InfoBrief: 2008 Law Review Submission Policies

Greetings all,

Before the substance of this email, we wanted to let everyone know that most of our email accounts in the library are down and have been down since Sunday, with no indication from CIT when they will be up again.  We can send email, but not receive it.  We're working on creating a work-around to access our email.  In the meantime, please call us if you need any assistance.

Nancy Levitt and Allen Rostron of UMKC have recently posted on SSRN their white paper, Information for Submitting Articles to Law Reviews & Journals.  Available here: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1019029

Abstract:     

This document contains information about submitting articles to law reviews and journals, including the methods for submitting an article, any special formatting requirements, how to contact them to request an expedited review, and how to contact them to withdraw an article from consideration. It covers about 188 law reviews.

Michael H. Hoffheimer of U Miss also produces a Directory of Law Reviews.  While current only through 2005, it does include charts for specialty journals not covered in Levitt & Rostron's article.  Available here: http://www.lexisnexis.com/lawschool/prodev/lawreview/default.asp

Of course, if you need journal ranking information, go to the Washington & Lee web site: http://lawlib.wlu.edu/LJ/index.aspx

We hope this helps with your summer scholarship.  Please feel free to contact your library liaison with any research questions or to train your research assistant for any particular project. 

Cheers,
Julie

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Julie M. Jones, JD, MLIS
Head of Information Services and Lecturer in Law
Cornell Law Library
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InfoBrief: Open Access at Harvard Law School

Greetings everyone,

Many of you will probably be familiar with Harvard Law School's announcement yesterday regarding their unanimous vote to provide open access to all their scholarly articles.  From the press release:

In a move that will disseminate faculty research and scholarship as broadly as possible, the Harvard Law School faculty unanimously voted last week to make each faculty member�s scholarly articles available online for free, making HLS the first law school to commit to open access [emphasis added].

This statement is not quite correct.  Duke has made its journals freely available on the web since 1997 and has hosted an open access repository of its faculty's school since December 2005.  There are likely other law schools that have open access policies as well.  Which begs the question:  Does Cornell Law School need an open access commitment?

Cheers,
Julie

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Research Attorney and Lecturer in Law
Cornell Law Library
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InfoBrief: Orientation for Summer Research Assistants

Greetings all,
 
The Law Library is currently planning the annual Research Orientation for faculty summer research assistants.  This year, the session will be on Wednesday, May 28, from 10 – 11 a.m. in Room 276. 

It would be most helpful if each faculty member could provide the following to their Library Liaison:

1) the name(s) of your RA(s); and
2) the topic each will be researching. 

The Library can then contact the RAs to inform them of the orientation, as well as let each of them know how to get help if they cannot make the session.  As well, feel free to encourage your RA to attend so that we can prepare them for a successful summer. 

If you have questions about the orientation, please contact Matt Morrison.

Cheers,
Julie

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Research Attorney and Lecturer in Law
Cornell Law Library
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Ithaca, New York  14853
607.255.5858

InfoBrief: HeinOnline Journals now included in Google Scholar

Greetings all,

The world now has easier access to your scholarship. HeinOnline 's vast collection of legal journals is now included in Google Scholar. You can easily find both your work, and interdisciplinary citations to your work.

How does it work? Go to Google Scholar and search for your name, an article title, or keywords common to your subject specialty. If the article is available in HeinOnline, it will be included in the search results, like the example below.

When you click on the title link to open the article in Google Scholar, you will see the HeinOnline logo on the right sidebar with a link that says "Subscribers Access." When you click on the access link, you will be taken directly to that article in HeinOnline if you're using your Cornell Law School computer.

Using your law school computer, this process should be seamless. Since our HeinOnline account does not include individual passwords, using Google Scholar from non-law school computers, you'll need to access HeinOnline from the Cornell Law Library web site or the Cornell University Library Catalog.

NOTE: The "Cited by [#]" seems to be consistently incorrect, typically under counting the actual number of citations to a work. Hopefully, Google Scholar will improve that feature soon.

Cheers,
Julie

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Research Attorney and Lecturer in Law
Cornell Law Library
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Ithaca, New York 14853
607.255.5858

InfoBrief: New Books April 1-15

Greetings all,

New books acquired between April 1-15 at the law library and law related books at Cornell libraries are now posted on our web site. 

