Library & Technology Center http://fcsl.edu/blogs/library ... part of The Coastal Network Fri, 17 May 2013 17:28:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 In the Library this Week (May 17th – 19th) http://fcsl.edu/blogs/library/2013/05/17/in-the-library-this-week-may-17th-19th/ http://fcsl.edu/blogs/library/2013/05/17/in-the-library-this-week-may-17th-19th/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 17:28:22 +0000 Colleen Manning, JD, MS in LIS http://fcsl.edu/blogs/library/?p=1160 Winners of the Rename the CYBERSCRIPT Contest
The winners of the Rename the CYBERSCRIPT Contest are Priscilla Justiniano and Katherine (Katy) Donaldson with the suggestion of the “Library’s Latest.”  The new name will start with volume 12 in August.

Katherine (Katy) DonaldsonPriscilla Justiniano  Here are our winners with their prizes.

 

 

 

 

Runners up with other great suggestions were Andrew Ricker, Hunter Whaley, Shakuwra Shaw, Stefano Portigliatti, Megan Becker, and Kimberly Morant. Thank you to everyone who submitted suggestions!!

Library  Hours
The Library Hours are kept up to date each day on the Library Homepage. The Reference Desk hours and the future hours of the Library including intersession and Memorial Day weekend are posted at http://www.fcsl.edu/ltc/ltc-hours.

]]> http://fcsl.edu/blogs/library/2013/05/17/in-the-library-this-week-may-17th-19th/feed/ 0 How Do I Start My Research? http://fcsl.edu/blogs/library/2013/05/16/how-do-i-start-my-research/ http://fcsl.edu/blogs/library/2013/05/16/how-do-i-start-my-research/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 14:56:33 +0000 Shawn Friend, JD, MLS http://fcsl.edu/blogs/library/?p=1153 As summer jobs and internships start, one of the questions we get at the Library is “how do I start my research?”  The good news is, there are lots of resources on how to do that!

Some of the best resources are Libguides on legal research.  Libguides are created by librarians, and there are lots of law librarians helping you out!  Florida Coastal has a great one for low cost legal research. 

If you want more, run a search in Google for libguide starting legal research: .edu (that : .edu restricts the search to only school websites).  Or change up the language and run  starting legal research libguide: .edu (it will give you slightly different results).  Switch up the words for more results libguide beginning legal research: .edu for example.

Or, call a Librarian!  We are here all summer for you, whether it is for class, an externship or work!  You can call and leave a message, we will call you back – (904) 680-7612.  Or you can email us your question refdesk@fcsl.edu or use the Ask A Librarian page.

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Title                                                                                                                  Call Number

