Oregon Legal Research Blog

Published on: March 25, 2008

A Free Web 2.0 Technology Course for Law Librarians

By Laura Orr

Not only is this free, but you don’t even have to commit to it* – wowsers!: A Free, Online Course to Introduce Law Librarians to Web 2.0 Technologies Excerpt:…

Published on: February 2, 2006

By Laura Orr

Online Privacy – Baby Steps: If you don’t think about privacy on the web, start now. Even small measures are useful. Here’s one place to begin. There are…

Published on: December 12, 2005

By Laura Orr

Portland City Records Online: The Portland Auditor’s Office has gone online with Efiles, a database of city records, resolutions, historical documents and photos. Link to it here….

Published on: May 6, 2008

50 Awesome Open Source Resources for Writers

By Laura Orr

Via iLibrarian: Awesome is right! Resources for Online Writers: 50 Awesome Open Source Resources for Online Writers, published on Tuesday April 29th , 2008, by Christina Laun, including:…

Published on: September 23, 2008

Where Does Federal Digital Information Go When The Lights Go Out?

By Laura Orr

I thought some of my readers might be interested in this recent post on AALL’s Washington Blawg about Saturday’s New York Times article on the loss of federal online…

Published on: September 8, 2006

By Laura Orr

Search History Privacy: There may be times when you want and need to do everything possible to keep your online searches private (relatively speaking – nothing is truly…

Published on: October 26, 2008

Food Allergy Resources in Portland-Metro Area (and beyond)

By Laura Orr

…There was an interesting local resource featured, as well as the usual national ones. (Newspaper handy-dandy little text boxes don’t always appear, or aren’t easy to find, in the online…

Published on: December 3, 2008

Liability for Lawyer Referrals in Oregon

By Laura Orr

…of their articles when they land on my desk/top. Only past issues are online for some of these newsletters ( and others have their current issues online ),…

Published on: May 4, 2015

California Court Documents: Trial Court Documents and Appellate Court Briefs

By Laura Orr

…For example: 1) Alameda County: The Superior Court of California, County of Alameda, provides the public with online access to civil case records (documents and information) through Alameda County Court…

Published on: August 4, 2010

Oregon Public Libraries: Directories and Links

By Laura Orr

There are a number of online Oregon public library directories: 1) Public Libraries dot com 2) Oregon State Library Directory 3) Oregon County Law Libraries (OCCLL Directory) 4) You…