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Gas Guide
by Bev Butula on May 6, 2008 09:28 CDT
While not exactly law related, I had to do some research on gas prices. I thought I would share some of the data I found. Click for more | Comments
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Safer Cars
by Bev Butula on May 9, 2008 09:26 CDT
Consumer information on vehicle safety and recalls can be found at SaferCar.gov. The site is part of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and offers several databases. Search for vehicle recalls/defects or child restraint recalls. A relatively new feature is the RSS option to receive notification of new recalls.Click for more | Comments
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Google Government – State Search
by Bev Butula on May 2, 2008 13:25 CDT
When searching for government related information, many people rely on Google Government to help narrow their results. This is a great method to eliminate commercial sites. However, a query from this search engine can produce both Federal and State sites. This can be frustrating, however, if the objective is to locate information from just one State.Click for more | Comments
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Contracts and Federal Spending
on April 22, 2008 13:24 CDT
When I am researching a company that does or could do business with the government, I often turn to FedSpending.org or USASpending.gov. Click for more | Comments
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Another option for searching state case law
by Bev Butula on April 28, 2008 10:47 CDT
Washburn University School of Law Library offers a State Court Opinion Search. It is a very clean interface based on Google Custom Searches. Currently they list 24 states and the U.S. Supreme Court.Click for more | Comments
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Tap the Power
by Bev Butula on April 18, 2008 11:29 CDT
The Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau’s Library offers a variety of services and resources to make a researcher’s job easier.Click for more | Comments
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Library of Congress offers wonderful resources
by Bev Butula on April 15, 2008 09:26 CDT
It is National Library Week. It is a time to celebrate the library, the various resources, and the great people who make it all work.Click for more | Comments
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Bio
on April 15, 2008 09:08 CDT
Bev Butula is the Assistant Director of Library Services at Davis & Kuelthau in Milwaukee, and a past president of the Law Librarians Association of Wisconsin. Bev has worked in the legal field for over twenty years; prior to obtaining her Master's Degree in Library Science, she was a litigation paralegal.Click for more | Comments
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The IRS on Tax Exempt Organizations
by Bev Butula on April 11, 2008 08:57 CDT
The IRS has great resources on tax-exempt organizations. Many researchers visit the site regularly for the searchable Publication 78, Cumulative List of Organizations. Click for more | Comments
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Try another search engine
by Bev Butula on April 8, 2008 07:32 CDT
Most people I talk to utilize Google as their primary search engine, others use Live Search. I would like to suggest another search engine to include when online – Exalead.Click for more | Comments
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Humor from the legal perspective
by Bev Butula on April 1, 2008 13:51 CDT
April Fool’s Day is always great for a joke or two and we have all heard our share of lawyer jokes. There is a Web site however, that provides some humor from the legal perspective. Stu’s Views offers fun legal cartoons by Stu Rees, an entertainment lawyer located in California. Need a little break - you can subscribe to have new cartoons sent to your email. Prior cartoons are well organized by topic. If you like a cartoon, the author clearly indicates usage charges...Click for more | Comments
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Who acquired whom in the banking world?
by Bev Butula on April 4, 2008 10:46 CDT
The National Information Center “provides comprehensive information on banks and other institutions for which the Federal Reserve has a supervisory, regulatory, or research interest including both domestic and foreign banking organizations operating in the U.S.” This website contains a database to help locate general and historical information on financial institutions. Click for more | Comments
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Statistical Resources
by Bev Butula on March 28, 2008 13:32 CDT
When searching for statistics, I often start with The University of Michigan Library’s “Statistical Resources on the Web.” This comprehensive list of online resources is well-organized and quite user friendly.Click for more | Comments
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Site offers summaries of Internet law
by Bev Butula on March 24, 2008 09:36 CDT
The Internet Law Library is a Web site maintained by Attorney Martin Samson. This online database features summaries of hundreds of cases dealing with Internet law. The site allows the researcher to view cases by subject area, browse a listing of all cases, or conduct a general search.Click for more | Comments
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Site offers timely updates of Code of Federal Regulations
by Bev Butula on March 20, 2008 09:14 CDT
I was surprised to find out that many people are not aware of the Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (E-CFR). Most researchers use the general Government Printing Office’s GPO Access page to access regulations online. This is the perfect location for locating the official and historical versions of the Code of Federal Regulations.Click for more | Comments
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Resources help identify legislative intent
by Bev Butula on March 17, 2008 13:15 CDT
Identifying legislative intent is often a challenge. Occasionally the courts will discuss what they believe the legislature was thinking when drafting a statute. Absent that discussion, Wisconsin researchers follow several steps hoping to understand the thought process behind the creation of a specific state statute section. Researchers sift through drafting records, LRB analysis, legislative council reports, fiscal reports and committee reports. Occasionally, proposed legislation will also generate significant news coverage. Some great resources to begin this quest include the Legislative Reference Bureau, the Wisconsin Legislature, UW Law Library (online access to recent drafting records), and Marquette Law Library (older drafting records on fiche).Click for more | Comments
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Google’s new look for Advanced Search
by Bev Butula on March 13, 2008 10:45 CDT
If you didn’t notice, Google has changed the look of their Advanced Search screen. I wrote a while back about the importance of utilizing an engine’s advanced search option. Click for more | Comments
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MU Sports Law
by Bev Butula on March 7, 2008 07:58 CST
With everyone paying attention to Wisconsin sports this week, I had to highlight the Sports Law Institute at Marquette Law School.Click for more | Comments
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Efficiency through browser shortcuts
by Bev Butula on February 26, 2008 11:48 CST
I was giving a presentation the other day and wanted to get to my Favorites. Instead of using my mouse, I used the "Control-I" shortcut. A member of the audience asked what I did, and I explained the shortcut. No one in the audience was aware of it. I then asked who used the "Control-F" shortcut to find a word instead of scrolling through the pages of a website. I was happy to see that more than half the audience answered affirmatively. Click for more | Comments
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Maritime at Milwaukee Public
by Bev Butula on March 3, 2008 09:44 CST
I was recently on the Milwaukee Public Library website and noticed something new. It is a database called Project Shipshape. I’ve known about the library’s great Maritime collection, but not familiar with this project. I spoke to a Humanities librarian at Milwaukee Public Library and found out that Project Shipshape went online in January.Click for more | Comments
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