Bloomsbury Professional Ebooks: formerly on LexisLibrary TAGS: course materials | databases | ebooks | exams | Legal databases | Lexis+ | LexisLibrary | online resources | reading list | research | resources We want to alert students to a change we’re dealing with regarding Bloomsbury Professional ebooks which were formerly offered on the LexisLibrary platform.. Unfortunately going forward these will no longer …Continue reading →

Dissertation Support: Referencing for Law TAGS: Citations | dissertation | information skills | Legal databases | library training | online resources | OSCOLA | plagiarism | Referencing | research | subject guide | tips | Training | videos We’ve set up another date for our popular ‘Referencing for Law’ session, which is always well attended by UG and PG students alike. If you are not familiar with referencing …Continue reading →

Referencing, research: one-to-one appointments TAGS: appointment | databases | dissertation | information skills | Legal databases | online resources | postgraduate | Referencing | research | tips | Training | undergraduate 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 →

Meet your LexisNexis Student Associate for 2022/23! TAGS: databases | Legal databases | Lexis+ | LexisLibrary | LexisPSL | library training | online resources | research | resources | tips | Training You may have seen that we’ve featured LexisNexis quite a lot on the blog this semester, due to the launch of their new platform, Lexis+. We’ve provided a fair bit …Continue reading →

BOO-lean operators TAGS: databases | DiscoverEd | information skills | Legal databases | library training | online resources | research | searching | tips | videos We know Hallowe’en was last week, but saw this on Twitter and it’s too good not to share! If you’ve ever wondered what library staff (and mathematicians and engineers and many …Continue reading →

Lexis+ database training: LexisNexis Certification TAGS: databases | information skills | Legal databases | Lexis+ | LexisLibrary | LexisPSL | library training | mediahopper | online resources | research | resources | Training You may remember last week we posted a reminder about the Lexis+ training we had scheduled. That training took place yesterday and those that attended found it very helpful, so …Continue reading →

Lexis+ database training: Thursday 20th October TAGS: databases | information skills | Legal databases | Lexis+ | LexisLibrary | LexisPSL | online resources | tips | Training We’ve got a training day for the new Lexis+ database coming up which we highly recommend for students of all levels. The new platform from Lexis replaces LexisLibrary and LexisPSL …Continue reading →

Information skills throughout the year TAGS: information skills | library training | postgraduate | Training | undergraduate | welcome If you read our last post, you’ll have heard all about the top information we like our students to have early in the semester; about inductions and key resources we …Continue reading →

Ridicule and research support: Library Twitter strikes back! TAGS: dissertation | Diversity | information skills | informationskills | keywords | Legal databases | news | online resources | power structures | research | resources Library and research branches of Twitter were outraged recently when two American Law students published a paper in the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy relating to abortion rights. …Continue reading →

True crime podcasts: finding the real story in law reports TAGS: databases | heinonline | information skills | podcasts | research | Training If you listen to true crime podcasts you may recently have heard Bad People (BBC Sounds) report on the story of little Helen Priestley, a child from Aberdeen who was …Continue reading →