Category Archives: References

The ABA’s Web 100.

15 Sunday Jul 2018

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Web 100 Amici, ABA Journal, American Bar Association

Every year for the last decade, the ABA has solicited votes for nominations for the favorite law-related blog. Those chosen based on your nominations become the Web 100 for that year. Over the years, it’s expanded to include other law-related technology, and added its own Blawg Hall of Fame. It’s definitely worth a look to rediscover old favorites and others goodies you might have missed.

It’s that time of year again. Nominate your favorite law-related blog, podcast, social media feed, app, or interactive feature for recognition in this year of the ABA’s Web 100. You will find the nomination form at the link below. -CCE

http://www.abajournal.com/blawgs/web100/

“Google It!” Cut Your Research Time and Improve Your Results With These Google Search Secrets.

29 Sunday Oct 2017

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How to Master Google Search Secrets, by FreewareFiles.com©2017

http://bit.ly/2iK8RJ2

Google and its brand are synonymous with a search for information using the Internet. But are we using it to its full potential? Probably not.

There is much more you can do with Google rather than simply typing general or specific terms and clicking “search.” This post provides tools, hacks, search secrets, and advanced search secrets too easy to ignore. Use them to speed up your search results, and make yourself a Google master. -CCE

Latin Legal Terms of Art.

30 Sunday Oct 2016

Posted by in Legal Dictionaries, Terms of art

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While most legal writing scholars favor plain language and elimination of legalese and Latin words and phrases, there are some well-recognized – and often used – Latin legal terms of art. Some examples include stare decisis, per curiam, certiorari, res ipsa loquitur, ad hoc, mens rea, et alia, in rem, in personam, inter vivos, nolo contendere , and prima facie.

If you intend to take one of the national paralegal exams for certification or registration or if you are a paralegal student, there are Latin terms of art you should know. -CCE

Duhaime’s Latin Dictionary 
http://www.duhaime.org/LegalDictionary/Category/LatinLawTermsDictionary.aspx

Latin Phrases and Expressions, BusinessBall.com http://www.businessballs.com/latin-terms-phrases.htm

Legal Terminology Definitions http://www.pegc.us/_LAW_/latin_legal_defs.pdf

Latin Legal Phrases   http://latin.topword.net/?Legal

CN-Fact Sheet 9, Carter Newell Lawyers©2015 http://bit.ly/2eoQrqg

Reference, Facts, News, Search Engines, Email, and More. Easy Peasy.

12 Sunday Jun 2016

Posted by in Dictionary, Glossaries, Grammar, Punctuation, Quotations, References, Research, Style Manuals, Thesaurus

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Refdesk.com – Fact Checker for the Internet

http://www.refdesk.com/

Refdesk.com has been around a long time. If you have never seen it or used it, please give me the honor of making the introductions.

Go the home page: http://www.refdesk.com. There is a lot to absorb.  Take your time. Scroll down the page, and check it out.

Bothered by the ads popping up on the page? There is an easy fix. Support Refdesk. Contribute $25, and Refdesk is add free for a year. No, you don’t have to contribute $25. You don’t have to contribute at all. But, if you want to use Refdesk frequently, I encourage you to contribute something.

If you are like me, you do not want to keep scrolling to find what you want to see – you simply want to get there. Go to the top of the website, and look to the right. You will see three search tools: (1) Check Email; (2) Quick Links; and (3) Reference Desk.  Right away, you can see that this has potential as home page.

I want to look up grammar and punctuation rules. Go to Reference Desk, click the down arrow, and choose “Grammar/Style.” That’s a nice assortment of writing guides, but not exactly what I want. I’m looking for The Elements of Style. Click on More at the bottom of the page. There it is.

You have seen one small example of the information this site can give you. I leave it to you to seek out the rest.  -CCE

New Brain Candy from Sabrina I. Pacifici. Yum!

26 Tuesday Jan 2016

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Competitive Intelligence – A Selective Resource Guide, by Sabrina I. Pacifici, LLRX.com

http://www.llrx.com/features/ciguide.htm

Ms. Pacifici regularly updates her Selective Resource.  Here is her latest offering, published December 18, 2015. -CCE

Chicago’s Police Data Project In Response to FOIA Requests.

