Save the date! Wednesday, May 8, 10 AM to 2 PM, Room 2001 While geared to students who will be working as Research Assistants over the summer, this seminar will be of interest to graduating students, graduate students and anyone else who wants to brush up on their legal research skills. We will be covering […]
Legal Research
Practical Law
Practical Law is a free academic service provided by Thomson Reuters. It focuses on practice-based research on topics such as capital markets and securities, commercial transactions, competition, corporate and mergers and & acquisitions, employment, finance and litigation. It provides access to these resources: practice notes, checklists, toolkits, glossary of terms, provincial Q & A, legal updates, standard documents and […]
Handy new linking feature on Irwin Law eBooks collection
When you’re reading an Irwin Law eBook you can now link to cases and statutes in CanLII and in BaiLII, the British and Irish Legal Information Institute website. You’ll need to create an account for DesLibris, the platform that hosts Irwin Law and you’ll need to use the Google Chrome browser to take advantage of […]
New Law Databases A - Z List
The appearance of the Law Library Databases list has changed but the list is still the same. https://researchguides.library.yorku.ca/az.php?s=127175 The A - Z list is an alphabetical listing of all legal electronic resources. The new look gives you direct access to information about content, description and scope of each resource as you scroll down the list. […]
International Human Rights Day
December 10 commemorates International Human Rights Day all over the world. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Did you know that our collection has one of the best resources on the United Nations and International Human Rights.....check the library catalogue and happy reading. More information […]
WestlawNext Canada training
The library is pleased to offer WestlawNext Canada training. Date: Wednesday, November 14 Time: 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM Location: Room 2011 WestlawNext Canada offers access to unique content, similar but different to Lexis Advance Quicklaw. Knowing which sources are available on the different services will help you research effectively. To register […]
Lexis Advance Quicklaw training
Halsbury's Laws of Canada or Canadian Encyclopedic Digest? To do comprehensive research, you need to know which resources are available on which service. Join us for Lexis Advance Quicklaw training and find out what resources are unique to Lexis Advance Quicklaw and how to search effectively. When? Wednesday, November 7, from 12:30 PM. to 1:30 PM. Where? Room […]
R.A. research skills workshop
Please join us for a library research skills workshop on Thursday, May 3, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Room 2027. While this session is geared primarily to help Research Assistants who will be involved in in-depth research projects during the summer, all students who wish to improve their research skills are welcome. Legal research […]
McGill Citation Guide now available on Hein Online
This month, Hein Online has added the McGill guide to its citation tool. This means that in any Hein Online document, users can press the "Cite" button-located above the table of contents-which will then provide the document's citation in multiple citation formats, including the McGill guide. The citation is not perfect however. A McGill citation […]
Lexis Advance Quicklaw training
The library is pleased to offer Lexis Advance Quicklaw training on Monday, Feb. 5 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. The session will take place in Room 2011. Find out what resources are unique to Quicklaw and not available on Westlaw. To register please send a message to library@osgoode.yorku.ca with Lexis Advance Quicklaw training in […]