This Week at the Law Library

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Research Instruction

Monday, Sept. 9

  • Prof. Bock’s LLM class
    • 3:05pm – 4:30pm
    • Room 104
    • Cases & Citators with Reference Librarian Shannon Kemen

Tuesday, Sept. 10

  • Human Rights Quarterly Cite Checker Training with Associate Director of Public & Research Services Susan Boland
    • 5:00pm – 6:00pm
    • Room 118

Wednesday, Sept. 11

  • Prof. McCord’s Section 1
    • 10:40am – 12:05pm
    • Room 302
    • Secondary Sources with Reference Librarian Shannon Kemen
  • UC Paralegals Law Library Orientation with Associate Director of Public & Research Services Susan Boland
    • 11:15am – 12:15pm

Friday, Sept. 13

  • Prof. McCord’s Section 5
    • 9:00am – 10:25am
    • Room 302
    • Secondary Sources with Reference Librarian Shannon Kemen
  • Immigration and Human Rights Law Review Training
    • 12:15pm – 1:15pm
    • Room 303
    • Research & Cite Checking with Associate Director of Public & Research Services Susan Boland

Featured Resources

Featured Study Aid

Featured Database

Featured Videos

This Week at the Law Library

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Hours

Note that the Law Library will be closed Monday, Sept. 2 for the Labor Day holiday.

Research Instruction

Thursday, Sept. 5

  • Associate Director of Public & Research Services Susan Boland will meet with Prof. Smith’s writing sections for research sessions on Secondary Sources
    • Section 3
      • 9:00am – 10:25am
      • Room 100B
    • Section 4
      • 1:30pm – 2:55pm
      • Room 100B

Featured Study Aids

This week we continue our look at labor and employment law resources!

Featured Database

This week we continue our look at labor and employment law resources!

  • CCH Cheetah: Labor Relations Explanations (Must be on-campus or use VPN to access)
    • Labor Relations Explanations provide explanatory material covering such topics as union organizing, collective bargaining, bargaining units, union-employer reporting requirements, discrimination, union security, and contract administration, among many others. These explanations discuss, summarize and coordinate court decisions, law, and regulatory interpretations. New Developments keep the user current with new matters in the labor law field.

This Week at the Law Library

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Hours

Note that the Law Library will be closed Monday, Sept. 2 for the Labor Day holiday.

Research Instruction

Monday, Aug. 26

  • Join us for the first Library & Lexis Lunch & Learn of the year!
    • Associate Director of Public & Research Services and Lexis Representative Ashley Russell will go over tips on studying and preparing for class.
    • 12:15pm – 1:15pm
    • Room 302
    • Lunch & Lexis points provided
  • LLM Research Session
    • Reference Librarian Shannon Kemen will hold a research session for LLM students on Secondary Sources
    • 3:05pm – 4:30pm
    • Room 104

Tuesday, Aug. 27

  • Print Resources Workshops
    • Prof. Oliver & Electronic Resources & Instructional Services Librarian Ron Jones will meet with section 6 for print research workshops.
      • First half of section 6
        • 9:00am – 10:25am
        • Law Library Ohio Alcove
      • Second half of section 6
        • 3:05 – 4:30pm
        • Law Library Ohio Alcove

Wednesday, Aug. 28

  • Print Resources Workshops
    • Prof. Oliver & Electronic Resources & Instructional Services Librarian Ron Jones will meet with section 2 for print research workshops.
      • First half of section 2
        • 10:40am – 12:05pm
        • Law Library Ohio Alcove
      • Second half of section 2
        • 1:30 – 2:55pm
        • Law Library Ohio Alcove
  • Law Review Cite Checker Training
    • Associate Director of Public & Research Services Susan Boland and Lexis Representative will provide law review training to new members.
      • 12:15pm – 1:00pm
      • Room 302

Friday, Aug. 30

  • Prof. Oliver’s Section 2 Research Session
    • Prof. Oliver’s section 2 will meet with Electronic Resources & Instructional Services Librarian Ron Jones for a research session on Cases & Citators
      • 9:00am – 10:25am
      • Room 100B
  • Prof. Oliver’s Section 6 Research Session
    • Prof. Oliver’s section 6 will meet with Electronic Resources & Instructional Services Librarian Ron Jones for a research session on Cases & Citators
      • 10:40am – 12:05pm
      • Room 100B

Featured Study Aids

Featured Database

Featured Guide

  • ERISA: Research Guide to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
    • This guide, authored by Electronic Resources & Instructional Services Librarian Ron Jones, provides a general overview of laws pertaining to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, otherwise known as ERISA. It covers using general sources for background research and how to locate articles, textbooks, treatises, statutory law, administrative materials, agency publications, legislative histories and websites of interest. The guide can be used by students, faculty members, lawyers, and the general public.

Welcome Back!

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Welcome back everyone! We missed you! As you gear up for the semester, we’ll be around to help you up when you stumble, give you that extra edge, and support you in all of your law school endeavors. We’ve got your back with CALI lessons, study aids, research guides, access to Westlaw, Lexis, Bloomberg Law, and most importantly, people! We can help you find what you need and teach you how to find it on your own.

