Monthly Archives: February 2011

Addendum – Trial Databases

As noted in the earlier post, Law Library Initiates Trial Database Page, we are promoting the use of databases that we are considering adding to our collection. The Coleman Karesh Law Library has just added 6 more databases from HeinOnline … Continue reading

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Law Library Initiates Trial Database Page

The Law Library is constantly monitoring databases and sources of legal information to provide access to the law school faculty and students. In an attempt to have the most input and commentary on new databases prior to any purchase we … Continue reading

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Australian Parliamentary Documents Available on the Web

Attention, foreign law fans! Documents from the Australian Parliament are now available at no charge online. Documents are offered in a variety of formats, including HTML, PDF, and Word. Individual documents are not guaranteed to be offered in all formats. … Continue reading

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Conventional Wisdom and Judicial Notice

Judicial notice is defined as “a court’s acceptance, for purposes of convenience and without requiring a party’s proof, of a well-known and indisputable fact; the court’s power to accept such a fact” Black’s Law Dictionary 923 (9th ed. 2009). Many … Continue reading

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How do you cite an e-Book?

Scholars are wrestling with the concept that e-books are outselling regular texts.  This includes scholarly publications.  Citations experts are now confronted with the problem of how to cite an e-book.  This problem is also compounded by the various electronic formats … Continue reading

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