Acting White? : rethinking race in post-racial America / Devon W. Carbado and Mitu Gulati. KF384 .C37 2013
The American legal profession in crisis : resistance and responses to change / James E. Moliterno. KF300 .M648 2013
Android apps in one hour for lawyers / Daniel J. Siegel. KF320.A9 S55 2013
Capital punishment in East Asia / edited by Itaru Tomiya. HV8699.E18 H5413 2012
The Caribbean : a history of the region and its peoples / edited by Stephan Palmi and Francisco A. Scarano. F2175 .C325 2011
Debating Sharia : Islam, gender politics, and family law arbitration / edited by Anna C. Korteweg and Jennifer A. Selby. KE4395 .DD42 2012
Entrepreneurship and innovation in evolving economies : the role of law / edited by Megan M. Carpenter. K487.E3 E58 2012
Family law in Islam : divorce, marriage and women in the Muslim world / edited by Maaike Voorhoeve. KBP540.3 .F36 2012
Federal criminal procedure litigation manual. KF9619 .F43
The Federalist Society : how conservatives took the law back from liberals / Michael Avery and Danielle Mclaughlin. KF294.F43 A94 2013
Finding your voice in law school : mastering classroom cold calls, job interviews, and other verbal challenges / Molly Bishop Shadel. KF283 .S583 2013
The forgotten presidents : their untold constitutional legacy / Michael J. Gerhardt. KF5051 .G47 2013
Freedom to harm : the lasting legacy of the laissez faire revival / Thomas O. McGarity. KF1600 .M395 2013
The harm in hate speech / Jeremy Waldron. KF9345 .W34 2012
International law in the U.S. legal system / Curtis A. Bradley. KF4581 .B73 2013
Invention, copyright, and digital writing / Martine Courant Rife. KF3024.E44 R54 2013
Is the American constitution obsolete? / edited by Thomas J. Main. KF4550 .I8 2013
Is this cell a human being? : exploring the status of embryos, stem cells and human-animal hybrids / Antoine Suarez, Joachim Huarte, editors. QH332 .I8 2011
Islamic divorce in North America : a Shari’a path in a secular society / Julie Macfarlane. KBP558.32.M33 A34 2012
The law and policy of sentencing and corrections : in a nutshell / by Lynn S. Branham, Visiting Professor of Law, Saint Louis University School of Law. KF9728.Z9 B73 2013
Learning to love Form 1040 : two cheers for the return-based mass income tax / Lawrence Zelenak. KF6369.85 .Z454 2013
Martin Luther King Jr. and the morality of legal practice : lessons in love and justice / Robert K. Vischer. KF373.K523 V57 2013
Nuanced absolutism : Floyd Abrams & the First Amendment / Ronald K.L. Collins. KF373.A27 C65 2013
Priests of our democracy : the Supreme Court, academic freedom, and the anti-communist purge / Marjorie Heins. KF4242 .H45 2013
Reconstructing contracts / Douglas G. Baird. KF801 .B35 2013
Saving the neighborhood : racially restrictive covenants, law, and social norms / Richard R.W. Brooks, Carol M. Rose. KF662 .B76 2013
The tough luck constitution and the assault on health care reform / Andrew Koppelman. KF3605 .K67 2013
UNCITRAL legislative guide on insolvency law. Part three, treatment of enterprise groups in insolvency. K1370 .U53 2012
Why the law is so perverse / Leo Katz. K290 .K38 2011
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Google, Bing, Duck Duck Go, Ask.com, and other sources will give you common wisdom and anecdotes about various techniques that have worked for other test takers. These may work for you.

But what if you want some no-nonsense, scientifically reliable, double-blind-tested techniques? If so, the best way to find them is to start by carefully selecting a source that contains that kind of material. You may have to try several sources until you find a good one.

I knew I wanted to find an article that contained carefully researched methods of dealing with test-day jitters. I was not interested in studies that simply measured anxiety levels. I wanted articles that would give me reliable advice. I settled on ProQuest eLibrary. I knew this source contained a range of newspapers and magazines that could have articles describing how to deal with exam jitters that would be properly sourced. I found the following tips from Sue Shellenbarger, Toughest Exam Question: What is the Best Way to Study?, WALL ST. J. ONLINE, Oct. 26, 2011.

  • If you are taking the exam in an unfamiliar place, visit the room in advance.
  • Set aside 10 minutes beforehand to write down your worries. Expressing yourself in writing will unburden you.
  • Envision yourself in a situation you find challenging and invigorating. Then switch your mental image to the testing room and imagine yourself feeling the same way. With practice, you’ll be able to summon up more confidence on test day.
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As weather, climate and the water cycles know no national boundaries, international cooperation at a global scale is essential for the development of meteorology and operational hydrology as well as to reap the benefits from their application. WMO provides the framework for such international cooperation.

This summary and website can lead you to a ton of other international sources on climate and environmental law.  Use the list of topics at the top of WMO’s home page or the facets on the left to find relevant information that may be more difficult to get to simply by using the web site search box.  Evaluating and making use of all access points (also known as finding aids) are important research processes.

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This site will give statistics on Crime, Budgets, Education, Voting and much, much more!

