96th Legislature (2003-2004). Senate bill memos, and Assembly …
Mary Ellen Bates, of Bates Information Services, a research and consulting business, is offering a free Factiva webinar on Tuesday, November 9, titled “Convincing Your Boss [or client!] That It’s Not All Free on the Web”. Registration required.
OneLook’s Reverse Dictionary lets you describe a concept and get back a list of words and phrases related to that concept. Your description can be a few words, a sentence, a question, or even just a single word. Source: The Scout Report
Google has put together a nice, one page cheat sheet of some of the more advanced search features. I plan to post it right next to my monitor.
The November 2004 edition of WSLL @ Your Service is now available from the Wisconsin State Law Library. Improvements to the WSLL Web site and library catalog are highlighted this month.
Librarian Paula Seeger of the Dane County Legal Resource Center is offering a free monthly Internet Tips newsletter via email. If you would like to subscribe, contact Paula at paula.seeger@wicourts.gov The following is a list of topics covered in recent issues: Internet Tip 1: Your mouse and you; Internet-related File Types; Advanced Google Searching Internet …
Newsweek has a nice article about Wikipedia, “a free online encyclopedia that draws articles not from a sequestered brain trust of academics but from the great unwashed: thousands of Internet users around the world who freely add to and edit the site.” See It’s Like a Blog, But It’s a Wiki Wikipedia has created quite …