As the COVID-19 pandemic affects daily life around the world, governments, the legal system and International organizations have responded with a variety of emergency measures. The measures include bills, regulations, orders and statutes addressing the evolving nature of the pandemic. This guide will be updated regularly as new information emerges from different jurisdictions.
In response to York University suspending face-to-face instruction as of Monday, March 16th, the Zotero for Legal Research Workshop scheduled for Wednesday, March 18th, has been cancelled. For more information on using Zotero, please consult the Law Library's Research Guide, or contact the Reference Librarians at lawref@osgoode.yorku.ca. Thank you for your understanding.
If you’re not sure whether to use Quicklaw or Westlaw and want to find out which sources are available on each service and how to use them effectively, attend the upcoming training sessions: Lexis Advance Quicklaw: Tomorrow, Wednesday, January 29 WestlawNext Canada: Next Monday, February 3. Both sessions will be in room 2010 and will […]
If you’d like to learn more about our new library catalogue and how to effectively use Omni for your legal research, please join us for one of the workshops this week. Reference librarians will be leading three sessions: Today: Monday, January 27thTomorrow: Tuesday, January 28thThis Thursday: January 30th All sessions will run from 1:00 pm […]
Not sure whether to use Quicklaw or Westlaw? Both services offer access to unique content. To find out which sources are available on each service and how to use them effectively, attend the training sessions next week: Lexis Advance Quicklaw: Wednesday, January 29 WestlawNext Canada: Monday, February 3. Both sessions will be in room 2010 […]
Interested in learning more about our new library catalogue? If you'd like to learn how to effectively use Omni for your legal research, please join us for a workshop on the catalogue this month! Law librarians will be leading three sessions: January 27th, 2020 - 1:00 - 1:30 pm, room 2011January 28th, 2020 - 1:00 […]
The Law Library has recently acquired over 500 law-related titles from the Bloomsbury Collections. These resources, available in e-book format, will be useful to the academic study of law and legal research, as well as its practical application. Covering a broad range of topics with an international scope, the new resources are now available in […]
Lexis Advanced Quicklaw has recently made important updates, including an upgrade to Lexis Practice Advisor, and the migration of Canadian Legislative Pulse. Lexis Practice Advisor and Canadian Legislative Pulse can now be easily accessed through a single sign-in. With this new feature, users can switch from Quicklaw to Practice Advisor or Legislative Pulse using the […]
The library is pleased to offer WestlawNext Canada training on Monday, September 16 and Lexis Advance Quicklaw training on Wednesday, September 18. Both sessions will be in room 2011 and will run from 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM. Both WestlawNext Canada and Lexis Advance Quicklaw offer access to unique content. Knowing which sources are available […]
Launching on the week of July 15th, the new Indigenous Law Portal on LLMC digital has given a boost to researching indigenous law. The portal is divided up by regions, with separate areas for Canada, the U.S., Mexico, and Central America. Within each region, it lists the various indigenous bands, as well as the leading […]