Oregon Legal Research Blog

Published on: December 13, 2006

Read Widely and Carry a Big Book

By Laura Orr

…it linked to this, which got me thinking differently than before about my own plans for the future of my library. Way back in my East Coast academic law…

Published on: November 22, 2006

By Laura Orr

…With the Clichés Day, so bear with me) when ordinary people (and this sometimes includes attorneys I might say), visit their local public or law library to ask, “How Do…

Published on: November 20, 2006

By Laura Orr

…state’s appellate court briefs I wrote an article for our county bar association newsletter and in it I compared briefs to Turducken (no, I don’t imagine it really does need…

Published on: November 1, 2006

By Laura Orr

Book Thieves: Among other books in my law library, our latest Foonberg has been stolen (and people wonder why library staff keep (or itch to keep) books “behind…

Published on: October 31, 2006

By Laura Orr

Too Busy?: One of the most popular types of books we have in my law library is the sort we all know as, “1,001 ways to save time”…

Published on: March 14, 2014

Oregon Legal Resources and Assistance: Tips for Real People Researchers: Peeling the Onion

By Laura Orr

…to start? Try one of these: Oregon Law Help, the Oregon State Bar, your county law library, your public library, your elected officials (state and federal), 211 service, a local…

Published on: May 12, 2014

Link Rot (404 File Not Found) Symposium: When a Problem Rises to “Symposium” Level, Brace Yourself

By Laura Orr

On October 24, 2014, Georgetown University Law Library in Washington, D.C. will host a symposium that explores the problem of link and reference rot: “404/File Not Found: Link Rot,…

Published on: July 17, 2007

Can we reduce our dependence on foreign legal publishers?

By Laura Orr

…Library Journal issue I mentioned in a previous blog post, 99 LLJ, “Neutral citation, court web sites, and access to authoritative case law,” by Peter Martin, 99 Law Library Journal…

Published on: February 28, 2023

My Relative Passed Away. What do I do?

By Lee Van Duzer

…also be accessed online through the State of Oregon Law Library. For information more specific to Oregon, we suggested a few websites: Oregon Legal Aid’s information on Wills and Estates,…

Published on: September 6, 2012

3rd Annual Oregon Archives Crawl, October 6, 2012

By Laura Orr

…Start your journey through Oregon’s past by visiting the four host locations: Portland Archives and Records Center, Portland State University Millar Library, Multnomah County Central Library and the Oregon Historical…