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Carolina Blawg has Moved!

2010-05-10T16:02:00.001-04:00

Carolina Blawg can now be found at: http://blogs.law.unc.edu/library/

CALI lessons are free!

2010-03-22T11:28:00.003-04:00

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New U.S. Supreme Court Web site

2010-03-18T14:33:00.002-04:00

On March 18, 2010 the Supreme Court will commence in-house hosting of its Web site, assuming site management responsibilities from the Government Printing Office (GPO), which had provided hosting services since the site's inception ten years ago. The Court received funding in its FY 2010 appropriation to make the transition from GPO to in-house management. That transition will enable the Court to integrate the Web site with the Court's other operations, improve the quality of the site, and expand services for the public's benefit. The Web address for the site will change from www.supremecourtus.gov to www.supremecourt.gov , but either address will provide access through July 1, 2010.

Visitors will find that the Supreme Court Web site has an updated and more user-friendly design. The site continues to provide online access to the Court's slip opinions, orders, oral argument transcripts, schedules, Court rules, bar admission forms, and other familiar information. But it also has several new features, including enhanced search capabilities, an interactive argument calendar, improved graphics, and additional historic information. The Court plans to continue to update and expand the site's features over time. The process of launching the new design may occur over several hours, but the new version of the Web site should be available to all users by the end of the day.

from an official press release

Summer Success Intensive Legal Research Workshop

2010-03-17T10:54:00.003-04:00

The Law Librarians are offering a hands-on workshop taking place Wednesday, May 5th 9am-1pm. We will walk you through real-world research questions. You will learn how to tackle work assignments and brush up on your research skills before you start your summer job. Stop by the reference desk to sign-up or for more information.

Talk with a North Carolina lawyer for FREE!

2010-03-04T10:43:00.001-05:00

The North Carolina Bar Association Foundation is hosting its third annual 4ALL Statewide Service Day on Friday, March 5, 2010 from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. On that day, anyone in North Carolina can call and talk with a North Carolina lawyer for FREE! Lawyers will take calls from seven call centers around the state.

Numbers (lawyers available that day only):

Raleigh/Triangle Area: 800-424-9725

Greensboro/Triad Area: 866-529-2204

Charlotte Area: 866-616-4255

Greenville/Eastern NC Area: 888-616-0614

Wilmington/Southeastern NC Area: 877-310-0025

Asheville/Western NC Area: 800-289-0013

Spanish Language Statewide: 800-515-2387 (only open from 8:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m.)

More Group Study Rooms in the Library

2010-02-19T16:22:00.004-05:00

The Law Library has heard your requests for more group study space and over the next couple months we will be transforming the old ITS Lab into group study rooms. The Law Library appreciates your patience while the construction makes the third floor of the library much louder than normal. The loudest work (creating a new door through a concrete block wall) is expected to occur March 1, 2 & 3rd. If you find you need quiet study please use the first or second floors of the library.

Webcasts on "Obama at One Year"

2010-01-28T10:52:00.003-05:00

is sponsoring a series of webcasts dealing with issues of government openness and accountability in the Obama Administration. More information.

Citation Finder

2010-01-25T12:28:00.002-05:00

Take a look at the new tool available from the Legal Information Institute (LII) at Cornell Law School called Citation Finder. You select an area of text on a webpage and click a button. The program attempts to turn the text into a link and take you there. So far, Citation Finder scans for:

•U.S. Code
•United States Supreme Court
•Federal Circuit Court System
•Code of Federal Regulations
•US Statutes at Large
•US Public Law
•Federal Register
This is an early release of a new collection of tools of LII!

Experts Debate Reader Privacy Issues in a Digital World

2010-01-11T10:47:00.003-05:00

On Jan. 22, 2010, in honor of Data Privacy Day, the University of North Carolina School of Law, together with the University of North Carolina Center for Media Law and Policy, the Kathrine R. Everett Law Library, the University of North Carolina University Libraries, the University of North Carolina School of Information and Library Science, and The Privacy Projects will present a program titled Reader Privacy: Should Library Standards for Privacy Apply in the Digital World?

If you missed the conference, watch the video recording.

