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Referencing with OSCOLA

  • by Andrew Taylor
  • Posted on Mar 6, 2019Aug 15, 2019
  • Referencing & Information Skills

OSCOLA is the referencing style used by law students around the world. It stands for Oxford Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities. If you are writing a law assignment and you use information that is not your […]

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How to find case law in Westlaw: Part Two (Accessing Westlaw)

  • by Andrew Taylor
  • Posted on Mar 5, 2019Aug 15, 2019
  • Databases & E-Resources

Parts two and three of this series of posts on finding case law in Westlaw will look at how you can access the Westlaw database itself. [Before reading this post, you may wish to read […]

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How to find case law in Westlaw: Part One (Background)

  • by Andrew Taylor
  • Posted on Mar 4, 2019Aug 15, 2019
  • Databases & E-Resources

Before you start looking for case law, it’s important to have some background understanding of the different formats that case law can take, including law reports, transcripts, and newspaper reports. This will allow you to […]

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Searching the Archive in Box of Broadcasts

  • by Matt Adams
  • Posted on Jan 15, 2019Sep 8, 2019
  • Box of Broadcasts

As well as watching current programmes, Box of Broadcasts also gives you access to a vast archive of television and radio recordings, dating back to the 1990s. Click on ‘search’ at the top of the […]

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Electronic Resources in OneSearch

  • by Matt Adams
  • Posted on Nov 8, 2018Sep 8, 2019
  • Databases & E-Resources

OneSearch, the new library system, allows you to search our collection of electronic resources – including academic journals, databases, audio visual resources, maps and newspapers. You can find it on the library homepage.   How […]

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Searching the Library Catalogue using OneSearch

  • by Matt Adams
  • Posted on Oct 5, 2018Sep 8, 2019
  • OneSearch

All of our library books, as well as electronic books, DVDs and print journals, can be found by using the Library Catalogue option in OneSearch.  You can access OneSearch from the library website or can go there […]

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Box of Broadcasts

  • by Matt Adams
  • Posted on Oct 3, 2018Sep 8, 2019
  • Box of Broadcasts

What is it? Box of Broadcasts (BoB) is an on demand TV and radio service for higher education. It allows staff and students to record programmes from over 65 free-to-air channels, and provides access to an archive […]

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How to find & use E-Books

  • by Matt Adams
  • Posted on Oct 3, 2018Sep 8, 2019
  • Getting started

Whether you are studying off campus, the library has run out of print copies or you simply prefer reading on a screen, you will find many of your key texts available in e-book format. When […]

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Deciphering legal abbreviations

  • by Andrew Taylor
  • Posted on Sep 21, 2018Mar 6, 2019

SCOTUS, CL, All ER … Law is full of abbreviations and acronyms. Fortunately, the Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations allows you to search for an abbreviation to find its full meaning. The website allows you […]

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Requesting books between Creative Campus and The Sheppard-Worlock Library

  • by Angela Duckworth
  • Posted on Aug 22, 2018Jul 11, 2019
  • Library

Books are held across our three libraries according to the subject taught at these locations. Additional criteria at Creative Campus are, the relevance to the current curriculum and the age of the stock. You can […]

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