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01/02/2013 9:57 am

Searchable databases of legislative/congressional materials such as public laws, bills, resolutions, hearings, congressional reports, and committee reports can be found at two governmental sites: The Library of Congress’s Thomas site (http://thomas.loc.gov) and FDsys (http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/search/home.action).          Legislative/congressional materials are valuable to researchers for the following reasons:   To track ...

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12/21/2012 9:05 pm

Google has updated the function of its Advanced Search forms to recognize multiple phrases entered into the form's "Find Pages with...the exact words or phrase" box. To search for multiple phrases using the Advanced Search form you must enclose each of the phrases in its own set of quotation marks. ...

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12/09/2012 11:07 pm

Yahoo! no longer recognizes the proximity connector NEAR. Yahoo! does still recognize an asterisk as a proximity connector representing the concept of "within one word." To conduct a "within one word" search at Yahoo!, the search would be expressed as follows: "Mark * Rosch" (including the quotation marks). We have ...

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12/08/2012 12:20 am

On December 6, 2012, Google announced that it would no longer be accepting new domains into the free Google Apps program that had been available to small businesses. Businesses that signed up for the free accounts before December 7 will continue to have access to the service.           ...

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11/09/2012 7:31 pm

Internet For Lawyers principals Carole Levitt JD MLS and Mark Rosch are bringing their popular Internet Investigative and background research Continuing Legal Education seminars back to Ohio. During the three city tour, Levitt and Rosch will present their "Cybersleuth's Guide to the Internet" MCLE seminar in Cincinnati, Dayton, and Cleveland. ...

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09/18/2012 7:12 pm

The Internet Archive has launched a new searchable "lending library" of major television news broadcasts back to 2009. TV News Search & Borrow allows users to search the closed caption transcripts of these broadcasts to retrieve relevant news reports. One drawback to this strategy is that these transcripts are notoriously ...

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07/03/2012 6:22 pm

One of the questions we often get in our live MCLE seminars regarding the Google Groups database is, "Can I remove old discussion group messages from this database?". The answer is "yes" - as long as you still have access to the e-mail account from which the message was posted. ...

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06/27/2012 1:46 pm

As more and more attorneys find useful background and investigative research information in the social networking profiles of opposing parties, potential witnesses, experts, etc. more and more State Bar associations are issuing Legal Ethics Opinions discussing whether or not (or under what circumstances they can) view these profiles to collect ...

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05/30/2012 8:21 pm

Google appears to be testing out a redesign to its Google Scholar interface that integrates the service’s Advanced Search page into a drop-down menu to the right of the search box. Google labels it “our new modern look,” while we label it a major hindrance to those using Google Scholar ...

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05/24/2012 8:01 am

Who says that there is no such thing as a free lunch? The American Bar Association (ABA) is offering a free trial membership to any lawyer who is not currently a member. It includes membership in the ABA and one Section, subscriptions to the ABA Journal, e-journal, you can check ...

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