tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402408701110358992Mon, 21 May 2012 23:16:32 +0000taxationIntutealertslawreportsOSOCrossSearcherEDCLLMORILstudyspaceLexisICCICLRIFLPgatewaysISIhumanrightsdissertationsopeninghoursIALSCriminallawHeinOnlinelegalresearchcourtsLSELibraryforeign jurisdictionssurveyNexisIBSSSummerSchoolKluwerLawJustisinternationallaworientationJournalscatalogueMoodletrainingUNcommand papersebooksEuropeanSourcesOnlinebudgetWestlawlaw commissionFinancial TimesjusticecaselawScopusmpepilictyLLBinternationalcriminallawnewspaperseresourcesinternational_investment_arbitrationsHalsburysJustCiteliterature searchingFLAREdelicioustreatiesEUparliamentary papersconstitutional lawhistorical legal materialsUSlaw publicinquiry NorthernIrelandEUR-LexJSTORlegislationKeep up to date with news about law resources for LSE staff and students as well as tips on new resources and websites for legal research.http://lselawlibrary.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Maria Bell)Blogger67125LegalInformationResourcesUpdatehttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402408701110358992.post-145324295853184734Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:37:00 +00002012-04-25T16:37:41.434+01:00 Is there a journal that you regularly use for your research or studies and couldn't do without? If so why not nominate it for the BIALL Legal Journals Award 2012! The Legal Journals Award was established in 2001 by the British and Irish Association of Law Librarians. The aim is to reward the publishing profession for quality products and outstanding contributions in the field of legal serial http://lselawlibrary.blogspot.com/2012/04/nominate-favourite-law-journal-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maria Bell)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402408701110358992.post-5998100610096680213Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:10:00 +00002011-12-20T19:12:25.921ZWestlawWestlaw UK has now made it possible for all students and staff to create a personal profile - My Westlaw - which would then allow all to save searches, set search alerts and new content alerts.When you log in using the Academic - Home organisation option on the Westlaw UK website with your LSE username and password, you will get a pop up box prompting you to create your own profile on Westlaw UK.http://lselawlibrary.blogspot.com/2011/11/personalisation-options-now-available.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maria Bell)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402408701110358992.post-3474679955118729770Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:00:00 +00002011-10-05T10:39:03.683+01:00traininglegalresearchThe Library's information skills training programme each term supports you in your studies. These 'hands on' sessions will help you find your way through all the information resources available at LSE.This term, there is legal research training beginning with an overview of the online legal resources that you will need. Later sessions on finding relevant case law and legislation are aimed at http://lselawlibrary.blogspot.com/2011/10/book-on-library-traing-workshop-this.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maria Bell)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402408701110358992.post-1237423002202861166Tue, 04 Oct 2011 09:18:00 +00002011-10-04T10:24:04.709+01:00orientationlegalresearchToday's legal research exercises can be found on Moodle on the Library Companion for Legal Research. Choose one of them - Case law; Bills and Legislation; Journal articles before this afternoon's Library & IT session at 2pm in EAS E171. Don't spend more than 30/40 minutes doing them.If you get stuck or have any questions just contact me or ask for me at the Library Help Desk on the first http://lselawlibrary.blogspot.com/2011/10/llb-legal-research-exercise-have-go.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maria Bell)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402408701110358992.post-6377163875504058044Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:20:00 +00002011-10-03T17:22:49.631+01:00orientationlegalresearchOn Tuesday 4 October, there is the first year LLB introduction to IT and Library services at LSE. This will also include an introduction to Legal Research skills which are essential for all law students. There will be a short legal research exercise for you to get you started. We meet on Tuesday 4 October at 9am and at 2pm in EAS E171. The sessions are linked so it will be important for you to http://lselawlibrary.blogspot.com/2011/10/introducing-library-it-and-legal.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maria Bell)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402408701110358992.post-6153388033156403841Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:09:00 +00002011-09-27T17:31:56.475+01:00LSELibraryWelcome to all our new law staff and students! Welcome back to all those returning after a summer break.I look forward to meeting you all. In these first few days, take time to explore the Library website. Our Orientation pages help you get started using the Library including the online audio tour.Your LSE Card gives you immediate access to the Library and to borrowing. Come and visit us at the http://lselawlibrary.blogspot.com/2011/09/hello-and-welcome.