American University Washington College of Law Pence Law Law Library - All Library Updates and Announcements 2009-11-07T16:03:52-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu:/ Copyright © 2009 Washington College of Law tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-11-05:/RESOURCE/464 2009-11-05T18:00:45-00:00 2009-11-05T18:00:45-00:00 "...more than 40,000 documents from 483 organizations collected by Human Rights Internet are now available online, covering the period from 1980 up to 2007, making Human Rights Documents the largest online database on international human rights issues available." From HRD homepage. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-11-02:/RESOURCE/462 2009-11-02T20:34:23-00:00 2009-11-02T20:34:23-00:00 Contains extensive information on U.S. Supreme Court decisions, and other Supreme Court information. Covers Supreme Court terms from 1953-. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-11-02:/RESOURCE/461 2009-11-02T20:24:00-00:00 2009-11-02T20:24:00-00:00 Links to the Code of Virginia, Virginia Administrative Code, the Virginia Constitution, and Virginia Executive Orders, among other things. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-11-02:/RESOURCE/460 2009-11-02T20:21:27-00:00 2009-11-02T20:21:27-00:00 Links to the Annotated Code of Maryland, Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR), and Maryland Register, among other things. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-11-02:/NEWS/2263 2009-11-02T20:15:00-00:00 2009-11-02T20:15:00-00:00 WCL students, take the Pence Law Library Survey today! Tell us how we're doing in regard to the Library's services, environment, and collections.  Participants are eligible to win fabulous prizes, including a $25 Amazon gift card (10 possible winners), a $25 iPod gift card (10 possible winners), and the grand prize, an iPod touch. Take the survey here or use the survey link provided in the email message sent to your WCL email address by Dean Kaufman or on MyWCL. The survey closes at midnight, Monday, November 16, 2009.  Only current WCL students are eligible to participate.  One submission per student, please. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-11-02:/RESOURCE/459 2009-11-02T20:14:26-00:00 2009-11-02T20:14:26-00:00 DC Code, DC Municipal Regulations and DC Register. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-10-14:/RESOURCE/458 2009-10-14T16:41:53-00:00 2009-10-14T16:41:53-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-10-14:/RESOURCE/457 2009-10-14T16:38:46-00:00 2009-10-14T16:38:46-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-10-14:/RESOURCE/456 2009-10-14T16:35:45-00:00 2009-10-14T16:35:45-00:00 Includes seminal national security legislation, executive orders and more. Also includes lists of updated intelligence community and other relevant government websites. Published by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Office of General Counsel. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-09-30:/RESOURCE/455 2009-09-30T21:00:10-00:00 2009-09-30T21:00:10-00:00 Executive Branch department and administrative agency decisions and other materials outside the scope of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) and the Federal Register. Also organized by subject. From the University of Virginia. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-09-29:/NEWS/2260 2009-09-29T16:10:00-00:00 2009-09-29T16:10:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-09-24:/RESOURCE/454 2009-09-24T21:42:26-00:00 2009-09-24T21:42:26-00:00 News and resources about state election law and campaign issues. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-09-24:/RESOURCE/453 2009-09-24T21:38:19-00:00 2009-09-24T21:38:19-00:00 Nonpartisan, non-advocacy election news website, produced by the Pew Center on the States' Election Initiatives. It provides up-to-the-minute news and analysis on election reform. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-09-24:/RESOURCE/452 2009-09-24T21:24:13-00:00 2009-09-24T21:24:13-00:00 The law of politics and the politics of law: election law, campaign finance, legislation, voting rights, initiatives, redistricting, and the Supreme Court nomination process. From Prof. Rick Hasen at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-09-24:/RESOURCE/451 2009-09-24T19:24:34-00:00 2009-09-24T19:24:34-00:00 News blog that covers law, government, non-government organizations and technology. Good resource for recent Executive Branch, Congressional Research Service (CRS), and General Accountability Office (GAO) reports, as well as other recently-released official and semi-official documents. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-09-24:/RESOURCE/450 2009-09-24T19:11:52-00:00 2009-09-24T19:11:52-00:00 Good elaboration of the legislative process, from the OpenCongress wiki. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-09-24:/RESOURCE/449 2009-09-24T18:36:40-00:00 2009-09-24T18:36:40-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-09-24:/RESOURCE/448 2009-09-24T18:05:53-00:00 2009-09-24T18:05:53-00:00 Datasets from Executive Branch agencies, and from several states. Includes information about how to access the datasets, and tools that "leverage" the government datasets. Part of the Obama Administration's open government initiative. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-09-22:/RESOURCE/447 2009-09-22T11:47:21-00:00 2009-09-22T11:47:21-00:00 ?Official opinions will be posted as they are issued, generally within 24 to 48 hours. Opinions prior to 1996 may be accessed via online searchable databases, including CaseFinder, LexisNexis, and Westlaw (subscriptions required)??From webpage tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-09-18:/RESOURCE/446 2009-09-18T17:52:25-00:00 2009-09-18T17:52:25-00:00 Website devoted to tracking Congress. Track pending legislation, member and committee activities, or subjects with a tracking tool. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-09-09:/RESOURCE/445 2009-09-09T15:27:46-00:00 2009-09-09T15:27:46-00:00 "VTL is the first digital resource of its kind to stream online real trial video highlights with commentary and analysis keyed to a breakdown of trial advocacy and litigation training topics." (from welcome VTL page) tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-09-03:/RESOURCE/444 2009-09-03T16:10:28-00:00 2009-09-03T16:10:28-00:00 Historical federal tax and economic reform resources. Includes early and recent internal revenue acts and legislative histories, reports and monographs. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-09-01:/RESOURCE/442 2009-09-01T19:53:38-00:00 2009-09-01T19:53:38-00:00 Israeli site devoted to Israeli law as it relates to the "Israeli-Palestinian Conflict." The site covers Israeli law, including statutes, court decisions and military orders, and international law, such as United Nations resolutions and International Court of Justice decisions. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-08-28:/RESOURCE/441 2009-08-28T16:06:08-00:00 2009-08-28T16:06:08-00:00 A quarterly peer-reviewed publication of the Indigenous Law Centre, a research centre affiliated with the Law Faculty of the University of New South Wales. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-08-25:/RESOURCE/440 2009-08-25T19:44:59-00:00 2009-08-25T19:44:59-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-08-25:/RESOURCE/439 2009-08-25T19:41:30-00:00 2009-08-25T19:41:30-00:00 HeinOnline - Selden Society Publications and the History of Early English Law tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-08-24:/NEWS/2257 2009-08-24T15:00:00-00:00 2009-08-24T15:00:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-08-20:/RESOURCE/438 2009-08-20T17:40:24-00:00 2009-08-20T17:40:24-00:00 Selected city and county ordinances, including some local jurisdictions from Maryland and Virginia. The District of Columbia is not included. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-08-17:/NEWS/2254 2009-08-17T15:00:00-00:00 2009-08-17T15:00:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-08-14:/RESOURCE/437 2009-08-14T14:57:13-00:00 2009-08-14T14:57:13-00:00 The Commerce Clearing House (CCH) portal tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-08-10:/RESOURCE/435 2009-08-10T17:25:31-00:00 2009-08-10T17:25:31-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-08-04:/RESOURCE/434 2009-08-04T17:00:03-00:00 2009-08-04T17:00:03-00:00 From the National Drug Court Institute. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-08-04:/RESOURCE/433 2009-08-04T16:32:43-00:00 2009-08-04T16:32:43-00:00 "Promoting Education, Research and Scholarship For Drug Court and Other Court-Based Intervention Programs" tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-07-27:/RESOURCE/432 2009-07-27T12:08:50-00:00 2009-07-27T12:08:50-00:00 WTO Case Review article no charge to download tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-06-22:/RESOURCE/431 2009-06-22T21:22:09-00:00 2009-06-22T21:22:09-00:00 User-friendly federal regulatory portal that makes it easy to keep track of proposed and final regulations, and to submit comments to the agencies. Announces recently-opened comment periods for proposed regulations, and keeps track of dates when comment periods will close. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-06-18:/RESOURCE/430 2009-06-18T18:39:00-00:00 2009-06-18T18:39:00-00:00 Links to over 1,400 sources for state and federal court rules, forms and dockets. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-06-17:/RESOURCE/429 2009-06-17T19:49:22-00:00 2009-06-17T19:49:22-00:00 Search and view newspaper pages from 1880-1922 and find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress, as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP). tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-06-17:/NEWS/2251 2009-06-17T14:25:00-00:00 2009-06-17T14:25:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-06-11:/RESOURCE/428 2009-06-11T13:55:43-00:00 2009-06-11T13:55:43-00:00 Instructional Videos - Web videos from US Tax Court tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-06-05:/RESOURCE/427 2009-06-05T17:32:15-00:00 2009-06-05T17:32:15-00:00 International Criminal Court (ICC) Legal Tools serve as an electronic library on international criminal law and justice. They include over 40,000 documents in several databases (the "Legal Tools Database"), together with four legal research and reference tools: the Case Matrix, the Elements Commentary, the Proceedings Commentary and the Means of Proof Document. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-06-05:/RESOURCE/426 2009-06-05T15:41:03-00:00 2009-06-05T15:41:03-00:00 Free article publication service, similar to ExpressO. From the Washington & Lee Law Library. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-06-03:/NEWS/2248 2009-06-03T13:10:00-00:00 2009-06-03T13:10:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-05-29:/RESOURCE/425 2009-05-29T15:07:28-00:00 2009-05-29T15:07:28-00:00 Collection of information about U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, her judicial decisions and other writings, and her previous judicial confirmation hearings. From the Library of Congress. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-05-20:/NEWS/2245 2009-05-20T16:30:00-00:00 2009-05-20T16:30:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-05-15:/RESOURCE/424 2009-05-15T14:27:11-00:00 2009-05-15T14:27:11-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-05-07:/RESOURCE/423 2009-05-07T19:52:29-00:00 2009-05-07T19:52:29-00:00 Online version of Legal Times, a legal newspaper covering Washington, DC and national legal news. Contact the reference desk for login/password. Some free content. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-05-07:/RESOURCE/422 2009-05-07T19:50:28-00:00 2009-05-07T19:50:28-00:00 Provides competitive intelligence for the legal community. Contact the reference desk for login/password. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-05-07:/RESOURCE/421 2009-05-07T19:46:55-00:00 2009-05-07T19:46:55-00:00 Reviews of consumer products and services. Contact the reference desk for login/password. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-05-07:/RESOURCE/420 2009-05-07T19:44:16-00:00 2009-05-07T19:44:16-00:00 Commercial law resources, including intellectual property. Contact the reference desk for login/password. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-05-07:/RESOURCE/419 2009-05-07T19:36:27-00:00 2009-05-07T19:36:27-00:00 Collection of online books for programmers and IT professionals. Contact the reference desk for login/password. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-05-07:/RESOURCE/418 2009-05-07T19:34:09-00:00 2009-05-07T19:34:09-00:00 Dockets for U.S. federal courts. Contact the reference desk for login/password. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-05-07:/RESOURCE/417 2009-05-07T19:29:14-00:00 2009-05-07T19:29:14-00:00 Department of Commerce collection of business, trade and economic information. Contact the reference desk for login/password. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-05-07:/NEWS/2242 2009-05-07T13:10:00-00:00 2009-05-07T13:10:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-05-06:/RESOURCE/416 2009-05-06T18:26:47-00:00 2009-05-06T18:26:47-00:00 GPO portal includes access to government publications via GPO Access and its successor, FDsys. Also includes links to the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications and to the Federal Depository Library Directory. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-04-01:/RESOURCE/414 2009-04-01T19:58:52-00:00 2009-04-01T19:58:52-00:00 Court and sentencing statistical reports. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-04-01:/RESOURCE/413 2009-04-01T19:55:25-00:00 2009-04-01T19:55:25-00:00 Collection of current statistical reports from various court offices. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-04-01:/RESOURCE/412 2009-04-01T19:50:14-00:00 2009-04-01T19:50:14-00:00 Includes links to all federal court sites, and to the Administrative Office of the US Courts, the Judicial Conference, and to current federal court rulemaking information. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-04-01:/RESOURCE/411 2009-04-01T17:51:28-00:00 2009-04-01T17:51:28-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-04-01:/RESOURCE/410 2009-04-01T17:50:46-00:00 2009-04-01T17:50:46-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-04-01:/RESOURCE/409 2009-04-01T17:49:29-00:00 2009-04-01T17:49:29-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-04-01:/RESOURCE/408 2009-04-01T17:48:27-00:00 2009-04-01T17:48:27-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-04-01:/RESOURCE/407 2009-04-01T17:44:38-00:00 2009-04-01T17:44:38-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-04-01:/RESOURCE/406 2009-04-01T17:43:10-00:00 2009-04-01T17:43:10-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-03-30:/RESOURCE/405 2009-03-30T15:51:07-00:00 2009-03-30T15:51:07-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-03-24:/RESOURCE/404 2009-03-24T17:46:16-00:00 2009-03-24T17:46:16-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-03-24:/RESOURCE/403 2009-03-24T17:45:16-00:00 2009-03-24T17:45:16-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-03-24:/RESOURCE/402 2009-03-24T17:36:45-00:00 2009-03-24T17:36:45-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-03-24:/RESOURCE/401 2009-03-24T17:36:09-00:00 2009-03-24T17:36:09-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-03-24:/RESOURCE/400 2009-03-24T17:32:53-00:00 2009-03-24T17:32:53-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-03-13:/NEWS/2239 2009-03-13T15:45:00-00:00 2009-03-13T15:45:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-03-06:/NEWS/2236 2009-03-06T23:50:00-00:00 2009-03-06T23:50:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-03-03:/RESOURCE/398 2009-03-03T15:50:39-00:00 2009-03-03T15:50:39-00:00 Chinese version of Westlaw that includes material not on the American version of Westlaw. Includes Chinese laws and regulations, cases and topical news. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-02-19:/RESOURCE/397 2009-02-19T15:59:46-00:00 2009-02-19T15:59:46-00:00 Current reporting on business-related and other legal and governmental topics, at the state and federal level. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-02-10:/RESOURCE/396 2009-02-10T22:37:12-00:00 2009-02-10T22:37:12-00:00 PDF version of official U.S. Code. Official version less current than commercial versions, such as USCA and USCS. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-02-10:/RESOURCE/395 2009-02-10T22:29:58-00:00 2009-02-10T22:29:58-00:00 Codification of statutes passed by Congress. Official version less current than commercial versions, such as USCA and USCS. Text files. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-02-10:/RESOURCE/394 2009-02-10T22:24:36-00:00 2009-02-10T22:24:36-00:00 Codification of final federal agency regulations, initially published in the Federal Register. Link to e-CFR for most current, usually a few days behind. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-02-10:/RESOURCE/393 2009-02-10T22:21:29-00:00 2009-02-10T22:21:29-00:00 Publishes federal agency proposed and final regulations, notices and other documents. Current as of today. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-02-09:/RESOURCE/392 2009-02-09T18:13:01-00:00 2009-02-09T18:13:01-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-02-09:/RESOURCE/391 2009-02-09T16:18:53-00:00 2009-02-09T16:18:53-00:00 Website devoted to all things Congress. Track pending legislation, members and votes. A project of the Sunlight Foundation and the Participatory Politics Foundation. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-02-09:/RESOURCE/390 2009-02-09T13:02:33-00:00 2009-02-09T13:02:33-00:00 "This is a peer-reviewed, academic journal that covers competition law, economics, and policy." tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-02-09:/RESOURCE/389 2009-02-09T12:54:12-00:00 2009-02-09T12:54:12-00:00 Chinese version of Westlaw that includes material not on the American version of Westlaw. Includes Chinese laws and regulations, cases and topical news. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-02-02:/RESOURCE/388 2009-02-02T15:31:38-00:00 2009-02-02T15:31:38-00:00 Post-university summer courses in private international law and public international law. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-01-30:/RESOURCE/387 2009-01-30T17:31:22-00:00 2009-01-30T17:31:22-00:00 Includes the UN Treaty Series (UNTS), Texts of Recently-Deposited Multilateral Treaties, Status of Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the Secretary-General, and more. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-01-30:/NEWS/2233 2009-01-30T16:25:00-00:00 2009-01-30T16:25:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-01-22:/RESOURCE/386 2009-01-22T17:43:45-00:00 2009-01-22T17:43:45-00:00 Official site of the President of the United States. Includes presidential documents, such as executive orders and proclamations, cabinet and subcabinet nominations and appointments, the President's weekly video address, and policy statements on agenda items. Also includes information about the administration, the White House and links to government agency websites. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-01-22:/NEWS/2230 2009-01-22T16:00:00-00:00 2009-01-22T16:00:00-00:00 Pence Law Library will be closed from Friday, May 22 at 6:00 pm until Tuesday, May 26 at 8:00 am for Commencement and the Memorial Day holiday weekend. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-01-21:/RESOURCE/385 2009-01-21T18:59:35-00:00 2009-01-21T18:59:35-00:00 Beta site for future GPO Access, that offers browsing and searching of key primary government documents, such as congressional bills and committee reports and hearings, the Congressional Record, public laws, presidential documents, and the Federal Register. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-01-09:/RESOURCE/384 2009-01-09T12:54:09-00:00 2009-01-09T12:54:09-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-01-08:/NEWS/2227 2009-01-08T19:40:00-00:00 2009-01-08T19:40:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-01-05:/RESOURCE/383 2009-01-05T21:59:53-00:00 2009-01-05T21:59:53-00:00 UN site that provides historic documents related to the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2009-01-05:/RESOURCE/382 2009-01-05T21:32:18-00:00 2009-01-05T21:32:18-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-12-15:/RESOURCE/381 2008-12-15T21:59:02-00:00 2008-12-15T21:59:02-00:00 Free legal portal that includes federal and state case law and statutes, other government information, legal forms, legal blogs, and more. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-12-09:/RESOURCE/380 2008-12-09T19:31:39-00:00 2008-12-09T19:31:39-00:00 The latest edition of the semiannual Unified Agenda, also referred to as the Semiannual Regulatory Agenda. It summarizes the rules and proposed rules that each Federal agency expects to issue during the next year. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-12-09:/RESOURCE/379 2008-12-09T18:52:28-00:00 2008-12-09T18:52:28-00:00 Documents recently filed, from federal department and agencies, to be published the next day (or soon thereafter) in the Federal Register. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-12-02:/RESOURCE/378 2008-12-02T18:43:19-00:00 2008-12-02T18:43:19-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-11-26:/RESOURCE/377 2008-11-26T17:55:40-00:00 2008-11-26T17:55:40-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-11-25:/RESOURCE/376 2008-11-25T15:49:37-00:00 2008-11-25T15:49:37-00:00 Looking for a job in the new Obama administration? Find out about federal government positions in the 2008 Plum Book. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-11-20:/RESOURCE/375 2008-11-20T12:30:06-00:00 2008-11-20T12:30:06-00:00 "JELS fills a gap in the legal and social science literature that has often left scholars, lawyers, and policymakers without basic knowledge of legal systems." tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-11-18:/RESOURCE/374 2008-11-18T16:29:24-00:00 2008-11-18T16:29:24-00:00 Runs from 1865. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-11-18:/RESOURCE/373 2008-11-18T16:21:59-00:00 2008-11-18T16:21:59-00:00 Includes member and committee information, the texts of bills, recent committee hearings and reports, schedules and other Senate information. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-11-18:/RESOURCE/372 2008-11-18T16:18:16-00:00 2008-11-18T16:18:16-00:00 Includes member and committee information, the texts of bills, recent committee hearings and reports, schedules and other House information. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-11-18:/RESOURCE/371 2008-11-18T16:14:48-00:00 2008-11-18T16:14:48-00:00 Digital images of over 600 of today's newspaper front pages, from around the world, with links to the newspaper's website. Archival front pages of notable events. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-11-17:/RESOURCE/370 2008-11-17T18:44:22-00:00 2008-11-17T18:44:22-00:00 Non-U.S. media, including newspapers, magazines, media broadcasts and conference proceedings. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-11-17:/RESOURCE/369 2008-11-17T18:33:57-00:00 2008-11-17T18:33:57-00:00 Runs from 1877 with currency lag. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-11-17:/RESOURCE/368 2008-11-17T18:31:35-00:00 2008-11-17T18:31:35-00:00 Runs from 1984. To browse today's articles, limit your search to today's date. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-11-17:/RESOURCE/367 2008-11-17T18:27:41-00:00 2008-11-17T18:27:41-00:00 Runs from 1785-1985. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-11-17:/RESOURCE/366 2008-11-17T18:26:19-00:00 2008-11-17T18:26:19-00:00 Same-day publication of over 400 English- and foreign-language newspapers and magazines. Sixty-day backrun. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-11-17:/RESOURCE/365 2008-11-17T18:20:20-00:00 2008-11-17T18:20:20-00:00 Runs from 1881 with currency lag. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-11-17:/RESOURCE/364 2008-11-17T18:18:42-00:00 2008-11-17T18:18:42-00:00 Runs from 1690-1876. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-11-17:/RESOURCE/363 2008-11-17T18:16:55-00:00 2008-11-17T18:16:55-00:00 Runs from 1849 with currency lag. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-11-17:/RESOURCE/362 2008-11-17T18:14:41-00:00 2008-11-17T18:14:41-00:00 18th and 19th Century newspapers. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-11-17:/RESOURCE/361 2008-11-17T17:53:03-00:00 2008-11-17T17:53:03-00:00 Runs from 1851 with currency lag. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-11-17:/RESOURCE/360 2008-11-17T16:26:43-00:00 2008-11-17T16:26:43-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-11-14:/RESOURCE/359 2008-11-14T20:56:13-00:00 2008-11-14T20:56:13-00:00 List of electronic journals and newspapers accessible to Pence Law Library patrons, with links to the full text. Other electronic journals and newspapers may be available to library patrons via the main campus library's Aladin system. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-11-13:/RESOURCE/358 2008-11-13T18:45:03-00:00 2008-11-13T18:45:03-00:00 News and analysis about international policymaking in the area of intellectual property. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-11-13:/RESOURCE/357 2008-11-13T18:37:32-00:00 2008-11-13T18:37:32-00:00 Presidential transition resources provided by the White House, including the Institutional Memory Series and the WHTP Expert Registry. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-11-11:/RESOURCE/355 2008-11-11T20:00:32-00:00 2008-11-11T20:00:32-00:00 "Country-by-country summary and analysis of labor and employment laws of the world's major economies." tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-11-11:/RESOURCE/354 2008-11-11T19:54:24-00:00 2008-11-11T19:54:24-00:00 "Legal news service updates on the wide-ranging issues that affect commercial real estate attorneys and professionals... It covers all commercial real estate areas..." tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-11-07:/RESOURCE/353 2008-11-07T15:53:01-00:00 2008-11-07T15:53:01-00:00 Presidential transition site, with a link to GSA Transition Directory. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-11-03:/RESOURCE/352 2008-11-03T17:43:29-00:00 2008-11-03T17:43:29-00:00 Multimedia international law training and research materiels, from the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs. Includes (1) the Historic Archives, (2) the Lecture Series, lectures on international law subjects by leading scholars, and (3) the Research Library, with links to research guides, scholarly writings and documents. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-11-03:/NEWS/2224 2008-11-03T16:35:00-00:00 2008-11-03T16:35:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-10-30:/RESOURCE/351 2008-10-30T11:50:47-00:00 2008-10-30T11:50:47-00:00 "the journal publishes articles of a substantial length providing in-depth analysis of developments in competition law, including developments in the US and EU but also covering other regional and national developments. The journal also publishes economic papers relevant to legal theory and practice." tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-10-20:/NEWS/2221 2008-10-20T14:35:00-00:00 2008-10-20T14:35:00-00:00 Attention 1L's: Lexis classes are scheduled for you at various times the week of October 20.  We strongly urge you to take advantage of this training opportunity to enhance your online legal research search skills.  View and sign up for the classes by signing on to LexisNexis at http://www.lexisnexis.com/lawschool and then link to the MYSCHOOL tab. AskPenceLibrary and chat with a librarian for help with your research! IM a reference librarian and get an instant answer to your question. Just send your message to AskPenceLibrary using AIM, MSN, Yahoo or Google Talk or through the Virtual Reference webpage at http://library.wcl.american.edu/ask.cfm. Email us at reflib@wcl.american.edu if you have questions about this service. Please be a good library citizen and keep your personal conversations in the Library to a minimum and set your cell phone to vibrate. Your fellow students are studying! Need an absolute quiet place to study? Use the Quiet Study Room on the first floor of the Library. Your fellow students are studying and deserve your respect! Are you conducting research for a paper or for a clinic client? Take a look at the many databases available through the Pence Law Library website. Our databases include the Making of Modern Law, which contains over 22,000 American and British legal treatises published between 1800 and 1926, the CCH Business and Finance Network, which covers securities, banking, products liability, intellectual property, computer and internet law, government contracts, federal energy, transportation law and much more. If you need advice about what sources to use for your research, email a reference librarian at reflib@wcl.american.edu, IM us, or stop by the Reference Desk. Did you know that the Pence Law Library is open to the public during regular hours, except during Reading Period and Exams? The Library is a member of the Federal Depository Library Program and therefore required to be open to the public. Through the depository program we obtain publications that you may not think of as official government documents, such as Ben's Guide to the US Government for Kids, the FTC Consumer Alert, and the Child Support Report. More familiar titles might be the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) and the Federal Register, the Congressional Record, the US Code, US Reports, and US treaties. You can find all of our government documents, electronic or paper, in our online catalog. Help the Library Go Green! Turn off your carrel lights when you stop studying and use Duplex Printing whenever possible. Library printers Yoda, Dilbert, Rocky and Researchtoo printers can print on both sides of paper. To set this utility up on your laptop follow the instructions at http://www.wcl.american.edu/technology/ipp.cfm. Questions? Stop by the Student Computer Help Desk on the 2nd floor of the Library or email comptech@wcl.american.edu. Do you want to suggest something to add to the Library's collection or make a comment suggesting an improvement to our services? Suggestion boxes are available in the 2nd floor copy room and at the Security Desk at the entrance to the Library. An online suggestion form is also available. Fill it out and a Library staff member will review and respond to your concern. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-10-10:/RESOURCE/350 2008-10-10T19:09:31-00:00 2008-10-10T19:09:31-00:00 Collection of digitized historic federal legislative documents, beginning with the Continental Congress in 1774 to 1875. Includes early Journals of Congress, Elliot's Debates, American State Papers, early congressional bills, and pre-Congressional Record congressional debates. