Research and Writing

Now that you've had the formal training, I hope you are putting it into practise!

If you do get stuck, remember the Law Subject guide includes Research Strategies to help you learn. in particular, do refer to the LAWS398 guides, and the Database guides from the publishers themselves.

How about writing and citing? The Library holds a number of texts to help you write like a lawyer, and the New Zealand Law Style Guide 3rd ed will help you cite like a lawyer!

Calling all Company Law students

Your valued opinion is required!
As promised, I've set up a survey relating to the legal research lecture, from the 27th March.
I'm interested in your feedback, whether you did the assignment or not.
Please log into Blackboard to access the survey.
Your responses are completely anonymous.
Many thanks, your Librarian.

Merry Christmas

Christmas holidays are almost here, so this is the last post for the year.
Things to look forward to in the New Year are:

• revamped subject guide - cosmetic changes mostly
• WestlawNZ - and the phasing out of the Brookers platform
• more 'how to' guides and mindmaps to help your immediate research needs

Plus a few surprises planned for later, much later in 2014.

Happy holidays.
See you next year .
Best wishes, the Law Librarian.

Welcome third-years!

Welcome back!
If you're starting the research side of the Laws 498 programme this year, you'll be in the library for some library-based exercises and tutorials.
There are sign-up forms at the Law Library desk for

• the LexisNexis tutorial - 50 minutes, in the Law Library seminar room on the 6th floor
• the NZ database tutorial - 100 minutes, also in the Law Library seminar room
• the Exercise 2 workshop (do the library-based exercise, then go to the workshop), held in SR5

The library exercises are a good way to learn about the library, and about how legal literature works. Feel free to ask for help. And if you'd like a library tour, just ask.
We can also help you with your research assignments during the year. We won't do the research for you, but we can make sure you are using the most appropriate research tools.
And have a look at the Law Subject Guide. You'll soon know which sites you use most often, but it's worth exploring some of the other content as well. If you want an overview of NZ legal research, have a look at the mindmap on the Strategies page of the subject guide.