searching libraries

Searching Libraries• Law Library• SNELL• WorldCat• Boston Library Consortium (BLC)• New England Law Library Consortium

(NELLCO)

Law Library http://www.slaw.neu.edu/library/

To start research

Accessing NUCAT

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NUCAT – Online Catalogue• Choose your:

– Search Terms• Title, Keyword,

Subject, Author

– Collections• Law library,

Snell, journals

Research Databases

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TDNet e-Journal Finder

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TDNete-Journal Finder

• Find journals by:– Title

– A-Z list of e-journals

Legal Research Links

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SNELLhttp://www.lib.neu.edu/

SNELL Catalogue• Non legal books

in NUCAT choose:– Snell Library– Snell Library

Archives– Snell Library

Reference

Accessing Non-Legal Databases

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Searching Articles by Subject

Choose Subject

Other Libraries• Book/journal NOT available at NU request

it via interlibrary loan thorough:– WorldCat– Boston Library Consortium (BLC)– New England Law Library Consortium

(NELLCO)

How to Find WorldCat

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Searching WorldCat• Choose advanced

search

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WorldCat – Search Terms• Search by:

– Keyword– Title– Author

Requesting Material - WorldCat• Students may approach library

reference/circulation for:

– Letter of introduction • If library is close enough to visit

– Interlibrary loan request• May take a couple weeks for item to arrive

Boston Library Consortiumhttp://www.blc.org/

Accessing Member Catalogues

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Borrowing Material• Consortium Cards: to borrow material you

will need a consortium card. A card will be provided to you by library reference/circulation desk.

New England Law Library Consortium

http://www.nellco.org/

Member Institutions

Online Catalogues• Click on RESOURCE

SHARING to access online catalogue

• Not all institutions have links to online catalogue

Visiting Member Institutions

Click on link to view library access policies

Interlibrary Loans• Look under

resource sharing to view ILL policies for member institutions

• ILL requests are made through reference or circulation