Summer Research Instructional Program Schedule

Throughout the summer, we are pleased to offer a series of instructional sessions for Faculty of law RAs and Graduate Students. The sessions will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays, between 11:00am-12:00pm in the Library training room P363 (exceptions are in red below). These sessions will each cover a different research topic:

 

Date	Session	Time	Location
Thursday May 3	Orientation, Copyright, Open Access	11:00 am	J125
Tuesday May 8	Zotero	11:00 am	TBD
Thursday May 10	Lexis Advance Quicklaw	Noon	P363
Tuesday May 15	Journals	11:00 am	P363
Thursday May 17	Books	11:00 am	P363
Tuesday May 22	WestlawNext Canada	Noon	P363
Thursday May 24	Cases	11:00 am	P363
Tuesday May 29	Legislation	11:00 am	P363
Thursday May 31	Historical Databases	11:00 am	P363
Tuesday June 5	International Law	11:00 am	P363
Thursday, June 7	JustisOne	10:00 am	P363

May 13th Webinar on Searching the Hein Law Journal Collection

Researchers that use Hein for their legal research might benefit from signing up for Hein Online’s Webinar “Using and Searching the Law Journal Collection” on May 13th from 2:00 -3:00. Register at https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/760984123

And find out how to:

1)  How to quickly pull up a journal article when you have a citation.
2)  How to search for a journal article by article name
3)  How to search for articles written by a specific author
4)  Browsing or searching by subject, state, or country
5)  Overview of Indexes and Finding Aids available
6)  How to use the full power of Hein’s ScholarCheck tool to connect citations and view citation analysis
7)  Finding coverage information for a journal title
8)  And more!

Video Legal Research Tutorials

Check this out.

The BC Courthouse Library Society has produced some great basic research tutorials (available from their website at http://www.bccls.bc.ca/cms/index.cfm?group_id=86163 or on YouTube.

What do you think?