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Melissa FungForeign & Int’l Law Reference Librarian

mfung@sandiego.edu

What we will cover CISG Database (Pace)

Kluwer Arbitration

WestlawNext International Arbitration Materials Practical Law Company

Print Resources LRC Catalog, Circuit, and Interlibrary Loan

Pace Law SchoolInstitute for International Commercial Law http://www.cisg.law.pace.edu/

CISGUnited Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG)

A great starting point for researching the CISG is the CISG database maintained by the Pace Law School, Institute of Commercial Lawhttp://www.cisg.law.pace.edu/

Case law: organized by CISG article, country, keyword UNCITRAL Case Law Digest

Annotated CISG: Legislative History Guides & Scholarly Writings (bibliographies) CISG-Advisory Council Opinions

CISGIn addition to the Pace database and the UNCITRAL website, these print and electronic resources will also be helpful for CISG research.

Find additional books using the LRC catalog, Circuit, and Worldcat

Secondary Sources

International sales law--CISG in a nutshell by Franco Ferrari, LRC Reserve (K1028.3198 .F44 2014)

The ABCs of the CISG by Jack Graves, LRC Reading Room (K1028.3198 .G73 2013)

Guide to the International Sale of Goods Convention (Westlaw)

UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods: Practice and Theory (Lexis)

Case Law

UNILEX on CISG &UNIDROIT Principles: International Case Law and Bibliography

If you are off-campus, you must access this resource through the law library’s website http://www.sandiego.edu/law/library/

Kluwer Arbitration Kluwer Arbitration is the most comprehensive

database of international commercial arbitration primary and secondary resources.

It contains international and national arbitration conventions, rules, legislation, and decisions, as well as commentary and analysis on those decisions.

Access Kluwer Arbitration by starting at the LRC’s homepage http://www.sandiego.edu/law/library/

Kluwer Arbitration Start at the LRC

homepage http://www.sandiego.edu/law/library/

Click on Research Databases link in the middle of the screen

Kluwer Arbitration After clicking on

Research Databases, click on the letter “K” for Kluwer Arbitration

Kluwer Arbitration Now click on the

linked title of the database “Kluwer Arbitration.”

If you are on-campus, the link should take you directly to the database.

If you are off-campus, you will be prompted for your MySandiegousername and password.

Kluwer Arbitration includes arbitral rules, decisions, and awards from most major trade and investment organizations (NAFTA, ICSID, ICC, CAS, Cairo, etc.). The easiest way to navigate by arbitral institution is to click on Categories, then Rules.

Select an individual book or journal to browse the table of contents or use the advanced search feature to search within these secondary sources.

International Arbitration Materials and thePractical Law Company

International Arbitration Materials

Start by typing in the title of the database “International Arbitration Materials” in the main Westlaw search bar.

International Arbitration Materials

Then add the International Arbitration Materials page to your Westlaw favorites by clicking on the star.

Access the Practical Law Company through WestlawNext on the main landing page

Practical Law Company

Click on the International Arbitration practice area

Practical Law Company

Navigate by arbitral institution or simply search the entire practice center using the search bar above.

LRC Catalog, Circuit, and Interlibrary Loanhttp://www.sandiego.edu/law/library/

LRC Catalog• The Legal Research

Center’s online catalog links to materials held at the LRC and the Main Library (Copley)

• The catalog can be used to find not just materials in our print collection, but also to access e-books and electronic databases

• Access: You can link to the catalog off of the LRC’s webpage http://www.sandiego.edu/law/library/

Circuit Catalog

Because USD is a member of a library consortium called the Circuit, you can borrow materials from any of the member libraries which include SDSU, UCSD and Cal State San Marcos.

Circuit does NOT include Thomas Jefferson Law School or California Western School of Law.

Access: You can link to the Circuit catalog through the LRC catalog orhttp://circuit.sdsu.edu

Click “Request” to order this item

WorldCat and Interlibrary Loan If you’re looking for an item and can’t find it in the LRC

Catalog or the Circuit, then check WorldCat to see if it can be interlibrary-loaned from a participating member of a worldwide network of libraries.

To request an ILL, click here (check with a reference librarian first).

Select a title to see which libraries carry it

Submit an ILL Request

Submit an Interlibrary Loan request through the LRC at http://www.sandiego.edu/law/library/find-resources/ill/index.php

We’re here to help! Melissa Fung

Foreign & International Law Librarian

Phone: (619) 260-4734

Email: mfung@sandiego.edu

Reference librarians are here every day and during weeknights (except during intersession).

Reference Desk Phone: 619-260-4612

Ref. Desk E-mail: lrcrefer@sandiego.edu