Welcome to Welcome to C J Koh Law LibraryC J Koh Law Library
Library orientation for M.Sc. (Env. Management) Students
Conducted by: Carol Wee Contents : Bissy
25th Aug 2014
• Introduction to C J Koh Law Library -History & collection• NUS Library Portal• Law databases– Lexis Singapore, LawNet, Hein
Online• Abbreviations & citations• Finding journal articles• Legal resources on web
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HistoryThe library was originally established in 1957, catering primarily to the Faculty of Law at the Bukit Timah Campus
In April 1980 Law library moved to the new premises at Kent Ridge, occupying two floors of Faculty of Law building
On 1st January 2001, the Law Library was renamed the C J Koh Law Library, in appreciation of Mr Koh Choon Joo’s generous donations to the library. After extensive renovations which began in July 2000, the library celebrated its official opening by the Honourable Chief Justice Yong Pung How on 27 February 2002
Following the Government's announcement to reallocate Bukit Timah Campus to NUS on 28 May 2005, the Law Library made its historic return to its first home in August 2006
The C J Koh Law Library has a rich collection of local, foreign and international legal resources.
The library’s traditional strength is in the common law. Apart from a comprehensive collection of Singapore legal materials, the library also has extensive collections of legal resources from Australia, Canada, India, Malaysia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States of America.
The library has developed collections on comparative and international law, international trade law as well as the laws of the European Community.
The library’s print collection is bolstered by subscriptions to online legal resources which are available via the NUS Libraries Portal http://libportal.nus.edu.sg/frontend/index. Major databases include LexisNexis and HeinOnline.
Lye, Lin Heng. "A Fine City in a Garden-Environmental Law and Governance in Singapore." Singapore Journal of Legal Studies (2008): 68-117
If you have a citation to a journal article, determine the availability and location of the journal in the library by searching LINC/ LINC+ For example:Tay, Simon SC. "South East Asian forest fires: haze over ASEAN and international environmental law." Review of European Community & International Environmental Law 7, no. 2 (1998): 202-208.
How to find?
Search by article title ‘South East Asian forest fires: haze over ASEAN and international environmental law’ in FindMore
OR
Search by Journal title ‘Review of European Community & International Environmental Law’ in LINC.
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Full-text of journal articles are available via following databasesHeinOnline – NUS Libraries PortalLawNet – Law Proxy ServiceLexisNexis Academic - NUS Libraries PortalLexis Singapore- NUS Libraries Portal
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Law Databases
For a listing oflegal databases,select:Resources >Databases >By Subject >Law
Law Databases
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Select database
See: Guide to Electronic Resources Collection
Online: NUS Libraries Portalhttp://libportal.nus.edu.sg/frontend/index
Jupiter Shipping Pte Ltd v Public Prosecutor [1993] 1 SLR(R) 402; [1993] SGHC 55
Cases, legislation and journal articles from US, UK and common law countries
2000 Sing. J. Legal Stud. 1 (2000) Singapore's New Environmental Law; Heng, Lye Lin
Singapore Laws: Singapore Statutes Online or via LawNetCases: LawNet
MalaysiaLaws: Lawnet Malaysia (Registration required to retrieve user id and password)
CLJ Law (Registration required to retrieve user id and password)
Lexis Singapore Cases: CLJ Law (Registration required to retrieve user id and password)
Lexis Singapore
IndiaLaws: Manupatra, India code Cases: Manupatra
ChinaLaws & Cases: LawinfoChina, pkulaw.cn
http://cil.nus.edu.sg/advanced-search/
A database compiled by CIL (Centre for International Law, NUS)
Database from IUCN (The International Union for Conservation of Nature)
http://www.ecolex.org/start.php
International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement
Accessing full-texts directly from …
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http://libguides.nus.edu.sg/googlescholarlinkshttp://libguides.nus.edu.sg/googlescholarlinks
Proxy Bookmarklet
• Inserts the NUS library proxy stem (libproxy1.nus.edu.sg) into the URL of the article from Google Scholar.
VendorUser NUS Library Proxy server
I want article X I want article X
Okay you are recognized, here is article XHere is article X
http://libguides.nus.edu.sg/proxy_bookmarklethttp://libguides.nus.edu.sg/proxy_bookmarklet
Use this when you land on a page asking for payment. Clicking on
bookmarklet, will try to access via NUS Libraries subscription.
Examples of citations• Dora Neo, “The Sale of Goods (Amendment) Act 1996:
Satisfactory Quality, an Undivided Share in a Bulk and other Amendments” (1997) 9 SAcLJ 362.
• David Feldman, “The Nature of Legal Scholarship” (1989) 52 Mod.L.Rev. 498
• Find out what journal the abbreviation stands for• Search for the journal in LINC/ LINC+
• What do abbreviations mean?1.Print index• Donald Raistrick, Index to Legal Citations and
Abbreviations, 3rd ed. (London: Bowker-Saur, 2008). Location: KB280 Rai 2008 (LW RBR; LW Reference
Office; LW Reference1)
2. Online• Law reference desk http://libportal.nus.edu.sg/frontend/ms/c-j-koh-law-
library/research/legal-resources-on-the-web/law-reference-desk
• Librarian’s pick - Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations http://www.legalabbrevs.cardiff.ac.uk/
http://www.legalabbrevs.cardiff.ac.uk/
Access to
Information about the Library
legal research guides and tutorials
Legal resources on the Web
http://libportal.nus.edu.sg/frontend/ms/c-j-koh-law-library/about-c-j-koh-law-library
Thank you
Contact usAddress: 469D Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 259773Tel: 6516 2043Email: [email protected]: http://libportal.nus.edu.sg/frontend/ms/c-j-koh-law-library/about-c-j-koh-law-library