Electronic Acquistions - April 2007
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The semester is winding to a close, but the Law Library's electronic collection is still growing. In recent weeks, we added a completely new resource and our CALI, HeinOnline, LexisNexis and Westlaw subscriptions continued to grow. After reading this summary of the new sources, take a look at the links on our complete list of electronic databases and services, at http://www.luc.edu/law/library/resources.shtml. Any questions? Contact Patricia Scott, the Law Library's Reference and Electronic Services Librarian, at pscott2@luc.edu, or at x5-8515.
CALI (Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction)
Loyola Law belongs to the CALI (Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction) consortium, which means that our students and faculty have access to CALI's collection of more than 600 interactive, online lessons in law. Lessons are available for typical first year classes, including Civil Procedure and Contracts, as well as for upper level courses, such as Professional Responsibility and Tax Law. New lessons added this month include three on the topic of hearsay: "The Definition of Hearsay and the Federal Rules Part 1: Substantive Rules and Hearsay Dangers," "The Definition of Hearsay and the Federal Rules Part 2: Statements and What They Assert," and "The Definition of Hearsay and the Federal Rules Part 3: Hearsay Arguments" (Evidence, Lesson 10 in 3 modules). A couple of Family Law lessons also were added in recent weeks, including the imaginatively titled, "New Reproductive Technologies or Who's Your Mama"? (Family Law, Lesson 14). Register on the CALI website (http://www2.cali.org/) to obtain access to the lessons. If you need our school's authorization code to register, contact Patricia Scott, the Law Library's Reference and Electronic Services Librarian, pscott2@luc.edu.
Constitutions of the United States: National and State (Oceana)
You can access the United States Constitution and the most up-to-date state constitutions through our new subscription to this product. Constitutions from Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, the Marshall Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia are also included. Find your way around the collection by searching via location or by constructing queries to be run as full-text searches, which allows you to find the same concept within multiple constitutions in the database. To access the database (from on campus), go to http://www.oceanalaw.com/default.asp and click the ?Connect via IP Access? link on the left side of the screen. On the resulting page, you?ll see a ?Constitutions of the United States: National and State? link.
HeinOnline
As subscribers to HeinOnline's Digital Session Laws, we have access to the newest HeinOnline product, the World Trials collection. World Trials contains publications that address some of the most well-known trials in history, many of which date to the early nineteenth century. Records and transcripts are also available for some trials. For example, those of you interested in custody issues and children's rights can find the complete transcripts from New Jersey's 1987 Baby M case in this collection. Other notable entries include Felix Frankfurter's "Case of Sacco and Vanzetti: A Critical Analysis for Lawyers and Laymen" and the "Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression" collection of documentary evidence and guides related to the trials of Nazis at Nuremberg. Look for more additions to World Trials in the future.
Additions to other HeinOnline collection "libraries" slowed down a bit this month, but Hein cannot go for long without adding something to its Law Journal Library and Legal Classics module. Legal Classics increased by 20 titles, all of which were published in the 1800?s. In the Law Journals Library, 65 titles were updated to include more recent content, and 11 new titles were added. The new titles include:
Appeal: Review of Current Law and Law Reform, Vols. 1-11 (1995-2006)
Army Lawyer (1971-2005)
Journal of South African Law (1976-2003)
University of St. Thomas Law Journal, Vols. 1-3 (2003-2005)
More information about recent HeinOnline additions is available on the HeinOnline website, at http://www.heinonline.org/front/front-07update.html.
LexisNexis
News sources, both international and domestic -- including the uniquely titled The Original Irregular (Maine) - once again dominated recent LexisNexis database additions. Those of you drawn more toward legal and business-related sources than small town news may be more inclined to check out these new enhancements to the LexisNexis service:
Employment Practice Liability Verdicts and Settlement (LRPEPL)
Glossary of Insurance and Risk Management Terms, 10th ed. (INSGLS)
Insurance Cancellation Guide (ICNCGD)
Royal Society of Fellows Law Review (RSOFLR) (taxation and financial issues)
Worker?s Compensation Report (LRPWCR)
Look for a more complete list of additions and enhancement on the LexisNexis website, at http://www.lexisnexis.com/infopro/current/sources. Our subscription includes most of the databases listed there.
Westlaw
Westlaw's database additions and enhancements also have been a mixed bag in recent weeks. Among the newly added databases were the Professional Responsibility in Criminal Defense Practice (PRCRIMDEF) treatise and these business law related sources:
Brooklyn Journal of Corporate, Financial and Commercial Law (BKNJCFCL)
Commercial Contracts: Strategies for Drafting and Negotiating (CCSDN)
NYU Journal of Law and Business (NYUJLB)
Securities Arbitration Desk Reference (SABREF)
For a more complete picture of Westlaw database changes and enhancements, check out West?s website, at http://west.thomson.com/newsletters/westelert/2007_Mar/copy6.aspx.
Most databases listed there are available through the Law Library's Westlaw account.
