INTERNET LEGAL
RESEARCH WEEKLY
June 24, 2007
Tom
Mighell
Welcome to Issue #271 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!
News Update -- from the Inter Alia Weblog
No news this week, just the:
Blawgs of the Week
Here are some of the great law-related weblogs I featured on Inter Alia this past week:
- Nicole Black has been blogging at Legal Antics, her second blog, for some time now. Legal Antics is a blog that's focused on humor and the law -- and on stuff funnier than the standard "what do you call a hundred lawyers at the bottom of the sea?" joke. She features courtroom outtakes, law-related jokes, a roundup of alleged criminals at their worst, and more.
- The General Counsel Blog is brought to you by The General Counsel, LLC, a company that provides a sort of out-sourced, in-house attorney. At the blog they are talking about such general counsel issues as the attorney-client relationship, employment, intellectual property, outsourcing, and strategy.
- Here's a niche blog you don't see every day -- the Biker Law Blog is published by "A real biker. A real lawyer." The biker/lawyer in question is Norman Gregory Fernandez of Chatsworth, California. He's providing information to the motorcycle and biker community, as well as to those interested in personal injury and family law.
- Robin Gronsky is a New Jersey lawyer, with almost 10 years of experience in mortgage brokering and lender licensing. Her blog, Mortgage Licensing Solution, is directed at mortgage brokers and lenders who need more information about getting and keeping their mortgage licenses.
Help Desk
When you change fonts in Word, it changes the height and width of the letters proportionately. What if you want to make the letters fatter or thinner? No sweat. It's basically the same whether you are using Word 2003 or 2007.
Just select the text you want to change, then right-click and select Font. In the box that appears select the Character Spacing tab. Click the Scale pull-down to choose a character width from 33% to 200%. Then click OK when you want to apply your changes.
The other way to bring up the Font dialog box is: 1) in Word 2003, click on the Format menu and select Font; and 2) in Word 2007, on the Home ribbon, just click on the arrow on the Font bar.
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
HCPro
HCPro, Inc. is "a leading provider of integrated information, education, training, and consulting products and services in the vital areas of healthcare regulation and compliance." This site is jam-PACKED with information, in a whole lot of categories: accreditation, case management, corporate compliance, finance, infection control, managed care, nursing, pharmacy, rehab, safety, and I'm just getting started. Each section provides articles as well as free newsletters you can receive.European Union
This is the main gateway to the governing body of the European countries. This site is very well-organized and clean, with most of the information to be found under the tabs in the middle. The Activities tab shows you what the EU does by subject, Institutions provides a "citizen's guide to the EU institutions," Documents is an online library of EU documents, and Services provides statistics, polls, reference materials, and more. There are also practical links, for those who want to travel, study, or work in the European countries.Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Next up on our periodic tour of federal agencies is the FDIC, which is " maintains the stability and public confidence in the nation’s financial system by insuring deposits, examining and supervising financial institutions, and managing receiverships." There are two ways to explore this site -- across the top by subject (Deposit Insurance, Consumer Protection, Industry Analysis, Regulation & Examinations, Asset Sales, and News & Events) or down the left side by user (Banker, Consumer, Analysts, Investors, and Press). Although the FDIC doesn't offer updates by RSS, they offer a whole bunch of online e-mail updates -- more than twenty of them.Basic Guide to Researching Foreign Law
I'm also visiting GlobaLex every couple of weeks, showcasing one of the NYU Law School Library's great legal research guides. This time we get a basic guide to researching non-US law, from Mary Rumsey at the University of Minnesota. She provides some starting points, both in general and for common subjects, as well as links to library catalogs, subject collections, the Internet, periodicals, and using Lexis and Westlaw for foreign research. As usual, a great guide from GlobaLex.Image and Sound Databases
Another resource from a college library, this one from the University of California at Berkeley. This is just a page of 59 online databases that provide photographs, paintings, films and other materials in audio or visual format. From the Ad*Access Project to "Working Women, 1870-1930," you'll find a great collection of databases here.
Finally, some fun and useful sites to start out your week:
Here's your game for the week: In Plastic Balls, you try to keep the ball from rolling down the drain, while racking up points.
Yearning to go back to a previous version of software you just upgraded to? OldVersion exists "because newer is not always better."
Well, that’s it for Issue #271 – 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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