Google News is a terrific place to search for the latest news. There are rumors that Google is updating its page, but that only people using the Mozilla 1.1 browser can read it. For those of you who don’t have Mozilla (much less know what it is….), here’s a screenshot of the new layout.
Legal Research Sites
State information wants to be free — doesn’t it?
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Legal Research Sites
I have long been an advocate that all information you find on the Internet ought to be free, but I’m big enough to admit my position may not be realistic. Still, this article on getting information from state web sites ticks me off — why should it cost you $50 to check a doctor’s license…
Building a Tobacco Library
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Legal Research Sites
From this month’s issue of DLIB magazine, a discussion of the building of the Legacy Tobacco Documents Library, a truly amazing repository of original tobacco documents dating back to the 1950’s. Plenty of smoking guns (or butts, if you prefer) to be found here.
Compare the past with the Wayback Engine
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Legal Research Sites
The Wayback Engine, also known as the Internet Archive, is without a doubt the resource for finding old or outdated versions of websites. Now, the Archive is offering an Advanced Search that allows you to compare different versions of old websites. Very cool.
TracFed Lets You Keep Tabs on Federal Judges
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Legal Research Sites
A new service by TRAC Reports Inc. provides some terrific information on the inner workings of the federal government. For $50 a month, you do research on, among other things, your local federal judge and his or her track record on criminal and civil cases. But that’s just scratching the surface.
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Check out LibraryStuff
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Blogs and Blogging, Legal Research Sites
Thanks to Steven Cohen at Library Stuff for the nice mention today. If you haven’t visited his site before, you should — he has lots of great information for librarians and legal types alike. And for those of you who get into that sort of thing, he also has an RSS/XML feed.