Legal Research

FACULTY & STUDENTS: Update your Westlaw Password!

Posted on July 01, 2009
Westlaw has issued new security requirements ? effective this FALL ? you will no longer be able to use your West issued password. When you log on using your West issued password, you will be prompted to create a new ?ONEPASS? USERNAME and PASSWORD. Requirements for these can be found here...

The ?Grammar Nazi? Speaks

Posted on June 30, 2009
I recommend this article ["Correcting Students' Usage Errors Without Making Errors of Our Own" - http://www.law.ucla.edu/volokh/errors.pdf], in which UCLA professor Eugene Volokh corrects (or debunks) a number of grammatical myths. (PRM)

4th of July Library Hours

Posted on June 30, 2009
The library will be open the following hours over the 4th of July holiday: Friday, July 3             8:00 am - 6:00 pm Saturday, July 4        CLOSED Sunday, July 5          1:00 pm - 9:00 pm (Post - KT)

Entire 2006 United States Code Available on GPO Access for Free

Posted on June 29, 2009
The entire 2006 edition of the United States Code is now available on GPO Access. (http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/index.html) The 2006 edition contains the laws enacted through the 109th Congress (ending January 3, 2007, the last law of which was signed January 15, 2007)...

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GPO Access v. FDsys: What?s in a Name?

Posted on June 26, 2009
I use GPO Access a good bit for accessing federal regulations. In fact, I like various features within the resources provided for each of the three branches. However, because I find its search capabilities less than optimal, I?ve always used GPO Access mainly for browsing and retrieving documents...

USC Library RSS

Posted on June 26, 2009
Keep current with new resources available from Thomas Cooper Library. Many resources that are available at Thomas Cooper are available also at the Law Library and via the proxy server. This means more information is available for research and recreational reading, and its available right at your finger tips...

Looking for Articles from Non-Legal Journals?

Posted on June 25, 2009
If you are in need of articles from journals that are not included in familiar legal database services, consider these sources: JSTOR is an archive of scholarly journal articles from numerous disciplines. It includes legal journals, but should be your first stop for articles beyond the legal profession ? such as history, political science, philosophy, anthropology, [...

Infrastructure Investment & Policy Report ? New BNA offering

Posted on June 24, 2009
The Infrastructure Investment & Policy Report has recently been added to our BNA subscription. This daily publication reports about federal spending on transportation and other infrastructure projects across the country including oversight and use of stimulus funds...

The value of ?good law?

Posted on June 23, 2009
For those of you who are clerking this summer, a reminder why good law is important, from the Lexis ?Introduction to Shepard?s? page. Following the doctrine of stare decisis, legal researchers cite to cases in support of their arguments to convince the court that the issues or facts presented in their cases should be decided [...

America News Database Now Available

Posted on June 22, 2009
If you are searching for a newspaper or information on people, issues and events in the local area or around the country. Look at America?s News.  It is a, is a new database available to All USC Law school users. This database offers current and archived articles and video clips from news sources nationwide in [...

Staying Current - Blawgs & RSS Feeds

Posted on March 31, 2009
Staying current is an essential requirement of all law students and lawyers. There are a number of blawgs that will help you stay current with legal issues. See the following for lists of specialty blawgs. ?          ABA Journal’s Blawg Directory...

S.C. Self-Represented Litigant Simple Divorce Packet

Posted on March 26, 2009
The S.C. Supreme Court Access to Justice Commission, along with S.C. Legal Services, the S.C. Bar and S.C. Court Administration, have just finalized the  Self-Represented Litigant Simple Divorce Packet. The Packet provides instructions and forms for plaintiffs and defendants who cannot afford an attorney but would like to file for divorce based on one-year continuous [...

Announcement of National Student Essay Competition

Posted on January 15, 2009
The Legal History and Rare Books Special Interest Section of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) is pleased to announce the first annual Morris L. Cohen Student Essay Competition.    Currently enrolled students attending accredited graduate programs in law, history, library science, or related subjects are eligible to enter the competition...

Three Useful Intro Tools

Posted on September 02, 2008
If you?re new to the terminology and citation format for legal materials, check out the following online resources: 1.    Law.com?s Legal Dictionary 2.    Georgetown?s Legal Research Definitions 3.    Cornell?s Introduction to Basic Legal Citation        (Post-Conroy)

Return of Late Reference

Posted on August 12, 2008
Beginning on August 25, the Reference Department will be open until 7:00 pm Monday through Thursday (holidays excluded).

Coleman Karesh Legal Research Institute

Posted on April 30, 2008
The Coleman Karesh Library is offering its annual summer Legal Research Institute on Monday, May 12th and Tuesday, May 13th in Room 333.  If you are a research assistant, journal editors, or a students who is interested in additional legal research information you should plan on attending...

Summer Reference Hours

Posted on April 14, 2008
Beginning on Tuesday, April 15, the reference desk will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., M-F.  Late reference (unti 7:00 p.m., M-Th) will resume with the beginning of the fall semester.  Good luck on exams, everybody.  Don’t forget that, whatever you’re doing this summer, you are invited to call, email, or drop in with your reference [...

