16 January 2015 Prepared by Bissy ; revised by Zaleha A Tutorial for Exchange StudentsA Tutorial for Exchange Students

 Introduction to C J Koh Law Library - History, Collection, Services & Facilities  NUS Libraries Portal - E-forms, E-resources  LINC, FindMore & myLINC  C J Koh Law Library Homepage  Legal Abbreviations & Citations

1

The library was originally established in September 1957, catering primarily to the Faculty of Law at the Bukit Timah Campus. In April 1980, the Law Library moved to new premises at Kent Ridge, occupying two floors of the Faculty of Law building. 2

On 1st January 2001, the Law Library was renamed the C J Koh Law Library, in appreciation of Mr Koh Choon Joo’s generous donations to the library. After extensive renovations which began in July 2000, the library celebrated its official opening by the Honourable Chief Justice Yong Pung How on 27 February Following the Government's announcement to reallocate Bukit Timah Campus to NUS on 28 May 2005, the Law Library made its historic return to its first home in August

The C J Koh Law Library has a rich collection of local, foreign and international legal resources. The library’s traditional strength is in the common law. Apart from a comprehensive collection of Singapore legal materials, the library also has extensive collections of legal resources from Australia, Canada, India, Malaysia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. The library has developed collections on comparative and international law, international trade law as well as the laws of the European Community. The library’s print collection is bolstered by subscriptions to online legal resources which are available via the NUS Libraries Portal Major databases include LexisNexis and HeinOnline. 4

Legislation/ Law Reports Singapore/Malaysia RBR, Holdshelf, Theses Current Journals, Reference Legislation/ Law Reports E-Resources 1 st storey Entrance 5

2nd storey Bound Journals 6

3rd storey Books Books, ASEAN, Chinese 7

1 st storey Information & Loans Photocopying PC cluster Self-service check-out $ Note: Photocopy facilities available on all levels. Beware of ©! Network printing Self-service fines payment $ 8

Loans Loan entitlement: 20 items CollectionsLoan Period RBR2 hours/Overnight (1 book at a time) Holdshelf7 days (no online renewal) Books (including books in Closed Stacks) 14 days (3 times online renewal) Theses1 day (return before the library closes) 9

$$$ CollectionsFines RBR$1.00 per hour after book is due Holdshelf$0.50 per day (no grace period and no online renewal) Books (including books in Closed Stacks) $0.50 per day from 4th day (3 times online renewal) Photocopy/PrintingCost Printing from network printer 4.5¢ per page Photocopying3¢ per page Payment mode: EZ-Link card, Cash Card and NetsFlashpay 10

 Student Card  To enter the library  To borrow books  Cash Card, EZ Link Card or NetsFlashpay  Print  Photocopy  Pay fines  Library PIN  Self service borrowing  Check Library account  Renew books Forget your library PIN? Check Library FAQ for instructions to retrieve your Library PINLibrary FAQ 11

Access from NUS homepage Select LIBRARY from the top menu barhttp:// 12

13

14

Member Login Login to: Access your library record (myLINC) Renew books Click here to login 15

What is my Library PIN? How do I retrieve it? How do I check my library account? 16

View your loans Renew items (max. 3 times) Check if required item/s are ready for pick-up Check fines, if any View reading history 17

Access to: Library catalogue (LINC) E-Resources, e.g. databases, e-journals, e-books RBR Exam Papers ScholarBank (NUS theses) 18

FindMore is the default search tab in the library portal. It allows you to narrow down the search to books or articles. 19

 FindMore is a search engine that aims to allow discovery of the library’s online and print collections in a single search. FindMore  FindMore includes more than the traditional library catalogue (LINC).  ebooks  ejournal articles from databases (including open access sources)  theses & dissertations (including NUS theses & dissertations from  online newspaper articles  conference proceedings  online music recordings  results from certain abstracting & indexing databases 20

Among the materials not covered or have limited coverage in FindMore are:  Past year exam papers - not covered at all. Please use the Exam Papers database  Law cases - not covered at all. Please use law databases such as Lexis Singapore, ICLR, LawNet & other law databases. Some secondary legal literature from law databases such as HeinOnline Law Journal Library, JSTOR are covered. E-journals subscribed from publishers such as OUP, CUP, Hart and platforms like Proquest, EBSCOhost are also accessible via FindMore. 21

Search for Book by Title & Place a Reservation Enter key words or title 22

Click on relevant title to see more information. 23

Item details can be found in LINC catalogue. Example: Location, call number, status etc. 24

How to reserve/ place hold for a book? Click on button, if you wish to make a reservation. Your request for Contract law in Singapore / Andrew B. L. Phang, Goh Yihan. was successful. 26

