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Marci HoffmanSeptember 2013
mhoffmanlawberkeleyeduWhere to find me Law Library LL 164
Tuesdays amp Thursdays reference desk 5-6 (usually)
International amp Foreign LawSource Collecting
Some Research Tips
Overview
Getting StartedSome General SourcesStep 1 Review SourcesStep 2 AbbreviationsStep 3 International Legal SourcesStep 4 Foreign Legal SourcesStep 5 Books and Journal ArticlesStep 6 Electronic SourcesStep 7 Newspaper ArticlesStep 8 CopyingDownloading
Getting Started
What you need The text of the article Source collection list A bit of time and patience Keep track of what you have done
Why do I need the article Decipher the jurisdiction of a source being cited Put the source in context
Take a few moments to review materials from this training
Reading Citations
Basics of citation [volume number] abbreviation of source [page number]
Journal articlePhilippe Sands Searching for Balance Concluding Remarks 11 NYU ENVTL LJ 198 202 (2002)authorrsquos name title of article [volume number] abbreviation of journal [page on which article begins] [page that contains cited information] (year of publication)
TreatyProtocol to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms Mar 20 1952 213 UNTS 262name of treaty date of signing [volume number] abbreviation of source [first page of the treaty]
The Bluebook is sometimes helpful on how to read citations
General Sources
Libraryrsquos website see Student Resources International amp Foreign Law Source Collecting
LawCat OskiCat (UCB libraries only no law) Melvyl (UC system-wide not all law records) WorldCat (good for determining the existence of a source)
Research GuidesDatabases (UCB only)Access to subscription databases
off-campus
LawCat contains records for the books and journals available in our library Always start here first
Sally Engle Merry Human Rights and Gender Violence Translating International Law Into Local Justice 1 (2006)
There is a record for the print and the electronic
LawCatSome records in LawCat say ldquoRequest to Retrieverdquo These items are still available but you must request the item You can do this from the record
Request to Retrieve
Step 1 Review Sources
Primary Sources Treaties and international agreements Foreign law International case law Documents from IGOs
Secondary Sources Books Articles Reports Newspaper articles Other sources
Step 2 Abbreviations
Cardiff Index to Legal AbbreviationsBieberrsquos Dictionary [in print]The Bluebook (19th ed 2010) [in print]
Help decipher abbreviations Use Index and Tables
Guide to Foreign and International Legal Citations (2nd ed) [in print]
Noblersquos International Guide to Law Reports [in print]World Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations [in print]International Citation Manual
Bluebook Index
T13 Periodicals
Step 3 International Sources
Treaties amp International Agreements Flare Index to Treaties Frequently-Cited Treaties amp Other International Instruments
Citations already in BB format UN Treaties on HeinOnline (UCB only)
Note treaty agreement protocol MOU convention accord covenant treaties
See Table 4 of The Bluebook
Example Treaty
Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction Oct 25 1980 TIAS No 11670 1343 UNTS 89 (ldquoHague Child Abduction Conventionrdquo)
Where to find it HeinOnline (UCB only)
UN Law Collection for UNTS citation 1343 is the volume 89 is the page
Treaties amp Agreements Library for TIAS Go to TIAS Agreements and locate by the number 11670
For more assistance with treaty research see UN Treaties Boalt Research Guide
Step 3 International Sources
United Nations Documents (UN Doc) UN Documentation Centre Official Document Service (ODS) UNBISnet
See rule 217 and Table 3 of The Bluebook for help deciphering UN abbreviations
Example UN Resolution
United Nations Resolution adopted by the General Assembly The right to development ARES54175 (2000)
Several ways to locate this document UN Documents UNBISnet (look by by UN document number) ODS
For more help with UN Documents see The United Nations Boalt Research Guide
Step 3 International Law
European Union Materials Eur-Lex
European Court of Justice Lexis (not Advance) Westlaw
See rule 2182 and Table 3 of The Bluebook for help deciphering EU material
Example EU Law
Council Regulation 146697 of 7 July 1997 on the Strengthening of the Surveillance of Budgetary Positions and the Surveillance and Coordination of Economic Policies 1997 OJ (L 209) 1 Eur-Lex
