PI Buzz has a new post on criminal records searching, with a link to this guide from Pacific Information Resources. My previous posts about searching criminal records are here…
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Searching Oregon Legislative Bills and Flawed Search Engines
While searching for recent 2011 Oregon bills, I found a glitch in their search engine. The bill I knew existed wasn’t showing up, no matter what word or…
Searching Criminal Law in the Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS)
…don’t! Welcome to my world. (Databases also often refer to one search technique as “natural language searching.” Ha ha ha. There is little “natural” about each person’s use…
Empathetic, and Expert, Searching the “Google Way”
You might not be able to take the “Power Searching with Google” class (nor will SCOTUS Justices) but you can learn a few apparently “awesome” Google research tricks from…
Searching Case Law with Google Scholar: New and Improved
…value-added features such as secondary sources and others. At the same time, anyone searching Scholar’s case law database can do so with a good amount of confidence in my opinion….”…
Super Lawyer: Super Online Searcher: Searching the CFR
…instructions could pay off. See the HeinOnline blog for a post on: Searching for a Section in CFR. And even if you remember only a fraction of this search tip,…
To Catch a Thief: Searching Criminal Records
…more updates and articles on public records searching and visit other sites that describe how to search criminal records searches, including but not limited to here, here, and here….
Read the Whole Screen: You’re Never too “Experienced” for More Training
…or database searching skills . “Experience” can go only so far if we don’t keep our skills up to date, and practice, practice, practice. Here’s…
Cite-Checking: A Thousand Points of Citator-Speak
…label for Shepardizing. When I’m speaking generically, I use “citator service.” To take the “Xerox” out of photocopy, or the “Kleenex” out of tissue, I would just refer to it…
Official DOJ Mueller Report Tries to Comply with Transparency and Archiving (and Searching) Standards
“The official PDF of the Mueller report has been updated in a subtle but important way,” by Zachary M. Seward, April 22, 2019.” (Qz dot com) See also:…
Oregon Legal Research Blog