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maria Bell)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402408701110358992.post-208882174066601050Mon, 29 Aug 2011 08:00:00 +00002011-08-29T09:00:01.266+01:00openinghoursIALSThe Institute of Advanced Legal Studies Library will close to readers for its annual stocktake and refurbishment at 5:00pm on Friday 16th September 2011 and will re-open at 9:00am on Monday 3rd October 2011. http://lselawlibrary.blogspot.com/2011/08/ials-annual-closure-16-september-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maria Bell)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402408701110358992.post-4714322840654014765Sat, 27 Aug 2011 15:35:00 +00002011-08-27T17:39:08.661+01:00USinternationallawhistorical legal materialseresourcesforeign jurisdictionsThe Institute of Advanced Legal Studies have provided access for LSE students to LLMC Digital. This resource contains digitised historical legal materials - constitutions, government documents, codes, from the United States and other jurisdictions. You can viw the collections on the home screen once logged in. Content is continually being added. Access from the Library Catalogue record and http://lselawlibrary.blogspot.com/2011/08/new-llmc-digital.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maria Bell)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402408701110358992.post-7995292631568378296Sat, 27 Aug 2011 14:42:00 +00002011-08-28T20:08:26.104+01:00LSELibraryThe Library's annual Academic Staff Poll is still open for you to complete and you could win £200 of Amazon vouchers. Thank you for your time. http://lselawlibrary.blogspot.com/2011/08/academic-staff-poll-2011-few-days-left.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maria Bell)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402408701110358992.post-4807319040940111704Wed, 06 Jul 2011 09:39:00 +00002011-07-06T10:43:57.499+01:00literature searchingdissertationslegalresearchPlease contact me, if you want a research consultation regarding literature searching for your dissertation or finding materials or citing and referencing guiandance. You can either book one of the appointments available on the LSE Training and Development System or contact me for an appointment next week or later.http://lselawlibrary.blogspot.com/2011/07/dissertation-surgeries-book-now.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maria Bell)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402408701110358992.post-559243211934228814Wed, 02 Feb 2011 18:10:00 +00002011-02-02T18:16:39.959Zinternational_investment_arbitrationsJournalsWe now have access to the service Investment Arbitration Reporter. This is a news and analysis service focusing on cross-border lawsuits between foreign investors and their host governments.For access to the full text content, you just need to click on 'Subscriber login' when on campus - no password is needed.If you are off campus, you will need to be logged on to the LSE Remote Desktop .http://lselawlibrary.blogspot.com/2011/02/new-online-service-investment.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maria Bell)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402408701110358992.post-6497191454285498604Tue, 21 Dec 2010 14:21:00 +00002010-12-21T14:36:04.583ZinternationallawmpepilThe Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law online has been updated with 41 new articles and 37 updated articles. The total number of articles is now 1,248.Details of the updates are published at http://www.mpepil.com/whats_newArticles updated are included on topics such as Refugees, International Law of Cooperation, and Cyber Warfare.http://lselawlibrary.blogspot.com/2010/12/max-planck-encyclopedia-updated.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maria Bell)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402408701110358992.post-7501620343954414364Wed, 24 Nov 2010 01:00:00 +00002010-11-24T01:00:01.155ZhumanrightsinternationallawtreatiesThis month the Council of Europe marks the 60th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights with a webpage to illustrate its role since 1950.The ECHR website is full of content for those studying human rights from the Convention text, how the Court works, webcasts of hearings and the full text of its case law in its searchable HUDOC database.http://lselawlibrary.blogspot.com/2010/11/60-years-of-echr.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maria Bell)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402408701110358992.post-6199832542946634775Tue, 23 Nov 2010 18:29:00 +00002010-11-23T18:55:44.823ZScopuseresourcesWe are very pleased to make available the journal index, Scopus.Scopus is a large abstract and citation database containing both peer-reviewed research literature and quality web sources. With over 18,000 titles from more than 5,000 publishers, Scopus offers researchers an extenisve resource to support their research needs in the scientific, technical, medical and social sciences fields as well http://lselawlibrary.blogspot.com/2010/11/new-this-month-scopus-is-here.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maria Bell)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402408701110358992.post-3085739262059046041Mon, 01 Nov 2010 19:34:00 +00002010-11-01T20:06:03.337ZLexisHalsburyslegislationcaselawlegalresearcheresourcesI am very pleased to write that we now have access to Halsburys Laws of England and Wales online via Lexis Library.Halsbury's Laws has been an essential resource for legal researchers for many years now and to have it online will be of great benefit to us. It is an authoritative encyclopaedia of law in the England and Wales, with 52 main volumes arranged by subject, several indexes and updating http://lselawlibrary.blogspot.com/2010/11/halsburys-laws-now-online.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maria Bell)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402408701110358992.post-2535394488458688227Tue, 05 Oct 2010 07:00:00 +00002010-10-05T12:17:32.605+01:00orientationLLBlegalresearchOn Tuesday, new LLB students will receive introductory lectures on using IT, Moodle and the Library at LSE. In addition during the day, there is an LLB research exercise in Moodle for all new first years law students.You can take one of the 3 exercises which are all aimed to enable students to use Moodle, Westlaw and the internet and find typcial types documents that you will use throughout your http://lselawlibrary.blogspot.com/2010/10/llb-first-year-research-exercise.