How do I request for a book which is available in other NUS Libraries? 26

How do I request for a book which is available in other NUS Libraries? You can request an intra-library loan service by sending us an to for circulating books which are not out on loan (excludes RBR, special collections, etc.) and found in another NUS Libraries. Please provide: Matric card no. Book details (Title, Author, edition, Location, Call number & Status) 27

FINDMORE Searches LINC & more Covers books, eBooks, journal articles, newspaper articles, online thesis & more Covers most but not 100% of our articles & E-Resources FINDMORE Searches LINC & more Covers books, eBooks, journal articles, newspaper articles, online thesis & more Covers most but not 100% of our articles & E-Resources LINC Good for known item search Covers books, DVDs, music scores Cannot be used for journal or newspaper articlesLINC Good for known item search Covers books, DVDs, music scores Cannot be used for journal or newspaper articles 28

How do I find recommended reading books? Search by course code or lecturer’s name Reserve Books and Readings (RBR) 29

Search by the title of the database/e-journal/ e-book under under “E-resources”. Search by the title of the database under “Databases” 30

For a listing of legal databases, select:  Resources  Databases  Subject  Law See : Guide to Electronic resources collectionGuide to Electronic resources collection 31

32

Access to Westlaw and LawNet databases are via Faculty of Law Homepage. 33

Enter module code and click on search button Or just click here to search using other options e.g. Module name 34

35

This database contains full texts of Masters (by research) and PhD theses from Sep 2003 Print copies of Academic exercise by undergraduates are located behind the Loans Desk. Search LINC by key word, title, author or call number. Call number of all academic exercise from the Faculty of Law begins with KE5009* For example : KE5009 * KE5009 *

Or just click here for more options Enter search term and click on the search button 37

Search for theses Browse collection e.g. by Department Login to view theses restricted to NUS community 38

Leong, Wai Kum (2011), The Next Fifty Years of the Women’s Charter - Ripples of Change. Singapore Journal of Legal Studies, pp Search by the article title under FindMore tab or search by the journal title. Note: Please search by the journal title to check the availability of print copy if online version is not available. 39

Search for Journal or Law Report e.g. Yale law journal 40

Search by year or volume number to find a specific volume 41

Examples of Citations 1.Book Robert C. Beckman, Brady S. Coleman & Joel Lee, Case Analysis and Statutory Interpretation: Cases and Materials, 2nd ed. (Singapore: Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, 2001). 2. Book chapter Veronica L. Taylor, “Contract and Contract Enforcement in Indonesia: an Institutional Assessment” in Tim Lindsey, ed., Indonesia Law and Society (Singapore: ISEAS Pub., 2008) at 575. Authors Book title Book Chapter Book title 42

Examples of Citations 3. Journal Articles Dora Neo, “The Sale of Goods (Amendment) Act 1996: Satisfactory Quality, an Undivided Share in a Bulk and other Amendments” (1997) 9 SAcLJ 362. David Feldman, “The Nature of Legal Scholarship” (1989) 52 Mod.L.Rev Find out what journal the abbreviation stands for Search for the journal title in LINC/ FindMore 43

4. Cases Siang Hoa Goldsmith Pte Ltd v The Wing On Fire & Marine Insurance Co Ltd [1998] 2 SLR 777 David Wilson Homes Ltd v Survey Services Ltd (In Liquidation) [2001] EWCA Civ 34; [2001] 1 All E.R. (Comm) 449, CA; [2001] Build LR 267, 80 ConLR 8 Singapore Law Reports Neutral citation. Format: Jurisdiction, Court Citations from law reporters Examples of Citations 44

1. Print Index: Donald Raistrick, Index to Legal Citations and Abbreviations, 3rd ed. (London: Bowker-Saur, 2008). Location: KB280 Rai 2008 (LW RBR; LW Reference Office; LW Reference1) 2. Online: Law Reference Desk library/research/legal-resources-on-the-web/law-reference-desk Librarian’s pick - Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations What do Abbreviations Mean? 45

Preferred manual for Faculty of Law: Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation, 7th ed. (Toronto: Thomson Carswell, 2010) Location: KB280.2 Can 2010 (LW Holdshelf, LW RBR, LW Reference Office, LW Reference 1) See also: How to Cite References 46

For: Information about the Law Library Legal research guides 47

48

Check Library FAQ’s for library related issues Forget your Library PIN?

Handy IT Guide for Freshmen  Connecting to the NUS Wireless network from your notebook or mobile devices Library instructions (PowerPoint presentations) 50

Updated by Zaleha Othman 18 January 2013