If you see a book that you'd like routed to your office, please contact Nancy Moore at law-ils@cornell.edu or your library liaison. 

Cheers,
Julie

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Research Attorney and Lecturer in Law
Cornell Law Library
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Ithaca, New York  14853
607.255.5858

InfoBrief: Spring Cleaning for Library Books

Do you have library books that you no longer need cluttering your office? Or is your time with us soon over? 
 
If you would like to return your library books – from the Law Library or any other library – please contact Nancy Moore, and she will arrange to pickup the books for you. 

If you would like to see a list of what books you have checked out from the library or through interlibrary loan, you can simply ask her to send you the list.

Please let us know if you have any questions.
 
Best,
Julie

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Ithaca, New York  14853
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InfoBrief subscription options

Greetings everyone,

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Julie

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Julie M. Jones, JD, MLIS
Research Attorney and Lecturer in Law
Cornell Law Library
340B Myron Taylor Hall
Ithaca, New York 14853
607.255.5858

InfoBrief: New Books now on Library Web Site

Greetings all,

The Law Library is pleased to announce its New Books web feature, a service designed to help Cornell law faculty keep on top of newly acquired books in law and related disciplines at all Cornell libraries. The list is arranged using the same Library of Congress classification system we use to arrange the books on the shelves. Within the K (comparative and international law) and KF (US law) categories, books are further broken into distinct legal subjects, such as contract law and civil procedure.

For each book in the list, we provide a brief description and a link to a fuller description in the library�s online catalog via the book title. When available, we provide an image of the book�s cover, which links to the book at Amazon.com.

If you see a book that you'd like routed to your office, please contact Nancy Moore at law-ils@cornell.edu or your library liaison.

We will continue to announce new books to you via InfoBrief twice a month as the web site is updated with new acquisitions. If you wish, you may also use the RSS buttons to subscribe to any major subject area.

We welcome your feedback on this exciting new service from the Law Library!

Cheers,
Julie

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Julie M. Jones, JD, MLIS
Research Attorney and Lecturer in Law
Cornell Law Library
340B Myron Taylor Hall
Ithaca, New York 14853
607.255.5858

InfoBrief: Update on Bloomberg Registration

For anyone planning on registering for Bloomberg Law today, there's been a delay.  Unfortunately, Valerie Boccadoro, our Bloomberg rep, ran into travel complications--her flight into Ithaca was cancelled.  (We've all been there, haven't we?)  So, Valerie will be here starting at 8:00 am tomorrow morning in the Foyer.

Many apologies from both myself and Valerie for this delay, but she will be available on campus tomorrow or Thursday.  Again, you may request a separate appointment by emailing her directly at vboccadoro@bloomberg.net . 

Thanks for your patience.  Please let me know if you have any questions.

Best,
Julie

Julie M. Jones, JD, MLIS

Research Attorney and Lecturer in Law
Cornell Law Library
340B Myron Taylor Hall
Ithaca, New York  14853
607.255.5858

InfoBrief: Bloomberg Law has Arrived at CLS

Greetings everyone,

Bloomberg is now offering free access to B-Law for all Cornell law professors and students.  B-Law is a growing legal database, specializing in business related primary and secondary legal sources.  From their web site:

Bloomberg Law is our legal, regulatory and compliance platform, offering a suite of news, data, analytics and research tools to the legal and compliance community. BLOOMBERG LAW is fully-integrated into the BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL service and tailored specifically for the needs of a modern law-firm, providing practitioners with indispensable resources for all their business-development, sector-intelligence, research, and information needs. BLOOMBERG LAW's news, data and analysis is delivered in user-friendly formats and features full-text database search and alert functionality, analytical reports, litigation-research tools, and competitive-intelligence profiles.

Registration is required and entails logging on with a �B-unit,� a finger-print recognition gadget you receive when opening your account. The Bloomberg representative, Valerie Boccadoro, will be registering interested members of the Cornell law community in the foyer during the mornings of April 1, 2, and 3.  You can register there or ask that she stop by your office during one of those afternoons. If these dates conflict with your schedule, she is available for individual appointments at other times.  If you are interested in scheduling an appointment, email Valerie at vboccadoro@bloomberg.net or contact Jean Callihan, our in-house Bloomberg coordinator, at jc374@cornell.edu. 

Cheers,
Julie