The most trusted Web search tool – Google™ – now powers throughout WisBar content and performs a comprehensive search delivering the most relevant results first. To access the new site search features, use the search box in the upper right hand corner or select the Legal Research tab located on all WisBar pages.
Inside the Bar
December 2008
Google technology now delivers more powerful search
results to WisBar
The most trusted Web search tool – Google™
– now indexes WisBar content to deliver more relevant
results.
“The next time you conduct a WisBar search, you
will notice a huge difference in the quality and quantity of search
returns,” says State Bar Executive Director George Brown.
“That’s because Google now powers WisBar’s search
function. Google performs a comprehensive search throughout the site,
delivering the most relevant results first.”
One of the exciting new features this brings is the
capability to compare results from WisBar and Fastcase, the State
Bar’s new free legal research database benefit, side-by-side. We
understand the sometimes you are just not sure which site will produce
the cases that are more on point, so we give you both sets of
results.
There are two ways to access the new site search
features. Use the search box in the upper right hand corner or select
the Legal Research tab, which are both located on every WisBar page. You
can select the “Search All” tab for the dual display, the
“Fastcase” tab for Fastcase results, and the “Site
Search” tab for WisBar.org results. Tabs for more specific areas
include searches of Wisconsin Case Law, Wisconsin Lawyer™
magazine, and much more.
This is the State Bar’s second phase to creating
an integrated research solution for members. The State Bar launched
Fastcase in late October. Fastcase offers free, unlimited access to a
comprehensive 50-state and federal case-law data base that includes
state, federal appellate, and bankruptcy courts as well as the U.S.
Supreme Court, and much more.
Find out more.
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