Interested? Come along to the Law Library seminar room (6th floor, but access is through the main library entrance on the 8th floor) -
- Thursday 10 March at 9 o'clock; or
- Thursday 24 March at 10 o'clock (repeat session)
Showing posts with label NZLSG. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NZLSG. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
The art of EndNote
We're running a couple of sessions for anyone interested in using EndNote and the New Zealand Law Style Guide. Not exactly training so much as the art of the possible, to help you decide whether EndNote is worth it. My guess is that for anyone doing research at LLB Hons level or above, it is worth it.
Interested? Come along to the Law Library seminar room (6th floor, but access is through the main library entrance on the 8th floor) -
Interested? Come along to the Law Library seminar room (6th floor, but access is through the main library entrance on the 8th floor) -
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
EndNote for NZLSG
More fun with mindmaps. This time, EndNote for NZLSG.
The NZLSG Otago style is modelled on the University of Queensland's AGLC2 style (before it morphed into AGLC3), and it follows their practice of using default EndNote reference types where possible, and using a single reference type for everything else; here, the NZLSG Citation reftype. It was tempting to call it the Too hard basket reftype because effectively that's what it is - a catch-all for all the quirky things that default EndNote can't handle - NZ cases (reported, unreported), NZ legislation etc.
It is possible to re-engineer EndNote to format a wider range of local legal material. Canterbury has done it, and it works. But it does limit your use of EndNote. And it doesn't make things easy. Neither does this style. At some point you need to grapple with the complexities of legal citation and the idiosyncracies of NZLSG.
And you'll be grappling with or without EndNote. The beauty of EndNote is that you only grapple with each citation once. And if you get it right, it should stay right throughout the research and writing process.
Anyway, here it is. A bit shaky, but starting to take shape.
And as always, if it doesn't make sense, just ask.
The NZLSG Otago style is modelled on the University of Queensland's AGLC2 style (before it morphed into AGLC3), and it follows their practice of using default EndNote reference types where possible, and using a single reference type for everything else; here, the NZLSG Citation reftype. It was tempting to call it the Too hard basket reftype because effectively that's what it is - a catch-all for all the quirky things that default EndNote can't handle - NZ cases (reported, unreported), NZ legislation etc.
It is possible to re-engineer EndNote to format a wider range of local legal material. Canterbury has done it, and it works. But it does limit your use of EndNote. And it doesn't make things easy. Neither does this style. At some point you need to grapple with the complexities of legal citation and the idiosyncracies of NZLSG.
And you'll be grappling with or without EndNote. The beauty of EndNote is that you only grapple with each citation once. And if you get it right, it should stay right throughout the research and writing process.
Anyway, here it is. A bit shaky, but starting to take shape.
And as always, if it doesn't make sense, just ask.
Friday, August 20, 2010
New Zealand Law Style Guide
The New Zealand Law Style Guide is a wondrous beast. We're trying to tame it - with a mindmap. Here's a sneak preview - expect to see it on the Law Subject Guide soon.
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