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-10-10:/NEWS/2218 2008-10-10T14:40:00-00:00 2008-10-10T14:40:00-00:00 Attention 1L's Westlaw classes are scheduled for you at various times the week of October 13. We strongly urge you to take advantage of this training opportunity to enhance your online legal research search skills. Sign up at http://lawschool.westlaw.com/desktopdefault.aspx and visit Training Calendar under Support. Lexis classes are scheduled for the week of October 20. Further information will be posted here for Lexis next week. AskPenceLibrary and chat with a librarian for help with your research! IM a reference librarian and get an instant answer to your question. Just send your message to AskPenceLibrary using AIM, MSN, Yahoo or Google Talk or through the Virtual Reference webpage at http://library.wcl.american.edu/ask.cfm. Email us at reflib@wcl.american.edu if you have questions about this service. Please be a good library citizen and keep your personal conversations in the Library to a minimum and set your cell phone to vibrate. Your fellow students are studying! Need an absolute quiet place to study? Use the Quiet Study Room on the first floor of the Library. Your fellow students are studying and deserve your respect! Are you conducting research for a paper or for a clinic client? Take a look at the many databases available through the Pence Law Library website. Our databases include the Making of Modern Law, which contains over 22,000 American and British legal treatises published between 1800 and 1926, the CCH Business and Finance Network, which covers securities, banking, products liability, intellectual property, computer and internet law, government contracts, federal energy, transportation law and much more. If you need advice about what sources to use for your research, email a reference librarian at reflib@wcl.american.edu, IM us, or stop by the Reference Desk. Did you know that the Pence Law Library is open to the public during regular hours, except during Reading Period and Exams? The Library is a member of the Federal Depository Library Program and therefore required to be open to the public. Through the depository program we obtain publications that you may not think of as official government documents, such as Ben's Guide to the US Government for Kids, the FTC Consumer Alert, and the Child Support Report. More familiar titles might be the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) and the Federal Register, the Congressional Record, the US Code, US Reports, and US treaties. You can find all of our government documents, electronic or paper, in our online catalog. Help the Library Go Green! Turn off your carrel lights when you stop studying and use Duplex Printing whenever possible. Library printers Yoda, Dilbert, Rocky and Researchtoo printers can print on both sides of paper. To set this utility up on your laptop follow the instructions at http://www.wcl.american.edu/technology/ipp.cfm. Questions? Stop by the Student Computer Help Desk on the 2nd floor of the Library or email comptech@wcl.american.edu. Do you want to suggest something to add to the Library's collection or make a comment suggesting an improvement to our services? Suggestion boxes are available in the 2nd floor copy room and at the Security Desk at the entrance to the Library. An online suggestion form is also available. Fill it out and a Library staff member will review and respond to your concern. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-10-08:/RESOURCE/349 2008-10-08T20:26:25-00:00 2008-10-08T20:26:25-00:00 The International Journal of Transitional Justice covers "strategies employed by states and international institutions to deal with a legacy of human rights abuses and to effect social reconstruction in the wake of widespread violence." tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-10-07:/NEWS/2215 2008-10-08T02:30:00-00:00 2008-10-08T02:30:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-10-01:/RESOURCE/347 2008-10-01T17:13:07-00:00 2008-10-01T17:13:07-00:00 "Web site of the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, is a national law and policy center, including the Poverty law library, a collection of case files, articles from the Clearinghouse review, and research links" tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-09-29:/RESOURCE/346 2008-09-29T11:51:45-00:00 2008-09-29T11:51:45-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-09-22:/NEWS/2212 2008-09-22T04:00:00-00:00 2008-09-22T04:00:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-09-19:/RESOURCE/345 2008-09-19T17:16:29-00:00 2008-09-19T17:16:29-00:00 Collection of research guides related to congressional and state legislative research. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-09-19:/RESOURCE/344 2008-09-19T17:13:25-00:00 2008-09-19T17:13:25-00:00 Listings of the websites of state legislatures, which may include legislative documents, state libraries, and free state codes. From the Law Librarians' Society of Washington, DC (LLSDC). tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-09-19:/RESOURCE/343 2008-09-19T16:11:47-00:00 2008-09-19T16:11:47-00:00 Listing of the specific dates covered by each Congress, and each session therein. Also includes the name of the President who served during each Congress. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-09-19:/NEWS/2209 2008-09-19T14:40:00-00:00 2008-09-19T14:40:00-00:00 LIBRARY CARREL LOTTERY  Each semester the Library has a limited number of carrels available on a reserved basis. To be eligible for a carrel, you must be a 2L, 3L, 4L or LLM student and must be enrolled in and pursuing an upper level writing requirement or writing a journal article or comment due this semester.   The online registration for the lottery will begin at midnight on Monday, September 22 and end at 12 noon on September 29, 2008.  Students selected will be notified by email of their carrel assignment.  To view all carrel policies and to sign up for the online lottery, go to http://library.wcl.american.edu/carrel/  and click on the link for Carrel Reservations.  Questions?  Contact Circulation at circ@wcl.american.edu. Did you know that Hein Online has MUCH more than the full text of over 900 legal periodicals? It now also contains the full text of the Federal Register back to 1936, the full text of the Congressional Record and its predecessors, a new Federal Agency database, Subject Compilations of State Law and much more! AccessHein Online from the Library webpage at http://library.wcl.american.edu/resources/research_tools.cfm. Questions? Contact a reference librarian at relib@wcl.american.edu. Copying and Printing in the Library  There are 2 new EagleBuc$ readers in both Library copy rooms, and our copiers have either been replaced with new ones or serviced over the summer.    Help the Library Go Green!  Turn off your carrel lights when you stop studying and use Duplex Printing whenever possible. Library printers Yoda, Dilbert, Rocky and Researchtoo printers can print on both sides of paper.  To set this utility up on your laptop follow the instructions at http://www.wcl.american.edu/technology/ipp.cfm.  Questions?  Stop by the Student Computer Help Desk on the 2nd floor of the Library or email comptech@wcl.american.edu. Do you want to suggest something to add to the Library's collection or make a comment suggesting an improvement to our services?  Suggestion boxes are available in the 2nd floor copy room and at the Security Desk at the entrance to the Library.  An online form is also posted at http://library.wcl.american.edu/suggestions.cfm.  Fill it out and a Library staff member will review and respond to your concern. Calling all student authors! If you have an article accepted for publication or recently published by a law review or other scholarly journal, please send your name, article title, and journal title to Billie Jo Kaufman, Associate Dean for Library and Information Resources at bkaufman@wcl.american.edu.  Each spring the Library hosts a reception to honor student scholarship efforts and we don't want to leave anyone out!   Please be a good library citizen and keep your personal conversations in the Library to a minimum and set your cell phone to vibrate. Your fellow students are studying! Need an absolute quiet place to study? Use the Quiet Study Room on the first floor of the Library. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-09-16:/NEWS/2206 2008-09-16T18:10:00-00:00 2008-09-16T18:10:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-09-16:/NEWS/2203 2008-09-16T16:00:00-00:00 2008-09-16T16:00:00-00:00 Are you conducting research for a paper or for a clinic client?  Are you spading for a journal?  Take a look at the many databases available through the Pence Law Library website at http://library.wcl.american.edu/resources/topics.cfm. Our many databases include the Making of Modern Law, which contains over 22,000 American and British legal treatises published between 1800 and 1926, the CCH Business and Finance Network, which covers securities, banking, products liability, intellectual property, computer and internet law, government contracts, federal energy, transportation law and much more. If you need advice about what sources to use for your research, email a reference librarian at reflib@wcl.american.edu, IM us at http://library.wcl.american.edu/ask.cfm or stop by the Reference Desk.   Access Pence Law Library Electronic Resources from Home Do your research from anywhere in the world by linking to the library webpage at library.wcl.american.edu The WCL community can log into subscription databases on the library website by linking to one of the database listings under Research Tools or Information Resources. Enter the same user ID and password that you use to access the law school network and my.american.edu. Computer Assisted Legal Instruction - CALI Register at www.cali.org with the WCL authorization code: AMERICstu4. CALI lessons are interactive tutorials written by law professors and librarians and are designed to help you learn different aspects of the law. Use them as often as you like - they are free! Pick up a CD at the Circulation Desk if you prefer to work offline. Copying and Printing in the Library  There are 2 new EagleBuc$ readers in both Library copy rooms, and our copiers have either been replaced with new ones or serviced over the summer.    Want to Help Save Paper?  Duplex Print!  Library printers Yoda, Dilbert, Rocky and Researchtoo printers can print on both sides of paper.  To set this utility up on your laptop follow the instructions at http://www.wcl.american.edu/technology/ipp.cfm.  Questions?  Stop by the Student Computer Help Desk on the 2nd floor of the Library or email comptech@wcl.american.edu. Do you want to suggest something to add to the Library's collection or make a comment suggesting an improvement to our services?  Suggestion boxes are available in the 2nd floor copy room and at the Security Desk at the entrance to the Library.  An online form is also posted at http://library.wcl.american.edu/suggestions.cfm.  Fill it out and a Library staff member will review and respond to your concern.   Pardon our Dust! As a byproduct of the lobby construction project some carrels on the second floor of the Library are not available. We expect this to be remedied shortly. The carrel lottery for eligible upper class JD's and LLM students will take place after the carrels are reinstalled.  Questions?  Contact John Smith, Access Services Librarian at jasmith@wcl.american.edu. Calling all student authors! If you have an article accepted for publication or recently published by a law review or other scholarly journal, please send your name, article title, and journal title to Billie Jo Kaufman, Associate Dean for Library and Information Resources at bkaufman@wcl.american.edu.  Each spring the Library hosts a reception to honor student scholarship efforts and we don't want to leave anyone out!   Student Writing Competitions Announcements on writing competitions and fellowship opportunities can be found on http://library.wcl.american.edu/writing/; hard-copies are posted on the Pence Law Library Student Writing Competitions bulletin board. Awards range from $250 to $10,000, with publication of the winning essays in the sponsor's journal and website. Download audio files of cases, casebooks and much more to your MP3 player with AudioCaseFiles - and listen on the go! Register at www.audiocasefiles.com and select American University, Washington College of Law and be sure to use your WCL email address. Questions? Contact Adeen Postar, Deputy Director at apostar@wcl.american.edu or at 202-274-4377. Please be a good library citizen and keep your personal conversations in the Library to a minimum and set your cell phone to vibrate. Your fellow students are studying! Need an absolute quiet place to study? Use the Quiet Study Room on the first floor of the Library. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-09-16:/RESOURCE/342 2008-09-16T13:46:09-00:00 2008-09-16T13:46:09-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-09-10:/RESOURCE/340 2008-09-10T20:26:23-00:00 2008-09-10T20:26:23-00:00 List of selected federal public laws with links to their compiled legislative histories on the Internet. Separate lists for compiled histories available at public and commercial (HeinOnline, LexisNexis, Westlaw) sites. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-09-04:/NEWS/2200 2008-09-04T21:30:00-00:00 2008-09-04T21:30:00-00:00     Are you conducting research for a paper or for a clinic client?  Are you spading for a journal?  Take a look at the many databases available through the Pence Law Library website at http://library.wcl.american.edu/resources/topics.cfm. Our many databases include the Making of Modern Law, which contains over 22,000 American and British legal treatises published between 1800 and 1926, the CCH Business and Finance Network, which covers securities, banking, products liability, intellectual property, computer and internet law, government contracts, federal energy, transportation law and much more. If you need advice about what sources to use for your research, email a reference librarian at reflib@wcl.american.edu, IM us at http://library.wcl.american.edu/ask.cfm or stop by the Reference Desk.       Access Pence Law Library Electronic Resources from Home Do your research from anywhere in the world by linking to the library webpage at library.wcl.american.edu The WCL community can log into subscription databases on the library website by linking to one of the database listings under Research Tools or Information Resources. Enter the same user ID and password that you use to access the law school network and my.american.edu.     Attention New Students! Don't Forget to Register Your Lexis and Westlaw Passwords! You should have received your activation codes during Orientation, and you must register them or they will be turned off. For Lexis, go to http://lawschool.lexis.com and click on Register Your Activation Code in the sign-on box. For Westlaw, link to lawschool.westlaw.com and click on Register your Password Now. If you have not received an activation code, stop by the Reference Desk to pick one up.     Computer Assisted Legal Instruction - CALI Register at www.cali.org with the WCL authorization code: www.cali.org. CALI lessons are interactive tutorials written by law professors and librarians and are designed to help you learn different aspects of the law. Use them as often as you like - they are free! Pick up a CD at the Circulation Desk if you prefer to work offline.     Available at the Library  Seat cushions, seat backs and book rests will make you more comfortable while studying.  If you need a temporary replacement laptop while yours is in the shop, we have a number available on a first come, first served basis for a 7 day check out period.  All are available at the Circulation Desk.     Pardon our Dust! As a byproduct of the lobby construction project some carrels on the second floor of the Library are not available. We expect this to be remedied shortly. The carrel lottery for eligible upper class JD's and LLM students will take place after the carrels are reinstalled.  Questions?  Contact John Smith, Access Services Librarian at jasmith@wcl.american.edu.     Calling all student authors! If you have an article accepted for publication or recently published by a law review or other scholarly journal, please send your name, article title, and journal title to Billie Jo Kaufman, Associate Dean for Library and Information Resources at bkaufman@wcl.american.edu.  Each spring the Library hosts a reception to honor student scholarship efforts and we don't want to leave anyone out!       Student Writing Competitions Announcements on writing competitions and fellowship opportunities can be found on http://library.wcl.american.edu/writing/; hard-copies are posted on the Pence Law Library Student Writing Competitions bulletin board. Awards range from $250 to $10,000, with publication of the winning essays in the sponsor's journal and website.     Download audio files of cases, casebooks and much more to your MP3 player with AudioCaseFiles - and listen on the go! Register at www.audiocasefiles.com and select American University, Washington College of Law and be sure to use your WCL email address. Questions? Contact Adeen Postar, Deputy Director at apostar@wcl.american.edu or at 202-274-4377.     Please be a good library citizen and keep your personal conversations in the Library to a minimum and set your cell phone to vibrate. Your fellow students are studying! Need an absolute quiet place to study? Use the Quiet Study Room on the first floor of the Library.     Do not leave your laptop or any valuable personal item unattended on a Library table or carrel for any period of time. Unclaimed items found by the Library staff may be retrieved from the Security Desk in the Lobby. