Woven silk brocade in leopard-spot pattern, France, 1760s, © Victoria and Albert Museum, London. By Natasha Bailey William Eastman was indicted for that he on the 11th of September, about one in the night, the dwelling house of Daniel Clarke, did break, and by force enter, with intent, feloniously and maliciously to cut and destroy silk manufactory,… Read More »
Alt text: “A Collection of the Canting Words and Terms, both ancient and modern, used by Beggars, Gypsies, Cheats, House-Breakers, Shop-Lifters, Foot-Pads, Highway-Men &c,” from Nathan Bailey’s The new universal etymological English dictionary (1760). Image courtesy of the Bodleian Libraries John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera (Crime 7 (25)). By Natasha Bailey Sarah Page, Catharine… Read More »
We hope you are enjoying your summer for those who have taken a break from Oxford until the next academic year. For those of you that are still here working, a reminder that during the hotter weather, you may find cooler spots on the lower floors. Just ask staff to point you in the right… Read More »
After many years with the same ‘look’, Lexis Library has updated its interface to a new and more streamlined version – Lexis+ UK. From Thursday 15th September, when you go onto Lexis, this new platform will be ‘live’ and the old version will no longer be available. Like with most new platforms, the best way… Read More »
Do you want to keep up to date on your subject? This blog post will go through some of the current awareness tools, sources and methods you can use to save you time in keeping abreast of recent developments in your area of law. We will be looking at delivery methods, table of contents services, databases… Read More »
Are you having to do a formal literature review or just needing to start your research? Below we discuss some of the things that may help you. We will be looking at each of the different elements briefly but will (hopefully) point you to resources so you can dive a little deeper. This blog… Read More »
Those of you that have followed the blog for a number of years will remember that we usually finish off the year with a series of festive posts. This year, as with a lot of other things, we have had to put our pens to one side to focus on adapting to the new normal. … Read More »
Browse the following links to discover how the University of Oxford, the University’s Faculty of Law, legal institutions, the Inns of Court and law societies are marking Black History Month this year. Explore the range of events (many online) listed by the University, Black History Month and Blacknet, several of which celebrate Black excellence in… Read More »
Until 17 July 2020, holders of an Oxford SSO will be able to read books on the Perlego platform Despite what the name might suggest to some of us, Perlego is a multidisciplinary library of some 300, 000 titles. The website owners have collected the law titles together so that you can browse the 4,000 or… Read More »
All the Bodleian Libraries are currently closed (to both readers and staff) until further notice, following the guidance from the UK Government and Public Health England. We are very grateful that a number of publishers have given current UK university members temporary access to additional online resources to help us all keep studying! (For Oxford… Read More »
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