Welcome to C J Koh Law Library Library orientation for M.Sc. (Env. Management) Students Conducted by: Carol Wee Contents : Bissy 25 th Aug 2014.

Welcome to Welcome to C J Koh Law LibraryC J Koh Law Library

Library orientation for M.Sc. (Env. Management) Students

Conducted by: Carol Wee Contents : Bissy

25th Aug 2014

• Introduction to C J Koh Law Library -History & collection• NUS Library Portal• Law databases– Lexis Singapore, LawNet, Hein

Online• Abbreviations & citations• Finding journal articles• Legal resources on web

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HistoryThe library was originally established in 1957, catering primarily to the Faculty of Law at the Bukit Timah Campus

In April 1980 Law library moved to the new premises at Kent Ridge, occupying two floors of Faculty of Law building

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 2002

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 2006

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 http://libportal.nus.edu.sg/frontend/index. Major databases include LexisNexis and HeinOnline.

Lye, Lin Heng. "A Fine City in a Garden-Environmental Law and Governance in Singapore." Singapore Journal of Legal Studies (2008): 68-117

If you have a citation to a journal article, determine the availability and location of the journal in the library by searching LINC/ LINC+ For example:Tay, Simon SC. "South East Asian forest fires: haze over ASEAN and international environmental law." Review of European Community & International Environmental Law 7, no. 2 (1998): 202-208.

How to find?

Search by article title ‘South East Asian forest fires: haze over ASEAN and international environmental law’ in FindMore

OR

Search by Journal title ‘Review of European Community & International Environmental Law’ in LINC.

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Full-text of journal articles are available via following databasesHeinOnline – NUS Libraries PortalLawNet – Law Proxy ServiceLexisNexis Academic - NUS Libraries PortalLexis Singapore- NUS Libraries Portal

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Law Databases

For a listing oflegal databases,select:Resources >Databases >By Subject >Law

Law Databases

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Select database

See: Guide to Electronic Resources Collection

Online: NUS Libraries Portalhttp://libportal.nus.edu.sg/frontend/index

Jupiter Shipping Pte Ltd v Public Prosecutor [1993] 1 SLR(R) 402; [1993] SGHC 55

Cases, legislation and journal articles from US, UK and common law countries

2000 Sing. J. Legal Stud. 1 (2000) Singapore's New Environmental Law; Heng, Lye Lin

Singapore Laws: Singapore Statutes Online or via LawNetCases: LawNet

MalaysiaLaws: Lawnet Malaysia (Registration required to retrieve user id and password)

CLJ Law (Registration required to retrieve user id and password)

Lexis Singapore Cases: CLJ Law (Registration required to retrieve user id and password)

Lexis Singapore

IndiaLaws: Manupatra, India code Cases: Manupatra

ChinaLaws & Cases: LawinfoChina, pkulaw.cn

http://cil.nus.edu.sg/advanced-search/

A database compiled by CIL (Centre for International Law, NUS)

Database from IUCN (The International Union for Conservation of Nature)

http://www.ecolex.org/start.php

International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement

Accessing full-texts directly from …

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http://libguides.nus.edu.sg/googlescholarlinkshttp://libguides.nus.edu.sg/googlescholarlinks

Proxy Bookmarklet

• Inserts the NUS library proxy stem (libproxy1.nus.edu.sg) into the URL of the article from Google Scholar.

VendorUser NUS Library Proxy server

I want article X I want article X

Okay you are recognized, here is article XHere is article X

http://libguides.nus.edu.sg/proxy_bookmarklethttp://libguides.nus.edu.sg/proxy_bookmarklet

Use this when you land on a page asking for payment. Clicking on

bookmarklet, will try to access via NUS Libraries subscription.

Examples of citations• 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. 498

• Find out what journal the abbreviation stands for• Search for the journal in LINC/ LINC+

• What do abbreviations mean?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 http://libportal.nus.edu.sg/frontend/ms/c-j-koh-law-

library/research/legal-resources-on-the-web/law-reference-desk

• Librarian’s pick - Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations http://www.legalabbrevs.cardiff.ac.uk/

http://www.legalabbrevs.cardiff.ac.uk/

Access to

Information about the Library

legal research guides and tutorials

Legal resources on the Web

http://libportal.nus.edu.sg/frontend/ms/c-j-koh-law-library/about-c-j-koh-law-library

Thank you

Contact usAddress: 469D Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 259773Tel: 6516 2043Email: [email protected]: http://libportal.nus.edu.sg/frontend/ms/c-j-koh-law-library/about-c-j-koh-law-library