Law

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Contents 1 Finding Information 2 Books 3 Journals 4 Primary legal materials 5 Electronic access

Finding Information

Legal information comes in many different formats. There are books, journals as well as material available over the internet via databases and websites. These pages have been set up to point you in the right direction to the resources you need.

Books

In the Reference collection at Craiglockhart Campus Library there are a number of legal dictionaries, updating services (e.g. Encyclopedia of Information Technology Law) and directories (e.g. the Scottish Law Directory or 'Blue Book'). Textbooks are located in the Main Lending Collection. In both areas, items are arranged primarily by jurisdiction and then by subject. Shelf marks beginning 344.1 indicate that the subject matter is dealing with UK law. 344.11 relates to Scots law and 344.2 to the law of England and Wales. Thus, 344.205,for instance, would indicate a book dealing with English criminal law and 344.1105 a book dealing with Scots criminal law.

Journals

Paper copies of journals are filed by title along with all the other titles kept at Craiglockhart.

Primary legal materials

Legislation and law reports are held seperately at Craiglockhart in the Legal Materials Collection. How to use this collection can be found at the following links

• Statutes

• Law Reports

Electronic access

Journals, statutes and law reports can all be found electronically using a variety of databases which the Library subscribes to. Follow the link to Legal Databases for a full list of those available.

Here is a link to External Sources of legal information available via the Internet.