26 Thursday Nov 2015

Posted by in Law Enforcement, References, Research

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Chicago Citizens Police Data Project, by Sabrina I. Pacifici, BeSpacific Blog

http://www.bespacific.com/category/e-government/

‘The information contained on this website comes primarily from three datasets provided by the Chicago Police Department (CPD), spanning approximately 2002 to 2008 and 2011 to 2015. The CPD has released these lists in response to litigation and to FOIA Requests. . . .’

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How To Research Opposing Counsel, Judges, and Juries.

21 Saturday Nov 2015

Posted by in Internet, Law Journals, Legal Databases, Legal Directories, Legal Directory, LexisNexis, References, Research, TLO for Legal Professionals

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Internet Tools for Researching Opposing Counsel, Judges, and Juries, by Anna Massoglia, Lawyerist Blog

https://lawyerist.com/92442/internet-tools-for-researching-opposing-counsel-judges-and-juries/

Knowing the ins and outs of how other courtroom players think is a key ingredient in successful litigation. Here’s how to do it. . . .

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Search Engine for The Wayback Machine!

02 Monday Nov 2015

Posted by in Legal Directory, References, Research, Wayback Machine

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International School of Information Science

http://www.bibalex.org/isis/frontend/archive/archive_web.aspx

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The Wayback Machine, Internet Archive

https://archive.org/index.php

These links are two great ways to get to the Wayback Machine. Not familiar with it? Please allow me introduce you. The Wayback Machine has been around for 19 years, and has literally billions of saved URLs. If you ever tried a hyperlink and got that annoying 404 message, did you know it was still alive and well on the Wayback Machine?

As you can imagine, the Wayback Machine is huge. There has been only one way to search on the Wayback Machine – you had to have the URL. If did not have the exact URL, you were out of luck.

The great news is that the Laura and John Arnold Foundation have donated several million dollars to create a search engine for the Wayback Machine. The word is that it will be ready sometime in 2017. Imagine being able to search that much data!

Commonly, if you are researching on the Internet, you use Google, Bing, or another major search engine. How long do those links stay available? It varies, right? You thought Google was huge? It is said that the Wayback Machine has snapshots of every webpage ever posted on the Internet. Every single one.

Think about a researcher’s possibilities when the search engine is up and running. It is going to be interesting. -CCE

 

New And Easy-To-Use Search Tools for SSRN.

04 Sunday Oct 2015

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Did You Know? Searching SSRN Just Got Easier, by Gregory Gordon, President and CEO of the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) (with hat tip to Sabrina I. Pacifici, BeSpacific Blog)

http://ssrnblog.com/2015/10/02/did-you-know-searching-ssrn-just-got-easier/

Scholars of all types share their research here. You will often see it at SSRN before you see it in books and other publications. If you have not taken the time to truly investigate what you can find here, please give yourself a treat. -CCE

In What We Don’t Know We Don’t Know, I wrote about the overwhelming amount of data that is available today.  This is especially true of the SSRN eLibrary. With over 600,000 papers, finding the right research may seem daunting. So, we significantly improved our search functionality.

SSRN’s new page centralizes all the tools you need to find stuff in the eLibrary. We combined Quick Search and Advanced Search onto one tab, and made it simple to switch to Browse SSRN Networks or Browse JEL Codes. Did you even know all of those functions existed? . . . .

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Research Honey Pot at Chickasaw Nation Law Library.

03 Thursday Sep 2015

Posted by in Case Law, Court Rules, Federal Law, Internet, Law Libraries, Legal Databases, Legal Directory, References, Research

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Practice Resources: Getting Started, Chickasaw Nation Law Library, Oklahoma City School of Law

http://libguides.okcu.edu/c.php?g=225279

Research Guides, Forms, State Law, Federal Law, Court Rules, State and Federal Jury Instructions, Oklahoma Court Rules, State and Federal Jury Verdicts, Computer Assisted Legal Research – well, I think you get the idea. This is only a taste of the goodies at this website. -CCE

GetHuman™ — Talk To A Real Person, Not A Machine.

17 Wednesday Jun 2015

Posted by in Internet, References, Research

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GetHuman™

http://gethuman.com/

Every so often, you need information from a company or business. Your boss wants it yesterday, and all you have is a telephone number you found on the Internet. Each time you call, you end up in a never-ending voice machine loop.

