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Bev Butula

Oct 22, 2010

Online Verdict Information

Morelaw is a great website to gather information on outcomes of civil litigation. This is an excellent free resource to add to your arsenal when conducting verdict or expert witness research. “MoreLaw collects and publishes civil litigation information from the state and federal courts nationwide.”

Oct 14, 2010

New (to me) Smartphone Apps

I am always amazed by the number of legal related apps available for the iPhone, Blackberry, and other smartphones. Here are just a few I discovered recently: The Book of Jargon – This application is a free glossary of corporate and bank finance slang and terminology. It is developed by Latham & Watkins. It appears […]

Oct 11, 2010

Hello, Goodbye

I often speak to groups about Google and all its features. According to the Google Blog, a feature I have discussed since 2007 will be discontinued.

Sep 23, 2010

Library Apps and More

September is library card sign-up month. Do you have a library card?

Sep 17, 2010

FCC License View

On September 14th, the FCC announced the launch of “license view.” The online tool is designed to make license information more accessible to the public.

Sep 10, 2010

Real Phonebook Online

Do you love the convenience of an online telephone directory search, but miss the actual phonebook? Well, AT&T offers the Real Pages Live. The Real Pages is a searchable .pdf of the yellow and white pages for several states.

Sep 3, 2010

Organize those bookmarks visually with Zootool

A habit for many of us, when we find a website we like, is to save it to our "Favorites." Well, that is fine until you have 200 sites saved and can't find anything. There are several online services to help keep those favorites under control.

Aug 30, 2010

Milwaukee Journal Archives

On April 1, 2010, WisBlawg’s Bonnie Shucha wrote about archived news articles from the Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel being available via Google News. Well, the Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel now offers a search option on their homepage to search archives from 1884 – 2007. The search box is located on the right hand side of the page – look […]

Aug 23, 2010

Ready, ‘Net, Go!

The Special Collections division of Tulane University Libraries maintains a website containing archival internet resources. This portal, entitled Ready, ‘Net, Go!, is “an archival ‘meta index,’ or index of archival indexes. That is, from here we refer you to the major indexes, lists, and databases of archival resources. From them you can link to almost […]

Aug 16, 2010

Program Operations Manual System

The Social Security Administration’s Program Operations Manual is a “primary source of information used by Social Security employees to process claims for Social Security benefits.” The public online version varies slightly from the SSA’s version. The public version lacks instructions for the data entry of information and any “sensitive content.” The manual has [...]

Aug 9, 2010

Mosquito Activity – Moderate

I was on Weather.com checking the weather in Madison, when I stumbled upon their “Mosquito Activity Forecast.” So, of course I had to check it out. You enter in a city or zip code and it will provide a breakdown (by 2 hour segments) of how bad the mosquito population will be in the area. […]

Aug 2, 2010

Free SEC Filing Alerts via Email

A nice option for receiving free email updates when items are filed with the SEC is SECFilings.com. The site is offered by Accelerize New Media. It is a clean, easy to use, interface that provides a wealth of information. Researchers need to register to receive alerts, but it is a quick process. Once registered, users […]

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