Foundations of South African Law Tutorial 6

Library Orientation

Anthea Paulsen Elizabeth Mollanthea.paulsen@uct.ac.za elizabeth.moll@uct.ac.za021 650 1261021 650 5691

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Course outcomesStaff introductionOverview of LibraryLibrary rules and privileges

LibraryHow to navigate the library pageAccessing from off campusAccessing self-help toolsInterlibrary loansAccess Materials and HelpFinding books on AlephUsing Cardiffs IndexUsing the e-Journal portal to find articlesFinding theses at UCTFinding books, journals and thesesLexisNexis overviewJuta overviewSAFLII overviewUsing SA Legal DatabasesWestlaw overviewHeinOnline overviewLexisNexis Academic overviewUsing Foreign Law databases

Physical libraryandElectronic library

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Law Library staffInformation Services LibrariansSadiq Keraan (Section Manager)Anthea PaulsenElizabeth Moll

Circulation LibrariansThembeka SotshonondaZoelfa Jaffer

Library IT ConsultantValento Arendse

IT Assistance

Valento Arendsevalentino.arendse@uct.ac.za021 650 4674

Troubleshoots problems on computers and laptopsSets up wi-fi on your laptop or other devices

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NEED TO CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD?

Due to tighter security measures, our IT consultant can no longer change passwords.Solutions?1. Please try to change your password yourself at www.password.uct.ac.za.2. If this fails, call the ICTS Helpdesk (021 650 4500)3. If THAT fails, then see the ICTS Front Office (021650 3032), Computer Science building (opposite food court), upper campus.Monday-Friday. 8am-4.30pm (Thursday closes 3.30pm)3. Or photocopy your ID and student card, then certify and email the copy to icts-helpdesk@uct.ac.za.

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Term time Mon-Thu: 8am-10pm Fri: 8am-5pm Sat: 9am-5pm Examination period Mon-Thu: 8am-11pm Fri: 8am-5pm Sat: 9am-5pm Sun: 10am-5pm

Long vacation Mon-Fri: 8.30am-5pm Sat: 9am-12pm

Opening Hours

Library Access

Entry to the Library is by student card only

You need your card to:Print, photocopy and scanBorrow materials from the library

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What you will find in the library

CirculationReference and Law ReportsStairsStairsPG CommonsTraining RoomPrint

Group Study

JournalsAntiquarian Collection

Open Shelves BooksOpen Shelves Books

ITCarrelCarrelCarrelShort Loans CentreGroupLegislationEntrancePrintPrintTop Floor (Level 2)Bottom Floor (Level 1)LibrariansSecurityStudy SpaceStudy SpaceStudy SpaceStudy SpaceWork SpaceLeisureWhere to find it in the library

Borrowing materialsFines:Short loan - R2 per item per hourRegular loan - R2 per item per dayLost material - R250.00 per item

Postgraduates: 12 books for 35 daysShort loan: 3 items for 3 hours or overnight use

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Ask at the Circulation Desk for assistance

Swipe your student card at the machine.

A4 single-sided costs 34c (scanning is free).

If you have problems, please see the Nashua Helpdesk, upper campus, or call them at 021 650 4813/5.Top up your credit using this machinePrinting, Photocopying and Scanning

UCT Law Library Homepage www.law.lib.uct.ac.zaStarting Point for All Online Legal Research

At this point I will go live and show the students the various points of entry. E.g. Off-campus login, Aleph, law dtbs, research guides, law resources, worldcat, etds14

Find books in UCTs catalogueUse to access databases like Juta and LexisNexisLocate law journals

Quick links

Use to access resources from home

Core SA Law Databases

Statutes, Cases, Journals

Core Foreign and International Law Databases

Statutes, Cases, Treaties, Books, Journals, Newspapers

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Off Campus Login

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Student numberPassword

Interlibrary Loans(for items not at UCT)

Fill in a book or journal request formOr contact the ILL department

Contact the ILL with details on the ILL site23

Ask a Librarian

Use to post questions to the library instead of coming into the library to ask the librarians

Type your own question or see if somebody else has asked it already (for a quick answer!)

