Oregon Legal Research Blog

Published on: July 9, 2010

Indexes: How to Save Time When Researching Legal or Criminal Justice Subjects

By Laura Orr

…be “free” to institutional members, e.g. public library cardholders, educational institution students, staff, and faculty, and professional associations, to name a few groups that offer no-charge online index and other…

Published on: January 14, 2007

Historical Publications of the United States Commission on Civil Rights

By Laura Orr

…Library’s strategic plan to enhance its civil rights collection in support of the School of Law’s teaching and research mission, the Library has worked since 2001 to create a complete…

Published on: December 4, 2006

By Laura Orr

Nursing Mothers and the Law: Public libraries have to draft all sorts of policies addressing all sorts of behavior in the library from Internet use, to clothing requirements, noise…

Published on: December 29, 2005

By Laura Orr

Cataloging a small collection: I’ve written about Library Thing before and now there is one that seems even more fun, Delicious Library. What sort of people catalog…

Published on: October 6, 2005

By Laura Orr

…in Oregon that get the microfilmed briefs (after we finish microfilming them) and you can contact them for copies. The State Law Library and Multnomah Law Library also keep bound…

Published on: February 6, 2013

Quick Tips: How to Research Oregon Legislation and the Oregon Legislature

By Laura Orr

…bill or law. 2) The Oregon State Library partners with the Legislature’s Library to make sure legislators, state employees, and Oregonians have professional research assistance for their legislative question. Telephone:…

Published on: February 19, 2013

Public Law Librarianship: A Book and a Review

By Laura Orr

If you are a public law librarian, a public law library trustee, or interested in pursuing a career in public law librarianship, here’s a great book and a book…

Published on: July 25, 2013

Free and Low-Cost Legal Research G2G (Guides to Guides) (July 2013 Update)

By Laura Orr

…1) Law Library of Congress: How to Locate Free Case Law on the Internet 2) Georgetown Law Library’s Free and Low Cost Legal Research Guide 3) University of Washington Gallagher…

Published on: November 29, 2013

Gift, Luxury, or Necessity: How to Buy the Tablet or e-Reader that Suits You

By Laura Orr

Public libraries have some of the best buyers’ guides for e-Reading devices. Check at your own public library or start with this one to find links to reviews, consumer…

Published on: January 4, 2008

Willy-Nilly is Not a Legal Research Strategy: Public Law Librarians and Advice to Unpublished Children’s Book Authors

By Laura Orr

Pro se (aka pro per or self-represented) law library patrons have a tough time of it. If you didn’t learn in high school or college how to learn, how…