law induction e15 semester

Online resources for GSM Law students

Wednesday 3 May 2023 2

Learning outcomes

By the end of this training session the participants will be able to:

• Access, browse and search resources on Lexis Library and Westlaw, the online legal databases available through Plymouth University.

• Access, browse and search Primo, the indexing and full search texttool used to access all available databases at Plymouth University.


Hierarchy of legal resources


Primary sources – Legislation

Access to consolidated version (that is , in force at present time ) for primary and secondary legislation passed from the UK Parliament at Westminster, applying to the UK as a whole, England and Wales together and Wales only.

It also covers Acts and Statutory Instruments passed by Scottish Parliament and the National Assembly for Wales.Coverage of Halsbury’s Statutes from 1929 including annotations.

Similar coverage to Lexis Library. Access to consolidated version of primary and subsidiary legislation from UK parliaments/assemblies (except local SIs).

It includes legislation from Northern Ireland Assembly.Coverage of Halsbury’s Statutes from 1991 in expansion.Service of annotations on commencement and extent.

ScottishParliament

Northern IrelandAssembly

National Assembly

Wales

UK PARLIAMENT Westminster


Primary sources – Case law

Full text of cases published by Butterworths and other publishers. About 60 law reports including The Law Reports, All England Law Reports, and The Times Law Reports, and unreported cases from 1980.

Full text of cases published by Sweet & Maxwell and other publishers.About 45 UK law reports including The Law Reports and Weekly Law Reports, and unreported cases from 1999.

Which report of a case do I cite? Courts have determined an order of priority

(Practice - Citation of Authorities ,2012):

https://www.judiciary.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/JCO/Documents/Practice+Directions/lcj-pract-dir-citation-authorities-2012.pdf


Secondary sources – Law journals, commentaries and e-books

Full text of more than 100 law journals and access to bulletins, newsletter and e-books including the Halsbury’sLaw of England, the Encyclopaedia of forms and precedents.

Full text of more than 1,300 law journals, bulletins and newsletters and e-books including Palmer’s company law, White Book 2015 from Sweets & Maxwell and other publishers.


Accessing Plymouth legal resources

You have two separate log-ins, one for the GSM Library resources and one for Plymouth online resources. Your GSM Athens account can only be used to access GSM online resources.your Plymouth log in should be used to access Plymouth legal resources.

MyAthens

• Business and Management databases

• E-books

• Print books

• Use GSM ID and Athens account• Access directly via OpenAthens, through

GSM Learn or GSM Library Catalogue

• Only for students in Law programme• Plymouth login received from Law Department• Legal Databases Westlaw and Lexis

Library as well as other law resources• Acceess via Plymouth University’s

electronic library



www.plymouth.ac.uk

https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/student-life/your-studies/library



http://primo.plymouth.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=PLY_VU1




If you have forgotten your password or have problems with logging in, please contact the Law Office via email at [email protected]. Do not email the Plymouth University IT Department

mailto:[email protected]


https://intranet.plymouth.ac.uk/CookieAuth.dll?GetLogon?curl=Z2F&reason=0&formdir=6



You can search the resources by keywords by using the Primo search tool

Or you can search using the Find Databases button



Accessing Plymouth legal resourcesOnce you log in you can search the resources by letter, subject or keyword




Accessing Plymouth legal resourcesIf you choose to search by subject, select “Law and Criminal Justice” from the list


http://plymouth.libguides.com/c.php?g=48953


Accessing Westlaw & Lexis Library directly

If you choose not to go through the Plymouth University website and go to the Lexis Library or Westlaw websites directly, there is a slightly different log in procedure

1 Select “Academic Sign in” from website homepage

2 Select the option “UK access management Federation” and then click on Plymouth Universityfrom the list of institutions.

https://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/legal/

https://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/legal/



Accessing Westlaw & Lexis Library directly

1 Select the “organisation name” option from the “Log in to your service” section on Westlaw homepage

2 You will then come to this page, where you need to type in “Plymouth University” name

http://legalresearch.westlaw.co.uk/




WestlawContent Sets

Tips Box



Westlaw - Cases

Case status


Westlaw - Cases


Westlaw - Legislation

Law status


Westlaw - Legislation


Westlaw - Journals


Lexis Library

https://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/legal


Lexis Library - Cases


Lexis Library - Legislation


Lexis Library - Legislation

Currency of legislation indicated by snapshot signals

http://help.lexisnexis.com/tabula-rasa/lninexis/citatorsignals_cpt-concept?lbu=GB&locale=en_US&audience=business


Lexis Library - Journals


• E-books

• A-Z Journal List

E-books and e-journals via Plymouth


Links to online free resources

• Bodleian Law Library, University of London - Research Guides

• British and Irish Legal Information Institute

• Cardiff Index of Legal Abbreviations

• Courts and Tribunals judiciary

• Guide to foreign and international legal citations 1st edition

• Institute of Advanced Legal Studies

• Legislation.gov.uk

Other Legal Resources

http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/law/guides

http://www.bailii.org/

http://www.legalabbrevs.cardiff.ac.uk/

https://www.judiciary.gov.uk/

http://www.law.nyu.edu/sites/default/files/upload_documents/Final_GFILC_pdf.pdf



http://ials.sas.ac.uk/

http://ials.sas.ac.uk/

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/


GSM Learn


GSM Learn – Resources for law students


Legal research textbooks