Library of Congress Law Library TAGS: law library | online resources | tips Whilst searching for material you sometimes find a resource that you want to tell other people about! On this occasion it is the Library of Congress  Law Library. It is based …Continue reading →

You made it! End of AY 2020-2021 TAGS: exams | law library | library services | request | summer | update Monday 24th May 2021 marks the beginning of the summer vacation, meaning that for the majority of students teaching has finished for the year and exams are over. Everybody who …Continue reading →

Session Cases: Celebrating 200 years of Scotland’s prestigious law report series TAGS: awards | case report | law reports | online resources | postgraduate | research | scholarship | scottish | Training This year the Scottish Council of Law Reporting celebrates 200 years of publishing Session Cases, Scotland’s most authoritative law report series. From the SCLR website: The Session Cases law report series contains …Continue reading →

Three new things: Dissertations TAGS: databases | dissertation | ebooks | information skills | library services | online resources | research | resources | subject guide | tips | Training It’s around the time where many of our students will be planning and beginning the research for their dissertations. If you’re at the start of this journey and looking for …Continue reading →

Click & Collect comes to the Law Library TAGS: course materials | law library | library services | reading list | request | update The Law Library now is part of the Click & Collect Service! The Click & Collect service has been expanding since it’s launch in Feb 2021. As of 29th March …Continue reading →

Literature search clinics: one-to-one sessions TAGS: databases | information skills | library training | online resources | Referencing | research | resources | Training Do you need help with your research? Have you got yourself into a muddle using legal resources online? Do you just need to know what you need to know? Book …Continue reading →

The problem with ebooks TAGS: course materials | dissertation | ebooks | Law libraries | library services | reading list | research | update Working and studying through the Coronavirus pandemic has meant that we’re more reliant on ebooks and other electronic resources than ever before. As much as we would have liked for …Continue reading →

Dissertation Festival: Monday 8th – Friday 19th March 2021 TAGS: dissertation | information skills | library services | library training | research | subject guide | tips Do you want to find out more about the library resources available to support your dissertation question? Are you interested in learning how to manage the bibliographic and research data …Continue reading →

What is a Legal Deposit Library? TAGS: Law libraries | Legal Deposit When speaking to students who live in Edinburgh library staff tell them that they can join the National Library of Scotland (NLS). At the minute that’s not strictly true – …Continue reading →

Welcome back, and the Law Library during Lockdown Hello, and welcome back! This semester is set to be another strange one as we begin in ‘lockdown’ conditions in line with Scottish Government restrictions. This means that for the …Continue reading →