Tax research resources compared

A recent post from the rips-sis listserv points to a recently published article entitled “The Virtual Tax Library: A Comparison of  Five Electronic Tax Research Platforms” by Katherine Pratt, Jennifer Kowal & Daniel Martin of Loyola Law School in Los Angeles (8 Fla. Tax Rev. 931, 2008).  The article studies and compares the tax research platforms of BNA, CCH, RIA Checkpoint, Lexis and Westlaw.  It also provides a comprehensive listing of many free tax information sources online, including government sites, tax scholarship sites, policy organization sites, and blogs.  The article is available on Westlaw:  The Virtual Tax Library: A Comparison of Five Electronic Tax Research Platforms.  An earlier edition is posted on SSRN and has the virtue of including all screenshots and Appendixes A and B which are tables comparing the 5 platforms (the Westlaw version doesn't include the visuals).