InfoBrief: Demon to Darling new book

To Cornell Law Faculty --

For the oenophiles on the faculty, a new book from the University of California Press –

From Demon to Darling: A Legal History of Wine in America

By Richard Mendelson, Director of the Program on Wine Law and Policy at the University of California at Berkeley, and wine specialist at Dickensen, Peatman & Fogarty in Napa, California

With foreword by Margrit Biever Mondavi

From his conclusion: "In the end, wine – demon or darling – represents a battle for the hearts and minds of American consumers."

This book is currently on the New Book Truck in the Faculty Lounge.  If someone else borrows it before you get there, drop me a note and we will put you on the list to get it next.

Salut!

Pat Court

Associate Law Librarian

InfoBrief: Chinese Law Databases

With China as an ever-growing force in the world, the Law Library wants to enable Cornell researchers to find the text of Chinese laws and regulations in English.  You are encouraged to try out the two services we are previewing this month.

        Westlaw China at http://en.westlawchina.com/

         LawInfoChina  at http://www.lawinfochina.com/   in English

        And its counterpart:  ChinaLawInfo at http://vip.chinalawinfo.com/    in Chinese
 

As a civil law country, China relies heavily on laws and regulations, and that is what is available on these services in English.  Because most users around the world are looking at China through a business lens, these services have a strong focus on corporate law, finance, arbitration, patent law, and the like.  If you can read Mandarin, you will be glad to know that both services have caselaw and journal articles, as well as laws and regulations, in Chinese.

Please contact me or your library liaison with your thoughts about the China databases, how they will be beneficial to you and your students, and which one you would prefer to use.  The Law Library would like to subscribe to one of the databases by the time school begins in August.  Let me know if I can provide a closer look or further information on the China law databases.

Xie xie,

Pat Court

pgc1@cornell.edu

InfoBrief: Document Delivery to You

Document delivery of legal information, articles, books, and more has been brought to you for many years through the service of Nancy Moore in the Law Library. With recent retirements, we have bid a fond farewell to Nancy. But the document delivery service will not stop with her departure.

I am happy to introduce to you Kathy Hartman (keh7, 5-5750) who is stepping in to provide the services you have come to rely on. Kathy has been on the Law Library staff for 24 years and has been working with document delivery for 8 years. She is assisted by library staff members Jane Drumheller and Carol Clune, to bring you Interlibrary Loan from libraries around the world, Library-to-Library delivery of books on campus, Borrow Direct rapid service from seven major eastern U.S. universities, and specialized deliveries when you've all but given up.

You can contact Kathy and the rest of the Document Delivery staff at law-ils@cornell.edu with your document requests, or contact your librarian liaison with any questions.

Pat Court

pgc1@cornell.edu

InfoBrief: New Westlaw Sign-on

Westlaw will soon require you to sign on with their OnePass system – they will no longer allow sign-ons with the password you may have had for decades! Your old Westlaw password with 6-7 numerals followed by 4 letters will no longer work, as of September 30, 2009. Starting now, when you access Westlaw through the law school version, you will begin to see reminders that you need to have a OnePass Username and Password that you select for yourself. Updated security requirements are the reason for the change to the OnePass system.

When you sign on to Westlaw, click on the link to LEARN MORE and create or update your OnePass account. And if you have already set up your OnePass account and just need a reminder of the username and/or password, click on "Forgot your password?" at sign-on. If you regularly access Westlaw through the attorneys' web site at westlaw.com, you can find the law school page with information on how to set up your OnePass account at http://lawschool.westlaw.com.

For assistance in determining your current Westlaw password or to set up your OnePass account, please contact me or your own library liaison.

Best,

Pat Court

pgc1@cornell.edu

InfoBrief: Legislative and Regulatory Impact Reports

Tracking the amendments and proposed changes to laws and regulations is made easier on Lexis with their Legislative Impact and Regulatory Impact reports. In association with Potomac Publishing, Lexis offers real-time analysis of how proposed legislation and rulemaking impact existing law, and supplies data in a logical tabular form.

Impacts on the law are listed in three parts: amendments your law made to existing legislation; subsequent amendments to your law since enactment; and amendments to your law in bills from the current Congress. You can search by number or name for impact reports in the Lexis database: Legislative Impact and Regulatory Impact, which is listed under federal and state jurisdiction sources. Or from the initial Lexis search screen, select the Tab: Find a Source, and enter in Option 1 box: legislative impact.

This can pull together your ongoing research in federal or state issues, and can be valuable to your students who are writing papers based on a statute or regulatory scheme. You can even set up an Impact Alert to notify you when there are any changes to the report. For assistance in using Legislative Impact and Regulatory Impact reports, you are welcome to contact me or your own library liaison.

