Author Archives: Shaunna Mireau
Consider a US Address
I really want to ty Google Glass. I am not kidding. I think there is excellent potential that this tech – or something like it – will be an innovation …
Internet Archive – More Than Just the Wayback Machine
It may be a rare Slaw Tips reader who has not plugged a website URL into the Wayback Machine offered by the Internet Archive. We have mentioned Internet Archive …
Watch the Law Library Blog
The Law Society of Saskatchewan has a new blog.
“Legal Sourcery” helps you navigate through the jumble of legal resources. Follow us for useful legal research tricks, interesting …
Use 3rd Party Sites
I absolutely love resources like legisalture and parliament websites that offer details about current and historical legislation and it’s progress. I also love government websites that offer the full text …
How to Read Case Citations
An important legal research tanslation skill is the ability to look at a case citation and understand what it means. Today’s Tip is in honour of the forthcoming 8th edition …
Look a Little Harder
Today’s Tip is inspired by my colleague Jane Symons. As we occasionally do, Jane zipped out to another library to borrow a book for one of our lawyers – …
Check the Facts
This post first appeared on Slaw July 2, 2009 and it is still relevant advice.
In this world of super fast document retrieval it is sometimes important to remember the …
Patience Required
Today’s Tip: wait with patience.
I often find myself using curse filled phrases when everything (websites, videos, my Blu-ray player, my Starbucks app) is too slow to load. That little …
Regulations
One of the things we don’t talk about much on the legal research side of things here at Slaw Tips are Regulations. Regulations are a form of delegated legislation made …
Measure Research Time
It is a tricky thing to be asked a question that has a research component and be able to estimate how much time it will take to find and communicate …
