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Physician Information
Sometimes it is important to gather more information on a physician than what is found on their web biography. Both Westlaw and Lexis offer some excellent reports and resources. In addition, some places to check include: State of Wisconsin Department of Regulation & Licensing – The researcher can look up an individual and gather information […]
Financial Calculators
Have you ever wondered how much money you need to save each month to pay for your new baby’s college education? Or, perhaps, you’re looking for a “cost of living” comparison? Bankrate.com may have a calculator to assist you. Bankrate.com is an online banking publisher. Their index provides calculators for personal finance, mortgage, investments, debt […]
Computer Security Resource Center
The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Computer Security Division exists to “provide standards and technology to protect information systems against threats to the confidentiality of information.” For researchers in this area, their Resource Center may be a place to check out. The “Publications” section of the website offers several types of documents an[...]
U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services
The USCIS site offers much for the researcher. The “Laws and Regulation” section provides “information on laws, regulations and interpretations controlling immigration and the work of the immigration-related bureaus of the Department of Homeland Security.” The page provides links to settlements/agreements in class actions brought against the Agency. Another useful page is t[...]
Literature Search – Philanthropy and Nonprofit
The Foundation Center, a national nonprofit service organization, offers the Catalog on Nonprofit Literature. This searchable database contains over 28,000 bibliographic citations (most with abstracts) to articles dealing with philanthropy. If the researcher selects the “simple search,” a general keyword search (which supports Boolean operators) is available. The “standard search[...]
League of Municipalities
When conducting research regarding municipal issues, the Wisconsin League of Municipalities’ website is a place you may want to stop. The site offers a variety of legal comments written by their staff attorneys. A general subject index can be found on the “Captions” page. Topics range from powers of municipalities to zoning to compatibility of […]
State Legislation – StateScape
StateScape (which is a fee-based service) offers a FREE BillFinder search for researching state legislation. Per the site, “BillFinder helps you find any bill eligible for consideration in the current calendar year using either keywords and phrases or bill numbers.” I believe most individuals will go directly to a specific state if they know a […]
American Rhetoric
Dr. Michael Eidenmuller at the University of Texas – Tyler created the American Rhetoric website. The website maintains a database of over 5000 “full text, audio and video versions of public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, debates, interviews, other recorded media events, and a declaration or two.” The Speech Bank provides an alphabetical listing of […]
SEDAR – Canadian Securities Database
SEDAR “is the official site that provides access to most public securities documents and information filed by public companies and investment funds with the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA).” (Think EDGAR for the Northern Territories). The site has two primary features. The first is the searchable database of filings. When searching public companies, enter a company […]
Shorten the URL
It can be very frustrating when you send a URL link to a colleague just to discover the transmission was unsuccessful due to its length. To ensure this does not happen, I have always used TinyURL to shorten long URL’s To illustrate, let’s say the original URL is http://baseportal.com/cgi-bin/baseportal.pl?htx=/Publishing_Initiatives/main&localparams=1&db=main&cmd=list&a[...]
Bankruptcy Statistics
I have been asked several times over the past few months to gather various Bankruptcy statistics. I located a variety of useful sites, and thought I’d share them. American Bankruptcy Institute – The American Bankruptcy Institute maintains a vast amount of statistical information. Options include filings by Chapter, District, and State. They also have a […]
Chilling Effects
The Chilling Effects Clearinghouse maintains a database of legal complaints pertaining to online activity. It is “a unique collaboration among law school clinics and the Electronic Frontier Foundation.” The website lists the various universities involved with the program. The “site guide” provides a nice overview of the type of information found. A main component is [&helli[...]
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