Approximately 1,900 new resources available via HeinOnline have been loaded to the library catalogue as follows: HeinOnline Core Collection 123 new titles American Indian Law Collection 10 new titles Foreign Relations of the U.S. 1 new title History of International Law 46 new titles Intellectual Property Law Collection 6 new titles Law Journal Library 31 […]
HeinOnline has recently announced a partnership with Fastcase to provide links to full-text copies of US federal and state cases from citations in articles on the HeinOnline service. Fastcase, which provides access to full-text primary law for US federal and all 50 state jurisdictions, is a leading next-generation legal research service that features powerful “best-case-first” […]
We have rescheduled the CCH Online training that was cancelled due to bad weather. The session will take place on Wednesday, March 5, from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm in Room 2011. To reserve a spot please email library@osgoode.yorku.ca.
The records for the 675 titles available in the Making of Modern Law: Foreign Primary Sources have been loaded into the law library catalogue. This collection provides access to historical legal codes, statutes, regulations, and commentaries on codes from the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and other countries in northern Europe and the law library has […]
Records representing the 144 titles added to the LLMC Digital database in November and December 2013 have been added to the library catalogue. They will be available tomorrow. Access to the LLMC Digital database is available here. "LLMC, a non-profit cooperative of libraries, is dedicated to – and passionate about – its twin goals: 1) […]
Electronic books have become very popular based on our usage statistics. Last semester, the Irwin law titles in the ebrary platform were heavily used. Working with e-books comes with a lot of pros such as the customized features like - Copying and pasting Highlighting into your word document Downloading (this option varies in each […]
The state of Canadian liquor laws and regulations is something that occasionally crops up in op-eds across the country, but then quietly fades away only to flare up again periodically. Although Prohibition in the popular consciousness has a distinctly American flavour, evoking images of Al Capone, speakeasies, and bathtub gin (as an era, it certainly […]
For those of your who are interested in disability law and critical disability studies, it is worth pointing out that the latest round of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) regulations will be coming into effect on January 1, 2014 (amazingly, less than two weeks away). AODA regulations are being gradually rolled out on […]
An exciting new initiative in open access to law debuted today with the publication of the first issue of the Journal of Open Access to Law. A peer-reviewed academic journal, the journal is pretty much as advertised in the title, as its ambit "is to promote international research on the topic of open access to law" […]
It's that time of year when the nights get longer, the air gets colder, snow falls, and the holiday spirit descends upon Toronto... and law students can't enjoy any of it due to the end-of-term frenzy of caffeine, summaries, studying, and writing papers and, finally, exams. Last year I wrote a post trying to mitigate the […]