A list of books purchased by the Library in March is now available. The list provides a link for each title to the corresponding NZLS catalogue record, showing where the book is held. ... More about New titles - April.
A list of books purchased by the Library in March is now available. The list provides a link for each title to the corresponding NZLS catalogue record, showing where the book is held. ... More about New titles - March.
A web version of the New Zealand Official Yearbooks from 1893-2008 is now available on the Statistics New Zealand website. Since 1893, New Zealand's Official Yearbooks have captured the stories of New Zealand in words and in numbers. The Yearbooks are an incredibly rich one-stop-shop for data and information from ... More about Digital New Zealand Official Yearbooks available on the web.
A list of books purchased by the Library in February is now available. The list provides a link for each title to the corresponding NZLS catalogue record, showing where the book is held. ... More about New titles - February.
The AtoJs Online website has been updated, increasing the online coverage of the Appendices of the Journal of the House of Representatives. The new content includes over 50 volumes donated by the Alexander Turnbull Library, the Hocken Collections, the Parliamentary Library and the University of Canterbury. It has filled ... More about More AtoJs now online.
A list of books purchased by the Library in January is now available. The list provides a link for each title to the corresponding NZLS catalogue record, showing where the book is held. ... More about New titles - January.
The NZLS Library service has compiled a list of insurance resources - texts, online resources and selected insurance case head notes and citations. It is intended that this will provide a useful starting point for research in insurance matters arising from the earthquakes. The list is not exhaustive, and further ... More about Earthquake – insurance resources.
A list of books purchased by the Library in December is now available. The list provides a link for each title to the corresponding NZLS catalogue record, showing where the book is held. ... More about New titles - December.
The New Zealand Law Society Library, Auckland will be closing for the holiday break on 23 December 2011 and reopening on 4 January 2012. Staffed hours will be limited during January from 8.30am to 5pm. The Wellington Library will close on 22 December 2011 and the Canterbury Library will close on 23 ... More about Xmas - New Year Library closure.
The second edition of the highly successful New Zealand Law Style Guide will be published in December. The first edition, published in 2009, has quickly become the standard for the citation of New Zealand legal material. The second edition aims to build on the success of ... More about Second Edition of New Zealand Law Style Guide Published.
Library staff are still unable to return to the Law Library in the Durham Street Courts building in Christchurch. While engineers’ reports have recently declared the ‘tower’ in the Courts building safe for Ministry of Justice staff to re-enter, unfortunately the Law Library which adjoins the tower, requires ground stabilisation ... More about Canterbury Library update.
A list of books purchased by the Library in November is now available. The list provides a link for each title to the corresponding NZLS catalogue record, showing where the book is held. ... More about New titles - November.
A list of books purchased by the Library in September is now available. The list provides a link for each title to the corresponding NZLS catalogue record, showing where the book is held. ... More about New titles - October.
NZLS Auckland Library Branch Legal Researchers Bronwyn McGee and Georgie Deverell will be providing group training on online resources including Brookers, LexisNexis and CCH. Training will be at the NZLS Waikato Bay of Plenty Branch, Ground Floor, 109 Anglesea Street, Hamilton 3204 in the Meeting Room. Training sessions will take place on ... More about Free online database training in Hamilton.
A list of books purchased by the Library in September is now available. The list provides a link for each title to the corresponding NZLS catalogue record, showing where the book is held. ... More about New titles - September.
This is one of the more academic databases we provide; although with more than 450 full text journals it is certainly good value. Economical and economics. A search for example on government regulation produced over 1,000 academic articles, 11 magazine articles, 1300 news items and even three radio/podcast items that you could listen ... More about Business Economics and Theory.
AustLII has recently released the AustLII iPhone app. It is available as a free download from the app store. Due to incredible demand AustLII's developers are working on applications for other devices including the iPad to be realeased soon, as well as Android and Blackberry apps. ... More about AustLII iPhone app.
The following new databases have been added to NZLII over the last few months: New Zealand Law Commission Reports Immigration and Protection Tribunal Decisions Immigration Advisers Complaints and Disciplinary Tribunal Removal Review Authority Residence Review Board Refugee Status Appeals Authority Treaties in Force Youth Court Coroners Court ... More about New databases on NZLII.
