1. Law Library Catalog and E-Resources University of Michigan Law Library Lunch and Learn Series Xiaomeng Zhang September 12, 2010

2. Overview UMich Law Library Collection UMich Law Library Catalog – How to access UM Law Library Catalog – Basic Search and Advanced Search – Reading search result – What is Not Covered E-resources – How to Search and Browse E-resources Page – Reading Terms of Use and Descriptions – What is Not Covered 2 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW LIBRARY

3. Law Library Catalog Scope of Law Library Collection – Academic Law Library: (1) Legal Materials v. Non-Legal Materials o Primary Source of Law & Secondary Source of Law o US Federal Material v. State Material o International Law Material : EU and UN etc. o Foreign Legal Material:  Great Britain and the Commonwealth etc: Extensive  Others: Federal/National level & Courts of Last Resort and Constitutional Courts – Limited Practice Material: Michigan (ICLE) 3 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW LIBRARY

4. Law Library Catalog Law Library’s online catalog – How to access UM Law Library Catalog (1) URL: http://umil.iii.com/http://umil.iii.com/ (2) From Law School Website: http://www.law.umich.edu/Pages/default.aspx (Click on the Library tab on the top panel) http://www.law.umich.edu/Pages/default.aspx 4 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW LIBRARY

5. Law Library Catalog Law Library’s online catalog – Basic Search- Keyword: broadest http://umil.iii.com/search/Xhttp://umil.iii.com/search/X (1) Phrase Searches: “world trade organization” (2) Truncation: single asterisk (environment* polic*); Question mark (wom?n) (3) Operators: and, or, not (4) Proximity: “near”; “within #” 5 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW LIBRARY

6. Law Library Catalog Law Library’s online catalog – Basic Search- Title, Author, Subject, etc. (1) Title or Author etc: Handy when you know the exact title or author etc. o Author: Last Name o Title: can use abbreviations (Michigan Law Review v. Mich l rev) o Combine Title/Author: http://umil.iii.com/search/qhttp://umil.iii.com/search/q (2) Subject: Browse the Subject Heading List or do a KW search then click on Subject 6 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW LIBRARY

7. Law Library Catalog Law Library’s online catalog – Advanced Searching: http://umil.iii.com/http://umil.iii.com/ (1) Help narrow results: limit to locations, type of materials, language, year, publisher (2) Advanced Keyword Search in Author Field v. Simple Search by Author (when you only know Author’s first name) -Shelves- Browsing: LOC Classification System 7 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW LIBRARY

8. Reading Catalog Searching Results 8 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW LIBRARY

9. What’s NOT in the Law Library Catalog Materials from other libraries – Search Mirlyn for UM Libraries’ holdings – Search the Kresge Library catalog for business library materials Information about articles, statutes, court opinions – Use journal indexes and other finding aids 9 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW LIBRARY

10. UM Law Library E-Resources UM Law Library Electronic Collection -Focus on Academic Legal Materials -Journal Indexes and other finding tools -Fee-based Databases: CCH, Bloomberg, RIA, Lexis Japan, Westlaw China, Lexis Canada etc. -Free Web Resource: 10 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW LIBRARY

11. UM Law Library E-Resources UM Law Library E-Resources Page -http://umil.iii.com/search/yhttp://umil.iii.com/search/y -Major E-Resources List -Search by Subject or Name -Browse by Subject, Categories, or Jurisdictions -Reading Terms of Use and Descriptions 11 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW LIBRARY

12. E-Resources Terms and Descriptions 12 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW LIBRARY

13. UM Law Library E-Resources Find an Electronic Article: Article Linker http://ck9ys4qn5a.search.serialssolutions.com /?SS_Page=refiner&SS_RefinerEditable=yes http://ck9ys4qn5a.search.serialssolutions.com /?SS_Page=refiner&SS_RefinerEditable=yes 13 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW LIBRARY

14. Finding Journals with a Citation by Using Law Library Catalog v. Article Linker Hugh J. Ault, Corporate Integration, Tax Treaties and the Division of the International Tax Base: Principles and Practices, 47 Tax L. Rev 565 (1992). -Search by Journal Title: http://umil.iii.com/http://umil.iii.com/ -Using the Article Linker: http://ck9ys4qn5a.search.serialssolutions.com/?SS_Page=refiner&SS_RefinerE ditable=yes http://ck9ys4qn5a.search.serialssolutions.com/?SS_Page=refiner&SS_RefinerE ditable=yes 14 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW LIBRARY

15. What’s NOT in the UM Law Library E-Resources Page Materials from other libraries – Mirlyn Search Tools: http://searchtools.lib.umich.edu/V?RN=91925557 2 http://searchtools.lib.umich.edu/V?RN=91925557 2 – Kresge E-Resources: http://www.bus.umich.edu/kresgelibrary/resourc es/databases.htm http://www.bus.umich.edu/kresgelibrary/resourc es/databases.htm 15 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW LIBRARY

16. Additional Help AskaLawLibrarian@umich.edu http://www.law.umich.edu/library/students/ask/Pa ges/default.aspx Online tutorials: http://www.law.umich.edu/library/students/Pages/LibraryTou rsandTutorials.aspx http://www.law.umich.edu/library/students/Pages/LibraryTou rsandTutorials.aspx 16 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW LIBRARY