If you haven’t heard of GetHuman™, take a minute to check it out. This is what I like about it. I can use its database to find a direct number to the company. It gives me instructions to bypass the voice machine, and talk to an actual person. Better yet, it is the person who has the answer to my question.

The last time I used it, it gave me an 800 number to call and then told me to press the star button four times when asked for an account number. A voice machine asked one easy question and, after a few minutes’ wait, someone from the legal department asked how he could help. I could ask all my questions, and get the answers I needed. From there, it was a short step to finish the assignment.

If you are unsuccessful, tell GetHuman™ what happened. How long did you have to wait? What was the problem? Did it have the company you needed? GetHuman™ takes that information, and uses it to fix improve its database.

It may not always be perfect, but it has helped me more often than not. Give it a try. -CCE

 

Tamara Thompson’s Favorite Private Investigator Links. Let The Feeding Frenzy Begin!

09 Tuesday Jun 2015

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My Favorite Private Investigator Links, by Tamara Thompson Investigations, PI Buzz.com

http://pibuzz.com/my-favorite-private-investigator-links/

Tamara has been doing this a long time, and she always has a varied type of valuable information. And the majority of the links she has shared are free. Definitely worth a look. -CCE

Mostly free websites for fact-finding and online research for private investigators, genealogists, info pros, attorneys, journalists and the public. . . .

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A Legal Analysis of Shaken Baby Syndrome.

04 Wednesday Mar 2015

Posted by in Case Law, Evidence, Expert Witnesses, Health Law, Law Journals, Law Reviews, References, Research, Secondary Resources

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Shaken Baby Syndrome: A Differential Diagnosis of Justice, by Ken Strutin, LLRX.com

http://www.llrx.com/features/shakenbabysyndrome.htm

When King Solomon resolved history’s best-known custody dispute, he implicitly divined that the death of the absent child was due to accidental infanticide, not intentional homicide.1 And his method was an early testament to truth finding. Today, the investigation of infantile death is too often accompanied by hurried accusations and false confessions.2 And the search for truth is left to lawyers and experts who have become as adversarial as the testificants in Solomon’s court. The concept of Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS)3 has become a battleground where medical evidence and legal presumptions clash, testing the limits of judicial wisdom.4

The investigation and prosecution of SBS cases5 has revealed an historical and ongoing tension among medical experts6 and legal practitioners and scholars.7 From the Supreme Court on down, judges in these cases have had to struggle with complex emotions, societal impulses, conflicting witness and expert testimonies, as well as ineffectiveness of defense counsel, need for appointed experts, admissibility under Frye-Daubert, and assessment of newly discovered evidence.8 Thus, legal investigation into the reasons behind infant deaths has turned into a medical “who done it” with the suspects ranging from accident and natural causes to the criminal conduct of parents and caretakers.9

This is a collection of recent and select court decisions, law reviews and news articles that explore the ongoing scientific and legal arguments about the definition and exclusivity of shaken baby syndrome evidence. . . .

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Want To Remove Your House From Google Map’s Street View? No Problem.

11 Wednesday Feb 2015

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It’s Surprisingly Simple to Get Your House Off Google Street View. It’s Also Permanent, by Patrick Clark, with assistance from Tom Hall, Bloomberg Business

http://tinyurl.com/kq9qgsp

You may have a good reason for your house to be on Google Map. But if you don’t, you’ll like this. -CCE

Like your privacy? So does Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, as we see here.

Just one question: Why does his house vanish into thin air when you drive past it?

At least, that’s what happens in Google Street View, the Google Maps feature that lets you switch to a panoramic view of a building or block. . . .

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William P. Statsky’s Legal Thesaurus/Dictionary.

31 Saturday Jan 2015

Posted by in Editing, Legal Analysis, Legal Dictionaries, Legal Writing, Primary Law, Proofreading, References, Research, Spell Checking

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Recently, I saw a Dictionary of Legal Terms advertised on Amazon. I am sure there are many excellent dictionaries, including Black’s, that are useful. I have for many years now relied on Statsky’s Legal Thesaurus/Dictionary, which was a gift from a former boss. 

At one time, I worked for Justice Marian P. Opala at the Oklahoma Supreme Court. Justice Opala was simply brilliant – I can think of no other description. He was precise in his choice of words, and worked diligently to craft his formal opinions for the Court. He was absolute stickler for legal writing perfection in every way imaginable, and he abhorred legalese.