The recently established Australian Health Practitioner Regulations Agency (AHPRA) implements the new National Registration and Accreditation Scheme across Australia. AHPRA supports the National Health Practitioner Boards that regulate chiropractors, dentists, nurses, midwifes, optometrists, osteopaths, pharmacists, physiotherapists, podiatrists and psychologists. The decisions of these health boards in all states and territories ... More about New health practitioner law library on AustLII.
Not a military officer, but a very helpful broad database of articles and books. This is for when you want a change from Google. It has nearly 100,000,000 article and book references including lots of full text material. Subjects cover everything from time management (vital for lawyers) to computer and operations ... More about General Onefile.
A list of books purchased in August, by the Library, is now available. The list provides a link for each title to the corresponding NZLS catalogue record which shows the locations where the book is held. ... More about New titles - August.
One of the Epic databases available to you in the libraries and though your my.lawsociety pages is Legaltrac. This database indexes a large number of legal journals from around the world and includes some New Zealand journals. It indexes law reviews, bar association journals and legal newspapers. Some of ... More about Epic databases – Legaltrac.
The NZLS Library books and journals are on an internet catalogue that is free and easily accessible from our website. Go to http://www.lawsocietylibrary.org.nz/catalogue/ to look at it. This catalogue is much more comprehensive that the previous LINX catalogue. The catalogue contains not only records of ... More about The Library catalogue.
The Library has updated the computers in the Wellington branch libraries. They are now the same models as are used in the other branch libraries around the country. These computers also access exactly the same information in the same way. This means some changes for practitioners used to the ... More about New computers installed in Lower Hutt, Porirua and Masterton.
The Nursing and Allied Health Collection database indexes over 1,000 journals and has over 6 million article references. This is a huge depth of information covering everything from healthcare reform, administration, nursing practices and patient care. It is a good way of finding articles on topics from best practice to current ... More about Nursing and Allied Heath Collection.
The Gale World History in Context is more of a portal or gateway than a database. It is a very good way to discover a topic and then drill down into it. It includes images, primary source materials, extracts from books and encyclopedias, magazines, academic journals, newspapers and even audio. ... More about Gale World History in Context.
The Ministry of Justice now has a section on its website which provides information and resources to assist you to provide legal aid services. It includes forms, proceedings steps, rates and fees, and manuals. You will also find guidelines and criteria for approval as a legal aid provider, and ... More about Information for legal aid providers.
This EPIC Gale database has over 4 million references to articles and news, including many with the full text attached. It will be a useful database for those working in the CHYPF, Family law, Mental Health and Criminal law areas. In addition you may find useful insights to your own and ... More about Psychology Collection.
In-house lawyers may not be aware of the full range of resources and services offered by the NZLS library. The libraries offer invaluable tools that make it easier to stay on top of legal and corporate developments. Situated in Auckland, Wellington, Dunedin, and Christchurch the libraries also offer a nationwide ... More about NZLS library services relevant for in-house lawyers.
This is a database of information on companies, markets and industries and has a wide range of sources including business and trade journals, newspapers and news agencies and company profiles from 1980 onwards. A search for “corporate counsel” in the title, keyword or abstract fields found over 1,000 hits including references to ... More about Business and Company ASAP.
This major database indexes more than 11,000 journals and includes more than 3,500 journals available in full text. The focus of the database is on the Humanities, Medicine, Science and Technology. In addition it also has podcasts and even videos and it also covers foreign language However it does index law ... More about Academic One file.
The Appendices to the Journals of the House of Representatives (AtoJs or AJHRs) are a collection of government related reports including reports documenting the work of government departments and public organisations as well as reports of select committees and commissions of inquiry. The AtoJs have been published every year since 1858, ... More about Digitisation of the “A to J’s” reaches 1906.
This database provides access to selected content from over 500 industry journals and news sources covering both historic and current issues relating to the cultural, leisure and economic aspects of tourism. The collection also has information from travel handbooks so that you can research travel possibilities to help with that life/ ... More about Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Collection.
