The Osgoode Library has acquired the complete collection of law-related Oxford Handbooks Online and the records for the individual titles have been uploaded to the online library catalogue. Oxford Handbooks Online brings together the world’s leading scholars to write review essays that evaluate the current thinking on a field or topic, and make an original argument about the […]
An experienced researcher knows the value of a well prepared subject bibliography. An annotated subject bibliography is usually prepared by leading scholars or librarians to provide other researchers with a selected or comprehensive list of research materials related to that subject. Depending on the subject, bibliographies typically include books, peer review journal articles, and other […]
While the issue of campus safety is one that has always been something of an elephant in the room at York – especially of late – there is another animal that lurks in the periphery of our consciousness and every year rears its head. Of course, I am referring to the Canada Geese that, as […]
Some of the library’s e-books are provided to us through Scholars Portal. The way to access the Scholars Portal books is different from the way we access books on the ebrary platform. You can tell that the book is a Scholars Portal e-book if you see “Borrow this E-Book” above the cover image of a […]
It’s the first day of spring (just don’t look outside), and of course that means that if you haven’t started to feel the end-of-term crunch, you will (and probably should!) very soon. Of course, the library should be a major focal point for your study and research (if it’s not, for shame!), and we’re here […]
Given the near-ubiquity of Ukraine and Russia, along with the attendant complicated history and politics that run deep between them, in the news over the past weeks and months, it would seem that it would be a good time to do a brief blog post on available resources for legal research former Soviet CIS (Commenwealth […]
The Refugee Appeal Division (RAD), fourth division of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, was launched on December 15, 2012 and started releasing decisions mid last year. This new division considers appeals against decisions of the Refugee Protection Division to allow or reject claims for refugee protection. All decisions of the Refugee Appeal Division are now available on […]
Having just returned from Scotland this past week, I feel compelled to write about Scots law which, though it is part of the UK (for now), is markedly different from English law. With the referendum on Scottish independence set for September 18 of this year, there has been a tremendous amount of discussion into the […]
The Law Society of Upper Canada announced today the launch of a new online resource that makes publicly accessible the Minutes and Transcripts of Convocation. Members of the Bar and the public can full-text search the Minutes and Transcripts or browse the documents by date. The site contains the public versions of the Minutes of […]
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” […]