One of my tasks was to proofread and make editing suggestions for his draft opinions. I found Statsky’s book to be invaluable. In one instance, I used it to find an alternate clause to edit an old common law phrase.

When Justice Opala asked how I had come up with the suggestion, I sweated bullets and expected to be chastised for my choice. Instead, he explained that he wanted to know how I had been able to come up with an alternative that did not change the legal meaning of his original phrase. He was impressed. I was relieved.

It would have been wonderful if I could have truthfully said that I came up with it completely on my own. Instead, I shared how I had found it in Statsky’s book.

Over time, Justice Opala got the notion that the book belonged to him. When I left his chambers for another position, Justice Opala protested when I packed it with my other belongings. I had to show him the flyleaf where my former boss had written a message to me to assure Justice Opala that it was indeed my book, and not his.

I can think of no greater endorsement than Justice Opala’s opinion. I take the book with me to legal writing seminars as a recommended addition to anyone’s reference library. And I keep a copy at the house and at the office. If you are looking for such a resource, I can endorse it without hesitation. -CCE

Research and Drill Down Into the Invisible Web.

21 Wednesday Jan 2015

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99 Resources to Research & Mine the Invisible Web, originally from College Degee.com, posted by Marcus P. Zillman at LLRX.com

http://tinyurl.com/6g5768

Be warned. Not all resources listed here – and there are many more at the link above — are sometimes fee based. You may need to sort and give each a test run to see whether it performs as you wish. Still, it includes some interesting search engines, databases, and other resources that are not usually found. If you are a serious researcher, you will find these useful. -CCE

College researchers often need more than Google and Wikipedia to get the job done. To find what you’re looking for, it may be necessary to tap into the invisible web, the sites that don’t get indexed by broad search engines. The following resources were designed to help you do just that, offering specialized search engines, directories, and more places to find the complex and obscure.

Search Engines

Whether you’re looking for specific science research or business data, these search engines will point you in the right direction.

  1. Turbo10: On Turbo10, you’ll be able to search more than 800 deep web search engines at a time.

  2. Agrisurf: If you’re searching for information related to agriculture and farming, check out this engine.

  3. IncyWincy: This search engine canvasses the deep web.

  4. Direct Search: Direct Search covers the invisible web, offering results in books, government, and much more.

  5. SurfWax: The SurfWax search engine taps into the deep web and offers search tools for feeds, news, blogs, and more.

  6. ZoomInfo: Get information about corporations and job searchers here.

  7. Internet Archive: Here you’ll be able to find movies, music, text, and more, even including sites and pages that no longer exist.

  8. TenKWizard: This business search engine covers Forbes, specific industries, and exchanges.

  9. ZabaSearch: This search engine serves up public records like phone numbers and addresses.

  10. Clusty: Perform your search across a number of engines at once with Clusty.

  11. BusinessResearch: This deep web search scours the business web.

  12. The Online Books Page: Here you can search for more than 25,000 full-text works.

  13. E-Print: Check out E-Print to find sites and databases for scientists and engineers from one search engine.

  14. Guggenheim Museum: Search for artists through this database.

  15. Kompass: On this search engine, you’ll find entries for products, services, and companies.

  16. Scirus: Search journal sources and more with this scientific information search.

  17. TechXtra: On TechXtra, you’ll be able to search for resources in engineering, mathematics, and computing.

  18. Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery: Find portraits for more than 80,000 people in this database.

  19. Science Research Portal: In this research portal, you can search the deep web for scientific topics.

  20. Infoplease: Infoplease offers a search engine that combines reference tools like an encyclopedia, atlas and almanac.

  21. Pipl: Pipl brings together profiles, public records, and documents to serve up relevant information about people. . . .

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A Compilation of Military Law Resources.

10 Saturday Jan 2015

Posted by in Federal Law, Law Libraries, Library of Congress, Military Law, References, Research

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Military Law – An Overview, Cornell University Law Library, Legal Institution Institute

http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/military

Military Index to the Internet, Air University

http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/awc-ndex.htm

Uniform Code of Military Justice

http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/ucmj.htm

Military Justice Fact Sheets

http://www.hqmc.marines.mil/Portals/135/MJFACTSHTS%5B1%5D.html

Military Legal Resources, The Library of Congress

http://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/Military_Law/military-legal-resources-home.html

“The U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center & School Library External Link in Charlottesville, VA, holds extensive collections of primary source materials and publications in the field of military law. Selections from these collections are now being made accessible in full text PDF versions via the Library of Congress Federal Research Division (FRD) Web site. As more materials are converted to digital formats, they will be added to this page. . . .”

