June 2, :00 PM Room Y402 Dean’s Fellow Workshop Pence Law Library

Dean's Fellow Access and Borrowing

Summer Lexis, Westlaw, & Bloomberg Access Lexis & Bloomberg Your id will remain active all summer; no need to do anything You will be ale to use it in all settings, including paid summer employment Westlaw Affirmatively request summer access For school or unpaid work only Click on this button once you’ve signed on

Copying and Printing Dean’s Fellows have enhanced copying and printing privileges You should have print allotments on your AU id; if not, Ripple Weistling, Print or copy and then request reimbursement: Submit a request every time you print or copy Professor needs to approve the request before you can be reimbursed Make sure to use your printing allotment, not Eagle Bucks Library does not provide copy cards

Borrowing Books – Law Library Borrow using your faculty member’s account, NOT your own When you check out, tell the Circulation Desk it’s for your professor If you registered as DF, professor information will be in the system; If not, your professor will need to Circulation to confirm Student borrowing: 18 weeks for general collection material Use MyLeagle to see books borrowed on your accountMyLeagle Network user name/password if you have

Borrowing Books – University Library You can also borrow for your professor from the University Library Proxy borrowing form Authorization.pdf Authorization.pdf Student borrowing: 6 weeks for general collection material Use My Library Account to monitor your accountMy Library Account Last name/AU ID or barcode/affiliation

Interlibrary Loan (ILL) Find material using WorldCatWorldCat You can borrow books and articles through ILL Borrowing period set by lending library; sometimes renewable BEFORE the due date Create an ILL account at american.illiad.oclc.org/ILLiad/FirstTime.htmlhttps://wcl- american.illiad.oclc.org/ILLiad/FirstTime.html Make ILL requests using your account, and be sure to include your professor’s name in your request

Make ILL Requests Using Worldcat

Prefilled ILL form

Additional Information about Borrowing and ILL

Library Notices Very important to keep your account clear for registration, graduation, transcripts, etc. Pay attention to notices and check your accounts. If you have questions or problems, touch base with us and we can help.

WCL Resources

Summer Reference Services Chat (Ask a Librarian) reference assistance

Reference Office Visits Reference librarian office visits Librarian offices are in the Nebraska building, N215-N227 M-F, business hours For appointments, contact librarians directly or Drop-ins or appointments John Heywood, Foreign & Int’l Librarian, N216 Bill Ryan, Foreign & Int’l Librarian, N 219 Ripple Weistling, N227 Shannon Roddy, N217 Khelani Clay, N215

Pence Law Library Resources library.wcl.american.edu library.wcl.american.edu Pence Law Library catalog - Encore or Leagle Your starting point for what we have and how to access it, including books, ebooks, periodicals Legal Databases, including HeinOnline, Bloomberg BNA, etc. organized alphabetically Databases & Websites, A-ZDatabases & Websites, A-Z Or topically Databases & Websites by TopicDatabases & Websites by Topic Periodical Indexes - – LegalTrac, Index to Legal Periodicals/Books Law-related articles – Research Tools PageResearch Tools AU Library link – Non-law materials, including many databases business, literature, and social science

Finding periodical articles Legal articles: Research Tools Page LegalTrac, ILPB, Current Index to Legal Periodicals, Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals Large collections of journals (many in pdf) Best for topical article searching Many articles available in full text; others are citations If text isn’t available, find on HeinOnline with citation HeinOnline search engine not very sophisticated LexisNexis, Westlaw Great for finding very current articles (not in pdf) Not as good as articles databases for topical article searching Smaller collections of journals

Databases You Should Know About (access through the Pence Law Library)Pence Law Library WorldCat A union catalog of libraries world-wide Bloomberg BNA Library; CCH Intelliconnect Bloomberg BNA LibraryIntelliconnect Collections of databases on a range of legal topics, especially heavily regulated areas; news, analysis, and primary sources Bloomberg Law docket information Legal, business, and news database; your best resource for docket information For access, go to bloomberglaw.com/activate and sign up using your WCL bloomberglaw.com/activate

More Databases You Should Know About Proquest Legislative Insight Definitive source for legislative history research Social Science Research Network Articles and working papers from law and other social science disciplines U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs, Excellent source for historical Supreme Court research

Newspapers Most major English language newspapers are available through Lexis and Westlaw Also ProQuest News & Newspapers, available through the AU Main Library Free or reduced cost academic access to New York Times* New York Times Washington Post** Washington Post Wall Street Journal*** Wall Street Journal

Remote access to Law Library databases Log in from anywhere in the world You have to log in via the Library Website – If you try to go directly to the database or through Google, you’ll be asked to provide an account/hit a pay wall Then select your database Sign in using your my.american.edu credentials

Non-Legal Materials

AU Main Library

Non-Legal Resources AU main library has an extensive collection of non-legal databases in arts, business, international studies, social science, etc. You have full access to all main library resources Search Databases or Find Journals Find Journals (by title) when you have a citation Search Databases when you’re doing topical research Databases are organized alphabetically and by discipline

Find Journals

Search Databases

Remote access to AU Library databases Same approach as Law Library Start at the Library Website – Then select your database Sign in using your AU ID number

Research Strategies

Getting Started Make sure you understand what your professor is asking and what type of work product she wants. Be organized: Create a research log Document complete citations and full bibliographic information of every source you cite or use generally Include URLs of online sources Also keep track of how and where you found resources

Don’t reinvent the wheel Take advantage of the work already done by experts Begin your research with secondary sources Start with treatises, books, and articles on your topic in any format Find citations to relevant statutes, cases and more Make use of all the tools available to you Shepard’s and KeyCite are not just for “good law” Indexes, Key Numbers, and Lexis Headnotes Alerts and updating services

Source Gathering - ILL If you need a source that is not available at the Pence Law Library, obtain it through interlibrary loan. Leave enough time to obtain your source through ILL How long a request takes depends on a variety of factors Start early! Use ILL to obtain books from the AU Library – don’t check out directly from them.

