WisBlawg - From the UW Law Library
Legal research and Internet news and information with an emphasis on Wisconsin.
Author: Bonnie Shucha is head of reference at the University of Wisconsin Law Library.
Blawg Related Categories: Law Libraries • Legal Technology • States • Wisconsin • University of Wisconsin • Librarian
Recent Posts from WisBlawg - From the UW Law Library
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Fastcase Free to State Bar of WI Members Starting Nov. 1st
Beginning November 1st, Fastcase will be available free to State Bar of Wisconsin members. See the press release for more information. The Fastcase database contains state and federal caselaw, statutes, administrative codes, and court rules.…
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Badgerlink Databases Available to All Wisconsinites - Now with Federated Searching
If you're a regular WisBlawg reader you know that I often sing the praises of Badgerlink. Badgerlink is a collection of databases containing over 11,000 periodical titles and over 700 newspapers (including the Wall Street…
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LexisOne Doubles Coverage of Free Case Law from 5 to 10 Years
WSLL @ Your Service, the newsletter of the Wisconsin State Law Library, reports that "LexisOne recently doubled the number of years' worth of free case law on its website - from five years to ten.…
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Tracking Blog Posts & Comments about You, Your Firm, Clients, Competitors, Employees, Jurors, Experts, & More
Tracking what people say on blogs can be important to legal professionals for a number of reasons: Image Monitoring - What are people saying about you, your firm, your clients? Competitive Intelligence - What are…
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Kiplinger's Fabulous Freebies 2008
Kiplinger's presents Fabulous Freebies 2008. This list includes web sites and services featuring all kinds of free goodies. Some are classics and others are newer. Source: Lifehacker...
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ABA Survey Show Attorneys Prefer Low-Tech, Free Services
The ABA Journal reports some interesting findings from the latest annual Legal Technology Survey Report. In general, the survey indicates that lawyers are slow to adopt cutting-edge technology. For all the hype--at conferences, on the…
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LegalDockets.com is Now Courtport.com
LegalDockets.com, a portal of court case information, is being restructured as Courtport.com. The new site will offer an improved user interface, added content, discussion forums, and more. The main component of the site is still…
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UW Madison Libraries Develops Mobile-Friendly Site
The UW Madison Libraries have developed a mobile friendly site so that users of devices such as iPhones, PDAs, etc. may more easily navigate through the library web site. This beta mobile site is accessible…
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New UW Law Library Web Site - URL Changes for WI Briefs & Drafting Records
I'm very pleased to share the newly redesigned Law Library Web site. The new site features lots more quick links to our most popular resources. We've also revamped our list of databases so that users…
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Phone in a Question, Get a Text Answer Back with ChaCha
ChaCha is a free cellphone service that lets you ask any question answerable via a Web search, using any cellphone, by simply making a voice call. A few minutes later, you'll receive an answer as…