Library hours for the spring exams and trimester break have been posted!

The Library’s staff is teaching two courses on legal research during summer term:

Specialized Legal Research:  Medical Resources (1 Credit)
Wednesday, 5:00-5:50 pm, MMR
We will look at print & online resources for researching health care issues such as health reform, licensing, medical malpractice, mental health issues & end-of-life issues.

Advanced Legal Research (3 Credits)
M&W: 10:50-12:05
This course covers all aspects of legal reserach, primary and secondary materials, in print and online format.

Both are taught by Bobbi Weaver, Foreign & International Law Reference Librarian

See Professor Weaver with questions on the above classes.

Going home for the Holidays? Flying somewhere and need some diversions? Check out the Library’s DVD and leisure reading collections – all free!

The DVDs are located on the first floor of the library in the northwest corner. Stop by and browse the collection, or search for your favorite movie titles via the KIM system. DVD’s can be checked-out until Jan. 3^th, 2013, so you can keep them over the break!

Leisure books do not even need to be checked out, just grab what you find interesting. We have three locations for leisure books: the first floor northwest corner of the library (near the DVDs); and in the faculty and staff lounges of the 225 building.

Enjoy, and Happy Holidays!

SofTest Setup Clinic

WHEN: Thursday December 6, @ 1:00 PM (immediately after the study break)
WHERE: The Auditorium

The session should last about an hour.

What will be covered:

• Registering the software
• Downloading and installing
• Making sure it is set up properly
• The process of taking an exam with SofTest
• Any and all questions

What to bring:

• Laptop running Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 -or-
• Mac OS X Snow Leopard, Lion, or Mountain Lion
• Credit card (for registering SofTest)
• Your Student ID and Password for SofTest
• Full battery.

For more information, click here.
Note: If you can’t make it to this session, you can still call or come by and see Daniel Starnes in the Student Lab Tech Office during normal hours with any questions you have.

RSVP Now for Next Week’s Lunchtime Learning Events:

-CWSL 2Ls & 3Ls-

Prepare to Practice in California, AZ or NV

LEARN:

• –Jurisdiction specific research & practice resources for AZ, CA or NV
• –How to access free or low cost practice materials.
• –How to enhance your effectiveness on the job from day ONE!

Pizza lunch and drinks will be served to all who RSVP.  Click on the button below to RSVP to the jurisdiction(s) that interest you.

Tuesday November 6, 2012 12:15-1:15PM in LH1:

Thursday November 8, 2012 12:15-1:15 PM in LH1:

Click here to register

 Using Mindmapping Software for Success in Law School

Learn how to ‘Mindmap’ Legal Concepts!

Mindmapping is useful for :

Note Taking

Case Briefs

Legal Research Organization

Outlining

Thursday October 25

Lecture Hall 1 – 12:15-1:10

Pizza lunch and drinks will be served to all who RSVP

 Register by clicking here

Click here for information on CWSL’s MindManager program

Welcome new students and welcome back to our returning students!  Below is essential information to help you through the school year:

The Reference Desk is THE place to ask questions!  It is staffed seven days a week by librarians waiting to assist you with questions on research or anything related to the library.  Stop by and say hello, we would love to meet you, or call us at x1419.

The Reserve Desk is where you check out materials (and renew them – call x1418).   You can check out many things you might not expect, including:

• Study aids, i.e. Gilbert’s, Legalines, flashcards, etc.
• Copies of student reviews of faculty courses
• Extra copies of this term’s course textbooks
• Bluebooks and guides to using the Bluebook
• Popular magazines such as Vanity Fair, Vogue, National Geographic, Newsweek in both print AND electronic format.
• Newspapers such as the San Diego Daily Transcript, Los Angeles Daily Journal, National Law Journal, San Diego Union Tribune,  The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times
• DVD’s of feature films –browse the titles on the shelf in the northwest corner of the first floor.
• Multi-state Bar Exam and Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam worksbooks. 
• Questions and selected answers from past California Bar Exams
• Headphones
• Ethernet cords

 The Library’s Website:  Selected features from the Library’s webpage include:

• The KIM System : the online database of all print and electronic library materials.
• Electronic Library Resources are also available in alphabetical or general subject order.
• Research Guides & Legal Skills Guides  will help get you started on research for assignments and papers.
• Access to the code for CALI Exercises.
• Electronic copies of exams given by CWSL professors.
• A current listing of writing competitions and information on publishing academic papers
• The Library News blog – Information on library services, research tips, resources and other useful items, (subscribe via the form on the lower right side of the blog and get updates regularly!)
• Student computer lab and network information
• The latest library acquisitions.
• Library hours and telephone numbers.

The CWSL Library has recently subcribed to AcademicOneFile – an interdisciplinary database of peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world’s leading journals and reference sources.  Coverage includes physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. Also includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995.