Climate change is one of the most pressing challenges our world faces. Our latest virtual book display highlights eBooks (and one Canadian print title) in the Law Library’s collection addressing the legal response to climate change. Check it out!
RA Research seminars are almost here
Join the library's reference team for a series of legal research sessions starting on Monday, May 3 and continuing daily through Friday, May 7. While the sessions are geared towards students who will be working as Research Assistants this summer, all students are welcome to participate. You can join us for any or all the sessions. […]
Finding Law E-Books Guide
In response to the rise in e-book usage at the library, we recently created a new guide on finding law e-books to make it easier to navigate and access them. The guide can be found under our Research Guides and at the following link: Finding Law E-Books Guide In the guide you will find the major e-book platforms, such as Brill, Elgar Online, and ProView, where you […]
RA Research seminars
Join the library's reference team for a series of legal research sessions from Monday May 3 to Friday May 7. While the sessions are geared towards students who will be working as Research Assistants this summer, all students are welcome to participate. You can join us for any or all the sessions. All sessions will take […]
Osgoode Digital Commons Readership Snapshot
March 2021 Last month, the Osgoode Digital Commons received 69,262 full-text downloads and 13 new submissions, bringing the total works in the repository to 18,208. Osgoode Hall Law School of York University scholarship was read by 2,166 institutions across 183 countries. The most popular papers were: Aboriginal Title and Private Property (388 downloads) Book Review: […]
New HeinOnline feature: Link your MyHein and Google accounts
HeinOnline has developed a new feature to help you save, manage, and access your research by linking your MyHein profile with your Google account. This Google Single Sign-On (SSO) will automatically log you into to both Google and MyHein as soon as you begin your research on HeinOnline, ensuring that your search history and research […]
Legal research certification
Enhance your legal research skills and impress your prospective employer by earning legal research certification from LexisNexis Canada, Thomson Reuters and VLex Justis What’s available? LexCanLearn Legal Research Certification from LexisNexis Canada: Module 1 - Basic Features of Online Legal Research Module 2 - Natural Language, Boolean Searching & Post-Search Filtering Module 3 - […]
Browse Library Books Virtually
For those of us who used to enjoy visiting the library and wonder between shelves to browse for interesting titles, this pandemic era hasn’t been fun. The bad news is we may not return to those days anytime soon, but the good news is technology may help in some ways. York Libraries’ catalogue has added […]
Osgoode Digital Commons: Upcoming Maintenance Thursday, March 25
Please take note that the Osgoode Digital Commons will be unavailable due to upcoming maintenance on Thursday, March 25. The maintenance is expected to begin at 7pm Eastern Time and expecting to end at 11pm Eastern Time. It is possible that this maintenance will be completed sooner than 11pm, however, while the Digital Commons sites are undergoing maintenance, […]
Curbside Pickup at Osgoode Library
The library is closed, but you need a print book not available electronically? We have you covered! Check out the video and the details below to find out what you need to do to get your book using our curbside pickup service.