Coleman Karesh Library - Final Exams Hours

Posted on April 10, 2008
The law library will be open the following hours  during Spring exams: Thursday, April 17: 7:00 am - 1:00 am  Friday, April 18: 7:00 am - 10:00 pm  Saturday, April 19: 9:00 am - Midnight  Sunday, April 20: 10:00 am - 1:00 am  Monday - Thurs: 7:00 am - 1:00 am  Friday, April 25: 7:00 am - Midnight  Saturday, April 26: 9:00 [...

Final Lexis Class for Semester

Posted on April 08, 2008
This is your last chance for Lexis class on Cost-effective research Wednesday, at 10:30 in room 138. Don”t miss out. These  techniques wil serve you well in the summer. (Post-del)  

GPO and the Authentication of Online Legal Resources

Posted on March 31, 2008
Law librarians have long been concerned that legal resources appearing on the web are not being ?authenticated? (certified as official and authentic), as brought home by the state-by-state report issued by the American Association of Law Libraries is in March, 2007...

GPO and the Authentication of Online Legal Resources

Posted on March 31, 2008
Law librarians have long been concerned that legal resources appearing on the web are not being ?authenticated? (certified as official and authentic), as brought home by the state-by-state report issued by the American Association of Law Libraries is in March, 2007...

Library Easter Hours

Posted on March 20, 2008
The Law Library will observe the following schedule this weekend: Friday, March 21 - 7:00 am - 6:00 pm Saturday, March 22 - 10:00 am - 6:00 pm Sunday, March 23 - 1:00 pm - 10:00 pm Regular library hours will resume on Monday, March 24. Rebekah Maxwell, Associate Director for Library Operations (Post-david)

Library Easter Hours

Posted on March 20, 2008
The Law Library will observe the following schedule this weekend: Friday, March 21 - 7:00 am - 6:00 pm Saturday, March 22 - 10:00 am - 6:00 pm Sunday, March 23 - 1:00 pm - 10:00 pm Regular library hours will resume on Monday, March 24. Rebekah Maxwell, Associate Director for Library Operations (Post-david)

PREPARE to PRACTICE with Lexis!!

Posted on March 19, 2008
Earn 800 Lexis points and 3 DAYS of FREE LEXIS TIME to use this summer *Many firms require this class! Attend this 30 minute session to learn tips to save you time and your client money. ** 800 points for attending! (800 point offer good for one cost effective class this semester) ** 3 days of FREE [...

PREPARE to PRACTICE with Lexis!!

Posted on March 19, 2008
Earn 800 Lexis points and 3 DAYS of FREE LEXIS TIME to use this summer *Many firms require this class! Attend this 30 minute session to learn tips to save you time and your client money. ** 800 points for attending! (800 point offer good for one cost effective class this semester) ** 3 days of FREE [...

WESTLAW TRAINING

Posted on March 12, 2008
Here is the Westlaw traning schedule for next week:  Monday, March 24th   12:45-1:15 pm; room 231 3:30-4:00 pm; room 334 4:30-5:00 pm; room 230   Tuesday, March 25th 8:30-9:00 am; room 230 9:30-10:00 am; room 230 (class at 10:20) 12:45-1:15 pm, room 231 Wednesday, March 26th 8:30-9:00 am, room 138 10:15-10:45 am, room 338 (class until 10:10) 11:30-12:00 pm; room 338 12:45-1:15 pm; room 344 Thursday, March 27th 8:30-9:00 am; room 135 12:00-12:30 [...

WESTLAW Classes March 24th ? March 27th

Posted on March 12, 2008
WESTLAW CLASS DESCRIPTIONS:   Prepare to Practice - Learn the cost-effective research skills that employers expect you to know. The first 100 students who attend Prepare to Practice will receive a leather padfolio. All students who attend will receive 500 WestlawRewards Points! Top 10 Things I Wish I Knew as a 1L - Learn 10 helpful tips that [...

South Carolina Attorney General Opinions

Posted on February 25, 2008
The SC Attorney General Opinions had disappeared from the office?s website, which made this Public Services/Reference Librarian very unhappy. Well, at least the current (2007-2008) ones are back via a link for Opinions on the SC Attorney General?s Homepage...

Hein Online and the Congressional Record

Posted on February 25, 2008
We?re all accustomed to using Hein Online to access the scanned pages of law review articles, particularly those pre-dating Westlaw and Lexis coverage. And by now, most of us know to check Hein Online for the digitized images of the Federal Register and Code of Federal Regulations...

Keeping Up in the New Year

Posted on January 18, 2008
The SC Judicial Department has a new and improved website. Court news is displayed at the top of its home page and separate categories are provided for the General Public, Legal, and Judicial communities.   Bills pending in the SC House and Senate are available on the SC Legislature Online?s Current Legislation page and are summarized by [...

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