CCH Intelliconnect News

2010-01-06T12:08:00.002-05:00

The CCH databases the law school and the University subscribe to, the Business and Finance Internet Research Network, Mergers and Acquisitions, Health & Human Resources Internet Research Network, and the Tax Research Database, are now all accessible via Intelliconnect. Intelliconnect is a new search interface which allows users to search all of the campuses CCH databases on one platform. It also offers users a means to save their personal settings and prior searches. Intelliconnect does however require that persons create a user id and password in order to access the new system.

The CCH databases may be directly accessed from the online catalog or the legal database menu on the law library's website. Access to the CCH Tax Research network is limited to current faculty, staff and students and requires onyen and password authentication in addition to your Intelliconnect user id and password.

If you have additional questions, please contact a Reference Librarian.

Case Law now on Google Scholar

2009-11-17T12:29:00.005-05:00

Google Scholar now searches legal cases and journal articles. Most of the cases appear to reside on Google's server while journal articles are materials available on law journal websites. How useful is it? The first posting I can find about it is available on the Blog Just in Case

Westlaw Password Security Changes

2009-11-06T10:17:00.003-05:00

In an effort to meet higher password security standards Westlaw is implementing a stronger password standard called OnePass. If your current username and password do not meet the stronger standard, you now have until January 31, 2010 to update your account.

Information about the new OnePass requirements started appearing when you signed on to lawschool.westlaw.com this week and is available here: http://tiny.cc/me2DS . If you have any questions regarding the OnePass security requirements or need assistance setting up a OnePass account, please contact me at 843-4959 or njperry@email.unc.edu.

Fall Semester Intensive Legal Research Workshop

2009-10-16T13:05:00.002-04:00

Due to the popularity of last Spring's Summer Success Workshop, the Law Library has decided to hold, for the first time, this workshop in the Fall. This program is designed for 2L's and 3L's.

This hands on workshop will take place on October 30th from 12-4 p.m.

Reference Librarians will walk you through real-world research questions. You will learn how to tackle work assignments and brush up on your research skills.

Please sign up at the Law Library reference desk.

For more information, contact Margaret Hall: mfhall@email.unc.edu

Perspectives on Open Access Forum

2009-10-16T13:03:00.001-04:00

The UNC Libraries Scholarly Communication Committee invites you to a panel on perspectives on open access. Come celebrate Open Access Week! Join us as notable members across the academic community comment on their experiences with open access publishing. How does it work? Who can participate? Has it made anyone's life easier? Come find out!

Panelist include James Boyle, Professor, Duke Law School; Phil Edwards, Instructor, UNC SILS; Kate McGraw, Librarian, Health Sciences Library, UNC; and Kevin Smith, Scholarly Communications Officer, Duke.

Monday, October 19, 2009
3:30-4:30 p.m.
Meeting Room 214,
Davis Library

Early Closing October 22nd

2009-10-15T11:26:00.001-04:00

On Thursday, Oct. 22, the Carolina Tar Heels will host the Florida State Seminoles for a nationally televised football game at Kenan Stadium, starting at 8 p.m. This Thursday night game, which will occur during students' Fall Break, is expected to attract a large crowd of fans on campus, beginning as early as 4 p.m. As a result, the University will alter the time at which the work day ends to allow all University employees ample time to leave campus and avoid the expected traffic congestion.

The University (including the School of Law and Law Library) will be closing at 3:00.

All vehicles should be removed from law school parking lots at 3:00 and will be towed if not removed by 5:00.

"NOT" operator added to HeinOnline's Search Field

2009-09-28T10:54:00.004-04:00

For those HeinOnline users who prefer to search using the Field Search, Hein has added a small but powerful option to this search page. The 'NOT' operator is now a selectable option in addition to the AND/OR operators you are used to using. The 'NOT' operator is used in a search the same way that you would use the AND/OR operators.

Simply select the NOT option from the drop box. The NOT operator is different because it functions as an exclusionary tool. This can be quite useful in weeding out search results that are very similar to the topic you are looking for, but are actually irrelevant to your search and just diluting the results that you really want.

For more information, go to the Hein weblog.

Congratulations to Jamie Hester!

