Come on by Room 312 at 2pm for the workshop.

Come by Room 312 at 2 pm tomorrow to participate in the library’s second Weekly Workshop — Starting a Research Paper.  This is a good way to jump start your research and get your paper rolling early in the semester.  See you tomorrow!

You can find a detailed map of the Pappas Law Library Reading Room at the link below.

Pappas Law Library Map

LexisNexis is resuming it’s previously well received Certification program.  The program comes in two levels, Basic and Advanced.  Attend a session or meet with Michael Campion 1:1 to qualify for the Basic level quiz. Qualify for the Advanced certificate by successfully completing the Basic program.  The payoff for you?  Efficient and cost-effective research methods; “Basic (or Advanced) LexisNexis Certification” that you can add to your resume; 500 points for successfully completing each one; and a certificate of completion.  Questions?  Contact Michael Campion at michael.campion@lexisnexis.com.

Come by Rm. 312 at 2pm to see what cooks.

The Library’s first Weekly Workshop — Free Legal Resources on the Web — will be held tomorrow in Room 312 starting at 2pm.  The workshop should last about 30 minutes.  You don’t have to sign up, all you have to do is show up!

The workshop is open to all students, faculty, and staff.  See you there!

Us too. There are two great ways to find journals in the B.U. system.

1.    Run a Journal Title search in the B.U. Catalog.  This will tell you whether we have the journal in print or electronic format, and will also provide a link to the electronic version if there is one.

2.    Look in the Boston University Alphabetical List of Electronic Journals.  This is a fairly comprehensive list of BU licensed e-journals but does not include journals exclusively on law school Lexis or Westlaw. 

If the title is not available from one of the above sources, please ask a reference librarian for further assistance.

If you are looking for newspapers, here’s a good two-step process to follow.

1. Run a search in the BU Catalog for the title of the newspaper.  This will tell you whether we have it in print (only for the most recent) or microfiche.  Many of the newspapers on microfiche are at Mugar.
2. If BU doesn’t have it, try LexisNexis, which is excellent for news materials.  Just use the LexisNexis “Find a Source” feature from the Research System page to see if LN carries the title.  They have almost every newspaper out there.

If neither works, ask one of the reference librarians.

On another note, Welcome Back and Good Luck in the Spring Semester!