Legal Research Center
For Professor Vargas Comparative Law Spring 2009
LRC Reference Desk: (619) 260-4612 lrcrefer@sandiego.edu
Melissa Fung, Foreign & International Specialist University of San Diego Legal Research Center Tel: (619) 260-4734 mfung@sandiego.edu
What we will cover
Searching the Catalogs
Sally, Circuit & ILL Databases and Indexes Research Guides and Other Starting Points
Journal Articles
Getting Started Online
Lexis & Westlaw
Searching the Catalogs: Sally, Circuit & ILL
Searching the catalogs
Sally: The Legal Research Center’s online catalog (SALLY) is an index to materials held at the LRC and the Main Library (Copley) Remember that Sally can be used to find not just materials in our print collection, but it also provides direct access to materials in our subscription databases, and it also links to websites! You can link to Sally off of the LRC’s webpage, or by going directly to: http://sally.sandiego.edu
Searching the catalogs
The civil law tradition: an introduction to the legal systems of Europe and Latin America / John Henry Merryman and Rogelio Pérez-Perdom
LRC Reading Room K585 .M467 2007
Comparative legal studies : traditions and transitions / edited by Pierre Legrand and Roderick Munday
LRC Reserve Room K559 .C66 2003
Foreign law: current sources of codes and basic legislation in jurisdictions of the world / Thomas H. Reynolds, Arturo A. Flores
LRC Reference K38 .R48 (ceased print publication 8/07) available now online through SALLY
Germain's transnational law research: a guide for attorneys / Claire M. Germain
LRC Reference K85 .G47 1991
Searching the catalogs
Circuit Catalog: Because USD is a member of a library consortium called the Circuit, you can search the catalogs of and borrow materials from any of the member libraries which include SDSU, UCSD, CSU San Marcos, and the San Diego County Library System. As you can imagine, this greatly increases the universe of materials that are accessible to you!
Access: You can link to the Circuit catalog through Sally (click on the hyperlinked Circuit logo) or go to: http://circuit.sdsu.edu
Searching the catalogs
Interlibrary Loan (ILL): But that’s not all! If you’re looking for an item and can’t find it in Sally or the Circuit, then come ask a reference librarian if it can be interlibrary-loaned from a participating member of a worldwide network of libraries. ILL FAQs and Forms: http://www.sandiego.edu/lrc/about/interlibrar y.php
Journal Databases & Indexes
Journal Indexes
Legal Resource Index (LRI)
Online index to articles from more than 850 journals from the United States, Canada, Great Britain, New Zealand, and Australia, including law reviews, bar association journals, and legal newspapers. Access: either Westlaw or Lexis-Nexis (identifier is LRI).
LegalTrac™
Legal Trac indexes around 875 titles including major law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and international legal journals. Accessible only from on-campus computers. Access: http://www.sandiego.edu/lrc/database/
Journal Databases
Westlaw: Journals & Law Reviews (JLR)
Lexis-Nexis: Law Reviews & Journals (Lawrev)
Hein-Online
Contains digital (PDF) images of law reviews from U.S. law schools. Although it doesn’t allow for fancy Boolean searching, it provides coverage back to the first issue of all journals. Access: through the “Legal Research Database” button through our home page or go to: http://www.sandiego.edu/lrc/database/
Getting Started Online
Comparative Law
“the study of similarities and differences between the laws of two or more countries, or between two or more legal systems. Comparative law is not itself a system of law or body of rules, but rather a method or approach to legal inquiry.” (Berring, How to Find the Law)
Research Guides and Other Starting Points
Legal Research Center, Course Guides and PowerPoints http://www.sandiego.edu/lrc/student/course.php http://www.sandiego.edu/lrc/about/guide.php Comparative Law, Globalex (NYU) http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/Comparative_Law.htm
Foreign and Comparative Law (Duke) http://www.law.duke.edu/lib/researchguides/foreign.html
Cornell Legal Research Engine http://library.lawschool.cornell.edu/WhatWeDo/ResearchGuides/LegalResearch-Engine.cfm
Foreign Law Guide
(Reynolds and Flores)
Foreign law guide: current sources of codes and basic legislation in jurisdictions of the world / Thomas H. Reynolds, Arturo A. Flores Multi-volume set arranged by country Provides a brief introduction to the legal system in addition to listing current codes and laws Also identifies available English translations. Electronic Access through SALLY
LexisNexis & Westlaw
LexisNexis
RESEARCH TAB: INTERNATIONAL LAW
Find Cases Find Treaties & International Agreements Find Laws by Country or Region Martindale-Hubbell International Law Digests Doing Business In Series
Westlaw
RESEARCH TAB: WESTLAW INTERNATIONAL
International/Worldwide Materials > Multi-National Materials > Court & Tribunal Cases
Westlaw International > General Subscription > International Organizations, Treaties & Reference Materials – General International/Worldwide Materials > Databases Listed Alphabetically by Country or Region
We are here to help you!
Reference librarians are here every day and during weeknights (except during intersession). Check our website for current hours: Reference Desk Phone: 619-260-4612
http://www.sandiego.edu/lrc/about/hours.php
Ref. Desk E-mail: lrcrefer@sandiego.edu