We hope that the students who attended yesterday’s Library Research Seminar found it helpful. Slides from the seminar are now available on the Library Research for Research Assistants research guide. If you have any questions or need help with your research this summer stop by the Reference desk in the library weekdays between 10 AM […]
We've had such a wonderful response that we have filled all the available spots for this workshop. Please feel free to stop by the Reference desk if you need help with research over the summer term. We're here to help weekdays from 10 AM to 4 PM.
Save the date! Wednesday, May 8, 10 AM to 2 PM, Room 2001 While geared to students who will be working as Research Assistants over the summer, this seminar will be of interest to graduating students, graduate students and anyone else who wants to brush up on their legal research skills. We will be covering […]
Practical Law is a free academic service provided by Thomson Reuters. It focuses on practice-based research on topics such as capital markets and securities, commercial transactions, competition, corporate and mergers and & acquisitions, employment, finance and litigation. It provides access to these resources: practice notes, checklists, toolkits, glossary of terms, provincial Q & A, legal updates, standard documents and […]
When you’re reading an Irwin Law eBook you can now link to cases and statutes in CanLII and in BaiLII, the British and Irish Legal Information Institute website. You’ll need to create an account for DesLibris, the platform that hosts Irwin Law and you’ll need to use the Google Chrome browser to take advantage of […]
The appearance of the Law Library Databases list has changed but the list is still the same. https://researchguides.library.yorku.ca/az.php?s=127175 The A - Z list is an alphabetical listing of all legal electronic resources. The new look gives you direct access to information about content, description and scope of each resource as you scroll down the list. […]
December 10 commemorates International Human Rights Day all over the world. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Did you know that our collection has one of the best resources on the United Nations and International Human Rights.....check the library catalogue and happy reading. More information […]
The library is pleased to offer WestlawNext Canada training. Date: Wednesday, November 14 Time: 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM Location: Room 2011 WestlawNext Canada offers access to unique content, similar but different to Lexis Advance Quicklaw. Knowing which sources are available on the different services will help you research effectively. To register […]
Halsbury's Laws of Canada or Canadian Encyclopedic Digest? To do comprehensive research, you need to know which resources are available on which service. Join us for Lexis Advance Quicklaw training and find out what resources are unique to Lexis Advance Quicklaw and how to search effectively. When? Wednesday, November 7, from 12:30 PM. to 1:30 PM. Where? Room […]
Please join us for a library research skills workshop on Thursday, May 3, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Room 2027. While this session is geared primarily to help Research Assistants who will be involved in in-depth research projects during the summer, all students who wish to improve their research skills are welcome. Legal research […]