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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

WorldCat

Law Library Databases

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

NLRB Decisions-

Axinn Library Databases Types of documents:  Non-legal articles  Interdisciplinary articles  Newspapers  Statistics

Axinn Library Databases

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!

Journal Finder

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

Index to Legal Periodicals

Indexes to Citations Bluebook T1 – Remember new edition! Bluebook Bieber’s Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations 

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

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.

Research Guides Hofstra  Journal Cite Checking Journal Cite Checking Georgetown 