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Mayors’ Wish Lists for Stimulus Money
General information regarding the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 can be found on Thomas. However, some researchers are interested in specific applications of the funds. Many mayors have created wish lists regarding the spending of stimulus monies. The United States Conference of Mayors has a nice website summarizing city lists. The Mainstreet Economic […]
Capitol Words
The Sunlight Foundation has an interesting site entitled “Capitol Words.” Per their website, Capitol Words “visualizes the most frequently used words in the Congressional Record, giving you an at-a-glance view of which issues lawmakers address.” The site provides users with graphs, tag clouds, and maps outlining the most popular words spoken by Federal lawmakers. Researcher[...]
Military Legal Research
The Library of Congress maintains a resource for military legal research. The site is part of the “Federal Research Division.” On this website, a researcher will find a variety of items including court martial manuals, Army regulations, Geneva Convention materials, war crime trial materials, and issues of both the “Army Lawyer” and “Military Law Review” [&hellip[...]
Lexis Web
Lexis Web is the new legal search engine offered by LexisNexis. The product is in beta and currently free. According to the user guide (PDF), the “Lexis Web product includes important, legal-oriented Web content selected and validated by the LexisNexis editorial staff. You can trust that all content has met LexisNexis criteria for being authoritative […]
Don’t forget Clipping Files
When a historical perspective is needed, often times a trip to the library is necessary. Many libraries offer “clipping files” which is a file of older news stories pertaining to a particular topic. Libraries also provide access to older newspapers on microfiche/microfilm or searchable databases. The librarians at public and academic libraries can offer you […]
Animal Law
Michigan State University’s Animal & Legal Historical Center is an excellent resource for animal law resources. The site is very comprehensive, offering the researcher: State laws Key cases Pleadings and Briefs Various publications Historical materials World laws The site also has a cool “map page.” The researcher chooses the topic of interest, and then utilizes […]
Case law and the Wisconsin Administrative Code
The Legislative Reference Bureau’s Administrative Code page has a feature that I believe is often overlooked. It is the “Citations to Codes in the Wisconsin Appellate Court Cases.” Organized by agency (back to 1956), the researcher looks for a specific code section (e.g. DFI-Bkg 73.01) and, if listed, will find Wisconsin Appellate cases that cite […]
Layoff Data
There are two websites I always visit when researching layoff information. The first is JWT Inside, which offers an easy to search Layoff Database. This tool includes a variety of query options. The researcher can search by week or keyword. The weekly report lists the various companies, locations, affected workforce, news source, and date of […]
List of Top Ten Lists
Greg Lambert, fellow law librarian, posted an interesting selection of law and technology “Top 10 lists” on 3 Geeks and a Law Blog. He looked to the web and various blog posts from throughout the year to compile the list. There were quite few I had to read, including: Top 10 Blog Mistakes by Law […]
Wisconsin Health Statistics
The Wisconsin Department of Health maintains a nice collection of health statistics. The home page offers the researcher links to several main areas. The vital statistics page summarizes birth, death, and life expectancy data. The “insurance status” link offers several reports on health insurance coverage among residents. Other pages include minority health and population information. [...]
Judicial Council Documentation
Per their website, “the Judicial Council is a 21-member body whose principal statutory responsibilities are to study and make recommendations relating to: (1) court pleading, practice and procedure; and (2) organization, jurisdiction and methods of administration and operation of Wisconsin courts.” Litigators are often interested in documentation produced by the Council. Items include [...]
Is there muscle behind your password?
We all understand the importance of choosing strong passwords. However, what we believe to be a good password may have room for improvement. I am amazed by the simplicity of some individual’s passwords. SecurityStats.com has some good tips when formulating a password. They also offer a scoring program to test various passwords. Per the website, […]
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