The New Zealand Legislation website is undergoing redevelopment. The Parliamentary Counsel Office has made a preview version of the website public to show what’s changing, and to gather responses from users. The preview website provides legislation through a new interface that will evolve as development work progresses, to introduce ... More about Preview New Zealand Legislation website launched.
This is a database from Ebsco that you can access in the 3 main law libraries and from your my.lawsociety page, going to Library, Epic and then Ebsco. It includes quite a few full text journals as well as index references to even more materials. May of the full text ... More about Masterfile Premier.
Power to the Auckland High Court building and the NZLS library will be shutdown on Saturday 9th July from 10am to 4pm. The building will be closed and people will not be able to access/stay in the building during this time. All entrances to ... More about Planned power shutdown at Auckland Library.
The Canterbury Library team is still operating from post-earthquake temporary premises at 8 Homersham Place, Burnside. A collection of core texts and loose-leaf services has been retrieved from the NZLS Library in the Courts building and is now available at Homersham Place (reference only). To see if an item is held ... More about Canterbury Library update.
This is a very large database of over 9.5 million references. It covers all health issues including illnesses, chronic illnesses, healthcare reforms, fitness, professional standards and evaluation. It is important to note that these are covered from the health professional and academic perspective rather than a consumer perspective. It is nonetheless ... More about Health Reference Center Academic.
The Parliamentary Counsel Office is keen to find out from key users of legislation what legislation they would like the Office to reprint in hard copy in 2011/12. A major consideration is the availability of the New Zealand legislation website, which provides users with up-to-date compiled legislation ... More about What legislation would you like reprinted during 2011/12?.
This is a broad general current events and general interest database that brings together sources of current information. It is not a current affairs database, so the Chilean ash cloud is not mentioned much at the moment, but a search on family law issues brings up interesting articles on employment ... More about General Reference Center Gold.
I know from the number of you that I see at events here in Wellington that lawyers are definitely interested in the arts and in music. This database that you can access from my.lawsociety is one that will help you broaden and deepen your knowledge of the arts. While ... More about Fine Arts & Music Collection.
This database of over three and a half million references covers a broad and slightly surprising combination of fields. Advertising, public relations, mass media, the internet and social networks are there, but so are journalism and linguistics. Communications in all its many and varied forms. Given that communication is part ... More about Communications and Mass Media Collection.
NZLII has announced that the 1908 consolidated statutes are now available on www.nzlii.org The data is provided by Auckland University in partnership with the PCO (Parliamentary Counsel Office). With the provision of these statutes, all New Zealand statutes from 1841 are now available free of charge online. Other historical Acts ... More about 1908 NZ Consolidated Acts now available on NZLII.
An extensive collection of LexisNexis online resources is now available in the Law Society Library and branch libraries. A 45 minute webinar will be held specifically for NZLS members to present to you the range of sources available and the various methods of searching and browsing this critical legal content. Date 3 ... More about LexisNexis Online Legal Research Webinar especially designed for NZLS members.
Library staff in Christchurch have relocated to a temporary site at 8 Homersham Place, Burnside (off Roydvale Avenue). There is still no word on how long it will be before we can return to the library in the Courts building in Durham Street. A computer is available at Level 1, 8 Homersham ... More about Canterbury Library update.
Auckland, Wellington and Canterbury libraries will be closed on Friday 22 April for Easter. The Auckland library will reopen on Tuesday 26 April and Wellington and Canterbury libraries will reopen on Wednesday 27 April. ... More about Easter Closure.
The Supreme Court, sitting as a panel of seven judges, has abolished a 400-year-old law that grants expert witnesses testifying in court immunity from charges of breach of duty in contract or negligence. The full article is here, and further comment on the UK Supreme Court blog can be found ... More about England and Wales: 400-Year-Old Expert Witness Immunity Abolished.
The NZLS Library in Christchurch remains closed after the 22 February earthquake. No access is possible to the Courts building in which the Library is located. The building is currently cordoned within the 'red zone'. The Courts building and NZLS Library collection have suffered damage and no information is yet available ... More about NZLS Library in Christchurch - update.