Library

Using legal information

• finding case law online and in print in the library
• understanding legal abbreviations and citations
• Scottish Council of Law Reporting video series on law reporting - history of law reporting; legal precedent and the criteria for the reporting of cases; authority and arrangement of the Session Cases; using the law reports; accessing the reports.
• Incorporated Council of Law Reporting knowledge portal including guides on case law and legislation.
• Judiciary of Scotland education material including criminal and civil case procedure.

Searching guides

• Westlaw training guides including detailed guides on searching for cases, legislation, and secondary sources (books, journals, commentary)
• Westlaw self-paced training and certification
• Lexis+ self-paced training and certification
• Effective searching: Boolean, search operators and complementary search techniques a guide on search techniques for finding secondary sources (books, journals) covering how searching works; effective techniques and an introduction to controlled vocabulary, database thesauri and complementary search techniques.
• Google searching and Google Scholar settings a guide on how Google searching works; using search features for effective searching and refining search results; Google Scholar settings for full-text access and exporting citations.
• Critical appraisal tools for evaluating information sources