by Nicola Patrick, Research Support Librarian Dear readers, We thought we’d make you aware that we now have IP access to PLC. You can access this database in the normal way via the LawBod’s legal databases page: http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/law/popular-links/databases#p For those of you who haven’t come across PLC before, I’ve created a short Q&A crib sheet… Read More »
HeinOnline has now made available a database called Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture, & Law & holders of an Oxford Single Sign On will now see it listed as part of our general HeinOnline subscription. But it also accessible to anyone separately: after registration and voluntary donation: more details here. The publisher’s… Read More »
Due to go live on the evening of the 15th September, Lexis@Library has enhanced its home page with a more streamlined look to its main menu. We haven’t been able to have a look for ourselves but this is what has been promised. Spot the Difference Old Lexis@Library New Lexis@Library Taken from Lexis@Library… Read More »
A reminder, from OUP… In response to the refugee crisis in Europe, Oxford University Press has made more than 30 book chapters, journal articles, and pieces of content from online resources freely accessible to assist those working with refugees on the ground, as well as anyone who would like to know more about the framework… Read More »
The Law Library has just bought an eBook package from Brill/Nijhoff for recent books on international law, and human rights and humanitarian law. This provides full text access to 133 books from 2015 onwards, and all the books are catalogued in SOLO so you can link through easily to the Brill platform, Brill Online. Then… Read More »
The Law Bod has now got a subscription to a new (for us!) database: EuroCases. Please note that it requires a special username and password (not the usual Oxford SSO). To find out what the magic sesame is just log in (with your aforementioned Oxford SSO) to the special Weblearn site Please remember your basic… Read More »
As we start another year it is an ideal opportunity to highlight some of the less well known databases and their content. If you are used to using Lloyd’s Law Reports online then you will need no introduction to i-law but those of you who have never used it before may be a little confused,… Read More »
Those of you that have visited our Library during the last six months will have noticed that many of our collections have been on the move as part of our major refurbishment programme. The European Documentation Centre (EDC) is no exception, as it will move from Level 1 to Level 0, reuniting the current EDC… Read More »
Oxford University Press has a free podcast series called Law Vox. This may be a gentle way back to the rigours of academic concentration after the frivolities of reading all those Christmas cracker jokes and mottoes… The promotional pitch is that “legal experts from a wide variety of subject areas discuss topical issues. … [providing]… Read More »
The fun & high jinks of The Muppet Christmas Carol movie do not entirely hide the fact that the story raises a range of important social & legal issues. From the very outset, the opening sequence reveals a snowy city setting and quickly the viewer is alerted to the atrocious working conditions of those poor,… Read More »
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