August 20, 2006

Welcome to Issue #241 of the Internet Legal Research Weekly, a newsletter that delivers relevant and timely legal research information, and other fun stuff, to your inbox every Sunday. If you like what you read, please forward this newsletter to anyone you think might be interested, and encourage him or her to do the same! To subscribe, all you have to do is visit Inter Alia and fill out the subscription form -- it's free!

Recover deleted files fast
It happens to me every now and again -- I accidentally delete a file, and then empty the Recycle Bin before I realize it's gone. But the file isn't gone, really -- it's still there on your hard drive, waiting for something else to be written over it. Here's nifty software tool that can help you recover accidentally deleted files; it's called Restoration. It searches your hard drive for sectors containing files marked for deletion and provide a mechanism for recovering the files. Try a download -- it's free.

Search 2.0
Ebrahim Ezzy has a great series over at Read/Write Web on "Search 2.0," or the evolution of traditional search technologies. The post is in two parts: Search 2.0 vs. Traditional Search Part 1, and Part 2. He mentions a number of great new search tools in these articles, including some of my favorites -- Rollyo and ZoomInfo, to name a few.

Big ole list of RSS readers
New to reading RSS feeds? Tired of your current RSS reader, or looking to try another just for kicks? This list of RSS aggregators has got just about every newsreader you can imagine, categorized by platform. Happy reading!

Blawgs of the Week
Here are a few of the law-related weblogs featured on Inter Alia this past week:

Help Desk

How often have you powered off your laptop only to realize that the CD or DVD you need is still in the drive? No problem -- just take a straightened paper clip and stick it into the hole on the door of the drive, to manually eject the drive. Simple, eh?

Do you have a question about searching the Internet or your computer in general? Drop me an e-mail at tom(at)inter-alia(dot)net – I’ll post your question (don’t worry, I won’t use your real name) and try to get an answer for you!

American Rhetoric
This is a great site for learning about rhetoric and speech. For scholars, there's an area discussing the subject of rhetoric, and Plato's and Aristotle's view on it. Perhaps the best part of the site is the Speech Bank, which includes more than 5,000 full text audio and video (streaming) versions of public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, debates, interviews, and other recorded media events. Some great resources here.

American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
ASTRO is an organization of more than 8,500 radiation oncologists, oncology nurses, medical physicists, radiation therapists dosimetrists, and biologists. The site is designed primarily for the members, but you'll find some good resources under the Healthcare Economics and Research links. Under Publications non-members can get access to the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics, as well as AstroNews, the periodical of the Society.

Brown & Michaels Patent Glossary
This is just a simple, easy-to-use glossary of patent terms by the New York law firm of Brown & Michaels. From "Abstract" to "Withdrawn" you'll find just about any patent term you'd need here -- and it's all hyperlinked, for easy cross-referencing.

Center for Information Policy
A project of the University of Maryland, CIP "is a multidisciplinary research center that analyzes and provides solutions to current policy issues relating to the convergence of information and technology." Pay special attention to the Publications, Special Reports, and White Papers area -- there are a number of articles here on such topics as electronic discovery, searching for value in information technology, and other continuing information issues, as they intersect with technology.

Census Bureau
Last but not least, a visit to our Federal government site of the week. The Census Bureau, of course, is the place to find statistics and other great information on the population of the United States. The home page offers a link to the 2000 Census report, but also divides it up into categories like People & Households, Business & Industry, Geography, and the Newsroom. There are so many resources available here, in multiple formats, I just don't have time to list them all. If you ever need some type of population statistic, this is definitely the mother ship for such information.

Are you good at telling when a person is lying to you? If not, then maybe you need to learn How to Detect Lies.

Traineo is a Web 2.0-type site that helps you lose weight and get in shape by using up to 4 of your friends/relatives as "motivators."

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