HeinOnline will be introducing World Constitutions Illustrated in a webinar on Thursday, May 6th. There will be two sessions: one in the morning at 10:00am and the second at 2:00pm in the afternoon. "During the webinar we will explain how this library introduces a new legal research platform and how the scope of it is […]
HeinOnline has recently launched a new library World Constitutions Illustrated: Contemporary & Historical Documents & Resources. "This library enables legal scholars to research the constitutional and political development of every country in the world. It includes the current constitution for every country in its original language format and an English translation, as well as substantial […]
The folks at HeinOnline will be offering a webinar on Using & Searching the United Nations Law Collection later this month. There will be two opportunities to participate on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at either 10:00-10:30am or 2:00-2:30pm. The 30 minute session will be provide an overview of the publications, how to search treaties efficiently […]
If you've been interested in Google's recent activities in providing access to legal cases and legal research then you might also be interested in these two recent posts from the HeinOnline blog that compares their service to what Google Scholar has been offering. HeinOnline or Google Scholar? Why You Should Start Your Research in HeinOnline […]
Here are a couple of more reactions to case law on Google and the potential impact on legal research. Thoughts on Google & Legal Research Rob Richards on the Legal Informatics Blog "... Google probably won’t need very long to build a good quality automatic legal citator and subject indexing system, if it has a […]
You may have heard the buzz about this new search engine WolframAlpha which it's creator, Stephen Wolfram, has dubbed a 'computational knowledge engine.' How does this search engine do when tasked with legal research type questions? Rob Richards, over at the Legal Informatics Blog, has summarized a discussion he's been hosting there. So far it […]