Welcome to Week One! TAGS: databases | information skills | Law libraries | law library | Legal databases | library services | library training | mediahopper | online resources | PhD | postgraduate | research | resources | Training | undergraduate | videos | welcome Hello, and if you’re a new student joining us for the 2023/24 academic year we look forward to meeting you in the Law Library soon! We are Anna Richards and …Continue reading →

The Book Surgery Part 2: Bringing Everything Together TAGS: book conservation | paper conservation | Royal Dick Vet School | Training In this blog, Project Conservator Mhairi Boyle her second day of in-situ book conservation training she has undertaken with Book Conservator Caroline Scharfenberg (ACR). Mhairi previously undertook a Maternity Cover …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 →

Finding key resources: Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia TAGS: finding resources | information skills | Legal databases | Lexis+ | LexisLibrary | library training | online resources | research | resources | revision | Stair | subject guide | tips | Training For those rejoining us in January for Semester Two, welcome back! For those who are new to the Law School or just this blog, welcome! This is where we report …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 →

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 →

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 →