DataShare spotlight: Human MotionLess Dataset (HuMoLs) and the creative potential of research data TAGS: data reuse | DataShare | Edinburgh DataShare | open data | videos For the second installment of the spotlight on DataShare blog posts, I would like to showcase a fascinating item containing videos of people not doing anything! The dataset in question …Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →

Finding International Legal Resources TAGS: course materials | databases | information skills | Legal databases | LexisLibrary | mediahopper | online resources | research | resources | Training | videos | westlaw Following on from our last post about Finding Material for your Research and Study, we’ve just recorded a new video to introduce some of the databases we subscribe to for …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 →

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 →

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 →

Referencing and Beyond Reading Lists TAGS: informationskills | library training | mediahopper | OSCOLA | reading list | Referencing | research | videos Last week the Law Librarians held a Referencing training session- focussing on OSCOLA! If you didn’t get a chance to come along then don’t worry as we will be uploading …Continue reading →

How to DataShare TAGS: DataShare | videos The latest in our series of Research Data Service ‘how-to’ videos provides guidance and handy hints on making data FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable) by depositing in Edinburgh DataShare, …Continue reading →