Hague Academy Collected Courses Online

The Hague Academy of International Law was founded in 1923 as an institution for the study and teaching of Public and Private International Law and related subjects. Its purpose is to encourage a thorough and impartial examination of the problems arising from international relations in the field of law. From its founding, top names in international law have taught at the Hague Academy and their research has been published as the Collected Courses since 1923 by the Dutch publisher Martinus Nijhoff, now part of Brill Publishers. It is one of the most important collections of international legal research anywhere. The Osgoode Library has always had a complete collection of the Collected Courses in print; we now have the entire collection of the Collected Courses of the Hague Academy in digital format as part of the Brill Online service.

This collection includes the following publications from the Hague Academy:

  • Collected Courses: Since 1923, the top names in international law have taught at the Hague Academy of International Law. All the volumes of the Collected Courses, which have been published since 1923, are available.
  • Periodical Indexes: Including from Volume 210 onwards, the periodical indexes are published for every ten volumes of the Collected Courses.
  • Workshops: These are the official publications from the Workshops that the academy organizes.
  • The Law Books of the Academy: This is a collection of works published by the Centre for Studies and Research that has been of particular interest and originality, which also includes the reports of the Directors of Studies together with the articles by the researchers.

The collection can be searched by author, subject or keyword. A guide to searching the Bill Online services is available here.

Holiday Closing for the Osgoode Library

With the end of the exam period on Friday, December 16, extended hours have ceased and we have returned to our regular hours of service as posted on our website. However, the library will close for the holidays at 1:00 pm on Thursday, December 22, and will not reopen until 8:00 am on Tuesday, January 3, 2012.

We wish all our students, faculty and friends a very happy holiday and all the best in the New Year 2012!

ProQuest Congressional Publications

Looking for US Congressional publications? We how have access to ProQuest Congressional, the most comprehensive collection of historic and current US Congressional information available anywhere online. Coverage for many of the included collections begins in 1789 and goes right up to the current Congress. The collection includes the full text of congressional publications, finding aids, a bill tracking service, the full text of public laws and other research materials to enable both novice and experienced researchers to complete many types of research projects using a single, user-friendly interface.

Since Congress is interested in all public policy, social, and economic issues, the database is an effective source for general research in many academic disciplines, in addition to research related to specific legislative proposals and laws.

Collection Overview

  • Access the full text of congressional publications through basic subscription links or digital collection optional modules
  • Read congressional testimony by experts, administration witnesses, and affected parties
  • Discover a law’s intent by tracing its legislative history
  • Use research carried out by congressional committee staffers or Congressional Research Service experts as a source for your own research project
  • Use well-known CIS Index abstracts and controlled vocabulary indexing to locate congressional publication content
  • Retrieve authoritative statistics on a wide range of topics
  • Search the Congressional Record, the U.S. Code, Statutes at Large, Code of Federal Regulations, Federal Register, Rules of Congress, and political news sources
  • Use the Hot Bills & Hot Topics feature to obtain information on the leading legislative and political issues of the day

Library Hours & Restricted Access During Exam Period

Because of overwhelming demand on the study space in the new Osgoode Law Library, we have implemented a restricted access policy to the Library. Beginning today (Monday, November 21), access to and use of study space in the Osgoode Law Library will be restricted to Osgoode Law students only. The ID (YU-card) of all students will be checked at the door. Non-law students and others are welcome to use the library’s collections and reference services, but they must ask at the desk.

At the same time, we have extended the library hours for the exam period as follows:

  • Monday-Friday: 8:00 am-12:00 midnight
  • Saturday-Sunday: 10:00 am-12:00 midnight

These changes will remain in effect until the end of the Osgoode exam period on Friday, December 16, when the Library will revert to the hours of operation and less restrictive access policy previously in force.

For changes to the library’s hours of operation, remember to consult the Library Hours page on our website.

Labour Spectrum: New Print/Save/Email Functionality

The Print, Save and Email functionality on Labour Spectrum has been enhanced so you will be able to print, save or email the Hit List (with or without words around hits), print, save or email just the summary/headnote or note up of a case, highlight search terms in the output and select a cover page (with notes) for the output.

A single icon () has replaced the six print, save and email icons that were formerly in the Navigation Bar. For more details on this new enhancement, click here.

HeinOnline App — Now Available!

Now you can have access to the world’s largest image-based legal research database, HeinOnline, on your iPhone/iPad. View the image-based PDFs, access content by citation, browse by volume, navigate a volume with the electronic table of contents, and use full advanced searching techniques. HeinOnline account/authentication is required.

To download the app, click here.