1. International Legal Research
Anne Burnett
Foreign and International Law Librarian
&
Gabriel Wilner
Associate Dean
International and Graduate Legal Studies

2. Course Requirements
6 exercises x 10pts each = 60 pts
1 final exercise x 140 pts = 140 pts
some extra credit opportunities

4. What are we talking about in
this course?
Public International Law
Foreign Law
Comparative Law
Private International Law

5. Course Objectives
develop efficient strategies for tackling foreign & int’l legal research projects
learn about the structure and documentation of int’l, supranational & regional organizations
increase understanding of foreign legal systems
evaluate & use print & electronic resources for foreign & int’l legal research

6. The Most Basic of the Basics
online library catalogs
periodical indexes
other relevant databases available to you

7. author/title search

8. butler
Russia*

10.
Butler items

13. (international or transnational) and business
Read!

14. Too many hits
try narrower search or look at some relevant records and use their subject headings

22. X

27. Worldcat: searches the holdings of 55,000+ libraries from around the world

28. Interlibrary Loan
expect a wait
not all libraries will loan all things
go through Law Library for everything

31. political science quarterly

33. political science quarterly

35. Periodical Indexes

37. Organization and American States

38. Use Advanced Search to build a Boolean query
veloz
Use Advanced Search to build a Boolean query

39. Check GAVEL to see if Law Library has the journal!
If the "Search GAVEL" function doesn't find the journal title, doublecheck by doing a title search in GAVEL

40. Temple international and

41. Index to Legal Periodicals (ILP)
paper and electronic
paper not cumulative
search by author, subject, case, statute

42. paper ILP

44. malaysia
copyright

45. The Find UGA button only searches for the journal in GIL, not in GAVEL, so do a title search in GAVEL to determine if we have the journal.

50. Other Databases Available to You
Law Library’s Research Resources page
GALILEO databases

51. Law Library’s Research Resources