For Professor Folsom European Union Spring 2009 LRC Reference

Legal Research Center For Professor Folsom European Union 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 EUROPA 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  European Union law guide / compiled and edited by Philip Raworth  LRC Reading Room KJE 949 E97  European Union law in a nutshell / by Ralph H. Folsom  LRC Reserve Room KJE 949 F55 2005  European Union law reporter (CCH)  LRC Reading Room KJE 923.7 C65  Common market law reports  LRC Reading Room KJE923.7 .C66 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 EUROPA - Gateway to the European Union http://europa.eu/index_en.htm EU at a Glance http://europa.eu/abc/index_en.htm The principle institutions of the European Union:      The The The The The European Parliament Council of the European Union European Commission Court of Justice and Court of First Instance; Court of Auditors 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 EISIL (Electronic Information System for International Law)  http://www.eisil.org/index.php?sid=791792971&cat=41&t=sub_pages   Cite-Checkers Guide: European Union, NYU Law  http://www.law.nyu.edu/library/research/researchguides/citecheckersgui de/europeanunion/index.htm Research Guide: European Union Legal Materials, Columbia Law  http://www.law.columbia.edu/library/Research_Guides/internat_law/eu  Europeana  http://www.europeana.eu/portal/index.html Europeana.eu is funded by the European Commission and the member states. Links to over 2 million digital items.       Images - paintings, drawings, maps, photos and pictures of museum objects Texts - books, newspapers, letters, diaries and archival papers Sounds - music and spoken word from cylinders, tapes, discs and radio broadcasts Videos - films, newsreels and TV broadcasts  Participating museums include the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the British Library in London and the Louvre in Paris. LexisNexis & Westlaw LexisNexis       EU Treaties  1951 - present Legislation  1953 - present Preparatory Acts  1972 – present Parlimentary Questions  1964 - present ECJ cases  1954 – present Court of First Instance cases:  1989 – present Westlaw       EU Treaties  1951 - present Legislation  1952 - present Preparatory Acts  1975 – present Parlimentary Questions  1992 - present ECJ cases  1954 – present Court of First Instance cases:  1989 – present 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