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-08-28:/NEWS/2197 2008-08-28T23:00:00-00:00 2008-08-28T23:00:00-00:00 The Library will be open Labor Day, 8:00 am – 12:00 amWelcome and Welcome Back!Need some Research help? Directions? Are you starting your research paper or a comment and need help identifying possible topics? Are you spading for a journal and unsure of what a citation means or where it can be located? Are you lost using West’s Key Number system? There is help available at the Reference Desk located on the first floor of the Library!Reference Desk Hours:Monday - Thursday 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.Friday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.Saturday Noon to 5:00 p.m.Sunday Noon to 6:00 p.m.You can also IM us during these same hours via http://library.wcl.american.edu/ask.cfmStop by, call 202-467-4352 or email us at reflib@wcl.american.edu for research help. Reference librarians are also available to students and faculty for research consultations by appointment.Access Pence Law Library Electronic Resources from Home Do your research from anywhere in the world by linking to the library webpage at library.wcl.american.edu The WCL community can log into subscription databases on the library website by linking to one of the database listings under Research Tools or Information Resources. Enter the same user ID and password that you use to access the law school network and my.american.edu.Computer Assisted Legal Instruction – CALI Register at www.cali.org with the WCL authorization code: www.cali.org. CALI lessons are interactive tutorials written by law professors and librarians and are designed to help you learn different aspects of the law. Use them as often as you like – they are free! Pick up a CD at the Circulation Desk if you prefer to work offline.Wireless Internet and printing is available in the Library. Please see www.wcl.american.edu/techres/wireless.cfm for additional information or contact the Help Desk located on the second floor of the Library if you need assistance.Group Study Rooms Groups of current WCL students can sign up for one of our 14 study rooms up to one week in advance at the Circulation Desk. Please see library.wcl.american.edu/circulation.cfm for details on the use of these rooms.Pardon our Dust! As a byproduct of the lobby construction project some carrels on the second floor of the Library are not available. We expect this to be remedied shortly. The carrel lottery for eligible upper class JD's and LLM students will take place after the carrels are reinstalled.Attention New Students! Don't Forget to Register Your Lexis and Westlaw Passwords! You should have received your activation codes during Orientation, and you must register them or they will be turned off. For Lexis, go to http://lawschool.lexis.com and click on Register Your Activation Code in the sign-on box. For Westlaw, link to lawschool.westlaw.com and click on Register your Password Now. If you have not received an activation code, stop by the Reference Desk to pick one up.Student Writing Competitions Announcements on writing competitions and fellowship opportunities can be found on http://library.wcl.american.edu/writing/; hard-copies are posted on the Pence Law Library Student Writing Competitions bulletin board. Awards range from $250 to $10,000, with publication of the winning essays in the sponsor's journal and website.Download audio files of cases, casebooks and much more to your MP3 player with AudioCaseFiles - and listen on the go! Register at www.audiocasefiles.com and select American University, Washington College of Law and be sure to use your WCL email address. Questions? Contact Adeen Postar, Deputy Director at apostar@wcl.american.edu or at 202-274-4377.Please be a good library citizen and keep your personal conversations in the Library to a minimum and set your cell phone to vibrate. Your fellow students are studying! Need an absolute quiet place to study? Use the Quiet Study Room on the first floor of the Library.Do not leave your laptop or any valuable personal item unattended on a Library table or carrel for any period of time. Unclaimed items found by the Library staff may be retrieved from the Security Desk in the Lobby. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-08-26:/RESOURCE/339 2008-08-26T13:56:29-00:00 2008-08-26T13:56:29-00:00 "GlobaLex is an electronic legal publication dedicated to international and foreign law research. Published by the Hauser Global Law School Program at NYU School of Law,GlobaLex is committed to the dissemination of high-level international, foreign, and comparative law research tools in order to accommodate the needs of an increasingly global educational and practicing legal world." tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-08-25:/NEWS/2194 2008-08-25T15:35:00-00:00 2008-08-25T15:35:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-08-22:/RESOURCE/338 2008-08-22T14:01:01-00:00 2008-08-22T14:01:01-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-08-21:/NEWS/2191 2008-08-21T15:05:00-00:00 2008-08-21T15:05:00-00:00 Welcome and Welcome Back! Need some Research help? Directions? Are you starting your research paper or a comment and need help identifying possible topics? Are you spading for a journal and unsure of what a citation means or where it can be located? Are you lost using West's Key Number system? There is help available at the Reference Desk located on the first floor of the Library!Reference Desk Hours: Monday - Thursday 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.Friday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.Saturday Noon to 5:00 p.m.Sunday Noon to 6:00 p.m. Reference librarians are also available to students and faculty for research consultations by appointment. Stop by, call 202-467-4352 or email us at reflib@wcl.american.edu. IM service will resume on August 25. We look forward to working with you! Access Pence Law Library Electronic Resources from Home Do your research from anywhere in the world by linking to the library webpage at library.wcl.american.edu The WCL community can log into subscription databases on the library website by linking to one of the database listings under Research Tools or Information Resources. Enter the same user ID and password that you use to access the law school network and my.american.edu. Wireless Internet and printing is available in the Library. Please see www.wcl.american.edu/techres/wireless.cfm for additional information or contact the Help Desk located on the second floor of the Library if you need assistance. The Reserve Room is where you will find study aids and materials your professor has put on course reserve and other high-use library materials. You can check out items from Reserve for a three hour period and can renew them as necessary. Student Convenience Centers are located in the first and second floor copy rooms and provide many services, including photocopying, printing, faxing, EagleBuck$ vending machines, and many other amenities. Group Study Rooms Groups of current WCL students can sign up for one of our 14 study rooms up to one week in advance at the Circulation Desk. Please see library.wcl.american.edu/circulation.cfm for details on the use of these rooms. Pardon our Dust! As a byproduct of the lobby construction project some carrels on the second floor of the Library are not available. We expect this to be remedied shortly after the beginning of the semester. The carrel lottery for eligible upper class JD's and LLM students will take place after the carrels are reinstalled. Attention New Students! Don't Forget to Register Your Lexis and Westlaw Passwords! You will receive your activation codes during Orientation, but you must register them or they will be turned off. For Lexis, go to http://lawschool.lexis.com and lick on Register Your Activation Code in the sign-on box. For Westlaw, link to lawschool.westlaw.com and click on Register your Password Now. Student Writing Competitions Announcements on writing competitions and fellowship opportunities can be found on http://library.wcl.american.edu/writing/; hard-copies are posted on the Pence Law Library Student Writing Competitions bulletin board. Awards range from $250 to $10,000, with publication of the winning essays in the sponsor's journal and website. Download audio files of cases, casebooks and much more to your MP3 player with AudioCaseFiles - and listen on the go! Register at www.audiocasefiles.com and select American University, Washington College of Law and be sure to use your WCL email address. Questions? Contact Adeen Postar, Deputy Director at apostar@wcl.american.edu or at 202-274-4377. Please be a good library tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-08-15:/RESOURCE/337 2008-08-15T15:37:05-00:00 2008-08-15T15:37:05-00:00 A resource for finding lists of state laws on many subjects, that have been compiled in treatises, articles and other materials. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-08-11:/NEWS/2185 2008-08-11T14:40:00-00:00 2008-08-11T14:40:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-08-07:/NEWS/2182 2008-08-07T13:00:00-00:00 2008-08-07T13:00:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-07-24:/NEWS/2179 2008-07-24T04:00:00-00:00 2008-07-24T04:00:00-00:00 The Pence Law Library will be closed Friday through Sunday, July 25 - 27, due to the lobby construction project. Rooms 601 and 603 will be available for study space between 8 a.m. and midnight during this period. Students may also use the American University Library on the main campus. We apologize for this temporary inconvenience. Please email Dean Kaufman with any questions. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-07-17:/NEWS/2176 2008-07-17T13:00:00-00:00 2008-07-17T13:00:00-00:00 The Pence Law Library will be closed Friday through Sunday, July 18 - 20 and July 25 - 27, due to the lobby construction project. Rooms 601 and 603 will be available for study space between 8 a.m. and midnight during this period. Students may also use the American University Library on the main campus. We apologize for this temporary inconvenience. Please email Dean Kaufman with any questions. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-07-08:/NEWS/2173 2008-07-08T20:55:00-00:00 2008-07-08T20:55:00-00:00 Due to construction, the Pence Law Library will be closed from Friday, July 11 through Sunday, July 13. Study space for students will be available on all three days from 8 a.m. through 12 a.m. in rooms 601 and 603. We apologize for any inconvenience. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-06-20:/RESOURCE/336 2008-06-20T18:25:02-00:00 2008-06-20T18:25:02-00:00 "Legisprudence aims at contributing to the improvement of legislation by studying the processes of legislation from the perspective of legal theory." tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-06-20:/RESOURCE/335 2008-06-20T18:21:13-00:00 2008-06-20T18:21:13-00:00 "Law and Humanities is a peer-reviewed journal, providing a forum for scholarly discourse within the arts and humanities around the subject of law." tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-06-20:/RESOURCE/334 2008-06-20T18:15:02-00:00 2008-06-20T18:15:02-00:00 "The Law and Financial Markets Review is a new, independent, English language journal devoted to providing high quality information, comment and analysis for lawyers specialising in banking and financial market issues and to others with interests in legal and regulatory developments affecting the financial markets." tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-06-12:/NEWS/2170 2008-06-12T19:00:00-00:00 2008-06-12T19:00:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-05-13:/NEWS/2167 2008-05-13T18:00:00-00:00 2008-05-13T18:00:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-05-12:/NEWS/2164 2008-05-12T16:00:00-00:00 2008-05-12T16:00:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-05-12:/NEWS/2161 2008-05-12T15:30:00-00:00 2008-05-12T15:30:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-05-07:/NEWS/2158 2008-05-07T14:40:00-00:00 2008-05-07T14:40:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-05-01:/RESOURCE/333 2008-05-01T16:42:39-00:00 2008-05-01T16:42:39-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-04-29:/RESOURCE/332 2008-04-29T17:11:53-00:00 2008-04-29T17:11:53-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-04-29:/RESOURCE/331 2008-04-29T16:59:39-00:00 2008-04-29T16:59:39-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-04-29:/RESOURCE/330 2008-04-29T16:48:22-00:00 2008-04-29T16:48:22-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-04-29:/RESOURCE/329 2008-04-29T16:45:41-00:00 2008-04-29T16:45:41-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-04-29:/RESOURCE/328 2008-04-29T16:29:53-00:00 2008-04-29T16:29:53-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-04-29:/RESOURCE/327 2008-04-29T16:18:13-00:00 2008-04-29T16:18:13-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-04-29:/RESOURCE/326 2008-04-29T16:15:55-00:00 2008-04-29T16:15:55-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-04-29:/RESOURCE/325 2008-04-29T16:10:31-00:00 2008-04-29T16:10:31-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-04-22:/NEWS/2155 2008-04-22T20:45:00-00:00 2008-04-22T20:45:00-00:00 The Pence Law Library will restrict access to WCL and AU Main Campus students, faculty and Washington College of Law alumni from April 22 to May 10, 2008. Persons requesting the use of the Federal Depository Collection will be allowed to enter and use those materials under supervision. Interlibrary loan service will be available as usual. Please contact the Access Services Librarian at jasmith@wcl.american.edu for further information. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-04-21:/NEWS/2152 2008-04-21T21:35:00-00:00 2008-04-21T21:35:00-00:00 Students who graduate will have full Westlaw access through May 31, 2008 (or the end month during which they graduate).Graduating students may apply for a free password to use while studying for the bar. Graduating students will be receiving an email with the link to register for Bar Study password. The passwords will be good for 10 hours or through July 31, which ever comes first.Students have access to career service databases for one year after graduation. Access to Law Students/Attorney Jobs Online is not included in the career service database access.Continuing students hours are reduced to two hours in June and two hours in July. All student passwords are returned to full access August 1 of each year.However, students who are taking summer school classes, working for a professor, are conducting law review & journal work, or are moot court members may extend their passwords for the summer. In addition, students who are working in an unpaid, non-profit public interest (non-governmental) internship/externship or pro bono work required for graduation may also extend their passwords. LexisNexis Summer Access ProgramLexisNexis is pleased to offer you the opportunity to extend your full access privileges during the summer to August 1, 2008.  In order to do so you must register for summer full access through the Summer Access Registration link:   www.lexisnexis.com/lawschool/help/saccess.aspThe registration process requires you to certify a legitimate use over the summer to be granted full access: Legitimate UsesSummer SchoolSchool-Related Research AssignmentMoot Court ResearchLaw Review or Journal ResearchWorking as a Professor's Research AssistantNon-Profit ExternshipUnpaid Internship/ExternshipBar ReviewIf you do not register, your LexisNexis law school ID will be limited to only career materials as of June 1, 2008.Graduating students must register for summer access to extend their IDs to August 1, 2008. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-04-16:/RESOURCE/324 2008-04-16T20:13:55-00:00 2008-04-16T20:13:55-00:00 Treaty resources from the State Department, including the current Treaties in Force, Treaties Pending, Multilateral Treaties for Which the U.S. is Depository, TIAS, and more. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-04-16:/RESOURCE/323 2008-04-16T17:58:55-00:00 2008-04-16T17:58:55-00:00 "Perspectives: Teaching Legal Research and Writing is a print newsletter published by West three times a year for legal research and writing instructors and law firm and law school librarians. The newsletter provides a forum for discussing the teaching of legal research and writing, focusing on research materials, tools and theories. Among the subjects frequently covered in Perspectives are trends in electronic legal research; solutions to legal research problems; and recently published legal research and writing resources." tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-04-14:/RESOURCE/322 2008-04-14T17:17:48-00:00 2008-04-14T17:17:48-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-04-14:/RESOURCE/321 2008-04-14T16:52:08-00:00 2008-04-14T16:52:08-00:00 "Journal of Financial Crime has established itself as one of the leading sources of authoritative and detailed information on understanding the methods used in economic crime and the steps that can be taken to avoid and combat it." tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-04-13:/NEWS/2149 2008-04-14T02:50:00-00:00 2008-04-14T02:50:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-04-03:/RESOURCE/320 2008-04-03T17:15:37-00:00 2008-04-03T17:15:37-00:00 Legal Studies is the journal of the Society of Legal Scholars (SLS). Legal Studies is recognised as one of the foremost academic law journals in the UK and enjoys an international readership both within the common law world and beyond. Legal Studies is a truly generalist peer-reviewed law journal and aims to include a varied range of scholarly articles in each issue, including doctrinal, conceptual, and socio-legal analysis. The journal warmly welcomes contributions from all those who wish to reach a broad international and UK readership. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-04-03:/RESOURCE/319 2008-04-03T16:38:07-00:00 2008-04-03T16:38:07-00:00 The leading English-language legal publication in its field, Arab Law Quarterly covers all aspects of Arab laws, both Shari'a and secular. It provides authoritative articles on the laws and legal developments throughout the twenty countries of the Arab world, notes on recent legislation and case law, guidelines on future changes, and reviews of the latest literature in the field. Note: "Back files available through HeinOnline" tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-04-01:/RESOURCE/318 2008-04-01T12:26:48-00:00 2008-04-01T12:26:48-00:00 "a journal for intellectual property questions in relation to trade and investment, with particular focus on the WTO and TRIPS (the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights)." Professor Daniel Gervais, editor tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-03-26:/RESOURCE/317 2008-03-26T18:22:40-00:00 2008-03-26T18:22:40-00:00 "The Modern Law Review is a general, peer-refereed journal that publishes original articles relating to common law jurisdictions, and increasingly to the law of the European Union. In addition to publishing articles in all branches of the law, the Review contains sections devoted to recent legislation and reports, to case analysis, and to review articles and book reviews." blackwellpublishing tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-03-26:/RESOURCE/316 2008-03-26T17:58:28-00:00 2008-03-26T17:58:28-00:00 "International Journal of the Legal Profession is an academic journal addressing the organization, structure, management and infrastructure of the legal professions of the common law and civil law world. The journal encompasses studies of the work, work practices, skills and ethics of the legal profession as well as the internal management of law firms and chambers. It also considers the methods and extent of provision of legal services. A range of socio-legal information is included involving inter-disciplinary interest from academic and professional lawyers, economists, philosophers, psychologists, sociologists, anthropologists and business academics interested in the world of law and lawyers. Major changes are occurring in the legal professions of America, Europe and Australasia. The profession has become much more open for study and accountability to the public and to government. Academic interest has grown over recent years and study of the legal profession is now well respected and represented within law departments. Scholars have begun to view law as an interesting area of study and lawyers, without any internal methodology for assessing and measuring their work or value, have welcomed the outside interest." tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-03-21:/RESOURCE/315 2008-03-21T19:18:38-00:00 2008-03-21T19:18:38-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-03-21:/RESOURCE/314 2008-03-21T19:16:04-00:00 2008-03-21T19:16:04-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-03-21:/RESOURCE/313 2008-03-21T19:13:15-00:00 2008-03-21T19:13:15-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-03-21:/RESOURCE/312 2008-03-21T19:09:12-00:00 2008-03-21T19:09:12-00:00 Government site to find, view, and comment on federal regulations and other federal actions. 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tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-03-20:/RESOURCE/267 2008-03-20T17:19:36-00:00 2008-03-20T17:19:36-00:00 US treaties, including Treaties and International Acts Series (TIAS), KAV Agreements, Treaties in Force (TIF), US State Department documents, International Legal Materials (ILM), and more. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-03-20:/RESOURCE/266 2008-03-20T17:08:57-00:00 2008-03-20T17:08:57-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-03-20:/RESOURCE/265 2008-03-20T17:02:42-00:00 2008-03-20T17:02:42-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-03-20:/RESOURCE/264 2008-03-20T16:58:04-00:00 2008-03-20T16:58:04-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-03-20:/RESOURCE/263 2008-03-20T16:55:53-00:00 2008-03-20T16:55:53-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-03-20:/RESOURCE/262 2008-03-20T16:54:06-00:00 2008-03-20T16:54:06-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-03-20:/RESOURCE/261 2008-03-20T16:49:17-00:00 2008-03-20T16:49:17-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-03-20:/RESOURCE/260 2008-03-20T16:43:14-00:00 2008-03-20T16:43:14-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-02-25:/RESOURCE/259 2008-02-25T18:36:07-00:00 2008-02-25T18:36:07-00:00 Web-based version of the Merriam-Webster English Dictionary. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-02-12:/NEWS/2146 2008-02-12T21:45:00-00:00 2008-02-12T21:45:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-01-07:/NEWS/2143 2008-01-07T19:45:00-00:00 2008-01-07T19:45:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-01-07:/NEWS/2140 2008-01-07T17:00:00-00:00 2008-01-07T17:00:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-12-07:/RESOURCE/258 2007-12-08T01:21:13-00:00 2007-12-08T01:21:13-00:00 AudioCaseFiles is a database of audio recordings of cases students can download. Separate registration required. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-12-06:/RESOURCE/257 2007-12-06T17:46:22-00:00 2007-12-06T17:46:22-00:00 Terrorism and Political Violence reflects the full range of current scholarly work from many disciplines and theoretical perspectives tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-11-19:/RESOURCE/256 2007-11-19T17:58:52-00:00 2007-11-19T17:58:52-00:00 List top lawyers in a 175 countries with independent ranking and editorial commentary. Free access database. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-11-19:/RESOURCE/255 2007-11-19T17:14:57-00:00 2007-11-19T17:14:57-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-11-19:/RESOURCE/254 2007-11-19T17:14:13-00:00 2007-11-19T17:14:13-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-11-19:/RESOURCE/253 2007-11-19T17:12:17-00:00 2007-11-19T17:12:17-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-10-25:/RESOURCE/252 2007-10-25T18:52:07-00:00 2007-10-25T18:52:07-00:00 The official journal of the Society for the Reform of Criminal Law; access to all content. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-10-18:/NEWS/2137 2007-10-18T04:00:00-00:00 2007-10-18T04:00:00-00:00 LEAGLE, will be unavailable this evening (10/18) starting at 5 pm for several hours as part of this important project. We appreciate your patience! Watch the Docket for further information about changes and enhancements to this important key to research at the Pence Law Library. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-10-01:/NEWS/2134 2007-10-01T13:15:00-00:00 2007-10-01T13:15:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-09-07:/NEWS/2131 2007-09-07T19:40:00-00:00 2007-09-07T19:40:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-09-07:/NEWS/2122 2007-09-07T19:10:00-00:00 2007-09-07T19:10:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-09-07:/NEWS/2125 2007-09-07T19:10:00-00:00 2007-09-07T19:10:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-09-07:/NEWS/2128 2007-09-07T19:10:00-00:00 2007-09-07T19:10:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-09-04:/RESOURCE/251 2007-09-04T14:43:41-00:00 2007-09-04T14:43:41-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-08-20:/NEWS/2119 2007-08-20T10:00:00-00:00 2007-08-20T10:00:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-08-15:/NEWS/2116 2007-08-15T22:05:00-00:00 2007-08-15T22:05:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-08-10:/NEWS/2113 2007-08-10T17:15:00-00:00 2007-08-10T17:15:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-08-02:/NEWS/2107 2007-08-02T20:40:00-00:00 2007-08-02T20:40:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-08-02:/NEWS/2110 2007-08-02T20:40:00-00:00 2007-08-02T20:40:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-07-30:/NEWS/2101 2007-07-30T20:55:00-00:00 2007-07-30T20:55:00-00:00 The Pence Law Library is making improvements to the catalog on 7/31/07 that require it to be offline.  Users can still access the Law Library's  holdings in Worldcat (connect through http://library.wcl.american.edu/resources/research_tools.cfm ) or the ALADIN catalog at http://catalog.wrlc.org   If you have questions, contact the Circulation Desk at 202-274-4300.   Thanks for your patience! tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-07-19:/NEWS/2098 2007-07-19T13:25:00-00:00 2007-07-19T13:25:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-07-11:/RESOURCE/250 2007-07-11T15:51:45-00:00 2007-07-11T15:51:45-00:00 This site is made available through the Bora Laskin Law Library at the University of Toronto and is an excellent and current resource on issues relating to women?s human rights laws, with an emphasis on Canadian law. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-07-11:/RESOURCE/249 2007-07-11T15:51:14-00:00 2007-07-11T15:51:14-00:00 This site is made available through the Bora Laskin Law Library at the University of Toronto and is an excellent and current source for user guides and bibliographies on human rights issues. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-06-07:/NEWS/2095 2007-06-07T15:25:00-00:00 2007-06-07T15:25:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-06-07:/RESOURCE/248 2007-06-07T14:21:28-00:00 2007-06-07T14:21:28-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-06-07:/RESOURCE/247 2007-06-07T14:20:30-00:00 2007-06-07T14:20:30-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-06-07:/RESOURCE/246 2007-06-07T14:19:39-00:00 2007-06-07T14:19:39-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-06-07:/RESOURCE/245 2007-06-07T14:18:46-00:00 2007-06-07T14:18:46-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-06-07:/RESOURCE/244 2007-06-07T14:08:38-00:00 2007-06-07T14:08:38-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-05-15:/RESOURCE/243 2007-05-15T14:28:34-00:00 2007-05-15T14:28:34-00:00 This comprehensive database from LRP Publications includes federal and state primary law, case files, news and analysis on issues relating to special education. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-04-26:/NEWS/2092 2007-04-26T19:15:00-00:00 2007-04-26T19:15:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-04-23:/NEWS/2089 2007-04-23T13:00:00-00:00 2007-04-23T13:00:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-04-23:/NEWS/2086 2007-04-23T10:00:00-00:00 2007-04-23T10:00:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-04-19:/NEWS/2080 2007-04-19T13:00:00-00:00 2007-04-19T13:00:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-04-19:/NEWS/2083 2007-04-19T13:00:00-00:00 2007-04-19T13:00:00-00:00     tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-02-27:/RESOURCE/240 2007-02-27T16:52:09-00:00 2007-02-27T16:52:09-00:00 HuriSearch is a specialized multilingual Human Rights search engine. It includes over 3000 sites of human rights organizations, national human rights institutions, inter-governmental organizations, academic institutes, and non-governmental organizations. It can be searched in 77 different languages. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-01-26:/NEWS/2077 2007-01-26T22:00:00-00:00 2007-01-26T22:00:00-00:00 http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/iln/osc/ tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-01-09:/NEWS/2071 2007-01-09T21:50:00-00:00 2007-01-09T21:50:00-00:00 Come to the Reference Desk! An experienced professional librarian is available to assist you from 10 am to 9 pm Monday through Thursday, Friday from 10 am to 5 pm, Saturday from Noon to 5 pm and Sunday from Noon to 6 pm. Don't miss out on a very valuable resource! Can't come in? Email us at relib@wcl.american.edu. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-01-09:/NEWS/2074 2007-01-09T21:50:00-00:00 2007-01-09T21:50:00-00:00 Be sure and register to use ILLiad, our interlibrary loan system at http://library.wcl.american.edu/ill.cfm. The usual turnaround time for obtaining a book through ILL is about 5 business days, but hard to find books may take as long as three weeks so don't wait until just before a paper is due to request a book through ILL. If you need to keep items borrowed through ILL longer than you anticipated, you must renew them at least three days before the due date. Requesting a renewal does not guarantee that the lender will agree to the request. Keeping your items longer weakens our relationships with lenders and is also unfair to others who wish to borrow the same item to conduct their research. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-01-09:/NEWS/2068 2007-01-09T21:40:00-00:00 2007-01-09T21:40:00-00:00 Thank you for your patience and cooperation over winter break while we recarpeted the Library and refurbished the Circulation Desk. Be sure and stop by to see your improved Library! tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-01-08:/NEWS/2059 2007-01-08T11:00:00-00:00 2007-01-08T11:00:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-12-06:/NEWS/2056 2006-12-06T20:35:00-00:00 2006-12-06T20:35:00-00:00 "This report is the result of nine months of deliberation by a bipartisangroup of distinguished Americans asked by members of Congress to conduct aforward-looking, independent assessment of the current and prospectivesituation on the ground in Iraq, its impact on the surrounding region, andconsequences for U.S. interests and policy." tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-12-01:/NEWS/2044 2006-12-01T22:05:00-00:00 2006-12-01T22:05:00-00:00 New carpeting is being installed and other related projects are scheduled to improve the Library's research environment. We have arranged for the WCL community to have courtesy access to local law school libraries. A schedule for each with hours and directions will be provided shortly and will also be available via the Pence Law Library website. You must have your AU ID for this courtesy access. We appreciate your input about the Library's environment. This project is the first of several resulting from the Library's surveys and your suggestions. By fall, 2007, additional study rooms and other improvements should be completed as well. Your cooperation and support is greatly appreciated as we make a great library better. Any questions or concerns should be addressed to Adeen Postar at apostar@wcl.american.edu, 202-274-4377. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-11-27:/RESOURCE/239 2006-11-27T16:39:03-00:00 2006-11-27T16:39:03-00:00 Access to bills and public laws, committee reports, roll call votes and the Congressional Record. Includes current and retrospective Congresses. