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Labor & Employment Law Journal Library Orientation

Labor & Employment Law Journal Library Orientation. August 16, 2015. Orientation Session Goals. Policies and procedures Borrowing items for journal Commonly used databases Library catalog Journal Finder Databases Library Services Interlibrary loan Axinn document delivery.

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Labor & Employment Law Journal Library Orientation

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  1. Labor & Employment Law Journal Library Orientation August 16, 2015

  2. Orientation Session Goals • Policies and procedures • Borrowing items for journal • Commonly used databases • Library catalog • Journal Finder • Databases • Library Services • Interlibrary loan • Axinndocument delivery

  3. Borrowing Items • Photocopy in the journal office • Can use scanner in library • Check items out under the journal account • Use your own account for note/paper research! • To borrow items from Axinn, get the journal’s library card from the law library circulation desk

  4. Typical Types of Documents • a. Scholarship • i. Books • ii. Book chapters (E-book download instructions on the journal cite checking libguide) • iii. Articles • iv. Newspapers • b. Legislative materials • c. Cases and decisions

  5. Commonly Used Databases • Library Catalog (Lexicat) • HeinOnline • WorldCat • Law Library databases • Axinn Library databases • Article Finding: • Journal Finder • Index to Legal Periodicals

  6. Library Catalog (Lexicat) • Available document types: • books • book chapters • newspaper/bar journals • journals • cases decisions (reporters) • legislative materials • Access from Library Homepage > Research & Instruction > Library Catalog or http://libweb.hofstra.edu/

  7. HeinOnline • Available documents types: • Law journal articles • Legislative material • Bar journals • Cases (Fastcase) • Legislative materials

  8. HeinOnline Searchable database of selected law review/journal titles and other libraries

  9. WorldCat • WorldCat is the world's largest network of library content and materials • Allows users to search the collections of libraries in your community and around the world • Can search for books, articles, newspapers, journals, legislative material, videos and other digital content

  10. WorldCat

  11. WorldCat

  12. Law Library Databases

  13. Labor and Employment Law • BNA Labor Relations Reporter • CCH Labor Law Reporter (Westlaw)  • NLRB website • E-CFR

  14. NLRB Decisions-WWW.NLRB.ORG

  15. Axinn Library Databases • Types of documents: • Non-legal articles • Interdisciplinary articles • Newspapers • Statistics

  16. Axinn Library Databases

  17. Journal Finder • Types of documents: • Journals • Newspapers • Magazines • Provides access to legal and non-legal journals, magazines, newspapers that are subscribed to by the University • Not exhaustive-MUST check Library Catalog!

  18. Journal Finder

  19. Index to Legal Periodicals • Types of documents (citations and full text): • Scholarly articles-both legal and non-legal • Symposia • Jurisdictional surveys • Court decisions • Books

  20. Index to Legal Periodicals

  21. Index to Legal Periodicals

  22. Indexes to Citations • Bluebook T1 – Remember new edition! • Bieber’s Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations • Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations • http://www.legalabbrevs.cardiff.ac.uk/

  23. Internet Sources • Google Scholar • Google Books • Fdsys-legislative material in PDF format • Search by citation • General keyword search

  24. Library Services • Interlibrary loan (ILL) • Make sure that it exists as spelled-use Worldcat and Google Books • If it’s a journal article, check Journal Finder • Verify with a reference librarian and get the OCLC number for the item. • Give the information to an editor. A research editor will request the interlibrary loan (ILL). We do not ILL cases or newspaper articles • Axinn document delivery • Use this service for print journals held by Axinn Library. • Make sure to include that you need the title page, title page verso and table of contents in your request. • Limit 3 article requests per form submission. • Approximate turnaround time is 2 business days.

  25. Research Guides • Hofstra • Journal Cite Checking • Georgetown • http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/research/index.cfm

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