Author Archives: Shaunna Mireau
CBA Research Lawyers Subsections
An Aesop fable suggests that we should make friends in prosperity if we would have their help in adversity. Thanks to Mike Doerksen, incoming Chair of the CBA Alberta, Research …
Government News Releases
Today’s tip is about watching what the government is doing. News releases by government bodies often contain information that is not yet posted to other sites. This was recently brought …
Pop Culture References for Legal Research
Run-on Sentences
I was reading the proclamation for beginning the 1st Session of the 28th Legislature recently, which made my mind turn to run-on sentences. The Proclamation reads in part:
WHEREAS it …
Annotated Acts
One extremely useful type of source for legal research is an annotated act. An annotated act looks at a piece of legislation and consolidates the interpretation of that section by …
United Nations Documents
Today’s Tip: Monitor UN documents with RSS
Since I last looked, the United Nations Documents site has a new look and feel. For what the site is trying to deliver, …
Just the Facts
Today’s research tip is about facts.
When research is assigned to juniors (and librarians for that matter) it is important to share facts that are critical to the research. It …
Will That Research Site Work on a Mobile Device
Today’s top: Be prepared for mobile.
Sarah Glassmeyer of CALI shared a tip from her session at the Canadian Association of Law Libraries Conference yesterday. You can test a website …
Talk to Your Librarian
Today’s tip: “talk to your law librarian” is in honour of all the new legal summer students that are starting at law firms. For those of you who don’t have …
