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It's Sunshine Week. As I mentioned in my March 17, 2011, post, the goal of Sunshine week is to promote government transparency.

Here's a couple of websites dedicated to print ads and a few sites that index commercials.

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act continues to bring significant changes to the finance industry. A large number of quality articles and treatises have been written about the Act.

I am often asked for suggestions of alternative search engines when Google is not immediately producing the best results. My response, obviously, varies depending on the type of information being sought, but here are a couple of my favorites.

ECOLEX is a free online database specializing in environmental law. The coverage is global in nature, and is operated jointly by the Food and Agriculture Organization, International Union for Conservation of Nature, and United Nations Environment Programme.

Cite-Checker, is designed as a teaching tool, but can also be used by practitioners when looking to answer very basic citation questions.

A couple of months ago, I wrote about an excellent guide by the Legislative Reference Bureau that assists researchers when conducting a Wisconsin legislative history.

Did you know that the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives maintains a classification table for the U.S. Code?

There are two words many legal researchers either love or fear: “legislative history.”

The Global Health and Human Rights database, which launched in October, is a free online resource that provides case law, constitutions and international instruments from around the world.

If you have been reading my blog posts over the past five years, you know that I love it when I find quality 50-state surveys.

e-Discovery Assistant is a subscription-based iPad app that was introduced in July. The application is the brainchild of former Quarles & Brady partner Kelly Twigger, who founded ESI Attorneys, a firm specializing in e-discovery and information law, in 2009.

I missed Constitution Day last week. What I didn’t miss however, was the release of a new iOS app for the Constitution Annotated (also known as the U.S. Constitution: Analysis and Interpretation).

The WHA Information Center, a subsidiary of the Wisconsin Hospital Association, provides access to a variety of information.

Looking to enhance your writing skills? Bryan Garner, the highly recognized author and editor, offers a variety of interesting materials on his website, LawProse.

Imagine my excitement when my Wolters Kluwer/CCH rep mentioned a free mobile application that provides attorney rates from major markets based on practice area.

I have been hearing a lot about a legal research website called Casetext, so I thought I would check it out.

Did you know that the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions provides links to its administrative decisions?

The U.S. Census Bureau has launched the “first interactive tool geared exclusively toward finding basic demographic and economic statistics for every congressional district in the U.S.”

Looking for federal land conveyance records?

Many of us query a general search engine like Google or Bing when searching. However, these results may not immediately direct us to a quality website.

Law Ratchet is an iPad app that “scours the Internet for the best legal news and intelligence.”

Many of us track legislation on various topics. We use resources such as the Wisconsin Legislature Notification Service and Govtrack.

There are several options when conducting legal research.

I was surprised the other day when someone told me they were unaware of the services and resources available through the Legislative Reference Bureau.

A new website launched last week that allows researchers to search SEC contract filings.

The Office for Victims of Crime Training and Technical Assistance Center maintains a website focused on victim rights and protections.

The Health Information & the Law website is a project of George Washington University and “is designed to serve as a practical online resource to federal and state laws governing access, use, release, and publication of health information.”

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission maintains a database website focusing on consumer product safety information, SaferProducts.gov.

The National Criminal Justice Reference Service “is a federally funded resource offering justice and drug-related information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide.”