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maria Bell)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402408701110358992.post-5671330889973997491Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17:05:00 +00002010-09-30T18:13:28.482+01:00IALSFriday 1 October is the induction day for LSE LLM students at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies.There is a programme of talks and tours throughout the day about the legal profession, the world class collections and the services provided by the IALS specialist staff while you are studying at LSE.We do encourage you to explore their collections and resources in addition to all those that you http://lselawlibrary.blogspot.com/2010/09/ials-induction-day-on-friday-for-lse.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maria Bell)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402408701110358992.post-7644603983170717904Sat, 25 Sep 2010 12:51:00 +00002010-09-27T18:24:31.112+01:00orientationLSELibraryWelcome to all our new law staff and students and welcome back to all returning students!I look forward to seeing you over the coming year. In these early days, have a look at the Library website where you will find lots of information on our Orientation section to help you get started in the Library. Once you have your LSE Card, you are ready to use the Library. Come in and take an audio tour, http://lselawlibrary.blogspot.com/2010/09/welcome-to-all-our-new-law-staff-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maria Bell)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402408701110358992.post-5876127788815594586Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:00:00 +00002010-08-03T15:00:04.419+01:00legislationThe official website for UK legislation is now Legislation.gov.uk launched by the National Archives and the UK Government last week. It combines the content from the Legislation section of the Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) and the Statute Law Database. Legislation.gov.uk provides the full text of UK legislation as originally enacted from 1988 with additional selections of key http://lselawlibrary.blogspot.com/2010/08/new-uk-legislation-website.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maria Bell)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402408701110358992.post-8268639616195830496Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:00:00 +00002010-07-22T23:00:00.453+01:00EUjusticeEDCThe EU have launched the European e-Justice portal.This new portal is aiming to be a one-stop-shop for access to justice throughout the EU. It is offering information and links on laws and practices in the Member States. The site is divided in to sections each with information most appropriate to its audience - citizens; legal practitioners; the judiciary and businesses. For example, the portal http://lselawlibrary.blogspot.com/2010/07/new-on-web-european-e-justice-portal.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maria Bell)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402408701110358992.post-168348720949098143Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:30:00 +00002010-07-22T15:41:01.980+01:00LSELibrarysurveyThe Library is keen to have your views on the Library's collections and services.If you haven't done so already the Academic Staff Poll 2010 will be open until Friday 30 July. Thank you for your time.http://lselawlibrary.blogspot.com/2010/07/librarys-lse-academic-staff-poll-2010.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maria Bell)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402408701110358992.post-3806709324007446184Fri, 02 Jul 2010 11:00:00 +00002010-07-02T14:09:01.784+01:00openinghoursLSELibraryTerm ends today and this means that 24 hour opening ends too. The Library will be open overnight for LSE students today and summer vacation hours operate from Saturday 3 July.This year we have further extended opening hours during the LSE Summer School.Early Summer vacation hours (3 July-13 August)Library building open: Monday to Friday 8am -11pm; Saturday and Sunday 10am-9pm.Staffed services http://lselawlibrary.blogspot.com/2010/07/end-of-term-and-24-hour-opening-summer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maria Bell)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402408701110358992.post-3346519077256407713Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:31:00 +00002010-06-16T13:03:44.457+01:00law publicinquiry NorthernIrelandAs you will have seen, the final report fo the Bloody Sunday Public Inquiry was published yesterday.The Report is published on the official website for the Inquiry. This site also include an index to the evidence presented and transcripts of the hearings.The BBC's reporting includes interviews and reactions with those involved. There is obviously extensive news coverage in all the major http://lselawlibrary.blogspot.com/2010/06/bloody-sunday-inquiry-final-report.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maria Bell)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402408701110358992.post-6833883561250538408Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:24:00 +00002010-06-08T16:00:12.468+01:00caselawThe series Lloyds Law Reports is no longer available on Lexis Library or Westlaw UK as its content has been withdrawn from these services by its publisher. This means that currently, we do not have online access to this law report series.We do continue to receive it in print and the full archive since 1919 is located in the Main Collection law books and law reports on the first floor at KD1815.A2http://lselawlibrary.blogspot.com/2010/06/lloyds-law-reports-no-longer-on-lexis.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Maria Bell)0