 

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TITLE CALL #(BIBLIO)
Acing business associations : a checklist approach to business associations / Michael A. Chasalow. KF1414.85 .C48 2010
Acing constitutional law : a checklist approach to constitutional law / Russell L. Weaver … [et al.]. KF4550.Z9 A28 2010
Acing contracts : a checklist approach to contracts law / Suzanne Darrow-Kleinhaus. KF801.Z9 D37 2010
Acing criminal law : a checklist approach to criminal law / by John M. Burkoff. KF9219.85 .B87 2013
Acing criminal procedure : a checklist approach to solving procedural problems / Leslie W. Abramson. KF9619.85 .A27 2013
Acing negotiable instruments : a checklist approach to negotiable instruments / David J. Leibson. KF957 .L45 2010
Acing property : a checklist approach to solving property problems / Colleen E. Medill, Robert and Joanne Berkshire Family, Professor of Law, University of Nebraska, College of Law. KF560 .M43 2012
Acing the bar exam : a checklist approach to taking the bar exam  / by Suzanne Darrow-Kleinhaus. KF303 .D369 2008
Acing tort law : a checklist approach to tort law  / Shubha Ghosh, Vilas research fellow and Professor of Law, University of Wisconsin Law School. KF1250.Z9 G48 2009
The behavior of federal judges : a theoretical and empirical study of rational choice / Lee Epstein, William M. Landes, Richard A. Posner. KF5130 .E67 2013
Best practices for building a high-tech law school : the process of designing educational spaces / April Mara Barton. KF5702.S3 B37 2012
Captive audience : the telecom industry and monopoly power in the new gilded age / Susan Crawford. KF2765 .C73 2013
Civil rights in the shadow of slavery : the Constitution, common law, and the Civil Rights Act of 1866 / George Rutherglen. KF4749 .R85 2013
Communications law and policy in the digital age : the next five years / edited by Randolph J. May. KF2765 .M39 2012
Constitutional law–individual rights : examples & explanations / Allan Ides, Christopher N. May. KF4749 .I34 2013
Environmental law in context : cases and materials / by Robin Kundis Craig. KF3775 .C73 2012
The failed promise of originalism / Frank B. Cross. KF4550 .C76 2013
Falls aren’t funny : America’s multi-billion-dollar slip-and-fall crisis / Russell J. Kendzior. RD93 .K46 2010
Federal income taxation of partners and partnerships in a nutshell / by Karen C. Burke. KF6452 .B87 2013
Fordham University School of Law : a history / Robert J. Kaczorowski. KF292.F67 K33 2012
Greening local government : legal strategies for promoting sustainability, efficiency, and fiscal savings / Keith H. Hirokawa & Patricia E. Salkin, editors. KF5305 .G74 2012
John McKinley and the antebellum Supreme Court : circuit riding in the old Southwest / Steven P. Brown. KF8745.M38 B76 2012
Kaplan & Sadock’s comprehensive textbook of psychiatry / editors, Benjamin J. Sadock, Virginia A. Sadock, Pedro Ruiz   contributing editors, Carol A. Tamminga … [et al.]. RC454 .C637 2009
Land use planning and development regulation law / by Julian Conrad Juergensmeyer [and] Thomas E. Roberts. KF5692 .J84 2013
The laws of spaceflight : a guidebook for new space lawyers / By Matt Kleiman, Jenifer Lamie, and Maria-Vittoria Carminati Weil. KZD1146.U6 K54 2012
The librarian’s copyright companion / James S. Heller, Paul Hellyer, Benjamin J. Keele. KF2995 .H45 2012
Lyster’s international wildlife law. K3525 .B69 2010
New York practice / by David D. Siegel. KFN5995 .S56 2011
One L of a year : how to maximize your success in law school / Leah M. Christensen. KF283 .C485 2012
Practice under article 9 of the UCC / Stephen L. Sepinuck, editor. KF1050 .P73 2013
The pretrial process / James Alexander Tanford, Layne S. Keele. KF8900 .T36 2013
Principles of bankruptcy law / by David G. Epstein, Steve H. Nickles. KF1524.3 .E67 2007
State rankings 2012 : a statistical view of America / Kathleen O’Leary Morgan and Scott Morgan, editors. HA214 .S833 2012
A streetwise guide to litigation / Kenneth P. Nolan. KF373.N59 N65 2012
Strong advocate : the life of a trial lawyer / Thomas Strong. KF373.S775 A3 2012
Tomorrow’s lawyers : an introduction to your future / Richard Susskind. K120 .S87 2013
Trial advocacy in a nutshell / by Paul Bergman. KF8915.Z9 B47 2013
Up against a wall : rape reform and the failure of success / Rose Corrigan. KF9329 .C67 2013
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- Possible noise in the Library on Friday (8am-1pm) as we participate in Alumni Weekend events.

