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.
Feb
20
Land Law (Magee)
February 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment
If you’re having difficulty finding some of the readings for Law318, be aware that not everything is available from the usual electronic sources. Some older Irish cases are held in the Offprint collection on Short Loan, e.g. Week 5 cases – Jagoe v Harrington; McIlvenny v McKeever and Ulster Permanent Building Society v Junior Army and Navy [...]
Dec
7
LexisLibrary on YouTube
December 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment
If you want to see short demos on searching in LexisLibrary and other Lexis products, why not check out the LexisNexis YouTube channel? With videos ranging from 90 seconds to 10 minutes, it’s a really handy way to pick up the search skills that will help you find information quickly and efficiently.
Sep
29
Searching by Citation
September 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment
The Citation search boxes in LexisLibrary and Westlaw allow you to search for a case using only its legal reference. This is quick and exact search – saves wondering if you’ve gotten the right case. However, the case name is NOT part of the citation, so if you are looking for Pepper v Hart [1992] 3 WLR [...]
Sep
23
Video Demos – see how it’s done.
September 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment
To help you get to grips with using library resources, we’ve compiled a few video demos of services, e.g. Reading Lists, Using E-Journals and the Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations. They’re available on the Library’s online Law Guide If you’d like others – let us know.
Nov
3
Finding journal articles for coursework
November 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Having trouble locating relevant journal articles for your coursework? Try searching Westlaw. Its Journal search option indexes approx 800 journals. You can use Basic or Advanced searching to locate articles containing your keywords. Check the ‘List of Connectors’ link for help combining your keywords more appropriately. Westlaw will supply fulltext where it can, otherwise note [...]
Oct
26
Finding Legislation on Westlaw
October 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment
A new video has been added to the Law Guide pages showing you how to use Westlaw to find UK legislation. Useful components include the ‘Legislation Analysis’ sections which help you find cases or journal articles relating to specific sections of the act.
Oct
26
Public Law 1 (Magee) Week 7 Devolution
October 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment
You have to find the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (as amended) for this week’s reading. As this applies throughout the UK, it is one of those acts relevant to NI which you can safely locate in Westlaw or LexisLibrary. If you do a Legislation search for it in Westlaw, and select a specific section, the Legislation [...]