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Google offers free directory assistance with GOOG-411
Not too long ago, I gave a presentation to the Downtown Milwaukee Chapter of the International Association of Administrative Professionals. I love speaking to groups. Not only can I share some of my expertise, but I always learn something as well. This particular lunch program focused on Google and some of its features. I believe […]
Medical images at your fingertips
Attorneys that specialize in Personal Injury or medical issues usually have an extensive collection of medical resources. For others looking for medical images, a great place to start is the Medical Image Databases on the Internet maintained by University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA). This site has an extensive listing of […]
Uniform laws
In an earlier post, I listed tips to improve search results (read here). One suggestion was to “start with the right engine.” We often run our search in board spectrum engines such as Google when a specialized search engine or portal may be a better answer. One such legal portal is ALSO! (American Law Source […]
Let the Sun Shine In!
It’s called “insanely useful web sites” and that is just what it is! The Sunlight Foundation has a web page dedicated to government transparency. Sites listed monitor legislative activity, campaign contributions, legislative proceedings, government contracts, DOJ documents, and much more. Currently, 24 different websites are listed. I have used GovTrack since its inception to ass[...]
Do you have a form for that?
I wonder how many forms the average law firm fills out in a week. It amazes me just how many exist. Regularly used forms are easy to find, but where do you look when in search of something new? Sure, you can just put the name into a search engine. That might work without too […]
Constitution Finder
The University of Richmond maintains a wonderful website called the “Constitution Finder.” It is a database of the constitutions, charters, amendments, etc. from several hundred countries. The site design is a clean, easy to use interface. Once the country of interest is located, the result is a list of the documents available online. In addition, […]
Great Access to Scholarly Articles
Many launch their research by reading journal articles. Scholarly pieces can offer insight into a new area, identify seminal cases or issues, or provide much needed analysis. I rely on a few quality sites for full-text articles. One worth bookmarking is the Social Science Research Network. A significant portion of their full text articles are […]
Site offers government abbreviations and acronyms
Library websites are often times a gold mine. I admire my colleagues’ efforts to bring quality information to the public. One such find is the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Library’s Abbreviations & Acronyms of the U.S. Government. It is an extensive listing of Federal Government abbreviations and acronyms, including even the most obscure entities. In […]
A different map search engine
Most of us utilize Mapquest, Yahoo!, or Google for our primary map searching tool. Each offers wonderful features, like Mapquest’s Gas Prices link. However, I would like to suggest another site to check out. Have you tried Metrobot? I use this search engine to identify what businesses are at a single location. Putting in an […]
Improve your online searching skills immediately
True story: I received a request for help. The patron said that he “has been searching online for an hour” and could not locate X. In less than 15 minutes, I was delivering X to the patron. Librarian magic? Nope, I used the phone. My point is that we (me included) seem to use the […]
The beauty of advanced search
Everyone loves the information available on the Internet. Everyone hates pages of irrelevant hits. One possible way to reduce retrieving useless results is to use the “advanced search” option offered by some engines. By starting out on this “Advanced” page, searchers can apply many useful filters and refine their results. Google, Ask, Zuula, and Exalead […]
New blog offers research tips
Welcome! The genesis of this blog was a conversation I had with two fellow law librarians. With the new design of the Wisconsin Law Journal website, we discussed the importance of librarians sharing their knowledge with those attorneys and legal professionals who do not (yet) have a librarian on staff. Fortunately, the WLJ thought it […]
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- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Sexual Assault-Prosecutorial Misconduct
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