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Electronic Resources

Electronic Resources. Lyonette Louis-Jacques Foreign and International Law Librarian D’Angelo Law Library, LL.M. Library Research September 20, 2012. Access via DLL Home Page. Electronic Resources Law Databases Law Journals Non-Law Journals E-Journals Database Finder Off Campus Access

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Electronic Resources

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  1. Electronic Resources Lyonette Louis-Jacques Foreign and International Law Librarian D’Angelo Law Library, LL.M. Library Research September 20, 2012

  2. Access via DLL Home Page • Electronic Resources • Law Databases • Law Journals • Non-Law Journals • E-Journals • Database Finder • Off Campus Access • Articles Plus

  3. D’Angelo Law Library (DLL) Home Page

  4. Law Database Quicklinks • Ebsco (forthcoming: Bloomberg BNA, Bloomberg Law) • HeinOnline • JStor • LegalTrac • Lexis (All U of C) • Lexis (Law School) • ProQuest Congressional • Westlaw • WorldCat

  5. Law Databases Page • Law Databases • U.S. National • Links to Lexis, Westlaw, HeinOnline, Bloomberg Law, Practical Law Company (PLC), Supreme Court Insider • U.S. Topical • Links to Bloomberg BNA, CCH Intelliconnect, U.S. Law Week • Foreign and International • Law Reviews • Congress and Legislative History

  6. How to find other databases • Database Finder • Browse by… • Title • Subject (broad such as “Law”) • Platform • Content Type • Search by… • Database title/name • Database publisher/vendor • Keyword in database description/information (I) • Note: you can find databases by looking at Research LibGuides too.

  7. How to find eJournals/Articles, Pt. I • Use HeinOnline (includes ScholarCheck feature) for law journal articles from very first volumes); also Lexis, Westlaw, JSTOR (for selected law journals) • Use Articles Plus (full text of many especially non-law articles) • Use Google Scholar (for legal articles, incudes links to HeinOnline and JSTOR full-text law journal articles) • Use Lens (journal title search results list e-versions; use the FindIt! button to access full text) • Use the Law Journals and Non-Law Journals pages

  8. Google Scholar • “Google Scholar [is a free e-resource which] includes citations for academic journals in all subjects [including law]. To access the University's online journals, you must go to Scholar Settings [Preferences], and search for "University of Chicago Libraries" under Library Links.” • Using Google Scholar (LibGuide) • “Cited by” feature indicates number of times an article (or case) has been cited

  9. How to find eJournals/Articles, Pt. II • Start here to find articles (Finding Journal Articles Flowchart, PDF) • Finding Journal Articles Research Guide (LibGuide) • Use the e-Journals Search page • Browse by title, subject • Search by keyword, advanced search • CitationLinker • E.g. Do a “Starts with” Journal title search in e-Journals for the Journal of Law & Economics (Citation: 3 J.L. & Econ. 1 (1960)) • It’s online in the HeinOnline and JSTOR databases

  10. eJournals Search page

  11. Coase’s Problems of Social Cost

  12. Problems accessing e-resources? • Tip: Always access via the D’Angelo Law Library webpage. • Our databases will have a proxy URL added. E.g. http://heinonline.org.proxy.uchicago.edu/HOL/Page?public=false&handle=hein.journals/jlecono3&men_hide=false&men_tab=citnav&collection=journals&page=1 • If no proxy URL, can’t connect, check the Off-Campus Access page for instructions about ProxyIt!, etc. • If that doesn’t work, Ask-A-Law Librarian! 

  13. “Ask-A-Law Librarian” help page • Ask a Law Librarian • Chat with us (IM during reference desk hours) • Email us • Call us • Text us • Set up an appointment with us for a consultation • Visit us at the reference desk!

  14. Our “Ask-A-Law Librarian” page

  15. Questions? Lyonette Louis-Jacques llou@uchicago.edu Ask-A-Law Librarian http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/law/using/reference/ask.html

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