INTERNET LEGAL
RESEARCH WEEKLY
December 31, 2006
Tom
Mighell
New Year's Eve Edition
Welcome to Issue #254 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!
Have a Happy and Safe New Year! And away we go......
News Update -- from the Inter Alia Weblog
Because it's a holiday week, I don't have any news for you. Here, though, is a sampling of some of the law-related blogs I covered this week:
- Rush Nigut is a business and corporate attorney working at Sullivan & Ward in Des Moines, Iowa. His blog, Rush on Business, discusses incorporation, franchising, employment law, starting a business, and other commercial topics.
- Long-time blogger Kevin Heller has a number of blog projects he's working on, and one of them is IP Law Daily. It's meant to be an aggregator of 100 of the top legal intellectual property weblogs, all in one place.
- Peter Olson's Solo in Chicago is, as you might guess, a Chicago lawyer. His posts are all about "empowering the Second City's entrepreneurial legal community."
- R. David Donoghue is an intellectual property lawyer currently working at DLA Piper in Chicago. His Chicago IP Litigation Blog tracks IP cases in the Northern District of Illinois. Great niche IP blog!
- Finally, two more blogs from the terrific Law Professor Blogs Network -- first is the Aviation Law Prof Blog, authored by Brian Havel, Michael Jacobs, and Andrew Eastmond, all of DePaul School of Law. They offer critical analysis of current issues in domestic and global aviation law and policy.
- The second is called Law School Innovation, and it's brought to you by Douglas Berman (Ohio State), Anupam Chander (UC-Davis), Gene Koo (Harvard) and Mark Osler (Baylor). The blog was started in order to have a dedicated blog home for discussions on law school dynamics and new law school endeavors across the country.
Help Desk
Here's another Word tip for you, Word 2003 in particular. Sometimes when you're close to finishing a document, you want others to view it without them being able to change it. No problem -- with the Protect Document feature, it's a snap.
To apply protection, just select Tools, then Protect Document. A pane will appear to your right, with several choices. You can put restrictions on the formatting, editing, or both. You can even limit the amount of editing allowed, and give exceptions to specific individuals. When you're ready, just click Yes, Start Enforcing Protection, and the document is protected.
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!
Legally Relevant – Sites on the Internet
Youth Law Center
The Youth Law Center has been around since 1978 -- it's a public interest law firm that works to protect abused and at-risk children. You'll find some great youth law resources here, especially on the Publications, News and Links pages. The Publications page provides a lot of articles and training materials on child welfare, education, juvenile justice, and more. The News page is actually a weblog, with information on recent youth law cases. Finally, the Links page provides some great external resources on child welfare and juvenile justice.American Academy of Podiatric Sports Medicine
This organization exists to "advance the understanding, prevention, and management of lower extremity sports and fitness injuries." The site's not much to look at, but the resources are certainly good. There's a list of appropriate running shoes, as well as criteria for selecting them. You'll also find a page of specific sports injuries and foot conditions, and how to keep your lower extremities in good health.Around the Capitol
This is a terrific site for news and information on California politics and legislation. The home page looks a little like a weblog, with recent news listed there. However, under the Blogs tab you can also choose from a list of over 30 California political blogs to customize your BlogScan. There's a Legislative Directory, information on the past elections, a link to California codes, a page for pending legislation, and a lot more.BookRags
All right, this isn't really a research site for adults, but it's such a great site I had to mention it. BookRags bills itself as the premier research site for students, with over 4 million pages of literature summaries, biographies, literary criticism, essays, encyclopedias, and ebooks. A search for "Red Badge of Courage" brought up 359 separate pages including a Study Guide (included with Premium Membership) several free and pay biographies of Stephen Crane, thirteen critical essays on the story, and more. As long as your kids don't copy directly, this is a wonderful resource.Emerging Infectious Diseases
The great thing about government-sponsored medical journals is that all the articles are free. This journal from the Centers for Disease Control offers full-text articles all the way back to Volume 1, which began in 1995. You can also subscribe to the RSS feed to get information of "Ahead of Print" articles, and there are also a number of podcasts available for download.
Finally, some fun and useful sites to start off the new year:
Make your eyes go crazy with this page of optical illusions from the a Japanese psychology professor.
I don't know why I would ever need to know about airport parking in a city other than my own, but AboutAirportParking is interesting anyway -- you can search, map, and review over 400 airport parking lots across the U.S.
Well, that’s it for Issue #254 – I hope you liked it! If you did, pass this along to anyone you think might be interested, and encourage him or her to subscribe. Also, feel free to drop me an e-mail any time if you have questions, or if you have websites or other topics you want included in a future issue.
Tom Mighell
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