Author Archives: Shaunna Mireau
Look for Open Source Texts
I like to think I know about all kinds of sources – partly because I usually remember what I share. Sometimes I just miss things though. Today’s Tip could come …
Watch Your Spelling
Today’s tip is a quick reminder to think about the British/Canadian and US spellings and how that might affect your search string.
offence = offense
Offense in CanLII finds 227Alberta …
Read That URL – Again
The very first Research Tip on this blog was about reading the URL. That advice is the same today as it was back in January 2011. Understanding ‘where’ on …
Limit Your Searches
One of the things that we teach at Head Start* programs is how to limit searching to the most relevant set of data that will lead quickly to an answer. …
List Conciousness
With Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation coming into force on July 1, 2014, you may have noticed an increasing number of “confirm your email” opt in messages. Though there is a transition …
Choose the Direct Link
When you are citing a web resource, provide the URL – the whole URL that links directly to the document you are referencing.
What am I talking about? As an …
What Is in Your Collection?
The librarians in our firm library often have questions on topics that are outside our experience. This is no big deal. As well trained and experienced legal information specialists we …
Share Those Conference Papers
Whenever we give legal research training to law students one of the sources of valuable up-to-date commentary that we emphasize are papers from continuing legal education seminars. This type of …
Read a Textbook
I have to confess that I am a reader. Go figure! Being a reader is trait that has been particularly helpful in my practice as a non-lawyer legal researcher, and …
Look at the Headnote
Headnotes – a brief summary, comment, or explanation, often prepared by an editor and pladed at the beginning of a court decision. In the opinion of this librarian – the …