 Military Law Overview. Military.com

http://www.military.com/benefits/military-legal-matters/military-law-overview.html

“The backbone of the military legal system is the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), which applies to all branches. Most of the issues covered in this document include the bringing of cases to military courts, the different types of court-martial, treatment and apprehension of prisoners, and the trial process. In addition, rules govern military jurisdiction, legal investigations, discharges, the release and revision of military records, post-trial review procedures, and appeals. For more details about court-martials, a commanding officer’s legal authority and pre-trial confinement, see the topics list on the right.

The UCMJ applies to all active-duty, reserve & Guard, and retired military personnel. Violation of any of the articles of the UCMJ can bring punishments ranging from loss of privileges to confinement and discharge. . . .”

 

Compilation of Environmental Law Guides and Resources.

25 Thursday Dec 2014

Posted by in Environment Law, Internet, Law Libraries, Legal Directories, Legal Directory, References, Research

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Environmental Law Research Guides, PACE Law Library

Environment Law — Environmental and Natural Resources Law, HG.org Legal Resources

ResearchWire – Environmental Law on the Web, by Diana Botluk, LLRX.com

2013 FBI Hate Crime Statistics.

21 Sunday Dec 2014

Posted by in Civil Rights, Hate Crimes, Research, Statistics

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FBI 2013 Hate Crime Statistics, by Sabrina I. Pacifica, BeSpacific Blog

http://www.bespacific.com/fbi-2013-hate-crime-statistics/

‘Today[December 9, 2014], the FBI released its annual Hate Crime Statistics report, which revealed that 5,928 hate crime incidents involving 6,933 offenses were reported by our law enforcement partners to the Bureau’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program in 2013. These hate crime incidents impacted a total of 7,242 victims—which are defined as individuals, businesses, institutions, or society as a whole. The number of reported hate crimes last year is down slightly when compared to 2012 UCR figures—5,928 in 2013 versus the 2012 figure of 6,573. Hate Crime Statistics, 2013—the first UCR publication to contain data collected under the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crime Prevention Act of 2009—has a few changes from previous reports. First, biases against gender (male or female) and gender identity (transgender and gender nonconformity) have been added to the list of bias categories. And in response to the Shepard/Byrd Act, we modified our data collection so that reporting agencies can indicate whether crimes were committed by, or directed against, juveniles.’

Westlaw Public Records Database Breached. Who Is Affected?

16 Sunday Nov 2014

Posted by in Cybersecurity, Encryption, Identity Theft, Legal Technology, Privacy, References, Research, Westlaw

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Westlaw Discloses Breach Of Public Records Database, by Sabrina I. Pacifici, BeSpacific Blog

http://tinyurl.com/pffqhny

News release: ‘West Publishing Corporation, a unit of Thomson Reuters, has notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office of a breach involving their Westlaw subscription-only public records database. In a letter dated November 4th to those affected, Senior Vice President Andy Martens explained that on October 14, they detected unusual search activity. Investigation revealed that some subscribers’ passwords had been compromised and used to access the database. The types of information involved included addresses, date of birth, and in some cases, driver’s license numbers and Social Security numbers. No bank account or credit card information was involved. In response to the breach, West removed external access to full sensitive identifiers in public records, forced a password reset on all public user accounts, and implemented  additional technological controls to detect and respond to searches of more limited public records that also appeared unauthorized. Federal law enforcement was also contacted. West offered those affected two years of free credit monitoring with Experian ProtectMyID Elite. Nine NH residents were notified. The total number of individuals notified was not indicated in their report to New Hampshire.’

How To Research Corporations.

10 Monday Nov 2014

Posted by in Corporate Law, References, Research

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From Due Diligence to Corporate Intelligence, by Internet for Lawyers Blog

http://tinyurl.com/po56fuh

Say you’re working on a big case, and you need as much information on the opposing company as possible. Or perhaps you’re pitching a potential new client, and want to know everything about their business for your presentation. Maybe your client’s competition is developing a new product or you want to read all the news stories about some development that will affect your business or your clients’. Do you know how to get that information quickly? And for free?