2009-09-22T16:06:00.003-04:00

Jamie won the Law Library raffle for students who participated in the online 1L survey. She received a $50 gift card to UNC Student Stores.

Hein's Federal Register Coverage Updated Daily

2009-09-21T12:12:00.001-04:00

The Federal Register in HeinOnline just keeps getting better. Regular users of HeinOnline's Federal Register Library already know that with coverage starting in 1936, HeinOnline has the most comprehensive coverage of the Federal Register available online. Now, HeinOnline's coverage is updated daily with the most current Federal Register content available!

Law 101 Classes

2009-09-18T15:12:00.002-04:00

1L's Join the Law Librarians for a quick refresher on the basic components of law.

All Classes are in room 3031 at 3:45 p.m.

Wednesday, September 23rd: Administrative Law
Thursday, September 24th: Study Aids
Wednesday, September 30th: Secondary Sources
Thursday, October 1: Case Law

For more information contact Margaret Hall, mfhall@email.unc.edu or stop by the reference desk.

HeinOnline Print/Download Option Has Moved !

2009-09-09T10:43:00.004-04:00

Don't be alarmed when you go to click the printer icon in the upper right hand corner of the page toolbar and it's not there! The printer icon has moved from the far right to the middle of the page toolbar. Now the printer icon is the first icon to the right of the page forward button.

Football Parking

2009-09-03T08:25:00.001-04:00

Certain lots are RESERVED for University of North Carolina home football games beginning this Saturday (September 5) and according to the following home game schedule:

- Sept. 5 vs. The Citadel at 6 p.m.
- Sept. 19 vs. East Carolina at 12 Noon
- Oct. 3 vs. Virginia
- Oct. 10 vs. Georgia Southern
- Oct. 22 vs. Florida State
- Nov. 7 vs. Duke (Homecoming)
- Nov. 14 vs. Miami

Ridge Road will be restricted beginning four (4) hours prior to game time and continuing through the end of egress.

To see the list of lots reserved on football home game days or for list of alternate parking areas, visit the UNC Home Football Game Parking and Transportation link from the main Public Safety homepage:

http://www.dps.unc.edu

Changes in Student Printing

2009-08-27T09:19:00.003-04:00

The ITS Computer Lab in room 3045 of the Law Library has been closed by the University because of budget pressures. Students can continue to use the printers in this room and will continue to receive their $40 per semester printing allocation.

Carolina Law is providing an additional $40 per semester of printing to the Carolina Law Student printers located in the rumpus room and on the upper level of the rotunda.

For more information.

Law Students: Before Using CALI

2009-08-27T08:37:00.003-04:00

Before creating a new account at cali.org, get Carolina Law's authorization code .
Use the school's authorization code just one time. During your first cali.org registration/account creation process, enter it into the box entitled "Authorization Code." You'll never, ever type or even have to think about your school's CALI authorization code again after your new cali.org account is created.

Your school's authorization code IS NOT your cali.org username or password: You create your own username during registration. You create a unique password by following a link CALI will send you in an email immediately following the first registration step. This may sound confusing, but take two minutes to watch the video and you should understand.

Once you've registered, use the username/password you created during registration to login at cali.org. Once registration is complete and your account is created, you use your own username and password -- not your school's authorization code, which you can officially scrub from your memory.

Please watch this 2 minute video for step-by-step instructions on how to register at cali.org for the first time and how to run CALI Lessons.

New HeinOnline Searching Feature

2009-08-11T07:58:00.003-04:00

The new search tool allows HeinOnline users to easily search for words or phrases in the section, or the page they are currently viewing.

The new search option is available throughout HeinOnline. When viewing a page, you will see a new magnifying glass icon located above the page image.

Clicking this icon will cause a box to appear, giving you the option to search just the particular page you are viewing, or the entire section. Both word and phrase searching works with this new feature, but please be sure to put your phrase searches in quotation marks(ex."Federal Law").

Hein has also put together a short video detailing how the searching feature is used.

Library of Congress Sonia Sotomayor Resources

2009-08-04T09:27:00.004-04:00

Here is a Library of Congress webpage with links to cases, articles, congressional documents, and other web resources related to Sonia Sotomayor.

Sonia Sotomayor Resources