The Wisconsin State Law Library, Milwaukee Legal Resource Center, and Dane County Legal Resource Center will be closed on Friday, December 31st for a state holiday.
To submit a question to the Wisconsin State Law Library while we are closed, you may call us at 608-267-9696 or Ask a Librarian online.
We will respond to questions and requests the following week.
December 29, 2010
December 24, 2010
WSLL Recommends: Legal Information Buyers Guide & Reference Manual
This guide is a gold mine of information for anyone interested in acquiring and maintaining legal information resources, written primarily for solo practitioners and attorneys in small to medium sized law firms operating without a law librarian.
Not only does the Legal Information Buyers Guide & Reference Manual provide a comprehensive list of cost-saving strategies, it also provides detailed information on the major legal treatises and reference works in a wide variety of subject areas. Author Kendall Svengalis, who for over twenty years was the Rhode Island State Law Librarian, provides a description of each included title and online resource and pricing history for supplementation and selected cost-saving tips.
An attorney whose practice is focused in federal court would do well to read the chapter on Federal Practice and Procedure before deciding whether to purchase Wright and Miller or Moore’s. Likewise, anyone wishing to develop an immigration law practice should review the resources annotated in this book before making any purchases. Accompanied by tables that detail the rise in the cost of legal publications, this book provides anyone working with law library budgets reliable data to use in planning future law book spending.
This guide also provides a state-by-state review of primary legal publications and sources for practice materials for each state, as well as leading websites for state-specific law research. And for those interested in legal publishing history, Mr. Svengalis provides a history of the industry accompanied by annotated entries for all of the current leading legal publishers.
State Law Library staff use this book frequently – not only to assist in developing our budgets but also to help direct us to the best sources when working on research questions.
An attorney whose practice is focused in federal court would do well to read the chapter on Federal Practice and Procedure before deciding whether to purchase Wright and Miller or Moore’s. Likewise, anyone wishing to develop an immigration law practice should review the resources annotated in this book before making any purchases. Accompanied by tables that detail the rise in the cost of legal publications, this book provides anyone working with law library budgets reliable data to use in planning future law book spending.
This guide also provides a state-by-state review of primary legal publications and sources for practice materials for each state, as well as leading websites for state-specific law research. And for those interested in legal publishing history, Mr. Svengalis provides a history of the industry accompanied by annotated entries for all of the current leading legal publishers.
State Law Library staff use this book frequently – not only to assist in developing our budgets but also to help direct us to the best sources when working on research questions.
December 20, 2010
Libraries Closed: December 24 & 31
To submit a question to the Wisconsin State Law Library while we are closed, you may call us at 608-267-9696 or Ask a Librarian online.
We will respond to questions and requests the following week.
December 12, 2010
Survey: Government Documents at WSLL
The Library collects government documents that complement and supplement the library's other collections. In addition to legal materials, the library collects annual reports, laws, decisions, regulations, selected handbooks, manuals and general publications of various legislative, judicial and executive branch agencies. Some of our government document collection is shelved in our Government Documents section, while others are in microfiche or shelved by subject in our regular Treatise collection.
You may have used a government document without knowing it. Here are a few examples from our collection:
- 9/11 Commission report : final report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States
- Code of Federal regulations
- Inmate behavior management : the key to a safe and secure jail
- Making sense of DNA backlogs : myths vs. reality
- Statistical abstract of the United States
- Toward a drugs and crime research agenda for the 21st century
- United States code
- Voter's guide to federal elections
- World factbook
December 5, 2010
WSLL at Your Service: December 2010
The December issue of the library newsletter, WSLL @ Your Service, has been published.
Highlights include:
Highlights include:
- What's New: WSLL Holiday Open House; Holiday closings; After Hours Service; Upcoming classes; WSLL librarians speak out;
- From 307A to G10-1: MLRC relocates within courthouse;
- This Just In: New and updated library materials; Monthly new titles list and RSS link;
- Tech Tip in Brief: Technology Law: Highlights from 2009-2010 Wis. legislative session;
- WSLL Recommends: Wisconsin Attorney's Desk Reference;
- Odds 'n' Endings: "Found" money