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-11-22:/RESOURCE/234 2006-11-22T19:41:29-00:00 2006-11-22T19:41:29-00:00 Homeland Security Digital Library?(HSDL) provides quick access to important US policy documents, presidential directives, and national strategy documents; as well as specialized resources from various universities, organizations, local and state agencies. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-11-17:/NEWS/2050 2006-11-17T20:00:00-00:00 2006-11-17T20:00:00-00:00 Click here to view the webcast tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-11-09:/NEWS/2047 2006-11-09T22:05:00-00:00 2006-11-09T22:05:00-00:00 Wednesday, November 22 8am to 8pm; Thursday, November 23 (Thanksgiving)Closed; Friday, November 24 9 am to 10pm tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-11-08:/RESOURCE/233 2006-11-08T19:30:46-00:00 2006-11-08T19:30:46-00:00 Topical Research Guide - Courts and Case Law tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-11-08:/RESOURCE/232 2006-11-08T19:29:14-00:00 2006-11-08T19:29:14-00:00 Topical Research Guide - Federal Tax Law tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-11-08:/RESOURCE/231 2006-11-08T19:26:27-00:00 2006-11-08T19:26:27-00:00 Topical Research Guide - Legal Research tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-11-08:/RESOURCE/230 2006-11-08T19:21:21-00:00 2006-11-08T19:21:21-00:00 Topical Research Guide - Finding Resources in the Library tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-11-06:/RESOURCE/229 2006-11-06T18:15:11-00:00 2006-11-06T18:15:11-00:00 IDLC is a repository of domestic international law covering over sixty jurisdictions; featuring selected cases in full text of judgments in their original language. Also feature translations of key non-English judgments in English. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-11-03:/NEWS/2041 2006-11-03T18:55:00-00:00 2006-11-03T18:55:00-00:00 Please be a good library citizen and keep your personal conversations in the library to a minimum and do not use your cell phone in the library. Your fellow students are studying! Use one of our group study rooms for collaborative learning and conversations; you can sign up for one at the Circulation Desk. Do not leave your laptop or any valuable personal item unattended on a library table or carrel for any period of time. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-11-03:/NEWS/2038 2006-11-03T18:50:00-00:00 2006-11-03T18:50:00-00:00 Bill is a graduate of WCL and is a member of the Virginia Bar. If you need assistance in International or Foreign Law - he is our resident expert. Contact him at 202-274- 4331 or via email at wryan@wcl.american.edu . tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-10-30:/NEWS/2023 2006-10-30T17:00:00-00:00 2006-10-30T17:00:00-00:00 Reference librarians are valuable resources on any research task you may encounter. You are always welcome to stop by or call the Reference Desk at 202-274-4352 to talk to the librarian on duty. You may also email us at reflib@wcl.american.edu with questions or to schedule an appointment for a more in-depth consulation. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-10-30:/NEWS/2026 2006-10-30T17:00:00-00:00 2006-10-30T17:00:00-00:00 They have over 3 million words in 15 languages, including general words, idioms, medical, legal, business terms, as well as slang and useful expressions.  They also have Phrasebooks of over 31,000 useful phrases and phonetic transcription for English and Romanization for Chinese (Mandarin), Japanese (Kana and Kanji) and Korean.  A voice function is also available. Also available at the Circulation Desk is one translator SuperPen, which allows users to scan text and get an immediate word-by-word translation, using Spanish and Portuguese dictionaries.  Additional SuperPens will be ordered for other languages, if there is enough interest.  tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-10-30:/NEWS/2029 2006-10-30T17:00:00-00:00 2006-10-30T17:00:00-00:00  He is our specialist in International Humanitarian Law and contributes to our web pages.  He is also an adjunct professor of international law at WCL, having taught the Seminar on International Courts since 1991.  Previously, he taught legal methods for several years. Mr. Heywood received his JD from the Washington College of Law in 1985, and lives in Silver Spring, Maryland, with his wife and two children. He used to enjoy sailing, reading, cooking, gardening, and croquet. He now enjoys chasing after his children. You can contact Mr. Heywood at heywood@wcl.american.edu  or at 202-274-4329. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-10-30:/NEWS/2032 2006-10-30T17:00:00-00:00 2006-10-30T17:00:00-00:00 Fill out the form at http://library.wcl.american.edu/suggestions.cfm and a Library staff member will review and respond to your concern. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-10-26:/RESOURCE/228 2006-10-26T21:21:47-00:00 2006-10-26T21:21:47-00:00 JustCite is a legal citator for a fully cross reference index to authoritative UK and European legal information. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-10-26:/RESOURCE/227 2006-10-26T21:19:39-00:00 2006-10-26T21:19:39-00:00 Justis is a comprehensive full text online database of EU, UK and Irish case law and legislation. The database covers primary case law dating back to 1163 and legislation back to 1235. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-10-19:/NEWS/2020 2006-10-19T15:40:00-00:00 2006-10-19T15:40:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-10-19:/NEWS/2011 2006-10-19T15:35:00-00:00 2006-10-19T15:35:00-00:00 Are you an early riser or need to put the last touches on a research assignment?  You can use the Library beginning at 6 am, provided you have registered your ID with the Office of Facilities Management in Room 383.  No Library services will be available until our normal opening.  If you have any questions, please contact Adeen Postar at apostar@wcl.american.edu. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-10-19:/NEWS/2014 2006-10-19T15:35:00-00:00 2006-10-19T15:35:00-00:00 They have over 3 million words in 15 languages, including general words, idioms, medical, legal, business terms, as well as slang and useful expressions.  They also have Phrasebooks of over 31,000 useful phrases and phonetic transcription for English and Romanization for Chinese (Mandarin), Japanese (Kana and Kanji) and Korean.  A voice function is also available.  These devices are available for check out at the Circulation Desk.  tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-10-19:/NEWS/2017 2006-10-19T15:35:00-00:00 2006-10-19T15:35:00-00:00 Pence Law Library is very lucky to have a dedicated corps of librarians working with students in the evenings and weekends.  Bette Spencer is a librarian at the Virginia Theological Seminary during the day, but each Monday, Saturday and alternate Sundays Bette works here at WCL.  She has extensive experience as a law librarian at other law schools and government agencies.  Ann Sloane works with us on Wednesdays and alternate Sundays.  She is currently the Library Manager for the DC office of Weil Gotshal & Manges and assists attorneys there on diverse legal topics, including litigation, antitrust, tax, securities and corporate law.  Kimberly Pogue works with us on Thursdays; currently she works as a librarian with the Baltimore Public School Department and was the Serials Librarian at George Washington Law Library. Steve LaFalce, is currently the Library Manager for the DC office of Clifford Chance where he also assists attorneys on litigation and international law matters.  Steve works with us on Tuesday evenings and is a new dad.  Stop by the Reference Desk and say hello to these dedicated librarians the next time you are in the Library after 6pm or Saturday or Sunday afternoon. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-10-19:/NEWS/2008 2006-10-19T15:30:00-00:00 2006-10-19T15:30:00-00:00 Do your research from anywhere by linking to the Library webpage at library.wcl.american.edu  The WCL community can log into subscription databases such as LegalTrac, LexisNexis Congressional and HeinOnline on the Library website by linking to one of the database listings under Research Tools or Information Resources on our website.  When prompted, enter the same user ID and password that you use to access the law school network and my.american.edu. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-10-18:/RESOURCE/226 2006-10-18T17:25:26-00:00 2006-10-18T17:25:26-00:00 Courts and Case Law research handout. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-10-18:/RESOURCE/225 2006-10-18T17:23:45-00:00 2006-10-18T17:23:45-00:00 Legal Research strategy handout. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-10-18:/RESOURCE/224 2006-10-18T17:17:40-00:00 2006-10-18T17:17:40-00:00 Federal Tax Law research handout. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-10-08:/NEWS/2005 2006-10-08T19:50:00-00:00 2006-10-08T19:50:00-00:00 The Library has many databases that will help you with your work listed at http://library.wcl.american.edu/resources/resources.cfm?parm_val=All&local_attribute_id=18 In addition to numerous law journals and newsletters devoted to foreign and international law, also available is the Foreign Law Guide, which provides complete bibliographic citations and, when available, links to primary and secondary sources to English translations of foreign law for hundreds of countries.  For more information, contact Bill Ryan, Foreign and International Law Librarian at wryan@wcl.american.edu tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-09-29:/NEWS/2002 2006-09-29T15:30:00-00:00 2006-09-29T15:30:00-00:00 If you have an article accepted for publication, or recently published, by any law review or other scholarly journal, please send your name, article title, and journal title to Billie Jo Kaufman, Associate Dean for Library and Information Resources.  We hold a reception to honor student scholarship efforts each spring and we don't want to leave anyone out.  Send information to Dean Kaufman at bkaufman@wcl.american.edu tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-09-29:/NEWS/1999 2006-09-29T15:25:00-00:00 2006-09-29T15:25:00-00:00 Your searches now find book chapters AND book titles.  For example, a title or keyword search for a book on the infield fly rule will retrieve Baseball and the American Legal Mind (2nd Floor, KF3989.A75 B37 1995) with several chapters devoted to the infield fly rule? just in time for the playoffs! tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-09-21:/RESOURCE/223 2006-09-21T19:04:16-00:00 2006-09-21T19:04:16-00:00 This site covers international arbitration issues and is a comprehensive fully-searchable database of primary and secondary materials and commentary in the field with access to full-text downloads of all materials. Access to this database is from the ?International Business? tab on the CCH Business and Finance Database and you must scroll down to the bottom of the screen to access it. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-09-21:/NEWS/1993 2006-09-21T14:25:00-00:00 2006-09-21T14:25:00-00:00 In addition to the Serial Set, and indexes to find House and Senate Reports, House and Senate Documents and Hearings, the database now contains a comprehensive collection of Committee Prints and reports from the Congressional Research Service.  Access this database from the Library webpage at http://library.wcl.american.edu/resources/resources.cfm?parm_val=All&local_attribute_id=19 . Questions about this database?  Contact a reference librarian at reflib@wcl.american.edu. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-09-21:/NEWS/1996 2006-09-21T14:25:00-00:00 2006-09-21T14:25:00-00:00 Seriously, though - we all need to be good library citizens (we're trying too!) and keep our personal conversations in the library to a minimum and not use cell phones in the library.  Your fellow students are studying!  Use one of our group study rooms for collaborative learning and conversations; you can sign up for one at the Circulation Desk.  One more reminder - please do not leave your laptop or any valuable personal item unattended on a library table. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-09-21:/NEWS/1987 2006-09-21T14:15:00-00:00 2006-09-21T14:15:00-00:00 Celebrating the freedom to read has been observed during the last week of September each year since 1982. This event reminds Americans not to take this precious democratic freedom for granted. The most frequently banned books in the U.S. in 2004 were: The Chocolate War for sexual content, offensive language, religious viewpoint, being unsuited to age group and violence, Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers, for racism, offensive language and violence, Arming America: The Origins of a National Gun Culture by Michael A. Bellesiles, for inaccuracy and political viewpoint and the Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilkey, for offensive language and modeling bad behavior.  Visit the library display on Banned Books Week and pick up a bookmark with more information. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-09-21:/NEWS/1990 2006-09-21T14:15:00-00:00 2006-09-21T14:15:00-00:00 It now also contains the full text of the Federal Register back to 1936, an extensive U.S. Treaties and Agreements Library, and several hundred Legal Classics that range in date from the 15th century to the early 20th century, among other collections.  Access this database from the Library webpage at http://library.wcl.american.edu/resources/resources.cfm?parm_val=H&local_attribute_id=19  Questions?  Contact Susan Lewis-Somers at slewis@wcl.american.edu or Adeen Postar at apostar@wcl.american.edu. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-09-13:/RESOURCE/222 2006-09-13T20:53:08-00:00 2006-09-13T20:53:08-00:00 Vlex is the most complete database of Spanish legislation and contains full content of all official journals, and more than two million national and EU documents, in full text and annotated. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-09-06:/NEWS/1984 2006-09-06T21:05:00-00:00 2006-09-06T21:05:00-00:00 http://library.wcl.american.edu/resources/resources.cfm?parm_val=U&local_attribute_id=17 .  This source contains every Supreme Court brief and official record filed at the Court between 1832 and 1978 with access through a great search engine that allows users to search across these years with one search.  Questions about this database or any of the Library's databases or collections? Stop by the Reference Desk or email us at reflib@wcl.american.edu tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-09-05:/RESOURCE/219 2006-09-05T18:11:30-00:00 2006-09-05T18:11:30-00:00 A slide presentation prepared by John Heywood, for his Seminar on International Courts, on how to research international law in our library. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-31:/NEWS/1978 2006-08-31T15:20:00-00:00 2006-08-31T15:20:00-00:00 If you have an article accepted for publication, or recently published, by any law review or other scholarly journal, please send your name, article title, and journal title to Billie Jo Kaufman, Associate Dean for Library and Information Resources.  We hold a reception to honor student scholarship efforts each spring and we don't want to leave anyone out. Send information to bkaufman@wcl.american.edu. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-31:/NEWS/1981 2006-08-31T15:20:00-00:00 2006-08-31T15:20:00-00:00 New CALI disks with revised and new lessons are available at the Pence Law Library Circulation Desk. 1Ls will receive the CALI disks in their Legal Rhetoric classes. Upper level students may pick them up at the Circulation Desk. You may also access CALI lessons at www.cali.org. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-31:/NEWS/1972 2006-08-31T15:15:00-00:00 2006-08-31T15:15:00-00:00 Do you need material that is not available at the Pence Law Library?  Interlibrary loan is the answer!  