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.
Zotero is a free tool that helps you collect, manage, and cite your research sources. The Law Library will be running a workshop to teach you how Zotero can help you conduct legal research projects more efficiently. By the end of the session, you will be able to: Create in-text citations Organize and share your […]
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 […]
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 […]
Not sure how to use the new Lexis Advance Quicklaw effectively? The Library is offering Lexis Advance Quicklaw training next Monday, Sept. 26 from 12:30 PM. to 2:00 PM. in Room 2011. Here are some of the new features and functionality that will be highlighted: - Learn to search Canadian primary and secondary sources using a […]
The library has organized a Lexis Advance Quicklaw webinar on Wednesday February 17th from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Here are some of the new features and functionality that will be highlighted in the webinar: Learn to search the broadest collection of Canadian primary and secondary sources using a new design that features a streamlined single […]
New! We've added a Human Rights Law research guide to our Research Guides page. Use this guide as a starting point when researching Canadian, American, European and International human rights law.
Michel-Adrien Sheppard, Reference Librarian at the Supreme Court of Canada, alerted us over on sLaw this week to a couple of newly released intellectual property resources. The first is WIPO Lex a "a one-stop search facility for national laws and treaties on intellectual property (IP) of WIPO, WTO and UN Members." Searches on the texts […]
The latest issue of the Law Library Journal published by the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) is now available online. Volume 102, Number 2 includes this great set of general articles: Cornerstones of Law Libraries for an Era of Digital-Plus / John Palfrey Time to Blossom: An Inquiry into Bloom's Taxonomy as a Hierarchy […]