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Law Resources in the Library

Terry McDonald

Subject Librarian

Film & Drama Studies,

French, Germanic Studies

[email protected]

01-896 2733

Level 3 – Ussher Library

Michaelmas Term 2013

Trinity College Library Dublin, College Street, Dublin 2

Guiseppe Archimboldo – The Librarian, c.1592


Using the catalogue to find –

• Books

• Journal articles

• Cases

Using Databases to find -

• Cases

• Legislation

• Journal Articles

Keeping up to date

Trinity College Library Dublin



The Law collection is located at -

The Morrison Room, Level 1, Berkeley Library


FINDING A BOOK



Brian M.E. McMahon

William Binchy

Law of torts 4th ed.

London : Bloomsbury, 2013



USING

E-JOURNALS




Browsing -



Select SUBJECTS -

Law Reports in the Library


Finding specific e-journal titles -

Law Resources in the Librar



Finding a journal article -

Cliodhna Murphy, “Immigration and family life : reunification in Irish law”,

DULJ, 2011, 34, 221-241



DULJ ???

GOOGLE

Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations -



Finding a case –

CC v Ireland

[2006] 4 IR 1



Title of case

CC v Ireland

[2006] 4 IR 1

Year case Vol. Page no.

Reported no. Name of report


Library Resources in the Library

CC v Ireland [2006] 4 IR 1

IR ?? Back to Cardiff -



DATABASES ALWAYS ACCESS DATABASES THROUGH

THE LIBRARY WEBPAGE

Use them to find

- Cases

- Legislation

- Journal articles



Best databases to find cases-

JUSTIS / JUSTCITE

WESTLAW,

LEXIS

BAILII / IRLII

COURTS.IE



Best databases to find legislation-

JUSTIS (UK)

WESTLAW (UK and Ireland)

IRISHSTATUTEBOOK.IE, OIREACHTAS.IE

BAILII



Best databases to find journal articles -

WESTLAW

HEIN ONLINE

LEXIS



Keeping Up to Date –

• Law Society Gazette

• Dublin Solicitors Bar Association – Parchments - www.dsba.ie

• Westlaw & WestlawIE Current Awareness

• Bar Review (print only)

• Irish Jurist

• www.thelawyer.com


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