Source Gathering – Web Sources Google is a great place to start your research. Just don’t finish it there. Use Wikipedia to find other sources (look at citations and footnotes) NOT as a source Use more than one search engine Use Google Scholar – an easy way to find scholarly articles

Evaluate sources carefully Make sure you understand the provenance of any source you find Is the source current? Don’t assume that because it’s online it’s up to date. Who is the author and what are their qualifications? Who is the publisher and where do they get their money? Do they edit, review, or otherwise evaluate their scholarship? Do they have a political, social, or financial agenda you need to account for?

Update Your Research! Check dates on all your sources, even if they’re electronic. Use Shepards and Keycite to ensure that statutes and cases you use are still good lawShepardsKeycite These services also flag legislative and regulatory developments And they identify citing references Most databases have updating and alert services – take advantage of them. For longer term projects, revisit your search at least once.

C ONCLUDING YOUR R ESEARCH

Ask yourself the following: Did you answer the question you originally started with? Have you documented and updated all the sources you used? Are you seeing the same sources every time you attempt to do further research? If you do you are probably finished

Have questions? Still looking for a source? Consult an expert reference librarian us at or see a If it takes you longer than 10 minutes to find something you are better off asking the experts – your librarians!

John Heywood Foreign and International Law Librarian International & Foreign Law Sources

Definitions Municipal Law – A nation-state’s domestic law Foreign Law – A foreign nation-state’s domestic law Comparative Law – The study and comparison of the domestic law of 2 or more nation-states International Law – The law governing the inter-relations of nation-states

Foreign & Comparative Law This is not as easy as you think it will be Each of the 195 or so nation-states in the world has a distinct and complex legal system that, just like ours, requires years of study to master Most countries neither legislate nor adjudicate in English The first place to start is the Foreign Law Guide, available on our A to Z list

International Law 3 sources of international law: Treaties Custom General Principles of Law The last 2 would take us until sometime tomorrow to discuss how to find….come see Bill or me Treaty finding can also be daunting, but we have a few tips that will help you 75% of the time For the remaining 25%, come see Bill or me

General International Law Info The Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law, from our A to Z list Janis & the nutshell are both excellent Research Guides from the American Society of International Law, NYU, LLRX, etc. My own online IL list is useful (it links through the WCL proxy server):

Finding Treaties US Treaties If the US is a party, it is US domestic law, and fairly easy to find HeinOnline has a Treaties & Agreements Library with almost everything you need The most current US treaties & agreements are on either the State Department or Trade Rep’s websites Treaties not yet consented to are on Congress.gov Lexis/Nexis & Westlaw are useful, especially if you want to see how US courts have interpreted a treaty

Non-US Treaties May be much more difficult to find A UNTS or LNTS cite makes life easier A treaty between 2 foreign countries, especially if neither have English as an official language, and also especially if they are developing nations, can be a real challenge Come find Bill or me

John Heywood Foreign and International Law Librarian Zotero & EndNote

Reference Management Software Tools to help you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources There are many competing products We will talk about the two most popular: Zotero & EndNote

Free open-source software (both free as in beer and free as in speech) Developed by scholars for scholars Organizes all of your sources: bibliographic info, notes, pdfs, websites, etc.

One-click source collecting Automatically senses what type of source you are storing Grabs database search results from library catalogs, LegalTrac, amazon, Google Scholar, etc. Will not import from Lexis, Westlaw, or Bloomberg Law But will import from Fastcase

Lets you tag your sources and notes Integrates with Word, LibreOffice, & GoogleDocs so you can insert sources into footnotes in whatever style you choose different styles, including the Bluebook, Chicago, & Oxford

Syncs with zotero.org so your info is available on the web or on multiple machines Work with your data on any web browser anywhere…just login to your free zotero.org account (300 Mb free, $20/year for 2 Gb)

You can share your research Easy backup of all your work Easy to generate a bibliography Mobile apps for iOS & Android which you can use while offline or on

2 versions: One that lives inside Firefox as an extension One that is standalone with plugins for Firefox, Safari, & Chrome (IE works as well, but it is very clunky) Both versions work with Windows, Mac, & Linux

Get it at: zotero.org

Proprietary software owned by Thomson Reuters, the folks who own WestLaw Will not import from Lexis/Nexis or Westlaw Works well with most other databases

Very similar in function to Zotero A standalone app with plugins for Word and IE Has a web app called EndNote Web which allows collaboration Works in Windows or Mac

Has styles, including the Bluebook, Chicago, & Oxford Has a mobile web app, but you must be connected to the web while using it No user-defined tags

Retails for $249.95, but you can download it from AU for free while you are a student Go to: myau.american.com

Which to choose? They are both very useful Zotero is always free, and your data is in an open format EndNote is free while you are a student, and your data is in a proprietary format Most folks I know despise Endnote, but your mileage may vary

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