May
10
Library opening hours for Exams
May 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Desperately studying for exams?
The library will open some additional hours to help with your revisions plans.
Magee Library will open at 8.00am, Monday – Friday 14th – 18th May and 21st – 25th May.
Both Jordanstown and Magee will open 10.00am – 5.00pm on Saturday and Sunday, 12th & 13th May and 19th & 20th May.
Remember that Magee Library is operating swipe card access to the building, so remember to bring your ID card with you.
May
4
Swipe card access to Magee Library
May 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment
From Tuesday 8th May – Friday 25th May access to the Magee Library will be limited to students and staff with valid ID cards.
Entry will be via swipe access at the front door.
Please ensure you have your ID card with you and it is properly activated.(Cards can be activated by Security Staff in MD Block)
This change is in response to problems with noise and overcrowding caused by non-University users at previous exam times.
We will also grant access – via the front door intercom – to other University of Ulster card holders
- Step-up students
- Alumni members
- Inspire borrowers
- Associate students
- And on personal application to library manager or deputy, members of the wider community engaged in genuine research using our materials.
These access procedures may result in some inconvenience, especially for students who have forgotten / lost their cards, but should guarantee students the space and environment they need at exam time. It also has the support of the Students Union and our Facility Services staff.
Good luck with your exams!
May
3
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office have just published their latest Annual Report for 2011 on Human Rights and Democracy. This year’s report includes a section on the Arab Spring, explains the significance of human rights in the government’s foreign policy and provides case studies to supplement the report’s analysis of countries of concern.
May
2
Facebook, Twitter and humanitarian action
May 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Read Rob Grace’s interesting post in the Harvard University Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research (HPCR) blog on the important role social media, such as Facebook and Twitter, play in supporting humanitarian action.
You can also sign up for the Program’s forthcoming Web seminar on Social Media as a Tool for Humanitarian Protection which will take place at 2.30 pm our time on Thursday 10 May.
Apr
25
Inner Temple Current Awareness Service
April 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment
The Inner Temple Current Awareness Service aims to “provide up-to-date information on new case law, changes in legislation, and legal news, …of interest to lawyers practising in the UK” . The Service is updated daily.
Although it covers items of interest to England and Wales only, the daily updates means you may find it a useful means of keeping track of new developments.
Apr
6
Digest of Information on the Northern Ireland Criminal Justice System
April 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment
The latest edition of the Digest of Information on the Northern Ireland Criminal Justice System has been published by the Department of Justice. It aims to provide a comprehensive picture of the latest available key statistics relating to crime and justice in Northern Ireland.
Apr
5
Index of Legal Terms – now available in Westlaw
April 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment
The library’s Westlaw subscription now includes the Index of Legal Terms. This allows you to search the following authoritative legal dictionaries:
Jowitt’s Dictionary of English Law
Stroud’s Judicial Dictionary of Words and Phrases
Osborn’s Concise Law Dictionary
Searching the Index will also help you find definitions from cases, legislation or journals. Why not try it out?
Mar
28
eBooks
March 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Did you know there are more than 250 law titles available electronically? The majority are available in Lexis Library’s Commentary Sources or in the Book section on Westlaw. However, the Library has an increasing number of ebooks on all manner of legal subjects.
E-books are available from the library catalogue. Either search by keyword and limit the search to the ebook catalogue, using the catalogue drop down menu or identify the ebooks from search results by the floppy disc symbol on the left of the record.
You have to be Athens authenticated before you can access the full-text, so we recommend you log into Portal first before selecting the library catalogue from the Learning Resources tab.
Mar
8
Problems with Westlaw?
March 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment
A couple of Westlaw problems have been reported.
1. Login error message ‘Invalid url specified. Please go to MyAthens’
2. Greyed out Download button (unable to print, email or save references)
We have reported the problems to Westlaw and are waiting a reply.
Meanwhile if you are having the login problem, we recommend you repeat the login process and just keep refreshing your browser. You may have to do this several times, but you will eventually get logged in.
The Download issue may be a Compatibility problem in Internet Explorer 8/9. If you use IE as your browser, click on the Compatibility button at the top of your screen (shown below) or switch to another browser, e.g. Firefox or Google Chrome. Please contact us if these suggestions don’t seem to work for you.
Feb
21
Law318 – Land Law – Magee
February 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Anyone looking for Craigdarragh Trading Co Ltd v Doherty [1986] NI 218 should note that the year is wrong. It should be 1989. Enter the corrected citation in LexisLibrary and the case will be displayed.