Monthly Archives: May 2011

New articles on U.S. Code Notes and Australian legal research

Posted on May 29, 2011 by

I added Rick McKinney’s The Authority of Statutes Placed in Section Notes of the United States Code to the “Notes and Appendices” section of the United States Code entry and Researching Australian Law, by Nicholas Pengelley and Sue Milne, to … Continue reading →

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New section on Indiana Legislative history

Posted on May 28, 2011 by

I wrote up a “Legislative History” section for the Indiana entry.  Bottom line:  Indiana legislative history materials are readily available online, but none of them talk about legislative intent.  Not even the “Committee Reports.”

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Standardizing cross-references for the state entries

Posted on May 28, 2011 by

I’m finally getting my act together about the cross-references in the less developed state entries.  I’ll be adding “See” references to the following primary law entries: State Cases State Court Rules State Statutes and Codes State Bills State Legislative History State Constitutions … Continue reading →

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Database for locating Uniform Law legislation

Posted on May 26, 2011 by

If you wanted to find out what’s going on with a Uniform Law, one good place to look would be the NCCUSL’s Legislation database, which I just added to the “State Laws” section of the Uniform Laws entry.   The … Continue reading →

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Wisconsin entry reorganized and expanded

Posted on May 22, 2011 by

The Wisconsin entry had gotten large enough to organize the information into sections for each branch of government, so I did.  I also added links to the Wisconsin Law Archive, the  Wisconsin Administrative Code and Register, the databases for searching Wisconsin businesses, … Continue reading →

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New trade data resource and a format update for Alabama

Posted on May 20, 2011 by

I added the U.S. Census Bureau’s USA Trade Online site to the International Trade entry and gave the Alabama entry an Alaska-style makeover.

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Law book reviews in AALL Spectrum Blog

Posted on May 17, 2011 by

I added the AALL Spectrum Blog to the list of places to find reviews of law books in the Book Reviews entry.

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Recent write-up in LAMM eNews

Posted on May 15, 2011 by

There’s a brief piece on me in LLAM eNews with background on the Guide and a mention for the blog.

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Redesign for Alaska entry

Posted on May 14, 2011 by

I rearranged the Alaska entry by taking out the general sources for primary legal materials (Lexis, Westlaw, Google Scholar, Fastcase, Loislaw, etc.) and instead added cross references to the entries where the materials are discussed (State Cases, State Statutes and Codes, State Regulations … Continue reading →

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Lexis.com adds Congressional Hearings back to 1824

Posted on May 11, 2011 by

Lexis.com now has Congressional Hearings back to 1824, which is much further than any other vendor.  Previously, hearings older than 1994 were available online only at academic libraries that subscribed to the LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital Collection.

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