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Daily Archives: March 8, 2007

Civil Law Dictionary Wiki Project

From Vicenç Feliú: “Civil Law Dictionary Wiki project based on an article previously published in the Louisiana Law Review, Volume 54, Number 5, May 1994, for the use of Common Law practitioners unfamiliar with Civil Law terminology.” See also “JurisPedia, an encyclopædic project of academic initiative devoted to worldwide law, legal and political sciences.” Continue Reading

WorldCat.org Citation Feature Helps Students and Researchers

News: “Item records in WorldCat.org, WorldCat’s open-Web interface, now include a Cite this Item link that provides bibliographic citations in five common styles: APA, Chicago, Harvard, MLA and Turabian. Displayed in a separate pop-up window, the citations follow the reference standard for each style. The citations window cautions users that “formatting rules within a style… Continue Reading

DHS DIG for Disaster Assistance Oversight Testimony on Management Challenges Facing FEMA

Statement of Matt Jadacki, Deputy Inspector General for Disaster Assistance Oversight, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Before the Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness and Response and Subcommittee on Management, Investigations, and Oversight Committee on Homeland Security, U.S. House of Representatives, February 28, 2007 (PDF, 10 pages – 70 KB). Continue Reading