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April 14, 2008

News from Hein: Google Scholar and YouTube Channel

HeinOnline Weblog is reporting that the entire Law Journal collection will be searchable in Google Scholar by the end of April.

HeinOnline launched a YouTube channel last month to provide training videos. At the moment there are four:

  • How to Find an Article in the Law Journal Library
  • Finding the Coverage Information for a Title
  • Bookmarking a Search in HeinOnline with Internet Explorer
  • Bookmarking a Search in HeinOnline with Firefox

Additional training materials are available on the HeinOnline website.

Posted by Donna Gulnac at 6:01 PM |

April 27, 2007

Library Summer Research Guide CDs

We have placed copies of a CD containing PDF versions of the Law Library Research Guide Series in your law school mailboxes.  (Note to 2Ls & 3Ls:  The CDs contain new and updated guides from the CDs you receive last year). These guides and CDs were prepared by Librarians in the Law Library especially for UCLA Law Students.  Students in past years have described the Guides as invaluable in assisting them with their summer research assignments. Accompanying the CD is a letter outlining LexisNexis and Westlaw policies for summer use.  The research guides and other important summer research information may also be found on the Library Website.

Posted by Donna Gulnac at 12:20 PM |

September 7, 2006

Research Question from a Law Student

QUESTION:

I'm a law student trying to find out if somebody else has already written about my journal/law review topic. Where should I go to cover all my bases? Note: My topic primarily focuses on California law.

RESPONSE:

To ascertain whether there are any law review articles on a particular topic, you should run searches in a number of indexes and full-text databases, some of which are available through Westlaw and Lexis and some of which are available through the Library’s electronic subscriptions. We have prepared two guides that provide instructions on how to access and use these resources: Guide G8--Finding Law Review & Journal Articles Online, available at http://www.law.ucla.edu/docs/guideg8.pdf; and Guide G7—Online Research: Beyond Lexis and Westlaw (see Section III on Periodical Indexes) available at http://www.law.ucla.edu/docs/guideg7.pdf. 

We also encourage you to visit the reference desk, where a reference librarian can provide you with additional assistance.  Thank you for your question!

Please note: It is helpful to refer to the entry on Web accelerators before using the databases listed in the resources above.
 

Posted by Donna Gulnac at 2:55 PM |