Best,

Pat

Pat Court
Associate Law Librarian
and Lecturer in Law
Cornell Law Library
359 Myron Taylor Hall
Ithaca, New York 14853-4901
607.255.5853
fax: 607.255.1357
pgc1@cornell.edu


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InfoBrief: Sotomayor web site from Law Library of Congress

The Law Library of Congress has launched a new resource on Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor http://www.loc.gov/law/find/sotomayor.php. The site contains information on articles and books by Sotomayor, Congressional documents, cases, and web resources. This is an excellent resource, which is updated as more information becomes available.

And InfoBrief is now produced by a different law librarian. Julie Jones, who inaugurated this service, has left Cornell for the University of Connecticut. I am now coordinating Faculty Services in the Law Library. I will be sending you regular, concise InfoBriefs and welcome your feedback.

Best,

Pat

Pat Court
Associate Law Librarian
and Lecturer in Law
Cornell Law Library
359 Myron Taylor Hall
Ithaca, New York 14853-4901
607.255.5853
fax: 607.255.1357
pgc1@cornell.edu

InfoBrief: Coalition of Law Reviews Launch Legal Web Magazine for Public

From today's press release:

A consortium of America's most influential law reviews today launched The Legal Workshop ( www.legalworkshop.org), a free, online magazine featuring articles based on legal scholarship published in the print editions of seven participating law reviews: Stanford Law Review, New York University Law Review, Cornell Law Review, Duke Law Journal, Georgetown Law Journal, Northwestern Law Review, and University of Chicago Law Review.

The Legal Workshop features short, plain-English articles about legal issues and ideas, written by an author whose related, full-length work of scholarship is forthcoming in one of the participating law reviews. But The Legal Workshop does not house a collection of abstracts. Instead, it offers an engaging alternative to traditional academic articles that run 30,000 words with footnotes, enabling scholars to present their well-formulated opinions and their research to a wider audience. In addition to making legal ideas understandable, The Legal Workshop seeks to house the best of legal scholarship in one place­making it easier for readers to find the best writing about all areas of law. ...

Read the entire announcement here.

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Book Truck in Faculty Lounge

Dear Colleagues,

A new truck is coming to the Faculty Lounge this morning, with a NEW POLICY.  If you would like to borrow books from the "New Books" truck in the Faculty Lounge, please kindly sign out the book from the Print List (alphabetical order).  Many thanks for your cooperation, so that we can keep track of the books in our collection.

Also, you may also want to peruse the list of new legal and law-related books, which comes out every other week, and which shows legal and law-related books in ALL campus libraries. http://library2.lawschool.cornell.edu/newbooks/ Please feel free to contact us if you want a particular book checked out to you.
[Read on if you want more info:  Book titles link to their catalog record where you can determine if the book is available on the shelf or already checked out, or click on �long view� to see the subject headings and table of contents.  Book cover images link to Amazon.com where you can get more information about the book and read professional and user reviews.]

Thanks,

--Claire

Claire M. Germain
Edward Cornell Law Librarian & Professor of Law
Director, Dual Degree Programs, Paris & Berlin
Cornell Law School
365 Myron Taylor Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853
Tel. (607) 255 5857
Fax (607) 255 1357

InfoBrief: Database Access during Winter Break

Wondering whether you'll still have access to all your favorite databases while you're away on break?
The answer is YES! 

Whether it's HeinOnline, Sociological Abstracts, or EconLit, you need only access the database via the Cornell University Library catalog using these three steps:

1.  Search for the name of the journal or database you want as the title (e.g. Cornell Law Review, or HeinOnline).
2.  Select the search result that is a "Networked Resource" (which simply indicates it is an online resource, as opposed to print).
3.  Then click on the link provided. 

You will be prompted to verify your Cornell status using your id and password, the same you use when logging into Blackboard.  Then you will gain access to the database. 

FYI, there is a shortcut link to HeinOnline on the Law Library web site homepage under Quick Reference. 

Want a personal walk-through of the process?  Contact your liaison and they'll be happy to demonstrate. 

Cheers,
Julie

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InfoBrief: Westlaw Printer Pilot

Greetings everyone,

Based on the feedback we received, Westlaw will be leaving the faculty printer in the computer lab for your use through the spring semester on a trial basis.  You may choose to follow Barbara Holden-Smith's lead and try using this printer for the cost savings it brings to the law school.  Click here for previously posted instructions on using the Westlaw and Lexis faculty printers. 

We'll let you know later next year whether it will remain a permanent fixture in the computer lab. 

Please let your library liaison know if you have any questions.

Best,
Julie

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