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THOMAS Named for Thomas Jefferson, Thomas was designed to make federal legislation freely available to the public. Since 1995 this Library of Congress Web site has not only provided copies of congressional bills, but has expanded the scope of ...

Posted Mar 17, 2008 by Jenny Zook, Reference Librarian

By Eric Taylor When I get a moment one of my favorite things to do at the Reference Desk is to check out some of the new titles on the Law Library's New Book Shelf (just past the Circulation Desk on the 5th floor). It's always fun and informat ...

Posted Mar 5, 2008 by Bonnie Shucha

There is a lot of great legal information on the Internet, but who has all day to spend looking for it? Fortunately, you don't have to... because RSS makes the Internet subscribe-able. With RSS, you can efficiently monitor information by subscr ...

Posted Feb 28, 2008 by Bonnie Shucha

The Law Library has recently created a Facebook page . Visitors to the page can search MadCat & WorldCat, check our hours, view our recent acquisitions, and more. We invite law students, faculty and staff to visit the page and register as "fa ...

Posted Feb 14, 2008 by Bonnie Shucha

With first year Legal Research and Writing students learning how to draft briefs this semester, profiling the UW Law Library's brief collection and other related resources seems in order. Locating briefs can be a daunting research experience, ...

Posted Feb 14, 2008 by Cheryl O'Connor

As assignments begin to accumulate, now is the time to contact the reference staff at the Law Library for legal research assistance. Our friendly and experienced staff can help you to refine your research and locate library material. Here ar ...

Posted Feb 7, 2008 by Jenny Zook, Reference Librarian

By Eric Taylor On December 1, 2007, a revised and restyled Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (F.R.C.P.) became effective. The Style Project, as it is called, rewrote the rules using "plain language" with the purpose of making them easier to und ...

Posted Jan 30, 2008 by Bonnie Shucha

Donating to charities is part of the holiday season and now you can help a charity for free. It is as simple as selecting a search engine on the Internet. Here is how it works; instead of using Google, Yahoo or MSN to search, select a charit ...

Posted Dec 10, 2007 by Jenny Zook, Reference Librarian

With finals looming, many of you are probably too busy to be reading the Law School Newsletter. If, however, you somehow landed on this article please continue to read about Law Library services helpful during "crunch" time. Extended Hours - ...

Posted Dec 5, 2007 by Cheryl O'Connor

by Eric Taylor Continuing our exploration of some of the newer annotations in the American Law Reports (ALR) family, this week we will look ALR 6th. The ALR 6th, like ALR Fed 2d, is one of the newer series in the ALR family of law reporters. ...

Posted Nov 29, 2007 by Bonnie Shucha

The Law Library now subscribes to Hein Online's Foreign and International Law Resources Database (FILRD). FILRD contains full-text, PDF files of prominent international law publications, including: * Selected yearbooks and other serials f ...

Posted Nov 14, 2007 by Sunil Rao,

One of the most common questions heard at the Law Library reference desk involves requests for court record information. The old reference adage was to call the Clerk of Court in a particular county or district. Now there are numerous electron ...

Posted Nov 8, 2007 by Cheryl O'Connor

Legal guides and tutorials on the Web provide "on demand" legal research instruction. On these sites, you can guide yourself through an online tutorial, listen to a podcast or browse for an article or legal bibliography on your topic. These gu ...

Posted Oct 30, 2007 by Jenny Zook, Reference Librarian

by Eric Taylor This week's article explores some of the more recent annotations you'll find in the ALR Fed. 2d. As a point of review: The American Law Reports (ALR) series are selective law reporters which are organized into several series ( ...

Posted Oct 25, 2007 by Bonnie Shucha

One of the most important skills for any cite checker is learning to decipher legal abbreviations. Some are easy - Wis. L. Rev = Wisconsin Law Review - and some are a bit more challenging - L.J. Exch. in Eq. = English Law Journal, Exchequer in ...

Posted Oct 16, 2007 by Bonnie Shucha

Locating foreign constitutions and related documents has recently become much easier for the UW-Madison community, thanks to the Law Library's recent subscription to Constitutions of the World Online (Countries, Dependencies and Territories.) ...

Posted Oct 10, 2007 by Sunil Rao,

HeinOnline continues to innovate the process of legal research. In the past few years, this database has gained wide recognition for its comprehensive law journal collection , providing original page copies direct to the user's desktop. With ...