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TITLE CALL # LOCATION
Civil procedure in a nutshell / by Mary Kay Kane. KF8841 .K36 2013 fca,fcb
Climate change and Indigenous peoples : the search for legal remedies / edited by Randall S. Abate, Elizabeth Ann Kronk. K3247 .C55 2013 fcg  
Evidence / Christopher B. Mueller, Laird C. Kirkpatrick. KF8935 .M836 2012 fcg  
Fighting for their lives : inside the experience of capital defense attorneys / Susannah Sheffer. KF9227.C2 S54 2013 fcg  
Global environmental governance : law and regulation for the 21st century / Louis J. Kotzé. K3585 .K68 2012 fcg  
Injustice on appeal : the United States Courts of Appeals in crisis / William M. Richman, William L. Reynolds. KF8750 .R53 2013 fcg  
Inside civil procedure : what matters and why / Howard M. Erichson. KF8841 .E75 2012 fca,fcb
International logistics : the management of international trade operations / Pierre A. David, Richard D. Stewart. HF5415.7 .D38 2010 fcg  
The lawyer bubble : a profession in crisis / Steven J. Harper. KF300 .H3687 2013 fcg  
Logistics and supply chain management : creating value-added networks / Martin Christopher. HD38.5 .C46 2005 fcg  
A manual of style for contract drafting / Kenneth A. Adams. KF807 .A33 2013 fcg  
Multistate bar exam (MBE) review. KF303 .M847 2010 fcb  
Multistate performance test (MPT) review. KF303 .M855 fcb  
A practical guide to software licensing for licensees and licensors / H. Ward Classen. KF3024.C6 C56 2013 fcg  
Principles of international environmental law / Philippe Sands, Jacqueline Peel with Adriana Fabra, Ruth MacKenzie. K3585 .S265 2012 fcg  
Property / Steven L. Emanuel. KF570.Z9 E43 2012 fca,fcb
Settlement negotiation techniques in family law : a guide to improved tactics and resolution / Gregg Herman. KF535 .H47 2013 fcg  
Siegel’s criminal procedure : essay and multiple-choice questions and answers / Brian N. Siegel, Lazar Emanuel   revised by Christian M. Halliburton. KF9619.5 .S543 2012 fca,fcb
Supply chain management : a logistics perspective / John J. Coyle … [et al.]. HD38.5 .C69 2009 fcg  
The terror courts : rough justice at Guantanamo Bay / Jess Bravin. KF7661 .B73 2013 fcg  
Transportation : a supply chain perspective / John J. Coyle … [et al.]. HE151 .C88 2011 fcg  
Understanding student rights in schools : speech, religion, and privacy in educational settings / Bryan R. Warnick. KF4150 .W37 2013 fcg  
Wills, trusts, and estates : examples and explanations / Gerry W. Beyer. KF755.Z9 B49 2012 fcb  
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- Possible noise from the Atrium on Tuesday, 4:00pm-6:00pm;
- Possible noise from the Atrium Monday-Friday, 11:30am-1:30pm;
- Possible disruption on 2nd and 3rd Library floors on Friday, 2:00pm-3:00pm.

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