Directory of Open Access Journals
Laura E. Ray, Educational Programming Librarian, laura.ray@law.csuohio.edu | November 21, 2007 - 13:42
Looking for journal articles for your research paper, hoping to find
electronic copy, but can't find electronic versions of your needed
journals in LexisNexis, Westlaw, HeinOnline, SCHOLAR, JSTOR, or the
OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center? Check out the Directory of Open
Access Journals. The DOAJ "aims to be comprehensive and cover all open
access scientific and scholarly journals that use a quality control
system to guarantee the content." It provides access to nearly 163,000
articles in over 2900 journals. In addition to Law and Political
Science, journal subject areas include Agriculture and Food Sciences,
Arts and Architecture, Biology and Life Sciences, Business and
Economics, Chemistry, Earth and Environmental Sciences, General Works,
Health Sciences, History and Archaeology, Languages and Literatures,
Mathematics and Statistics, Philosophy and Religion, Physics and
Astronomy, Science, Social Sciences, and Technology and Engineering.
You can expand the subject directory of journals to zero in on a
journal topic or search for a specific journal title. You can also
search for articles within a subset of its journal collection;
currently 965 journals can be "article-searched." The DOAJ is hosted
and maintained by the Lund University Libraries Head Office.
Footnotes? Why? What? How?
Jan Novak, Associate Director jan.novak@law.csuohio.edu | November 21, 2007 - 11:38
Just
in time for paper writing season comes Professor William Mock’s short,
incisive, instructive, and heavily footnoted guide to the types of footnotes
used in legal writing. “When a Rose Isn't 'Arose' Isn't Arroz: A
Student Guide to Footnoting for Informational Clarity and Scholarly Discourse” describes and illustrates
referential, factual, and idea footnotes with many examples and tips for
effectively advancing scholarship objectives. It’s an entertaining read, as
well!
Mock,
William B.T., "When a Rose Isn't 'Arose' Isn't Arroz: A Student Guide to
Footnoting for Informational Clarity and Scholarly Discourse" .
International Journal of Legal Information, Vol. 34, No. 1, p. 87, 2006
Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1019891
Decisions, Decisions: Choosing Work Assignments
Amy Burchfield, Access & Faculty Services Librarian amy.burchfield@law.csuohio.edu | November 21, 2007 - 10:03
Back when, you decided you wanted to go to law school. Then
you picked a school. Now that you’re here at C-M Law, you decide each semester
which classes to take. You’ll face choosing a law firm. But it doesn’t stop
there!
In her article “How New Lawyers Can Choose Assignments
Wisely,” Petra Pasternak explains how the choice of work assignments in law
firms can have a huge effect on associate satisfaction and can even influence
future career paths. She outlines three general systems of work assignment and
gives tips on how to play the game of seeking out personally interesting
assignments while keeping partners happy.
Now if you could just decide between the pumpkin pie, the
pecan pie and the sweet potato pie!
Proposed Superintendence Rules Regarding Access to Ohio Court Records
Sue Altmeyer, Electronic Services Librarian, sue.altmeyer@law.csuohio.edu | November 21, 2007 - 09:36
The Ohio Supreme Court issued proposed Superintendence Rules which, if adopted, will govern all Ohio courts concerning the sealing of records and redacting of information. The proposed rules:
- Define "court record", and state that court records shall be made available for public access.
- Provide for partial redaction or omission of social security numbers
and other identifying information.
- Provide that a party to a case, or person whom the information is about, may request that the court limit access to case information. The court can limit public access, if it finds that the presumption of allowing public access
is outweighed by a higher interest" after considering a list of four factors. The court must use the least restrictive means of limiting access.
- Create a procedure where any person can request access to documents or information that has been granted "limited public access".
- Create rules for bulk distribution of court information and custom compilation of the information.
Public comments on Proposed Rules 44 through 47 will be accepted until Dec. 19, 2007. See Supreme Court Press Release, Nov. 16, 2007. The rules were based upon the Privacy and Public Access Subcommittee
of the Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Technology's Final Report.
Open records advocates are keeping an eye on the proposed rules. Frank Deaner, executive director of the Ohio Newspaper Association, disapproves of the courts making rules to police their own records.See Jim Provance, Ohio Plan May Shield Court Data from Public View, Toledo Blade, Nov. 20, 2007.
Law Library Hours-Thanksgiving Break
Jessica Mathewson-Library Media Technical Asst.-jessica.mathewson@law.csuohio.edu | November 21, 2007 - 09:22
The Law Library will be CLOSED Thursday and Friday in observance of Thanksgiving. We will be open Saturday 9am-6pm and Sunday Noon-9pm. Regular semester hours will resume on Monday. Have a Safe and Happy Thanksgiving.
