Microsoft’s Internet Explorer continues to lag behind other Web browsers in providing tools for research. I revisited two free IE add-ons from the first half of this decade that can provide some enhancements to your Internet Explorer-based research. While they have some quirks and limitations that reflect their datedness, IE users may still find them worth trying. They are the basic version of Copernic’s Agent and Cogitum’s Co-Citer.
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Litigators Can Focus Social Media Search
August 27th, 2010 by David WhelanGoogle has announced some updates to their realtime search. [Here's the experimental link] If you are doing a case assessment and gathering information about an event, you may be able to focus on both the keywords and the location of comments made on Twitter.
Type in your search and your results will appear, and update, in real time. You can use the Google Replay function to go back in time to see Twitter posts. As of August 22, 2010 or so, you can restrict the search results by a geographic location. This assumes that the person making the post was identifiable by geographic location.
Automated Bluebook Citation for Lawyers
August 26th, 2010 by David WhelanThere are a number of citation tools available for online legal researchers but none of them are particularly good at handling the U.S. citation format known as “The Bluebook”, a fond name for the blue cover of The Uniform System of Citation. Two Web browser extensions, one for Mozilla Firefox and one for Google Chrome, offer a step forward and it may be that support for the Bluebook will be more common for legal researchers. Read More »
Scrape a Site and Create Your Own RSS Feed
August 23rd, 2010 by David WhelanWhen you look for information online, you often have to revisit a site or topic repeatedly. Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds have enabled layers to automate this type of research. By using an RSS reader, you can subscribe to the news feed, and view updates from hundreds of RSS feeds from within a single reader. This can eliminate return visits to information sites. But what about those sites that do not yet offer RSS feeds? You can make your own, and then subscribe to the feed you create.
