Okay, so I’m way late posting this, but the CIA has posted its 2003 World Factbook online. It’s a must-have resource for snapshot information about the major countries of the world.
Legal Research Sites
Research Site of the Day
With the Supreme Court ending its term with the Lawrence v. Texas case, many speculate that same-sex marriage is the next battleground. Paul Axel-Lute has put together Same-Sex Marriage: A Selective Bibliography, which features links to Web-based resources, articles for and against same-sex marriages, caselaw from several states and more.
Research Site of the Day
Today’s site is the Merck Veterinary Manual. Those folks at Merck do such a good job on human medical issues, and they don’t let us down on the animal side. Here you’ll find over 12,000 indexed topics and 1,200 illustrations, in categories ranging from the Circulatory System to Zoonoses. The table of contents is…
Research Site of the Day
Today’s site is Legal Affairs, the “magazine at the intersection of law and life.” A venture associated with Yale Law School, the publishers of the magazine want present “literate and probing writing about the law” on a regular basis. The most recent issue includes stories about mock trial championships, abortion, sexual harassment, Sierra Leone’s…
Look up lots of stuff
Gary Price is still guest writing over at SearchDay, and today he has a review of the Lookup Directory. I did a short review of this site back on January 5, and while I’m not a big fan of direct marketing (MelissaData targets the direct marketing industry), these tools are undeniably useful.
A Gem from the Invisible Web
Gary Price is guest writing for Chris Sherman, and today he’s talking about the great resources available at the Congressional Research Service.
A facelift for fair use
If you haven’t checked out Stanford’s revamped Copyright and Fair Use site, what are you waiting for? Nicely done and very easy to navigate.
Helpful links, in a nutshell
Gee, I haven’t thought about the Law in a Nutshell series since law school. Apparently, they’re still going strong, and there’s even a version called Legal Research in a Nutshell. The University of Virginia School of Law has put up a page of all the research links contained in the print publication — if…
Recapping the Term
Cornell’s Legal Information Institute has a nice page highlighting the cases of the Supreme Court’s 2002-2003 term. Especially helpful is the “Further References” link at the end of each case, taking you to briefs and other documents filed with the Supremes.
Yahoo’s People Finder
No, I’m not talking about Yahoo! People Search — today’s SearchDay features the advanced public records search offered by Yahoo! (which is on the same page as the simple search). Actually, the search is powered by USSearch.com, a public records search company.
The services provided by USSearch sound pretty good, but also pretty pricey.…