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  1. Aug 2025
  2. Aug 2024
    1. One of the defining features of the common law system is the emphasis placed on the precedential value of case law. Until recently, case law has not been widely available on the Internet, leaving researchers with no choice but to seek out print reporters and commercial electronic databases to locate cases of interest. This situation has started to change, however, and now researchers have several free, online databases at their disposal. These resources do not replace the use of commercial print and electronic resources, since they are often limited in coverage, do not provide a digest, and do not contain a quick and effective citator External, but researchers’ use of free online materials as a starting point can save them time and money. For example, researchers might use these resources to locate cases of interest and then visit their local public law library to use citators External and other subscription resources to ensure these cases are still "good law."

      LoC talks about citators

  3. Jul 2024
    1. For example, I may want to give an HTTP URI to Mytsie (my cat). No matter how hard I try, Mytsie itself will never be “located” on the Web (it is a not a URL) but this adorable cat can be identified on the Web by an HTTP URI and if you ever go to that address you will be provided with a description on the Web about the resource represented by that URI, i.e. my cat.

      Great analogy for URI vs. URL!

  4. Dec 2020