Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
Do you IM? If so, add us to your buddy list. The UW Law Library is pleased to announce our new instant messaging service. Our reference librarians can offer you quick research assistance in real time. We support IM via AIM, Yahoo, MSN, and ICQ. Here is our list of buddy names: AIM: AskUWLaw Yahoo: …
Here’s a fun one from LibrarianInBlack: The Vinyl Record Generator. Create a record with any text you choose for the artist, song title, and producer. You even get to choose between a 78 and a 45 – for those that still know the difference. You could have some fun with this. I’m filing it away …
Looking for a specific book or journal but don’t know which library might have it? Now you can find out using WorldCat. Just do a search for an item, for example ” LLCs and LLPs: A Wisconsin handbook,” and you see a list of libraries around the world that have this item. Enter your zip …
From YouTube: No Cookies in the Library Much to the chagrin of a temperamental librarian, Cookie Monster can’t seem to comprehend that libraries don’t have cookies. This made me smile. Source: Library Link of the Day
Attention legal historians: WilsonWeb has added ten more years of coverage to Index to Legal Periodicals Retrospective. You can now search for legal articles dating back to 1908. ILP Retro is available for public use at the UW Law Library. Although the full text of articles is not available in ILP Retro, the Law Library …
A survey commissioned by the women’s cable TV network, Oxygen, found the technology gender gap has virtually closed with the majority of women snapping up new technology and using it easily. Three of four women surveyed said that they would prefer a new plasma TV to a diamond necklace. Yeah, I’d agree with that. Source: …
Justice Talking is a NPR program which specifically covers law-related stories. Although the program is broadcast on a number of NPR stations around the country, it is not, unfortunately, available in Wisconsin. But, you can still listen to it via the Justice Talking Web site. The show is available via a weekly podcast or you …
The Association of College and Research Libraries has prepared a useful toolkit entitled The Power of Personal Persuasion. Although it is targeted toward academic librarians, the content can be applied to anyone. According to the toolkit, the six major principles of persuasion are (paraphrased): Principle of Reciprocation (If you gave me a favor, I owe …
From the Wisconsin State Law Library newsletter, WSLL @ Your Service : New & Improved Westlaw Access @ WSLL and MLRC WSLL and MLRC have offered in-library user access to Westlaw for a little over a year now. With this popular service, users at either library can search and browse AllFeds and AllStates caselaw, Wisconsin …
I think it’s about time that I order a Librarian Action Figure from Archie McPhee. I think I’ll go for the deluxe figure complete with library diorama including a reference desk, computer, book cart, multiple book stacks and some loose books. And, of course, it features the infamous “amazing shushing action!” For the story behind …