Posted Sep 27, 2007 by Cheryl O'Connor

As assignments begin to accumulate, now is the time to contact the reference staff at the Law Library for legal research assistance. Our friendly and experienced staff can help you to refine your research and locate library material. Here ar ...

Posted Sep 27, 2007 by Jenny Zook, Reference Librarian

Justia , a relatively new legal portal, is quickly becoming an indispensable research tool. Created by FindLaw founder, Tim Stanley, Justia offers a multitude of resources, including: guides to legal topics a legal blog & podcast search engin ...

Posted Sep 13, 2007 by Bonnie Shucha

The UW Law Library has older editions of case books, horn books and nutshells, free for the taking! At 10:30 a.m. on Monday, September 10 these items will be placed on a book shelf in the south corner of the Habush Habush and Rottier Reading R ...

Posted Sep 6, 2007 by Cheryl O'Connor

Did you know that the law library collects films about the law, including films about lawyers, law students, law professors, courtroom dramas and even the occasional comedy about lawyers? The law library film collection is located behind the ci ...

Posted Aug 10, 2007 by Jenny Zook, Reference Librarian

The pleasure of researching entertainment law is that a proportion of the information can be found on entertainment news Web sites, for example, E!Online , which provide news & information about the entertainment industry as well as gossip about ...

Posted May 4, 2007 by Jenny Zook, Reference Librarian

It is the policy of LexisNexis and Westlaw to restrict summer access to those not involved in law school activities. Full access will resume August 1st. If you will be doing law-school related research, however, you may request full access to ...

Posted Apr 23, 2007 by Bonnie Shucha

The Law Library is pleased to announce that we have recently subscribed to the CCH Tax Research Network , a comprehensive database of documents related to taxation in the United States. The full text of federal tax law, Internal Revenue Service ...

Posted Apr 17, 2007 by Bonnie Shucha

Come celebrate National Library Week at the UW Law Library, April 16th -20th! Each day, there will be a law or library-related contest open to Law School students, faculty, and staff. Daily winners will each receive a prize and at the end ...

Posted Apr 16, 2007 by Bonnie Shucha

LexisNexis has scheduled the following classes: Brief Relief and More: Wednesday 4/18/2007, 3:00 PM, 20 minutes, Computer Lab A Lexis Certification: Friday 4/13/2007, 10:00 am, 55 mins, Computer Lab A Thursday 4/19/2007, 11:00 pm, 55 mins, C ...

Posted Apr 13, 2007 by Bonnie Shucha

Government Resources You can locate your federal representative by visiting one of the federal government's sites. The address for the House of Representatives is located at, http://www.house.gov and the Senate is located at, http://www. ...

Posted Mar 26, 2007 by Jenny Zook, Reference Librarian

There have been a couple of good posts recently about cool Google tips and tricks. Bates InfoTip, an email newsletter, shares four Little-Known Google Tools . One of these is Simply Google which gathers together on one page pretty much everyt ...

Posted Mar 22, 2007 by Bonnie Shucha

An increasing number of legal resources are now published solely on the Internet. Legal researchers have more database choices which offer full text, searchable access to case law, statutes, regulations, and court rules. Publishers realize it ...

Posted Mar 8, 2007 by Cheryl O'Connor

Westlaw Trainings Tuesday, March 6 Law Library Computer Lab 10:30-11:00-Case Law Certification (300 Westlaw Rewards Points) 11:00-11:30-Statutes Certification (300 Westlaw Rewards Points) 11:30-Noon-Secondary Sources Certification (300 Westlaw ...

Posted Mar 2, 2007 by Bonnie Shucha

LexisNexis is conducting the following workshops in the next few weeks. Brief Relief and More Have a Brief, Memo or paper due? Incredible editing tools that automate quote checking, "blue booking" and Tables of Authority saving you hours ...

Posted Mar 1, 2007 by Bonnie Shucha

Citrus (think Cit-r-us) is a new legal citation tool which automatically corrects legal citations in Word as you type. "When you're ready to type a citation, press F2 and make an educated guess. Once you're done, press F2 again, and Citrus wil ...

Posted Feb 22, 2007 by Bonnie Shucha

Did you ever think about how aspirin is made? Did you ever have to decipher an acronym? Looking for a copy of the Yugoslavian Constitution? The answers to all these questions and more will be found in the "Best Free Reference Web Sites of 200 ...

