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 [...]

Oct

17

E-Books timing out on the EBL platform

October 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment

If you are using e-books on the EBL platform, e.g. Hanson - Legal Method, Chalmers – European Union Law or Mansell – Critical Introduction to law, you may experience a time-out after about 10-15 minutes. The way around this is to download the book to your computer for anything up to 4 days. This should give you [...]

Mar

16

Doak Criminal evidence ebook

March 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment

Students at Ulster now have access to Doak, Criminal evidence in context 2nd ed online.  You can search for Doak, and any other library ebooks, in the library catalogue (select the ebooks catalogue option). Just ask in the library for help if have any problems with ebooks.

Jan

24

Wylie Irish Land Law

January 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment

The new 4th edition of Wylie Irish land Law has just been published.    This short video will show you how to find the online version of the book in Lexis Library. WARNING:  Unlike the previous 3rd edition, the new edition does not cover Northern Ireland law, so please use  with care.  Print copies of the Wylie Irish [...]

Oct

28

Staff-Student meeting at Magee

October 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment

Issues raised at the staff-student meeting Wed 27th October. Hanson – Legal Method – insufficient copies. Copies of 3rd ed currently available on shelves at Magee and Jordanstown and you can use the older edition as well. We also have an e-book copy of 3rd edition (athens authenticated), available on and off-campus via Library catalogue. [...]

Oct

1

Hanson – Legal Method e-book timing out

October 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment

If anyone has experienced problems with the e-book version of  Hanson – Legal Methods  timing  out after about 10 minutes, the solution is to request a ‘loan’ of the e-text. Do this by clicking on ‘Yes’  to Create a loan  when prompted. This gives you a 24 hour loan. Once that time is elapsed you can [...]