Labor & Employment Law
Journal
Library Orientation
August 16, 2015
Orientation Session Goals
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Policies and procedures
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Commonly used databases
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Borrowing items for journal
Library catalog
Journal Finder
Databases
Library Services
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Interlibrary loan
Axinn document delivery
Borrowing Items
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Photocopy in the journal office
Can use scanner in library
Check items out under the journal account
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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
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a. Scholarship
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i. Books
ii. Book chapters (E-book download instructions
on the journal cite checking libguide)
iii. Articles
iv. Newspapers
b. Legislative materials
c. Cases and decisions
Commonly Used Databases
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Library Catalog (Lexicat)
HeinOnline
WorldCat
Law Library databases
Axinn Library databases
Article Finding:
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Journal Finder
Index to Legal Periodicals
Library Catalog (Lexicat)
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Available document types:
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books
book chapters
newspaper/bar journals
journals
cases decisions (reporters)
legislative materials
Access from Library Homepage > Research & Instruction
> Library Catalog or http://libweb.hofstra.edu/
HeinOnline
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Available documents types:
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Law journal articles
Legislative material
Bar journals
Cases (Fastcase)
Legislative materials
HeinOnline
Searchable database of selected law
review/journal titles and other libraries
WorldCat
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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
WorldCat
Law Library Databases
Labor and Employment Law
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BNA Labor Relations Reporter
CCH Labor Law Reporter (Westlaw)
NLRB website
E-CFR
NLRB Decisions-WWW.NLRB.ORG
Axinn Library Databases
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Types of documents:
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Non-legal articles
Interdisciplinary articles
Newspapers
Statistics
Axinn Library Databases
Journal Finder
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Types of documents:
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Journals
Newspapers
Magazines
Provides access to legal and non-legal
journals, magazines, newspapers that are
subscribed to by the University
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Not exhaustive-MUST check Library Catalog!
Journal Finder
Index to Legal Periodicals
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Types of documents (citations and full text):
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Scholarly articles-both legal and non-legal
Symposia
Jurisdictional surveys
Court decisions
Books
Index to Legal Periodicals
Index to Legal Periodicals
Indexes to Citations
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Bluebook T1 – Remember new edition!
Bieber’s Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations
Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations
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http://www.legalabbrevs.cardiff.ac.uk/
Internet Sources
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Google Scholar
Google Books
Fdsys-legislative material in PDF format
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Search by citation
General keyword search
Library Services
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Interlibrary loan (ILL)
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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
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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
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Hofstra
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Journal Cite Checking
Georgetown
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http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/research/index.cfm