Oregon Legal Research BlogiLibrarian alerts us to this sensible, and very funny, genealogy research advice, which also applies to Life in General and on the Internet Tubes: Avoiding Five Common Genealogy…
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Oregon Voter Pamphlets, Measure 78, and “No Financial Impact?”
…government. These may be necessary, and as a law librarian I really get that 3-branches thing, but these changes are not without “financial impact.” Hold meetings about the changes, how…
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Want to search our catalog? There’s an app for that
Have you ever been caught away from your computer with the desperate need to see if the law library has the latest collecting judgments CLE? If so, you’re in…
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New Edition: Oregon Nonprofit Corporation Handbook, 2012
…“Oregon Nonprofit Corporation Handbook” is available for purchase (and soon to be available at local libraries, too). Visit the Nonprofit Association of Oregon for lots more Oregon nonprofit informatin….
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History of Undercover Reporting (new database)
“New Reference Resource: NYU Launches History of Undercover Reporting Database,” filed by Gary Price, InfoDocket, on August 6, 2012: “New York University has launched a database chronicling undercover…
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Quick! What’s QUABBLE? FDRD? BFD?
For more educational fun than you can imagine: Acronym Finder (for acronyms, abbreviations, or initialisms) For extra credit, visit the Ref Desk….
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Piracies, Robberies, and Murder on the High Seas: Pirate Trials (pre-1923)
The Law Library of Congress has digitized its collection of pre-1923 piracy trials. The full texts of these titles are available at the LLoC website, including: 1) A select…
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Rekindle Your Passion for the Law: Clarence Darrow Digital Collection
I’ve been rereading “To Kill a Mockingbird” (and it’s even better than I remembered) and then saw this timely reminder about the Clarence Darrow Digital Collection….
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Access to Justice in Oregon: A Lawyer Speaks Out
“If you want to keep law resources, contact your legislator,” Feb 8, 2012, letter by a Columbia County attorney, published in the South County Spotlight. This is an important…
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“How to Blog a Book” (the book and the website)
It has been said that most lawyers are frustrated writers, but, as has also been said, so are most writers. Frustrated writers will know about Anne Lamont’s “Bird by…