To borrow materials from other libraries, you must first register at  https://wcl.american.hosts.atlas-sys.com/ILLiad/Logon.html   ILLiad is an electronic system that facilitates interlibrary loan and works in tandem with WorldCat, which is a huge database containing most items published and cataloged in the U.S. and around the world. For more information about ILL and WorldCat go to http://library.wcl.american.edu/ill.cfm or contact our Interlibrary loan office at ill@wcl.american.edu. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-31:/NEWS/1975 2006-08-31T15:15:00-00:00 2006-08-31T15:15:00-00:00 Link to the library catalog at leagle.wcl.american.edu/screens/opacmenu.html or from the front page of the library website at  library.wcl.american.edu and choose MyLeagle to check the status of materials you have borrowed from the library and renew them as necessary. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-31:/NEWS/1969 2006-08-31T15:10:00-00:00 2006-08-31T15:10:00-00:00 You will still be able to link to your favorite databases and services - we've only changed the way we look. Suggestions and comments on the webpage and the Library can be made at http://library.wcl.american.edu/suggestions.cfm tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/22 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 Comprehensive full-text coverage of law, business and news sources, including periodicals. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/23 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 Comprehensive full-text coverage of law, business, news and reference sources, including periodicals. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/24 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 Electronic legal research that includes caselaw, statutes, session laws, and regulations from federal and all 50 state jurisdictions. You must register at the Loislaw.com website using the special WCL access code. To get this code, send an email to the law library, or call the Reference Desk at 202-274-4352, and ask for the Loislaw school access code. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/25 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 One of the oldest and best law school sites; a good place to begin legal research. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/26 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 A metasite linking to caselaw, statutes, session laws, regulations and other publications from federal and state jurisdictions. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/27 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 This Bureau of National Affairs (BNA) portal gives web access to most of their publications. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/28 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 This Commerce Clearing House (CCH) portal gives web access to many of its publications in the areas of securities, banking, corporate capital, trade regulation, government contracts, information technology, federal energy, transportation law, and products. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/30 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 Includes the UN Treaty Series (UNTS), Status of Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the Secretary-General, Texts of Recently Deposited Multilateral Treaties, Photographs of Signature Ceremonies, Titles in the UN Official Languages. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/31 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 Indexes United Nations documents and publications, includes full text of Resolutions from the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council, and selected Provisional Verbatim and Summary Record documents. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/32 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 Digital images of federal and state government materials, primarily administrative agency decisions and court decisions. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/33 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 Web-based version of the Oxford English Dictionary. Provided by American University's Bender Library. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/34 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 A comprehensive collection of searchable full-text PDF (or text) images of major law journal articles, including back issues. Check online table of contents for coverage of specific journal titles; new titles are added regularly. Also includes searchable pre-1981 issues of the Federal Register. New volumes are added regularly. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/35 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 The most comprehensive current legal periodicals index. Covers law reviews, bar journals, and legal newspapers. Provides coverage from 1980. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/36 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 This legal periodicals index covers articles in Anglo-American law reviews and selected law-related books from 1983. It excludes legal newspapers. In hard copy, the ILPB provides coverage from 1907. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/37 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 Very current weekly listing of new academic law journal articles in PDF, Word and HTML formats. The HTML format has links to the full-text articles in LexisNexis and Westlaw. (Users must have passwords to access full text.) CILP entries are about six weeks more current than the listings in other legal periodicals indexes. To set up a customized SmartCILP email account, tailored to your subject interests and/or specific journals, see the SmartCILP instructions at the bottom of the CILP page. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/38 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 Covers selected journals and essay collections worldwide, many non-English language. The WCL community may use interlibrary loan to request articles from titles not in the collection. Provides coverage from 1983. In book form, this index provides coverage from 1960. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/39 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 Abstracts of law-related scholarly working papers and articles accepted for publication, full text journals, professional announcements, calls for papers, and academic and industry job listings. Part of the Social Science Research Network. From main SSRN site, select "Legal Scholarship Network" from the left-hand menu. To create a customized subscription, select "Site Subscriptions for LSN," then "join an existing site" and complete the form. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/40 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 Our online catalog. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/41 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 A union catalog of libraries world-wide. The WCL community may use WorldCat with our interlibrary loan system, ILLiad. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/42 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 The website of the American University Bender Library, AU's main university library. Includes the AU/WRLC consortium catalog and research system, Aladin. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/43 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 Collection of U.S. academic law library websites, including library catalogs. From the American Association of Law Libraries. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/44 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 Portal to the collections of the Library of Congress. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/45 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 Collection of U.S. academic library websites, including library catalogs. From Libweb at U.C. Berkeley. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/46 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 Collection of library websites worldwide, including library catalogs. From Libweb at U.C. Berkeley. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/47 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 A helpful Topical Research Guide written by Susan Lewis-Somers, WCL Library Associate Director for Public Services. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/48 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 A helpful Topical Research Guide written by Adeen Postar, WCL Library Deputy Director. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/49 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 A helpful Topical Research Guide for federal, state, and local legislation written by Susan Lewis-Somers, WCL Library Associate Director for Public Services. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/50 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 CIS indexes, abstracts and legislative histories with links to recent full text documents; also includes LexisNexis files with recent full text congressional bills and bill tracking reports, unofficial hearings, reports and other documents, Congressional Record, US Code Service, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Federal Register. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/51 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 ODS covers all types of official United Nations documentation, beginning in 1993. Older UN documents are, however, added to the system on a daily basis. ODS also provides access to the resolutions of the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council and the Trusteeship Council from 1946 onwards. The system does not contain press releases (posted at http://www.un.org/News/Press/full.htm), UN sales publications , the United Nations Treaty Series or information brochures issued by the Department of Public Information. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/53 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 The Asia-Pacific Journal on Human Rights and the Law is the world's only law journal offering scholars a forum in which to present comparative, international and national research dealing specifically with issues of law and human rights in the Asia-Pacific region. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/54 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 The Berkeley Electronic Press (BEPress) was founded as an electronic alternative to traditional paper academic journals. They publish journals and working papers in law, political science, current affairs, economics, business, marketing, science, technology, and medicine. This site also has a number of author tools, including LawKit and ExpressO, which help in the journal submission process. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/55 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 This Commerce Clearing House (CCH) portal gives web access to many of its publications and forms in the areas of human resources management, payroll, pension & benefits, employment law, safety & workers comp., health care reimbursement, health care compliance, and food & drug law. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/56 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 Citizenship Studies publishes internationally recognised scholarly work on contemporary issues in citizenship, human rights and democratic processes from an interdisciplinary perspective covering the fields of politics, sociology, history and cultural studies. It seeks to lead an international debate on the academic analysis of citizenship, and also aims to cross the division between internal and academic and external public debate. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/57 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 The Congressional Quarterly's Congressional Staff Directory provides a wealth of information about Congress. You can search or browse for member biographies & photos, district/state information and maps, and contact information for the main and district/state offices. Jurisdiction, membership, and staff (with titles, areas of responisibility, and contact information, and biographies) of the committees, subcommittes and caucuses are also included. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/58 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 The CQ Electronic Library (CQEL, pronounced SEE´quell) is the definitive reference resource for research in American government, politics, history, public policy, and current affairs. A wealth of CQ Press resources and years of journalistic and editorial expertise are combined in its eight modules. The suite includes the online version of the CQ Researcher, and its Spanish-language edition, The CQ Researcher en español. CQEL offers four subject-specific reference databases: CQ Congress Collection, CQ Supreme Court Collection, CQ Public Affairs Collection, and CQ Voting and Elections Collection. CQEL also includes the foundational reference resource, CQ Encyclopedia of American Government; CQ Insider, a comprehensive directory of the institutions and people of American government; and the online version of the CQ Weekly, offering complete coverage of Capitol Hill. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/59 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 The premier English language encyclopedia, available online along with a world atlas and the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary and Collegiate Thesaurus. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/60 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 This is a comprehensive world trade law website. Anyone can do a full-text search of all GATT/WTO Panel and Appellate Body reports, arbitration awards, and decisions. They also have freely available lists of and basic information on those items, as well as subject-matter pages on anti-dumping, ATC, safeguards, SPS, subsides/countervailing duties, trade in services, and TRIPS. It you are on the WCL network, you also have access to their WTO Dispute Settlement Commentaries (these are summaries and critical analyses of all new WTO Panel and Appellate Body reports within 1-3 weeks after they are circulated to the WTO Members), complete with an index of legal provisions/terms and a full-text search capability, as well as Dispute Settlement Commentaries for selected WTO arbitrations and for NAFTA Chapter 20 Panel reports. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/61 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 Index with abstracts covering economic, political and social issues, business, finance, law, international trade and relations, public administration, government, political science and any topics that are or might become the subject of legislation; covers selected journal articles, books, statistics, yearbooks, directories, conference proceedings, pamphlets, reports and government documents. Scope is worldwide in six languages: English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. Provided by American University's Bender Library. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/62 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 Abstracts of periodical articles, with full text of many. Provided by American University's Bender Library. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/63 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 Currently, Project MUSE® offers nearly 250 quality journal titles from 40 scholarly publishers. As one of the academic community's primary electronic journals resources, Project MUSE covers the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and many others. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/64 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 Excludes recent 2-to-5 years, otherwise full text of scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences and math. Provided by American University's Bender Library. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/65 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 The European Journal of International Law is firmly established as one of the world's leading journals in its field. With its distinctive combination of theoretical and practical approaches to the issues of international law, the journal offers readers a unique opportunity to stay in touch with the latest developments in this rapidly evolving area. Each issue of the EJIL provides a forum for the exploration of the conceptual and theoretical dimensions of international law as well as for up-to-date analysis of topical issues. Additionally, it is the only journal to provide systematic coverage of the relationship between international law and the law of the European Union and its Member States. