Legal Research

Time's 50 Best Web Sites

Posted on January 08, 2008
Thanks to Quick Online Tips for pointing out that Time has put out a 50 Best Websites 2007. You'll find the complete list here.

Cool Health Tools

Posted on January 08, 2008
MayoClinic.com has some great online health tools. They have a very good Symptom Checker (one for adults and one for kids), an A-Z list of Diseases & Conditions, and a First Aid Guide to help with medical emergencies (I'm not sure I'd be calm enough to browse through through that one...

History of U.S. Presidential Primaries 1912-2004

Posted on January 03, 2008
Bob Benenson, CQ Politics Editor, has written an 8 part series entitled, "A History of U.S. Presidential Primaries." The parts are divided as follows:Part One: 1912-64Part Two: 1968-72Part Three: 1976-84Part Four: 1988Part Five: 1992Part Six: 1996Part Seven: 2000Part Eight: 2004

Improved SOPR Search for Lobbyist Filings

Posted on January 03, 2008
Bill Lowrance of the Private Investigators Association of Virginia blog mentioned, today, that the U.S. Senate Office of Public Records has made improvements for finding Lobbying Disclosure Act filings. It looks like the changes were made on January 1, 2008...

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TV Converter Box (Analog to Digital) Coupon Program

Posted on January 03, 2008
Thanks to my brother, Steve (who doesn't have a blog to which I can link ... that I know of .... Steve?) for being the first to point out dtv2009.gov to me. It's a U.S. government site that provides information on what consumers need to know about the event that will take place on midnight, February 17, 2009...

Google's New Year's Doodle

Posted on January 01, 2008
Did you happen to notice Google's 2008 New Year's doodle (I think it should show up here after today)? If you clicked on it, you saw that it was not only for the new year, but also for the invention of TCP/IP.Did you also notice what was written in confetti underneath? It says "Syn Syn Ack Ack...

Top 100 Alternative Search Engines of the Year

Posted on January 01, 2008
Charles Knight at AltSearchEngines.com has listed the Top 100 Alternative Search Engines of 2007 as downloadable lists in PDF or Excel (scroll down the page for the full lists). You can also download the lists of the 227 that appeared in his monthly Top 100 during the past year...

Law Librarian Blogs Tie for "Best Legal Blog Category"

Posted on December 31, 2007
It's terrific to see attorneys recognize the value of law librarians. You can witness it first-hand at Dennis Kennedy's blog. Law Librarian Blogs tied with Non-US Legal Blogs and Solo Lawyer Blogs for "Best Legal Blog Category" in his 2007 Blawggies. More importantly, Kennedy says, "I have to be one of the biggest fans of law librarian blogs there is...

Law School Musical

Posted on December 30, 2007
WTOP has an article about University of Maryland law school student, Owen Jarvis, who made a video called Law School Musical. Here's the article. Here's the video on YouTube.

Auld Lang Syne Karaoke

Posted on December 30, 2007
It's hard to want to write about legal and law library stuff this time of year. So, let's turn to the obvious alternative. Karaoke.I checked out 4 online Auld Lang Syne karaoke tracks, but I think the one below is the best. One had a lot of bizarrely translated words, another had a ball that was never bouncing on the right word, and the third had to be downloaded to your PC...

Learn to Draft, Change, & Challenge a Legal Will

Posted on December 29, 2007
Charles W. Bryant at HowStuffWorks has written How Wills Work. Bryant says the article will teach you "how to draft, change and challenge a legal will." He also provides examples of Famous and Outrageous Wills. Bryant's sources are listed at the bottom of this page.

Find & Share Public Records Databases on the Web

Posted on December 29, 2007
PublicRecordsWire is an open access system for adding and sharing free and fee-based online public records databases. You can add information linking to databases, conduct searches, browse tags and categories, and check out what's new and popular.The site is currently in Beta and seems a little bit buggy...

Streaming Audio & Video from Times Square

Posted on December 27, 2007
Maybe that title should say, "Screaming Audio...." Anyway, if you want to watch NYC usher in the New Year, you can do so online from multiple camera angles at earthcam.com. Here's what it looks like now (the calm before the storm). You have 16 camera angles from which to choose...

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