With less than two months remaining in the current Texas legislative session, the capitol in Austin has been buzzing. To keep up with this flurry of activity, you can turn to reports from various news outlets or legislative tracking services. As librarians, however, we would be remiss in our information-providing duties if we failed to mention the benefits of using Texas Legislature Online (TLO), the official website of the Texas legislature. TLO not only allows users to track current legislation as it winds its way through the House and the Senate but also research past bills and legislation.
Read moreHeinOnline: State Constitutions Illustrated
One of HeinOnline’s newer databases is State Constitutions Illustrated, a collection of the constitutional documents of all 50 states as well as other related works and scholarly articles that impart some additional insight on these constitutional materials. Through this database, users have access to not only the current text of the constitutions but also the original and any consolidated texts, including pre-statehood materials for all 50 states. The resources in the database are current through November 6, 2018 and include almost 9,000 historical and current constitutions and related documents.
Read moreVirtual Currency: It Might be Invisible, but it’s Still Taxable
“Tax Day,” which normally falls on April 15, has been extended this year to May 17 for most people and to June 15 for Texas residents. Regardless of when you file, make sure to include your virtual currency in your tax return, as those transactions “are taxable by law just like transactions in any other property.”
Read moreAttorney Netiquette in the Age of Zoom
Many of us have spent the past year becoming unwilling video conference experts. But with that has also come so-called “Zoom fatigue,” plus a whole host of video conferencing technology “upgrades” that have introduced mishaps. For example, the Texas attorney who made the New York Times and the BBC when he found himself in a court appearance helplessly trapped in a cat filter his daughter had installed on his computer. Not to mention the forever to-be-unknown-to-history US Supreme Court Justice who flushed a toilet during oral arguments.
Read moreDigitally Celebrating Women's History
March kicks off Women’s History month nationwide. The pandemic continues to keep Americans at home, away from museums and historical sites. But this reality only fuels the rise of digital collections and exhibits, which allows would-be museum-goers to visit collections around the globe from the simple comfort of home. Here are some of our favorites when it comes to women’s history.
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