1. Paul Martin Law Library
Your Legal Information Gateway

2. Learning Legal Research
Formal Opportunities: -LRW First Year Course -Research For Law School Essays -Advanced Legal Research  

3. Learning Legal Research
Informal Opportunities: -Working at a Legal Clinic -Joining a Moot Team -Working for a Law Journal

4. Upcoming Training Sessions
What the Law Library Offers
Session
Time and Location
Legislation with Annette Demers
Monday September 11
12 noon – 1:00 pm
Law Library Lab B
Lexis Advance Quicklaw with Michael Singzon, Training Specialist, LexisNexis
Monday September 18
Introduction to WestlawNext Canada with Jeremy Dunn, Customer Learning Consultant, Thomson Reuters (LUNCH!)
Monday September 25
TBA

5. Upcoming Training Sessions
What the Law Library Offers
Session
Time and Location
HeinOnline with Ben Boron, Creative Marketing & HeinOnline Support Specialist.
Monday October 2
12 noon – 1:00 pm
Law Library Lab B
Secondary Legal Sources / Google for Legal Research? With Vicki Jay Leung
Wednesday October 11
Zotero for Citations Management with Mita Williams, Leddy Librarian
Monday October 16

6. Upcoming Training Sessions
What the Law Library Offers
Session
Time and Location
Legal Citations with Vicki Jay Leung
Monday October 23
12 noon – 1pm
Law Library Lab B
JustisOne with Zenaira Khan, Community Manager at Justis.
Monday October 30
International Law Research with Annette Demers
Monday November 13

7. QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PART?

8. Upcoming Training Sessions
What the Law Library Offers
Services
Website with dozens of research products to choose from.
Live chat help available through our website.
One on one appointments with reference librarians.
Help planning research for a law school essay.
Refreshers about legal research sources and strategies.
Advice on: law school projects, research, citations, password help, using online databases, conducting historical research.
Advice on: answers to commonly-asked research questions during job interviews; working for a journal; research for a moot team; research for a professor.

9. Legal Research 101: You Can’t Just Google It!
“Counsel – have you checked the Interpretation Act on that point?”

10. Legal Research 101: You Can’t Just Google It!
“Yikes! Interpretation Act?”

11. Legal Research 101: You Can’t Just Google It!
MOST legal information is NOT FREE ONLINE –
(SO GOOGLE CAN’T SEE IT)
(many books, law journals, specialized research tools)
Some legal information is NOT ONLINE:
(many books, historical statutes and government documents)
“Yikes! Interpretation Act?”

12. Legal Research 101: You Can’t Just Google It!
Statutory research has many questions:
For what jurisdiction? Federal? Ontario? Alberta?
For what time frame? Current version? Prior version?
What section(s) do I need?
Do the section(s) tell us to look at a regulation for further details?
What does the case law tell us about how this section is to be applied?
Are there any textbooks or journal articles that can help us understand the statute?
“Yikes! Interpretation Act?”

13. Legal Research 101: You Can’t Just Google It!
Many Jurisdictions
Canada, federal UK
Canada, provincial and territorial Australia
Canada, municipal other foreign jurisdictions
Canada, military legal system
US, federal
US, state
Public International Law
Private International Law (conflicts of laws)

14. Legal Research 101: You Can’t Just Google It!
Many Types of Legal Materials
PRIMARY SOURCES
Constitution Supreme Court of Canada decisions
Statutes and bills Judicial decisions (case law)
Regulations and Forms Decisions of administrative tribunals
Rules of Court Treaties
SECONDARY SOURCES
Textbooks and Loose-leaf Services Precedents
Law Journals and lawyer magazines Encyclopedias
Continuing Legal Education Materials Dictionaries
Legislative materials (debates/committee) Public Records

15. Legal Research 101: You Can’t Just Google It!
Many Formats of Legal Materials
Official v Unofficial
Online – from free providers (ie. Libraries, Government or NGO)
Online – from commercial providers (with subscription, ie Quicklaw or Westlaw)
Print – in a library, for most historical materials and current books

16. Legal Research 101: You Can’t Just Google It!
Legal Matters and Materials Also Have a Time Component
Examples:
Current consolidation of a statute or regulation.
Prior version of a statute or regulation.
Commencement date of a statute, regulation or treaty.
Updating a case.
Backdating a statute.
Retroactive statutes.
Limitations periods.

17. QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PART?

18. YOUR PASSWORDS RETURN YOUR FIPPA FORM TO THE LAW LIBRARY.
Westlaw Registration Key arrives by – it MUST BE REGISTERED with your name – follow the instructions provided.
Quicklaw information arrives by from Connie Beaudoin. Follow the instruction to create your own userid and password.
DUAL JD – USE A SEPARATE BROWSER FOR Westlaw US and Westlaw Canada or you will get locked out.

19. QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PART?

20. Upcoming Training Sessions
Law Library Databases
To access most databases from off campus, visit the law library website, click on the link and enter your UWIN UserID and password.

21. QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PART?

22. Essential Library Services
Photocopiers Scanner
Laser Printer Colour Printer
Group Meeting Spaces
ADD MONEY
TO YOUR STUDENT CARD:
Essential Library Services

23. Essential Library Services
Computer Labs
Until mid-September:
Username: law1
Password: law 1
After mid-September
Username: UWINID
Password: student number
Essential Library Services

24. SIGN UP SHEETS ARE POSTED
Upcoming Events
Library Tours
Training Sessions
SIGN UP SHEETS ARE POSTED
BY THE CIRC DESK!

25. Next Steps - Summary Return FIPPA form to law library front desk.
Watch for your Westlaw Canada registration key in your box, then REGISTER it.
Set up your Quicklaw password – instructions provided in a separate .
Sign up for a tour this afternoon or next week.
Sign up for our training sessions.
Add money to your student card for photocopying and printing
7. Dual JD need to do this too!
Bookmark the law library website.
Visit our service desks for any help you may need!

26. THANK YOU! Any QUestionS?
Presented by: Annette Demers, BA LLB MLIS
Law Librarian
ext 2976
@Annette_Demers