Reflections on Attending the BIALL Conference: Exploring AI and Legal Librarianship TAGS: AI | artificial intelligence | Law | legal information | Library | research This year, I was lucky enough to attend the British and Irish Association of Law Librarians (BIALL) conference for the very first time—and I hope it won’t be my last! …Continue reading →

Library Databases search box now live! TAGS: databases | DiscoverEd | information skills | Law | law library | Legal databases | Library | library services | online resources | research | resources | subject So, how have you been searching for databases for your studies so far? Have you been using the link from myEd? Or perhaps going straight to the Databases A-Z list …Continue reading →

De Gruyter – upgraded e-Journal package TAGS: Architecture & Design | Arts | Asian & Pacific Studies | Business Economics | Chemistry | Classical & Ancient Near Eastern Studies | Computer Sciences | Cultural Studies | De Gruyter | e-journals | Engineering | GeoSciences | German Studies | history | Industrial Chemistry | Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies | Jewish Studies | Law | Library & Information Science | Life Sciences | Linguistics & Semiotics | Literary Studies | Materials Sciences | mathematics | Medicine | Philosophy | Physics | Social Sciences | Sports & Recreation | Theology & Religion We have signed up for the new 2021-2023 De Gruyter Journal and Open Access Transformational Agreement via JISC.  This agreement provides for a 100% conversion of subscription fees into open …Continue reading →

On trial: Gale Primary Sources (even more content!) TAGS: 16th century | 17th century | 18th century | 19th century | 20th century | Africa | Archives | Asia | Black history | Britain | China | correspondence | crime | cultural history | databases | Europe | gender studies | history | International Relations | Law | Legal history | Letters | Literature | Manuscripts | Medicine | Newspapers | official documents | periodicals | Politics | primary source | science | slavery | social history | technology | United States | women's history I’m very pleased to let you know that the Library has been given extended trial access to an extensive range of primary source databases and collections from Gale. This is …Continue reading →

On Trial – The Making of Modern Law: Foreign, Comparative, and International Law, 1600-1926 TAGS: 17th century | 18th century | 19th century | 20th century | Africa | Archives | Argentina | Australia | Britain | Canada | databases | Europe | history | Law | Manuscripts | official documents | Politics | primary source Thanks to a request from staff in HCA the Library current has extended trial access to The Making of Modern Law: Foreign, Comparative, and International Law, 1600-1926 from Gale. This …Continue reading →

New E-Resource – Jutastat TAGS: JUTA Law | Jutastat | Law Following a successful trial earlier this year, we now subscribe to Justastat. Content in Jutastat includes: Namibia Law Reports, Statutes of Namibia, South African Law Reports from 1947 to date and …Continue reading →

New to the Library: TradeLawGuide TAGS: database | Law | TradeLawGuide New to the library for 2019, TradeLawGuide provides comprehensive and methodical research tools for WTO law.  Its primary document collection includes the WTO agreements and instruments, jurisprudence, dispute settlement procedural documents …Continue reading →

Defence, Duress, and Detectives: Alexander McCall Smith’s PhD TAGS: Law | McCall Smith Most know the name of Alexander McCall Smith in connection with his award-winning children’s literature, but he is also a giant in the legal field, both in the UK and …Continue reading →

Law E-books – Hart 2018 TAGS: e-books | Hart | Law We have purchased the Hart 2018 law e-book collection from Bloomsbury Publishing.  We will add the 127 titles listed in this spreadsheet  to DiscoverEd as records become available. Further info …Continue reading →

Trial access: World Politics Review TAGS: African Studies | databases | Economics | human rights | International Relations | Law | literature searching | online resources | Politics I’m pleased to let you know that the Library currently has extended trial access to World Politics Review from EBSCO, which provides up to date and extensive coverage of foreign …Continue reading →