New Year, New UoE Library Services training sessions TAGS: catchup | databases | induction | information skills | Legal databases | library services | library training | online resources | research | revision | tips | Training | update | welcome Welcome back to Edinburgh! Although we don’t yet know what 2022 has in store for us, we do know that we’re keen to make sure our students are the best …Continue reading →

Meet your LexisNexis Student Associate for 2021/22! TAGS: databases | LexisLibrary | library training | online resources | research | resources | tips | Training We’d like to introduce you to Noah Norbash, one of your fellow students who is a specialist in working with LexisNexis and all their resources – such as the invaluable LexisLibrary …Continue reading →

Finding Journals and Law Reports TAGS: articles | course materials | databases | law reports | Legal databases | Legal Deposit | online resources | research | subject guide | tips Law reports and journal articles become increasingly important as students progress through their studies and research, and finding them can be tricky at times. The library has access to a …Continue reading →

Media Hopper, aka UoE YouTube! TAGS: course materials | induction | information skills | library services | library training | mediahopper | online resources | revision | tips | videos | welcome If you’ve attended any of the induction sessions we’ve run in the past few weeks, you’ll have heard us mention Media Hopper (and specifically the Law Librarian Media Hopper Channel) …Continue reading →

Training: Welcome to the Library! TAGS: induction | information skills | informationskills | Law libraries | law library | library services | library training | mediahopper | online resources | postgraduate | tips | Training | welcome It’s almost the start of the new academic year which means it’s one of the busiest times of year for Academic Support Librarians. We offer a range of introductory training …Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

Five legal news resources in Scotland TAGS: news | online resources | podcasts | resources | societies | tips | videos Always keen to show you that librarians know about more than just books, we like to highlight a range of resources for legal information here on the Law Librarian blog. …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 →

Exams and revision TAGS: exams | library services | revision | subject guide | tips | videos It’s that time of year where everyone is focused on exams and assignment deadlines. In 2020 of course there’s the added pressure of taking a different kind of test and …Continue reading →