Oregon Legal Research Blog

Published on: January 4, 2009

Setting Up Business as a Debt Collector in Oregon

By Laura Orr

…are the law) to read if you want to set yourself up as a debt collector. There are other books on the subject, at your public library and your local…

Published on: January 3, 2011

Oregon Territorial Laws

By Laura Orr

Oregon territorial laws (Acts of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Oregon (July 1849- May, 1950)) are now in Google Books. The simplest way to find them is…

Published on: February 25, 2011

Fear of the Internet, Loss of Privacy, and Risky Behavior

By Laura Orr

…sell to the highest bidder or the most bidders. There are a lot (!) of “public” records investigative books and websites, but for a (relatively) straightforward librarian approach for the…

Published on: May 5, 2006

By Laura Orr

…materials on bankruptcy at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of Oregon web site. Also, Nolo Press publishes books and articles for non-attorneys who want legal information on bankruptcy and many other…

Published on: April 18, 2011

A Beer for a Cigarette: When is a Bargain Good Value?

By Laura Orr

…I don’t know about you, but I always hated underlined passages in used books. They derail my private enjoyment. When somebody offers perception of what’s important, something moronic,…

Published on: April 28, 2011

Happy 40th Birthday to Nolo Press – the People’s Legal Self-Help Store!

By Laura Orr

…online self-help information , their free podcasts , their free online books (wowsers!), and of course, their self-help books and products on everything from soup…

Published on: June 14, 2011

The Naughtiness of Zeros and Ones: Print AND Digital, not VERSUS

By Laura Orr

…Media interview with Brewster Kahle: “ An Internet Archivist Recommits to Books,” June 10, 2011: “Entrepreneur, philanthropist and digital librarian Brewster Kahle: ‘ … And then the…

Published on: June 21, 2011

Sites to see from the 2011 Virtual Reference Summit

By chrystal

…EasyBib: Free automatic bibliography and citation maker for books, websites, newspapers, and so on. The usual style suspects are included: MLA, Chicago, APA. OttoBib: Same thing, for books only; but…

Published on: July 27, 2011

It’s July 2011: Are your online (or digital) statutes authenticated and official?

By Laura Orr

…and more recently microfilm have been the accepted standard for archiving official records. While it is possible to rewrite law books ( and other books ) and say “it’s the…

Published on: August 31, 2011

Researching Commercial Leases in Oregon

By Laura Orr

…2) There have been a few Continuing Legal Education (CLE) course books printed, but none that I’ve seen in the past several years by the Oregon State Bar, Oregon Law…