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Legal Research Databases in Oregon County Law Libraries
We’ve updated our guide to legal research, and other, databases in Oregon county law libraries:
OREGON COUNCIL OF COUNTY LAW LIBRARIES (OCCLL): ONLINE DATABASE SUBSCRIPTIONS
(or from this Washington County Law Library webpage – under “O” for OCCLL).
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U.S. Congress Finally (Almost) Master of its Own Domain: Thomas Becomes Congress
The 1990’s Thomas dot gov becomes the 00’s (beta) Congress dot gov. It’s about time, but bittersweet nonetheless. Thomas was on the cusp, riding the web wave, a time and money saver to us all, and made teaching federal legislative history a little more fun than it was in the all-paper days.
So visit Congress dot gov: Let’s hope its ratings will be higher than the branch of government after which it is named (e.g. see Gallup).
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States Must Spend Millions for ID Law
Remember “unfunded mandates?” They never really went away so you may as well get reacquainted with them. (See also, National Conference of State Legislatures on unfunded mandates.)
Interesting story in the Salem (Oregon) Statesman Journal, 11/21/13:
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U.S. Constitution App (ios) and Open Source Legal Research Tips from LawSites
Links From Bob Ambrogi’s LawSites Blog:
1) Constitution iApp from the Library of Congress (and its companion, the Constitution Annotated).
2) Open Source Legal Research (LawSites blog post)
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Chinese (“Bluebook” inspired) Legal Citation Guidelines
From Gallagher Law Library blog: Chinese Legal Citation Guidelines:
‘”Citation Guidelines for Chinese Language Materials” is a handy guide created by UW Law School Ph.D. students …. [T]he new guidelines provide interpretations of Bluebook rules for Chinese legal citation, plus detailed examples showing good practices...”‘
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Government Publications Digital Registry
The Digitization Projects Registry of U.S. Documents is an easy place to find hidden treasures!
Legal and Regulatory, Arts & Humanities, Business, Natural Science & Mathematics, Social Sciences, and more!
“The Digital Registry is a directory listing of U.S. Government publication digitization efforts. Its goal is to provide a comprehensive listing of all these digitization efforts….
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HIPAA Omnibus Rule Compliance Checklists and Other Research Guides
Some online research really lends itself to easy keyword searches, e.g. HIPAA Omnibus Rule Compliance Checklists (but you still have to read the laws – no shortcut there)
Another easy word search if you are researching a new topic and want to explore the legal literature: libguides [subject]
For example, try these in your favorite search engine:
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Official (and unofficial) Oregon Legal Citation Style Manuals
1) For documents cited in Oregon court filings I recommend starting with the free, official, and online OJD Appellate Court Style Manual.
You can link to that PDF, but I prefer going through the live OJD Publications website to make sure I have the most current version (the print/PDF Style Manual says 2002, but it has been updated since then).
2) You sometimes, though rarely, need the Bluebook (Harvard et al). The Oregon Appellate Court Style Manual will tell you when you need to go to Bluebook.
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Where Oregon Genealogy, Name Changes, and Legislative History Meet Up
The Legal Genealogist tells an interesting Oregon genealogical, name change, and legislative history story: “The Grandson”
Visit the Legal Genealogist website and blog for lots more fascinating legal genealogical stories.