No sooner had we posted our comparison of Google and Lexis/Westlaw case law searching than we find, on the HeinOnline Blog, a post comparing law review searching on HeinOnline and Google Scholar. The conclusion: if you have HeinOnline (and at USF, we...

In this post, the Zief reference librarians,  Amy Wright, Lee Ryan, and John Shafer, summarize Google Scholar's case law search functions, pointing out its strengths and weaknesses for legal research.ProsGoogle Scholar conveniently brings together...

A San Francisco Chronicle article praised Professor Richard Leo's "easy to read" book, Police Interrogation and American Justice, noting that "Leo writes as clearly as he talks on a witness stand as an expert."  Congratulations, Professor...

There are already tons of tweets and posts about Google Scholar's new case law content, so I'm not going to reinvent the wheel.  Yes, Google Scholar has case law now!  Here's a roundup of posts about this exciting new development: Google's...

One of ZiefBrief's favorite parts of the job is working with USF four excellent student-edited journals. This year we're excited to watch the University of San Francisco Law Review move toward an entirely paperless editing cycle. Led by...