Posted Feb 8, 2007 by Cheryl O'Connor

Featured in this article are a few examples of the legal databases available at the Law Library that you might find valuable for your research needs. All the databases specialize in some aspect of legal research. Some, like, RIA Checkpoint , ...

Posted Feb 2, 2007 by Jenny Zook, Reference Librarian

Last semester, the Law Library unveiled a new instant messaging service by which our reference librarians can offer you quick research assistance in real time. We encourage all students, faculty and staff to add our buddy name to their IM accou ...

Posted Jan 25, 2007 by Bonnie Shucha

If you are looking forward to relaxing with some good novels during the semester break, be sure to browse the Law Library's PR and PS call number ranges on level two, where you will find an interesting collection of books pertaining to popular c ...

Posted Dec 14, 2006 by Cheryl O'Connor

Starting January 1st, a new Westlaw representative will be serving the Law School. Ashley Bellamy comes to us from the Phoenix area. Her email is ashley.bellamy@thomson.com and her phone number is 602-326-6411. And as a reminder, our LexisNe ...

Posted Dec 7, 2006 by Bonnie Shucha

No matter what day is your special day, from Apple Sauce Cake Day (May 6th), to National Yo-Yo Day ( June 6th), you can find it on the Web. Bizzare and Unique Holidays The winter holidays are coming up, and yet there is never a time when so ...

Posted Nov 29, 2006 by Jenny Zook, Reference Librarian

The Law Library staff has received a number of complaints from law students concerned about the level of noise in the Law Library. Therefore, we would like to remind all library users about the library's policies on noise and food & beverages. ...

Posted Nov 17, 2006 by Bonnie Shucha

MadCat, the online catalog of the UW Madison campus libraries, has helpful features beyond the basic functionality of listing biblographic information. The "Place Requests" link on the top of the MadCat page allows users to recall books which a ...

Posted Nov 16, 2006 by Cheryl O'Connor

Phone Numbers and Addresses There are several reliable online phone directories on the Web, from Anywho.com to Yahoo! People Search. Use an online phone directory to locate phone numbers and addresses or do a Reverse Phone LookUp search to f ...

Posted Nov 10, 2006 by Jenny Zook, Reference Librarian

Last month, UW-Madison announced that it has entered into an agreement with Google to provide access to hundreds of thousands of public and historical books and documents from the holdings of the UW-Madison Libraries and the Wisconsin Historica ...

Posted Nov 3, 2006 by Bonnie Shucha

Since its creation in 2001, the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections now contain over one million images. These collections are designed to be a resource for the teaching and research needs of the entire University of Wisconsin System and ...

Posted Oct 19, 2006 by Cheryl O'Connor

Attorneys, Law Firms, Corporate Counsel If you need to locate an attorney, you can always check the local phone and yellow page directories, but if you want more information on an attorney than a phone number and an office address, try Martind ...

Posted Oct 10, 2006 by Jenny Zook, Reference Librarian

About to begin a legal research project? Why not take advantage of the work that's been done for you? Whether your looking for a treatise on environmental law, or the latest edition of the Chilean criminal code, there's a good chance the law lib ...

Posted Oct 5, 2006 by Sunil Rao,

Congratulations to the winners in the Law Library Instant Messaging Contest. Winners were selected from those law students that contacted us via IM in the month of September. The winners are: Emily Whitlock won 750 Westlaw points Carla McKenzi ...

Posted Oct 4, 2006 by Bonnie Shucha

Free Books!!! The UW Law Library has older editions of case books, hornbooks and nutshells, free for the taking! At 10:30 a.m. on Monday, October 2nd these books will be placed on a book shelf in the south corner of the Grand Reading Room. A ...

Posted Sep 28, 2006 by Cheryl O'Connor

You may seen the heading 'Library Express' on the UW Madison Libraries home page or perhaps have heard the term casually mentioned during a library tour, but what exactly does this service offer students and faculty? Library Express has been i ...

Posted Sep 21, 2006 by Cheryl O'Connor

The film collection at the law library includes movies about law students, law professors, courtroom dramas and even the occasional comedy about the law. The law library film collection is located behind the circulation desk on the 5th floor of ...

Posted Sep 14, 2006 by Jenny Zook, Reference Librarian

Do you IM? If so, add us to your buddy list. The UW Law Library is pleased to announce our new instant messaging service. Our reference librarians can offer you quick research assistance in real time. We support IM via AIM, Yahoo, MSN, and ...

Posted Sep 7, 2006 by Bonnie Shucha