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Morris L. Cohen Student Essay Competition

Recently posted to the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) Member’s Forum.  Canadian students are eligible and encouraged to participate: The Legal History and Rare Books Section (LH&RB) of the American Association of Law Libraries, in cooperation with Cengage Learning, announces the fourth annual Morris L. Cohen Student Essay Competition (http://www.aallnet.org/sis/lhrb/cohen.html). The competition is named […]

One Million Judgments Now Available on CanLII!

CanLII — the Canadian Legal Information Institute — reached a true milestone today with the publication of the one-millionth judgemnt. Yes, there are now one million Canadian court and tribunal decisions freely available over the internet, courtesy of CanLII. It has taken only 12 years for this comprehensive online legal resource to reach the one […]

IMF eLibrary

Through York University Libraries, we now have access to the IMF eLibrary. The International Monetary Fund’s eLibrary simplifies analysis and research with direct access to the IMF’s periodicals, books, working papers and studies, and data and statistical tools. You will find information and perspective on macroeconomics, globalization, development, trade and aid, technical assistance, demographics, emerging […]

iPad/iPhone App for Hein Online Now Available!

Using HeinOnline from off campus to retrieve copies of articles and other legal materials in now easier than ever. Now you can have access to the world’s largest image-based legal research database on your iPhone or iPad. View the image-based PDF’s, access content by citation, browse by volume, navigate a volume with the electronic table […]

Hague Academy Collected Courses Online

The Hague Academy of International Law was founded in 1923 as an institution for the study and teaching of Public and Private International Law and related subjects. Its purpose is to encourage a thorough and impartial examination of the problems arising from international relations in the field of law. From its founding, top names in […]

Canada Supreme Court Reports – Now on Hein Online

Looking for PDF imaged copies of Supreme Court judgments as printed in the “official”, bilingual Canada Supreme Court Reports (SCR)? The complete series, from 1876 to the present, is now available on easy-to-use  Hein Online. Printing or downloading copies of SCR cases in their official, PDF format is now easier than ever.

Holiday Closing for the Osgoode Library

With the end of the exam period on Friday, December 16, extended hours have ceased and we have returned to our regular hours of service as posted on our website. However, the library will close for the holidays at 1:00 pm on Thursday, December 22, and will not reopen until 8:00 am on Tuesday, January […]

ProQuest Congressional Publications

Looking for US Congressional publications? We how have access to ProQuest Congressional, the most comprehensive collection of historic and current US Congressional information available anywhere online. Coverage for many of the included collections begins in 1789 and goes right up to the current Congress. The collection includes the full text of congressional publications, finding aids, […]

Library Hours & Restricted Access During Exam Period

Because of overwhelming demand on the study space in the new Osgoode Law Library, we have implemented a restricted access policy to the Library. Beginning today (Monday, November 21), access to and use of study space in the Osgoode Law Library will be restricted to Osgoode Law students only. The ID (YU-card) of all students […]

Labour Spectrum: New Print/Save/Email Functionality

The Print, Save and Email functionality on Labour Spectrum has been enhanced so you will be able to print, save or email the Hit List (with or without words around hits), print, save or email just the summary/headnote or note up of a case, highlight search terms in the output and select a cover page […]