Legal Research – Page 30 – Know How, the blog of the Great Library

Here Comes Santa Claus(e)

Digital legal research is amazing but the hype – particularly around AI – is a bit like Christmas magic. It involves a lot of wishing.

As the Great Library’s staff heads off to spend the holidays with family and friends, and the doors close for the year, I can sneak in this guest post unobserved, like a night-time intruder in a chimney flue. As visions of sugar plums dance in my head, I can’t help wonder if the AI in legal publishing research databases dreams of Santa. Or if it’s not quite clear on the concept. Sometimes Santa’s little legal research helpers need a bit of guidance.

American Law Guides for Beginners (and Canadian legal researchers)

At the Great Library, we’re always looking for simple, accessible resources that can provide our users with a good starting point for their U.S. legal research. So we were happy to discover that the Law Library of Congress has produced a series of beginner’s guides to American law topics.

Finding Ontario OICs

What are OICs (Orders in Council)? Every province has them and the federal government as well, although the federal ones are also called Privy Council Orders.