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/66 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 The Congressional Quarterly's Federal Staff Directory provides a wealth of information about the Executive Branch. It covers the Executive Office of the President, the Cabinet Departments, and the Independent and Quasi-Official Agencies. You can search or browse for biographies, photos, and contact information for senior officials and staff. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/67 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 The Congressional Quarterly's Judicial Staff Directory provides a wealth of information about the Judiciary. It covers all federal courts as well as the state appellate courts. You can search or browse for biographies, photos, and contact information for judges and their personal staffs, court staffs and administrative offices. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/68 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 "The Making of Modern Law: Legal Treatises 1800-1926" provides digital images on every page of 22,000 legal treatises on US and British law published from 1800 through 1926. Full-text searching on more than 10 million pages provides researchers access to critical legal history in ways not previously possible. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/69 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 Internet Law & Regulation includes the full text of all U.S. court and agency decisions affecting the Internet. Pertinent final rules issued by federal agencies are also included. International coverage extends to selected cases from English-speaking venues (such as Canada, Great Britain, Australia, and India), as well as English-language decisions from the European Union. Select cases from non-English speaking countries (such as France and Germany) are provided in PDF format. Arbitration decisions issued in accordance with the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy are also included. In addition, the service includes case digests of the holdings or actions taken in court and agency decisions that address a particular topic, such as spam, workplace privacy, or peer-to-peer file sharing; The full text of notable complaints, motions, and appellate briefs filed with U.S. courts and agencies; The full text of pertinent laws, regulations, and policy papers from U.S. federal and state governments, foreign countries, and private organizations, with relevant legislative and regulatory history; In-depth articles written by distinguished attorneys and law professors who specialize in Internet law; Topical essays, which serve as comprehensive overviews of each of ILR's eight Topics; and Brief articles covering legal, legislative, and Internet-related business developments written by Pike & Fischer's legal editors and experts from The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/70 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 Also known as the "Yellow Books," the Leadership Directories contain the most up-to-date organizational and contact information for the fourteen areas they cover: Congressional, Federal, Federal Regional, State, Municipal, Judicial, Corporate, Financial, News Media, Associations, Law Firms, Government Affairs, Foreign Representatives, and the Nonprofit Sector. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/71 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 The Foreign Law Guide provides the lawyer or legal researcher with relevant information on sources of foreign law, including complete bibliographic citations to legislation, the existence of English translations whenever possible, indications of currentness of the legal materials listed, and, finally, selected references to secondary sources in English. Thus, this is primarily a guide to official sources and official versions with references, when appropriate, to full texts of legislation and English translations of codes, laws and relevant material published separately. These translations may be official or unofficial, published as a monograph or in major comparative treatments or in a series or even in journals. The editors have sought to concentrate on current books and materials available in the trade or in normal avenues of document distribution. A second-tier source consists of digests or descriptions of legislation or codes or legal procedures and requirements that fall short of full and reliable translations. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/72 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 Industrial Law Journal is established as the leading U.K. periodical in its field, providing comment and in-depth analysis on a wide range of topics relating to employment law. It is essential reading for practising lawyers, academics, and lay industrial relations experts to keep abreast of newly enacted legislation and proposals for law reform. In addition Industrial Law Journal carries commentary on relevant government publications and reviews of books relating to labour law. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/73 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 A journal for in-depth analytical research on the issues of international criminal law, dealing with the differences between civil and common law jurisdictions, and the development of law by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, the International Criminal Court, and other international and hybrid tribunals. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/74 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 One of the key source materials in the field of refugee protection. The journal aims to stimulate research and thinking on refugee law and its development, taking account of the broadest range of State and international organization practice. It regularly provides key information and commentary on critical issues, including the causes of refugee and related movements, internal displacement, the particular situation of women and refugee children, the human rights dimension, restrictive policies, asylum and determination procedures, populations at risk and the conditions in different countries. It is of immeasurable value to anyone involved in refugee work, whether lawyers, teachers, students, researchers, NGO workers, or officials in immigration, government, and international organizations. In addition to publishing original articles, the journal also features regular sections containing selected documents, case abstracts and comments, book reviews and annotated bibliographies of reports and other publications. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/75 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 The Journal of International Economic Law is dedicated to encouraging thoughtful and scholarly attention to a very broad range of subjects that concern the relation of law to international economic activity. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/76 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization is an interdisciplinary exercise. It seeks to promote an understanding of many complex phenomena by examining such matters from a combined law, economics, and organization perspective (or a two-way combination thereof). In this connection, we use the term organization broadly - to include scholarship drawing on political science, psychology and sociology, among other fields. It also holds the study of institutions - especially economic, legal, and political institutions - to be specifically important and greatly in need of careful analytic study. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/77 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 The object of the Journal of the History of International Law / Revue d'histoire du droit international is to contribute to the effort to make intelligible the international legal past, however varied and eccentric it may be, to stimulate interest in the whys, the whats and wheres of international legal development, and to promote the application of a sense of proportion to the study of modern international legal problems. The aim of the journal is to open fields of inquiry, to enable new questions to be asked, to be awake to and always aware of the plurality of human civilizations and cultures, past and present, and an appreciation of patterns of cultural flow and interaction that centrally affect international law and development. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/78 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 Since 1967, Latin American Newsletters (LAN) has been acknowledged as the foremost source of intelligence on political and economic developments in Latin America and the Caribbean. Read by business investors, government officials and leading academics alike, LAN's comprehensive range of print and online resources offers subscribers a reliable, accurate and timely source of insight into key events that shape the region. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/79 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 LawTRIO is a fully searchable bibliographic database of over 7,500 legal titles combined from three of our print directories. The titles come in three formats: looseleaf (from Legal Looseleafs in Print, newsletter (from Legal Newsletters in Print), and CD-ROM (from Directory of Law Related CD-ROMs). tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/80 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 One of the Berkeley Electronic Press journals, dealing with legal theory and jurisprudence. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/81 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 The Legal History Review, was founded in 1918 by a number of Dutch jurists, who set out to stimulate a scholarly interest in legal history in their own country and also to provide a centre for international cooperation in the subject. It covers the common foundations of the western legal tradition but also to the special, frequently divergent development of national law in the various countries belonging to, or influenced by it. Modern and contemporary, as well as ancient and medieval history is considered. Roman law and its later development, as well as canon law, have always been particularly important; in addition the history of the English Common Law has been extensively studied. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/83 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 A finding aid for all the microforms (both microfilm and microfiche) to which the library subscribes. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/86 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 This link to the article on Hein Online was put here for Professor Robbins' Criminal Law class. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/88 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 With EISIL, searchers can easily locate the highest quality primary materials, authoritative Web sites and helpful research guides to international law on the Internet. To this end, EISIL has been designed as an open database of authenticated materials across the breadth of international law, which until now have been scattered in libraries, archives and specialized web sites. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/89 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 The International Journal for the Semiotics of Law contains articles applying different forms of textual analysis to the discourses of the law. They include the semiotics of Greimas, Peirce and Lacan, rhetoric, philosophy of language, pragmatics, sociolinguistics and deconstructionism, as well as more traditional legal philosophical approaches to the language of the law. 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Also available through this portal is RIA?s Worldwide Tax Laws Library, which covers major laws for many countries, including income and corporate tax law, VAT, corporation law, trust law, commercial codes, environmental law, money laundering and other regulations affecting financial transactions, labor law, and bankruptcy. Countries included will be expanded throughout 2006 and 2007. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/213 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 This Commerce Clearing House (CCH) portal allows web access to CCH's Tax Research Network, which includes the Standard Federal Tax Reporter and many other federal and state tax law databases and publications. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/215 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 Comprehensive collection of U.S. Supreme Court records and briefs searchable by citation, Docket Number, and keyword. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/217 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 This database contains current and detailed contact information on the nationâ??s judges and clerks along with the extensive details on the structure of federal, state, and territorial courts. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/218 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 This database contains current and detailed contact information on the nationâ??s judges and clerks along with the extensive details on the structure of federal, state, and territorial courts. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-16:/NEWS/1966 2006-08-16T16:25:00-00:00 2006-08-16T16:25:00-00:00 The Pence Law Library needs law students to work at the Circulation desk and at other positions in the library.  Work up to 20 hours a week in various schedules and learn while you earn.  Contact Allan Hengst for further information at ahengst@wcl.american.edu or stop by the Circulation Desk. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-16:/NEWS/1957 2006-08-16T16:20:00-00:00 2006-08-16T16:20:00-00:00 To maximize the availability of reserved carrels their use is now limited to any 2L, 3L, 4L or LLM WCL law student who is enrolled in and pursuing an upper level writing credit or any member of a WCL law review or publication who is writing an article, comment or note.  Questions? Contact Adeen Postar, Deputy Director at apostar@wcl.american.edu or Circulation Manager Allen Hengst at ahengst@wcl.american.edu. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-16:/NEWS/1960 2006-08-16T16:20:00-00:00 2006-08-16T16:20:00-00:00 Please keep your personal conversations in the library to a minimum and do not use your cell phone in the library. Your fellow students are studying! Use one of our group study rooms for collaborative learning and conversations; you can sign up for one at the Circulation Desk. Also, Do not leave your laptop or any valuable personal item unattended on a library table. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-16:/NEWS/1963 2006-08-16T16:20:00-00:00 2006-08-16T16:20:00-00:00 Marilyn Estes, the Head of Acquisitions and Serials Control.  Ms. Estes comes to us with extensive academic library experience from both George Mason University Law School Library and from Gallaudet University.  You can contact her at mestes@wcl.american.edu or at 202-274-4346. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-16:/NEWS/1951 2006-08-16T16:15:00-00:00 2006-08-16T16:15:00-00:00 Are you starting your research paper or a comment and need help identifying possible topics? Are you cite-checking for a journal and unsure of what a citation means or where it can be located?  Are you lost using West's Key Number system? There is help available at the Reference Desk.  Stop by, call 202-467-4352 or email us at reflib@wcl.american.edu. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-16:/NEWS/1954 2006-08-16T16:15:00-00:00 2006-08-16T16:15:00-00:00 Do your research from anywhere by linking to the library webpage at library.wcl.american.edu. The WCL community can log into subscription databases on the library website by linking to one of the database listings under Research Tools. Enter the same user ID and password that you use to access the law school network and my.american.edu. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-03:/NEWS/1936 2006-08-03T17:05:00-00:00 2006-08-03T17:05:00-00:00