Hours

The library will be open and staffed Monday through Friday, from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. We will be closed on Sept. 2 for Labor Day. Need to use the library outside of those hours? Law students, staff, and faculty have 24×7 access to the library with your Bearcat card and you always have access to our thousands of online resources. To submit a question to our reference librarians, or to schedule a consultation, use the “Ask a Research Question” form

Featured Resources

Upcoming Research Sessions

  • Wednesday, Aug. 21
    Prof. McCord’s Section 1
    10:40am – 12:05pm
    Room 302
    Cases & Citators with Reference Librarian Shannon Kemen
  • Friday, Aug. 23
    Prof. McCord’s Section 5
    9:00am – 10:25am
    Room 302
    Cases & Citators with Reference Librarian Shannon Kemen
  • Monday, Aug. 26
    Prof. Bock’s LLM class
    3:05pm – 4:30pm
    Room 104
    Secondary Sources with Reference Librarian Shannon Kemen
  • Tuesday, Aug. 27
    Prof. Oliver’s sec. 6
    9:00am – 10:25am
    Ohio Alcove
    Print Resources with Prof. Oliver and Electronic Resources & Instructional Technology Librarian Ron Jones
  • Tuesday, Aug. 27
    Prof. Oliver’s sec. 6
    3:05pm – 4:30pm
    Ohio Alcove
    Print Resources with Prof. Oliver and Electronic Resources & Instructional Technology Librarian Ron Jones
  • Wednesday, Aug. 28
    Prof. Oliver’s sec. 2
    10:40am-12:05pm
    Ohio Alcove
    Print Resources with Prof. Oliver and Electronic Resources & Instructional Technology Librarian Ron Jones
  • Wednesday, Aug. 28
    Law Review Training with Associate Director of Public & Research Services Susan Boland
    Noon – 1:00
    Room 302
  • Wednesday, Aug. 28
    Prof. Oliver’s sec. 2
    1:30pm-2:55pm
    Ohio Alcove
    Print Resources with Prof. Oliver and Electronic Resources & Instructional Technology Librarian Ron Jones
  • Friday, Aug. 30
    Prof. Oliver’s sec. 2
    9:00am-10:25am
    100B
    Cases & Citators with Electronic Resources & Instructional Technology Librarian Ron Jones
  • Friday, Aug. 30
    Prof. Oliver’s sec. 6
    10:40am-12:05pm
    100B
    Cases & Citators with Electronic Resources & Instructional Technology Librarian Ron Jones

Welcome! And So Long :(

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Whether This Is Your First August Here or Your Third

Since launching this blog nearly six years ago, I have grown accustomed to posting a welcome message for both our new and returning students. I would not want to disappoint anyone now, so again, welcome! It is exciting to see familiar faces in the building after the relative quiet of the summer, and I am invariably rejuvenated by meeting new law students during our Week One events. The library staff is ready to help you build a successful law school career.

For those of you who are returning, there is a new face in the library. Michael Whiteman moves into the Library Director spot at the end of this week. Michael’s full title is Associate Dean of Library Services and Library Director, and he joins us from his prior positions as Interim Dean and Associate Dean for Law Library Services and Information Technology at the Chase Law School of Northern Kentucky University. Michael, along with the rest of our staff, will ensure that the library continues to be your number one resource for finding the legal information that you need.

This week is a bittersweet one for me. I have enjoyed serving you and your predecessors as library director for the past 101/2 years, and doing so has been a privilege. I will miss my friends and colleagues, but I am anxious to return to North Carolina to rejoin my family. I bid you farewell, knowing that the Robert S. Marx Law Library is in the best of hands.

Setting Yourself Up for Success: First Steps

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Just beginning law school? The Law Library can help set you up for success. Monday is “Taking Care of Business.” This day is set aside for new students to complete some of the administrative tasks needed to start at the College of Law. Among those tasks are three important ones that the Law Library can help you check off your list: (1) Law Library tours, (2) passwords, and (3) accessing TWEN.

On Monday, we’ll be giving library tours at 1pm, 2pm, and 3pm. These tours are a great time to learn about study carrels, study rooms, print study aids, where the bathrooms are, and how to get in and out of the library after closing.

Also on Monday, we’ll have a table in the atrium where you can receive your Law Library packet. That packet will have registration information for your Lexis, Westlaw, and Bloomberg Law passwords. Those are the 3 biggest legal research vendors. You will be using them a lot in law school and after. The packet will also provide information on accessing online study aids and TWEN. LLM students are welcome to stop by and say hello but they received their packets at Thursday’s LLM Introduction to the Law Library.

We can’t wait to see you!

 

Welcome LLM Students!

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We are very excited to welcome our new LLM students! Members of the Law Library will meet with LLM students for a Library orientation on August 8, 2:30pm in the computer lab. Although there are computers available in the lab, please bring your laptops too. We’ll introduce ourselves, talk about Law Library resources, and help you register for your Lexis and Westlaw passwords. In the mean time sure and check out our LLM Survival Guide!