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Flexing the Right Muscle = Gymnastique Cérébrale

Flexing the Right Muscle = Gymnastique Cérébrale. Pumping Iron 3: The Librarians. Presentation by Lyonette Louis-Jacques University of Chicago Law Library llou@midway.uchicago.edu CALL, May 28, 2001. A behind-the-scenes look at….

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Flexing the Right Muscle = Gymnastique Cérébrale

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  1. Flexing the Right Muscle = Gymnastique Cérébrale

  2. Pumping Iron 3: The Librarians Presentation by Lyonette Louis-Jacques University of Chicago Law Library llou@midway.uchicago.edu CALL, May 28, 2001

  3. A behind-the-scenes look at… • How a foreign and international law librarian goes about providing top-notch, efficient, and effective service, or • How to avoid walking up stairs, lifting heavy books, roaming around library stacks, etc., looking for the right resource, and • Have happy customers!

  4. Presenting… • The Best of the Web for Foreign and International Law

  5. Best of the Web, Part I: General F/IL Pages • Your Foreign and International Law Pages • U Toronto, U Laval • ASIL’s ERG • Harvard, NYU • LLRX.com • LAWLINKS • LII, AustLII

  6. International Law Page

  7. University of Toronto’s Law Library Page

  8. Site de la Bibliothèque de droit de l'Université Laval

  9. ASIL’s Guide to Researching International Law on the Internet

  10. Harvard’s Research Guides

  11. Selective Links to Full Text Foreign Law Databases

  12. Law Library Resource Xchange (LLRX.com)

  13. LAWLINKS: Legal Information on the Internet

  14. Cornell’s Legal Information Institute (LII)

  15. AustLII’s World Law Links Page

  16. Best of the Web, Part II: Specialized Resources • World Bank Law Library • Yale’s Avalon Project • Lex Mercatoria • IGO websites (UN, etc.) • NGOs/Assocs. • Gov’t Agencies • Research Centers/Think Tanks

  17. The Avalon Project’s Major Collections

  18. United Nations Documentation Centre

  19. European Union Legal Documents (EUR-Lex)

  20. European Conventions (CoE Treaties)

  21. OAS’ Foreign Trade Information System (SICE)

  22. Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

  23. U.S. Department of State

  24. LexUM/DFAIT’s Canado-American Treaties AustLII/DFAT’s Treaties Library United Nations’ Treaty Collection Yale’s Avalon Project Fletcher’s Multilaterals Project Gov’t Agencies, IGOs, NGOs, etc. Treaties

  25. Australian Treaties Library (Multilaterals from 1856)

  26. United Nations Treaty Collection

  27. The Avalon Project’s Treaty Collections

  28. U.S. Marci Hoffman’s Guide Other Stefanie Weigman’s Guide Treaties (Cont’d)

  29. Finding Foreign Law Online Generally, and in Translation • NYU • Foreign Primary Law on the Web • GLIN • Finding Foreign Law Online When Going Global • Harvard

  30. Foreign Primary Law on the Web (Mulligan)

  31. Finding Foreign Law Online When Going Global

  32. National Laws By Subject (Harvard)

  33. Global Legal Information Network (GLIN)

  34. Finding Foreign Law/in Translation (Cont’d) • Check research guides • Check OPACs • Check indexes • Contact embassies • Use listservs • *Reynolds & Flores

  35. Getting Ready for the Lightweight Questions • Read the basic international legal research guides • Read international news sources (see Harvard’s page and the ASIL ERG (so you’re prepared for requests for hot documents in the news) • Monitor listservs such as INT-LAW and EURO-LEX (where you can also ask for help) • Attend conferences (see the IJLI “International Calendar” for dates) and get to know the foreign and international law specialists. Network! • Bookmark & try new links right away!

  36. Monitoring Developments in International Law and Resources

  37. Harvard’s International Law News Page

  38. The Archives of the INT-LAW E-Mail List

  39. How to Subscribe to INT-LAW Send an e-mail message to: majordomo@listhost.ciesin.org With only the following text in the body: subscribe int-law

  40. Archives of the EURO-LEX E-mail List

  41. Subscribing to EURO-LEX To subscribe to the EURO-LEX list, send an e-mail message to: listserv@listserv.gmd.de With only the following text in the body: subscribe euro-lexYour Name

  42. International Calendar for Legal Information Events

  43. Personal Trainers (Specialists in FCIL Research) Foreign Law Librarians Lawyers Documentalists/ IGO Librarians Professors

  44. AALL’s FCIL SIS Expert Help Project

  45. Reynolds & Flores World Almanac CIA World Factbook Treaty indexes (TIF) Martindale-Hubbell’s Law Digest World Treaty Index Encyclopedia of Public International Law International Legal Materials (ILM) Standard Weights (Books)

  46. Reynolds & Flores

  47. U.S. Treaties in Force (as of January 1, 2000)

  48. Standard Weights (Cont’d) • Internet search engines (such as Google) • Online catalogues (union catalogues are great!) • Journal article databases and indexes (UnCover, RAVE, ASIL, Geneva’s WebVoyager, etc.) • Gateways/Portals/Meta-Pages (SOSIG, BUBL, Yahoo!, Hieros Gamos, JURIST) • Directories, listservs, & other “people” sources

  49. Question #1: Does the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation have a Web page? • Yes, at http://www.cec.org/ (there is a link to it from the NAFTA Secretariat page) • Also NYU has a link from its International Environment Law page; ditto with the ASIL ERG for International Environmental Law

  50. Question #2: What does “RIDC” stand for? • Revue internationale de droit comparé! (using Sarah Carter’s wonderful “LawLinks” page of abbreviations) • Alternative sources include searching in a full text journal articles database, searching in an online catalogue, or an Internet search engine, or using Bieber’s or the Bluebook

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