Aleph

UCT Catalogue of books, journals that are in the library

Note down the shelf number of an item!Intellectual Property is usually shelved starting with 346.048

You can see whether a book is in the library hereThis is the location of the book the shelf number is important

Finding Journals / Journal ArticlesArticle Citation Format:Author Title (Year) Volume Journal Title Starting PageEg.Kok, A. Is Law able to Transform Society (2010) 127 SALJ 59

To find what SALJ means use Cardiff Index

Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations

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Type in your abbreviation to get the full title

E-Journal Portal

Sources for Theses

Aleph (Catalogue) not many left!University Institutional RepositoriesUCTs one is: OpenUCTSA Cat other South African Universities

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UCT Theses & Dissertations

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You can scroll through the recent submissionsOr browse by author, topic or date

To view an item, simply click on the title

You can see the details of the item hereAnd download the PDF here

Finding Primary Sources:Cases and LegislationCase law:Use databases like LexisNexis, Juta and SAFLIINote the case citation:

Legislation:Use databases like Sabinet, Juta, LexisNexis and SAFLII

Act NameAct NumberOfAct YearWater Act36of1998

Jutastat Publications

South African Law Reports

South African Legislation

CommentariesBurrells Intellectual Property Law Library

Journals (just some of)Industrial Law JournalActa JuridicaSouth African Law Journal

Jutas Quarterly Review of South African LawDetails developments in law in specific practice areas

Use the dropdown to choose your searchCan also browse hereJutas different search forms:ADVANCED searches everythingBOOLEAN allows you to search using Boolean operatorsACTS searches national legislationJOURNALS searches for Journal articlesGOVERNMENT GAZETTES searches Government GazettesLAW REPORTS searches for casesPROVINCIAL LEGISLATION searches specifically for provincial legislation

LexisNexis SA

All South African Law Reports

South African Legislation

Commentaries on law (just some of)Law of South Africa

PrecedentsAmlers Precedents of PleadingsButterworths Forms and PrecedentsIndex and Noter-up to the All South African and South African Law ReportsCan use this to find which cases have been decided on a specific piece of legislation / on a specific subject (eg. patents)

4 types of searches:ADVANCED searches across everythingLAW REPORT specific case searchLEGISLATION specific Acts searchGAZETTES ONLINE specific Government Gazette search

CiteIT and LawCite as a way to track casesCiteIT is the tool for LexisNexis specifically another tool is LawCite which links to free legal information around the worldThis tracks how the cases are used in the following way:Previous judgments of the same caseOther cases applying / relying on this caseAny applicable legal instruments applying to this caseSubject analysis of case

To access what you want, click on the plus sign.

Judgment Treatment gives us other cases that have used this case in their judgment useful to find new cases on a topic!

Legal Information InstitutesThese provide free access to Legal Information

SAFLII is for Southern AfricaContains cases, legislation, open access journalsIrrespective of where you work, you will always have access to SAFLII!

If looking for a specific countrys database use WorldLII

To conduct a search type in your case name / keyword in the search bar

Your results will show by relevance most relevant first

Westlaw International Materials

Foreign Legal Resources (Cases, Legislation, Treaties)European Union, Australia, United Kingdom (just some jurisdictions)

Journals

This is the US Materials page to access it click on the Westlaw Logo

To get back to the International Materials go back to the US Page and select International Materials from the All Content tab

Type in your search terms in the search bar if Westlaw has suggestions (ie journals, books, etc) it will give a pop up like the above

You can filter your results using the type of document here

LexisNexis Academic

News articles

Cases, Legislation

Company information

LexisNexis Academic provides you with:News ReportsLegal CasesLegal WritingsCompany InformationCan search by Content Type only

You can also use advanced options to narrow down your search by source and date from the start

Heinonline

Law Journals

US Materials Cases, Legislation

Treaties

If you want to browse through a specific journal you can browse here

Legal Research Guides

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This guide will assist you with basic researchFor referencing and writing guides, access them here

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This guide will assist you with using foreign law resources

Writing Centre

The Law Facultys Writing Centre is located on level 2

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Reference management tools

Programs that assist you in storing your citations, managing your citations and then inserting citations in a specific citation style while you write your assignmentThere are a number of different programs that can be used the Library currently supports the following:

We suggest this one for Law!Programs downloadable from ICTS Website

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Use the Librarys Virtual Reference Service at: www.lib.law.uct.ac.za

Email us:anthea.paulsen@uct.ac.za ORelizabeth.moll@uct.ac.za

Call us (021) 650-1261 (021) 650-5691

Set up an appointment with us for a consultation

Visit us in the Library! Level 2, Kramer Building, Middle Campus

Research Assistance

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Thank you!