On August 2, 2017, the Government Printing Office announced the release of a digitized version of the Congressional Record (Bound Edition) from 1941-1950, which is available for free viewing here. This latest addition supplements previous releases of the Congressional Record begun earlier this year and provides users with access to the digitized Congressional Record from …
Neil Gorsuch Project
Confirmation hearings on the nomination of the Honorable Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court are scheduled to begin March 20, 2017 and interest in the nominee’s judicial record is high. To assist researchers, the University of Virginia Law Library launched the Neil Gorsuch Project, a website that assembles all of Gorsuch’s written opinions, as well …
Social Media Searching on ProQuest Congressional
ProQuest Congressional is a great resource for finding information regarding government documents. But did you know that there is a way to search social media platforms? From the basic search page, select Social Media. It says, “Find out what Members and Federal agencies are posting on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube.” The search includes Twitter, press …
Researching Executive Orders – A New Twist
It seems like you can’t look at the news lately without reading about executive orders. From reports on each newly signed order to controversy over presidential authority to make the orders and the courts authority to rule on them, executive orders have the public’s attention. All eyes are on the White House as we try …
United Nations Treaty Series
The United Nations Treaty Series, the largest collection of treaty documents, is available online at no charge and in pdf format. The UNTS, which contains more than 150,000 treaties, conventions and agreements, is a primary citation source for legal publications. Published by the Secretariat of the United Nations, it contains the texts of all international …
UNC Law Library Remembers Sylvia Mathis
Sylvia Mathis was born in Durham, NC in 1949. Prior to her matriculation at UNC School of Law, she graduated from New York University where she finished her BA after a year at Fisk University. In May 1975, Mathis graduated from UNC School of Law. Soon thereafter she passed the North Carolina Bar and worked …
Students Can Benefit from the Bloomberg Law IP Practice Center Right Now!
Bloomberg Law has revamped their IP Practice Center, now called the IP/Tech & Telecom Practice Center. Each Bloomberg Practice Center provides practitioners with practice tools and resources within a specific area of law. For the IP/Tech & Telecom Practice Center, resources are more narrowly organized into practice areas: Patents, Trade Secrets, Trademarks, Copyrights, Tech & …
New Foreign Law Content in Lexis
Now that the phase-in of Lexis Advance is complete, the research service has added some foreign law primary sources to its collection. Like other commercial research services, Lexis offers access primarily to the law of countries that are significant trade partners of the United States. For instance, there is extensive case law coverage for Canada, …
Navigating Lexis Advance’s Search Term Maps
When researching cases in Lexis Advance, you might have noticed that your search results just got a bit more colorful. Lexis Advance’s new Search Term Maps tool utilizes data visualization to help you browse through search results and also navigate through cases based upon your keyword searches. The Search Term Maps function is currently only …
New Bloomberg Law Feature: Smart Code
Bloomberg Law has introduced a new feature to make legal research more integrated and comprehensive! The legal database platform has developed Smart Code. The Smart Code tab is located along the top of the page of the statute and allows you to quickly view opinions discussing the provision that you are researching, if opinions are …