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Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation Online
The Law Library is pleased to provide access to the online version of the Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation (McGill Guide). Its available through Westlaw Next (York-wide). If you need assistance, contact the Reference Desk - Email: library@osgoode.yorku.ca or call 416-736-5207.
Law Reviews Now Available on CanLII
Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII ) last week announced the addition of law reviews to its platform - http://www.slaw.ca/2018/03/23/%e2%98%80%ef%b8%8f-we-now-have-law-reviews-on-canlii-%e2%98%80%ef%b8%8f/. The journals featured in this launch can be found by selecting "Commentary" and under "Periodicals", select "Law Journal Issues". https://www.canlii.org/en/commentary/journals/ This is an additional source for accessing Canadian law journals. The coverage is from 2015 onwards.
Past Exams - Online & Print
Past exams come very handy and useful at this time of the year. To access them online, on the My Osgoode page under the subheading "Student Services", select "Exams & Assignments", then "Exam Archive". Print version for previous years are available on the last shelf in the Upper Floor of the Law Library. Good luck!
International Women's Day 2017
March 8 is commemorated as International Women’s Day (IWD) to recognize the spirit of determination and courage by women in their countries and communities. It is also an opportunity to celebrate the achievements of women globally. Status of Women Canada’s 2017 theme is titled “Equality Matters”. See more here - http://www.swc-cfc.gc.ca/commemoration/iwd-jif/theme-en.html UN Women’s 2017 theme […]
Library Pop-Up Workshops
Please join us at the Law Library for these Library Pop-UP Workshops: Finding Statutes and/or Amendment to Statutes on HeinOnline Date: 9-Nov-2016 Time: 12:30 PM - 12:50 PM Location: Law Library Upper Floor Let's talk about legal citation Date: 16-Nov-2016 Time: 12:30 PM - 12:50 PM Location: Law Library Upper Floor See you there!
"Women's Empowerment Leads to Equality" - International Women's Day 2016
Today March 8 is celebrated as International Women’s Day all over the world. Canada’s theme chosen by Status of Women Canada is “Women’s Empowerment Leads to Equality”. If you’re on social media, you’re encouraged to encouraged to tag a woman who inspires you “#youareempowerment”. The Osgoode Law Library has many academic and fiction materials on […]
How to Migrate from RefWorks to Zotero
The expiration of the York University Libraries license for RefWorks comes to an end on June 30th, 2015. Now is a good time to migrate your materials from RefWorks to Zotero or Mendeley. Migrating is straightforward, you won't loose any of your information and you don't have to be a techie to do it. Here […]
Library Research Session
The Law Library is pleased to offer a research workshop on May 13. While the session is geared primarily to Research Assistants, graduating students and graduate students who want to improve their research skills are also welcome to attend. The workshop will cover the following areas: - Legislation & case law - Journal indexes & […]
Historical Judgments of the Supreme Court of Canada
The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) announced today that, working in co-operation with Lexum, all decisions published in the Supreme Court Reports dating back to 1876 are now available on the SCC Judgments website. Over the past 20 years, the SCC and Lexum have been working collaboratively, together with partners such as the Law Foundation […]