Author Archives: Shaunna Mireau
Real Time Searching
Plenty of innovation is happening around real-time search. Simon Fodden told us about Google adding real-time search in August 2010, Connie Crosby has blogged about the importance of real time …
Look for Useful Things
Sometimes we learn so many ways to find information that we forget one or two.
Today’s Tip is to look for the Useful Things.
Here you’ll find a collection …
Spam or Not
Wondering if that email in your inbox is a legitimate request for business? Here are some steps that I use to research if an email from a company is legitimate.…
Budget Your Research
Today’s tip is about budgets. For many law firms, fall is budget season. Why not think about budgeting for individual research projects?
Things you can consider:
– what format do …
Pay Attention to the Privy Council Office
The Privy Council Office, among many other responsibilities, prepares Orders-in-Council and other statutory instruments to give effect to Government decisions.
The PCO website is the first place to …
Mobile Offline Law
I am the kind of law librarian who likes to read legislation. I know, it is weird. It is particularly nice to have frequently needed legislation sources in my pocket. …
Real Time Research
Today’s Tip: seeing is believing.
If you have an interest in a particular area of law, for example human rights, you should be aware of what is happening at the …
Follow the Class
One of the great things about Twitter is that you can follow along with what is happening at a continuing education seminar that you are not attending.
Ted Tjaden and …
Leveraging Google Advanced Search
Editor’s note: This tip was provided by Ted Tjaden, National Director, Knowledge Management at McMillan, Slaw contributor, and . Thanks Ted!
Although many law librarians “complain” of the …
Search in Google Plus
Google+ is now open to anyone so I thought it would be appropriate to share a tip for legal research on this social media tool.
First – a caution: the …
