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The Society of Professional Journalists launched a new website, Reference Guide to the Geneva Conventions. The site provides links to the History of the Geneva Convention, Full texts of the Conventions, and an alphabetical look-up feature to locate definitions for language and phrases from the conventions, as well as their associated deep links in the …
From the SWALL Bulletin Spring 2003: The Legislative Reference Library of Texas recently launched a new website. It provides links to content in the following four areas: Legislative Information, Research Tools, What’s New, and Citizen Resources.
From Bob Helmer, news about his new website, Daily Whirl, that offers readers headlines from several dozen legal news and information sites that use xml syndication. The list of available sites is growing, and readers may create a customized page of links for daily viewing.
From the Boston University School of Law Library, via the Big Ear, Links and citations to articles and reports related to international law and the crisis in Iraq.
Jim Calloway offers brief reviews and recommendations for 15 legal blogs, including beSpacific, in this article, Of Blogs, Bloggers and Blawgs.
New from the Law Librarians’ Society of Washington, D.C. (LLSDC), Selected Congressional Research Service Reports on Congress and its Procedures. This resource also provides numerous links to other sources of CRS reports on the web from government, asssociation, commercial and academic sources.
LexisNexis announced on March 24 that the company is now providing its subscribers and the public with access to breaking news and developments concerning the war, via this website: Free News From LexisNexis on Iraq. Subscribers are also given access to a Hot File with a wide range of additional news sources on the war, …
Today’s Search Day highlights a low cost resource on market data from subscription-based Dun & Bradstreet, called ZapaData (requires free registration). This site would no doubt prove useful to those conducting competitive intelligence research, with access to a database of 14 million business records from which company reports are compiled. The site also offers free …
The featured research center on the Library of Congress Today is the Law Library of Congress. It is worth noting this especially useful collection and the expertise of the professionals who work there: “The mission of the Law Library is to provide research and legal information to the U.S. Congress, U.S. Federal Courts and Executive …
From the Westlaw® press release: “Using a new database directory that works much like the Internet’s most popular directories, users can quickly and easily find their way from one set of databases to another, pinpointing the information they need in seconds. ”
From the Capital Hill newspaper Roll Call, you may access web links to state legislatures, including audio and or video proceedings as available.
From the press release: Now available via GPO Access are the 1986 to 2000 compilations of the List of CFR Sections Affected (LSA). These compilations are divided into four volumes broken down as follows, with each of the volumes covering the years 1986 through 2000: Volume I: Titles 1-16, Volume II: Titles 17-27, Volume III: …
