Category: Databases

Sep 24 2013

Constitute; Gathering the World’s Constitutions

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Yesterday Google announced a new project called, Constitute, which gathers the world’s constitutions. This project is a collaborating with the Comparative Constitutions Project, which originated in the University of Illinois,...

Sep 22 2012

Americas, Databases, Law, Law Libraries, Politics, Searching, Tools, USA

Congress.gov

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Congress.gov was launched this Wednesday, offering us a new tool to research USA federal legislation information. The site will eventually replace THOMAS.gov, which after years of service has started showing...

May 27 2012

Academic Libraries, Databases, Libraries, Searching

FindTheBest.com

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I was recently alerted about the existence of FindTheBest. This website aims to serve as an unbiased, data-driven search engine. Basically what they do is compare resources by numbers. The site...

Oct 08 2011

Americas, Databases, Law, Law Libraries, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, National Libraries, Open Access, World

Visiting the Law Library of Congress

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Last week I had a great visit at the Law Library of Congress. My visit began with an introduction by David Mao, Deputy Law Librarians of Congress, who gave share...

Jul 03 2011

Books, Databases, Language, Libraries, Public Libraries, Web 2.0

13 Things You Pay For That Your Library Has For Free

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A few days ago the SF Gate came up with a list of 13 things we use and pay for on a regular basis that we could be getting for...

Apr 13 2011

Americas, Databases, Law, Law Libraries, Libraries, National Libraries, Open Access, Politics, Professional Development

Orientation to Legal Research and the Use of Law Library Collections

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Today I spent the morning at the Law Library of Congress attending their Orientation to Legal Research and the Use of Law Library Collections session. I first learned about this...

Jan 28 2011

Databases, Europe, News, Open Access, Tools, World

Newspaper Map

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I just discovered this cool site that help you find newspapers across the globe! Newspaper Map is very easy to use, and color coordinated to make things easy to find. The different...

Nov 28 2010

Academic Libraries, Americas, Databases, Latin America, Law, Libraries, Open Access, Tools, World

Biblioteca Jurídica Virtual

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The Biblioteca Jurídica Virtual is a project created by UNAM which aims to make legal material available to everyone. This virtual library of legal material began by uploading digital files...

Oct 22 2010

Archives, Audio, Databases, Open Access, World

World Music on Radio 3

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A few months ago the BBC launched a new archive of world music. During the ten years that Radio 3 has been on the air the program has been visiting...

Aug 28 2010

Databases, Digital, Libraries, Maps, Open Access, Technology, Tools, World

IFLA World Report 2010

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A couple of weeks ago IFLA released its latest World Report, and for the first time made it available online in a fully searchable database, including a graphical map interface!...