Join Lexis Nexis trainer Cathy Hayhow this Thurdsay, June 4 at 11 AM for a Lexis Advance Quicklaw webinar for Osgoode students. Whether you're working as a Research Assistant, starting your career as an articling student or just interested in brushing up your research skills, this webinar is for you. Please follow the link below […]
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Virtual Legal Research Workshop
This year the Library is pleased to offer a legal research workshop via Zoom on Wednesday May 6, from 10 AM to 12:30 PM. While the session is geared primarily to Research Assistants, all students are welcome to participate. Topics to be covered: • Using Omni • Accessing eBooks • Finding journal articles for legal […]
Enhanced learning support from Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters offers complimentary online WebEx training for WestlawNext, Practical Law, Proview, and Taxnet Pro. Students can book a free online training session with Jeremy Dunn, Senior Customer Learning Consultant, here. Jeremy is also available to answer any questions at Jeremy.Dunn@thomsonreuters.com. Online Help Resources, including downloadable user guides and tutorial videos are available at the […]
New! COVID-19 Research Guide
As the COVID-19 pandemic affects daily life around the world, governments, the legal system and International organizations have responded with a variety of emergency measures. The measures include bills, regulations, orders and statutes addressing the evolving nature of the pandemic. This guide will be updated regularly as new information emerges from different jurisdictions.
We are here to help!
Even though classes have moved online and the library is closed, we are still providing research help. If you're writing a paper and need help finding resources or have any research related questions, email us at lawref@osgoode.yorku.ca. Working from home, the Reference librarians are responding to questions weekdays between 10 AM and 4 PM.
Free COVID-19 Resources from LexisNexis Canada
LexisNexis Canada is providing free public access to the Lawyer's Daily breaking news and analysis articles on COVID-19. They will also also be offering no-cost access to COVID-19 related content from Lexis Practice Advisor. Please use the following links to access these resources: The Lawyer's Daily News & Analysis on COVID-19 Lexis Practice Advisor Coronavirus Guidance […]
Reminder about Lexis Advance Quicklaw and WestlawNext Canada training
If you’re not sure whether to use Quicklaw or Westlaw and want to find out which sources are available on each service and how to use them effectively, attend the upcoming training sessions: Lexis Advance Quicklaw: Tomorrow, Wednesday, January 29 WestlawNext Canada: Next Monday, February 3. Both sessions will be in room 2010 and will […]
Reminder about Omni Library Catalogue Clinic
If you’d like to learn more about our new library catalogue and how to effectively use Omni for your legal research, please join us for one of the workshops this week. Reference librarians will be leading three sessions: Today: Monday, January 27thTomorrow: Tuesday, January 28thThis Thursday: January 30th All sessions will run from 1:00 pm […]
Lexis Advance Quicklaw and WestlawNext Canada training
Not sure whether to use Quicklaw or Westlaw? Both services offer access to unique content. To find out which sources are available on each service and how to use them effectively, attend the training sessions next week: Lexis Advance Quicklaw: Wednesday, January 29 WestlawNext Canada: Monday, February 3. Both sessions will be in room 2010 […]
Deactivation of expired Quicklaw accounts
LexisNexis has notified us that they will be deleting expired Quicklaw accounts. If you are a current Osgoode student and your account has been accidentally deleted, please contact Sharona Brookman at sbrookman@osgoode.yorku.ca. In the meantime you can access Quicklaw without a password through our campus wide subscription. Under Quick Links on the law library’s home […]