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Westlaw
This document provides information about Westlaw and library resources for legal research. It summarizes that Westlaw is a legal database that contains cases, legislation, journals, and other materials not freely available online. It notes that academics and law firms regularly use Westlaw. The document also explains that library resources contain academic materials and information not online, and resources recommended by departments. It provides brief overviews of the different sections within Westlaw for cases, legislation, journals, books, and certification for legal research skills.
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- 2. Why use libraryresources? • Contain academic resources • Information not freely available online • Resources recommended by departments
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- 4. What isWestlaw? • Legaldatabase providing access to cases, legislation, books, journals and other material • This content is not freely available online • Academics will expect you to use this database regularly • Many law firms subscribe to this database so it might be something you refer to in your career
- 5. Westlaw Insights • Providesbasic information about the subject and links to other articles • Regularly updated and provide quick and easy access to information • Useful starting point
- 6. Westlaw Cases • Accessto hundreds of cases • Will detail which law report this has been published in • Contains case analysis –a way to find other information about the case • Case digest – summary of the case • Descriptors will be used (see Appendix 2 for a full list) • Status icons – again full list in Appendix 1
- 7. Westlaw Legislation • Containsfull text UK legislation covering Acts since 1267 and Statutory Instruments (SIs) since 1948 • Appendix 1 explains the status of each section
- 8. Westlaw Journals • Fulltext articles, as well as articles with just an abstract • If there is an article you can’t read in full viaWestlaw try searching for it on library search • Lots more academic journals available via library search
- 9. Westlaw Books • Cannotbe searched from the homepage • Practitioner texts • Search library search to find more online ebooks
- 10. Westlaw Certification • Away to develop your Legal Research Skills • Can work through online tests and guides to get a certification to show evidence of your legal research skills • Can put this on your CV or mention in interviews • Link to this is in your handbook
- 11. More help • Lawsubject guide • Help pages on Westlaw • Contact me or book an appointment
- 12. 01784 443823 library@rhul.ac.uk Helpdesk Subject guides& Information Consultants Live Chat @RHUL_Library RHUL_Library help? need
Editor's Notes
- #3 Academic sources – really important to use academic sources like books, journal articles, cases and legislation found on law databases. Sources from the internet are not as reliable and you could be marked down if you use an unreliable source with incorrect information Not freely available – we subscribe to online resources for you and the items I am going to show you today are not freely available online so searching Google will not provide you access, so you must go via the library to access them Recommend by your department – I work with your academics to purchase these resources for the library and they expect you to use these resources. Especially in terms of referencing, academics will see where you have referenced from. We will be covering referencing next weel
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