There was a time not so long ago when a law firm would have to use an ‘information specialist’ to find this information, or in extreme cases, hire a ‘corporate spy’ to dig up the most sensitive competitive business information. But today, with so much business, legal and news information available on the Internet, getting this kind of ‘business intelligence’ is infinitely easier. If you know where to look, you too can be a corporate 007. . . .

Non-Lawyer’s Glossary From The United Kingdom.

28 Tuesday Oct 2014

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The Non-Lawyer Guide to Legal Terms, by Pinnington Law (with hat tip to Cara Ashby!)

http://pinningtonlaw.co.uk/glossary/

The Legal Glossary

We understand that divorce or separation proceedings can be a stressful and complicated process. Therefore, we have created this glossary to ensure you understand all aspects of the legal processes which you will need to follow. From the various technical terms involved in court proceedings and legal documents to the different child arrangement orders and agreements for which you can apply, our glossary will help you improve your understanding of complicated legal matters. By doing so, you can commence divorce or separation proceedings with confidence in your own legal expertise.

Free Access to Federal Law and Resources.

21 Tuesday Oct 2014

Posted by in Constitutions, Federal Law, Law Libraries, Legislation, Legislative History, Primary Law, References, Regulations, Research, Secondary Resources, State Law, Statutes, U.S. Government

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Free Public Access to Federal Materials On Guide To Law Online, by Sabrina I. Pacifici, BeSpacific Blog

http://www.bespacific.com/free-public-access-federal-materials-guide-law-online/

There’s more here than you think. Executive, judicial, federal, legislative, state, legal guides, and general sources. Definitely worth a look. -CCE

[Via Emily Carr, Senior Legal Research Specialist, Library of Congress] – this posting by Ann Hemmens, legal reference librarian at the Law Library of Congress: Through an agreement with the Library of Congress, the publisher William S. Hein & Co., Inc. has generously allowed the Law Library of Congress to offer free online access to historical U.S. legal materials from HeinOnline.  These titles are available through the Library’s web portal, Guide to Law Online: U.S. Federal, and include:

Wall Street Executive Library.

19 Sunday Oct 2014

Posted by in Dashboards, Finding Assets, References, Research, Statistics

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Wall Street Executive Library

http://www.executivelibrary.com/index.asp

Similar to www.ceoexpress.com.  Includes Weather, Flights (look up any airline’s flight information), Date & Times, Tools, Phone Directories, Personal, Newspapers (domestic and international, news wires, markets, sports, and more), Radio, Magazines & Journals, etc., Web Search & Computer, Business Toolkit, Government Research, Financial Markets Research, Company & Industry Research, Business & Legal Research, Marketing & Advertising Research, Statistics & Economics Research. -CCE

Thingful® — Powerful Search Engine for the Internet of Things.

16 Thursday Oct 2014

Posted by in Internet, References, Research

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Search Engine for the Internet of Things, by Sabrina I. Pacifici, BeSpacific Blog

http://www.bespacific.com/search-engine-internet-things/

‘Thingful® is a search engine for the Internet of Things, providing a unique geographical index of connected objects around the world, including energy, radiation, weather, and air quality devices as well as seismographs, iBeacons, ships, aircraft and even animal trackers. Thingful’s powerful search capabilities enable people to find devices, datasets and realtime data sources by geolocation across many popular Internet of Things networks, and presents them using a proprietary patent-pending geospatial device data search ranking methodology, ThingRank®. If you are concerned about asthma, find out about any air quality monitors in your neighbourhood; somebody working with a Raspberry Pi can find others round the corner using the same computing platform; if you notice a ship moored nearby, discover more about it by tracking it on Thingful, or get notified of its movements; a citizen concerned about flooding in a new neighbourhood can look up nearby flood monitors or find others that have been measuring radiation. You might even watch the weekly movements of a shark as it explores the oceans. The possibilities are unbounded! Thingful also enables people and companies to claim and verify ownership of their things using a provenance mechanism, thereby giving them a single web page that aggregates information from all their connected devices no matter what network they’re on, in categories that include health, environment, home, transport, energy and flora & fauna. Users can also add objects to a Watchlist in order to keep track of them, monitor their realtime status and get notifications when they change.’