Periodical Indexes
Posted by Bonnie Lerner on Aug 29, 2008
Two legal periodical indexes are LegalTrac and Index to Legal Periodicals. They are both available as one of the LIC databases. The advantage to using a periodical index is that a periodical index provides you with a great tool to help you find the most relevant articles quickly and easily, because they are professionally indexed. The disadvantage used to be that your results would be a citation and you would then have to locate the actual periodical article in print or through a different electronic database. This is no longer the case. When you use LegalTrac you can limit your results to articles that are in full text. With Index to Legal Periodicals , you can use “LinkSource” to link to the full text of articles. If a pdf is not available, LinkSource will take you to ILLiad (InterLibrary Loan) and fill in the form for you after you log in. So, instead of automatically jumping to Westlaw and Lexis, you might want to reconsider using a periodical index.
Harrisburg grad to speak at the Democratic Convention
Posted by Bonnie Lerner on Aug 25, 2008
On Wednesday night August 27, one of the featured speakers at the Democratic National Convention will be Widener Harrisburg grad, Representative Patrick Murphy (D-PA). He and Iraq War veteran Tammy Duckworth will lead a tribute honoring those who give so much to secure our nation’s future – veterans, active duty military and their families.
Online Databases
Posted by Bonnie Lerner on Aug 21, 2008
The online research databases subscribed to by the Library are accessible from off campus with your law school ID card. Next time you are on campus you may want to sign up for automatic email updates from the BNA Research Databases.
Labor Day Weekend Hours
Posted by Bonnie Lerner on Aug 21, 2008
- August 29 8am- 8pm
- August 30 9am – 5pm
- August 31 Noon – 8pm
- September 1 9am – 5pm
Welcome
Posted by Bonnie Lerner on Aug 15, 2008
Welcome to all our new students who are busy with Intro to Law and Welcome back to all of our returning students next week. Hope that everyone had a great summer and is ready to hit the books.