OJ is the Official Journal and L means itrsquos in the Legislation series and C means itrsquos in the Communication series ndash both are available on Eur-Lex
Lexis (not Advance)Westlaw
Step 3 International Law
International Case Law Sources vary but start w court or tribunalrsquos website
PCIJ ICJ ECHR ECJ ICSID hellip International Law Reports (UCB only) (cited as ILR) Oxford Reports on International Law (UCB only) International Courts amp Tribunals Library Many reporters available in print
Example ICJ Decision
Case Concerning KasikiliSedudu Island (Botswana v Namibia) Dissenting Opinion of Judge Parra-Aranguren 1999 ICJ Rep 1208 1213 para 16 (Dec 13)
This is a case from the International Court of Justice Official reports are in print KZ214I58 HeinOnline (UCB only) ICJ website
Look under ldquoall casesrdquo or ldquocontentious casesrdquo and search for the case 1999 is the year the case was decided and so the case wonrsquot be listed under that year
Site also contains PCIJ
Example European Court of Human Rights
ECtHR Schalk and Kopf v Austria Appl No 3014104 24 June 2010 sect 55
This is the European Court of Human Rights HUDOC
Choose ldquoAdvanced Searchrdquo and search by the application number Separate opinions both dissenting and concurring are annexed to the
judgment (are at the end of the judgment document)
Example European Court of Justice
Case C-37012 Pringle v Govrsquot of Ireland judgment of 27 November 2012
From the context of the article this is a European Court of Justice case Courtrsquos website
Search by the case number C-37012
International Commercial Arbitration
While there are a variety of print and electronic sources for awards not all of them are published due to confidentiality issues
Kluwer Arbitration (UCB only) Investment Claims (UCB only) Investment Treaty Arbitration ICSID Cases Oxford Reports on International Law (UCB only)
Example ICSID Decision
Quiborax SA Non Metallic Minerals SA and Allan Fosk Kaplun v Plurinational State of Bolivia ICSID Case No ARB062 Decision on Jurisdiction 27 September 2012 at paras 211-217 ICSID website Investment Claims (UCB only) Hint names of cases and case numbers may not always be correct
so if one does not work try the other For more sources for arbitration decisions see
International Commercial Arbitration Boalt Research Guide
Step 4 Foreign Law Sources
Foreign Law Guide (UCB only)Country by Country Guide to Foreign Law ResearchOther databasesWebsites
WorldLII CANLII AUSTLII
Table 2 of The Bluebook provides useful information on web resources by country
Example Foreign Constitution
Const Fr Art 54 World Constitutions Illustrated (UCB only) Constitutions of the Countries of the World (UCB only)
Example Foreign Court Decision
Fr Cons C Deacutecision number 2012-653 DC judgment of 9 August 2012
Locate the decision in French Legifrance
Search by the decision number
Decisions from non-US courts are usually not translated into English
The best source for recent cases is usually the courtrsquos website In some cases the best source will be in print only
Example Foreign Court Decision
Halpern v Canada (Attorney General) 2003 CanLII 26403 (ON CA) sect 91 CANLII is a website for Canadian law Search by the citation 2003 CanLII 26403
See Table 2 of The Bluebook for help with citations from foreign jurisdictions
France
Canada
Examples Foreign Laws
Gesetz zur Anderung des Grundgesetz (Artikel 91c 91d 104b 109 109a 115 143d) BGBl I S 2248 (Nr 48) 29 July 2009
Reforma del artiacuteculo 135 de la Constitucioacuten Espantildeola BOE n 233 27 November 2011
Both of these citations are referring to the official gazettes for each country Use Country by Country Guide to Foreign Law Research to locate
official gazettes
Step 5 Books amp Articles
Books LawCat (Law Library only) OskiCat (UCB libraries except Law Library) Melvyl (UC libraries but not accurate for Law Library)
Book Chapter Holning Lau ldquoRewriting Schalk and Kopf shifting the locus of
deferencerdquo in E Brems (ed) Diversity and European Human Rights 243 251 (2012)
Clue is ldquoinrdquo Search LawCat for the title of the book Diversity and European
Human Rights
Books Example
Discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity in Europe Strasbourg Council of Europe Publishing June 2011 pp 91 et seq Search LawCat by title Discrimination on groundshellip
Peter Rogers amp Susan Leal Running Out of Water The Looming Crisis and Solutions to Conserve our Most Precious Resource 124 (2010) LawCat you can start here by doing a title search but probably not
in our collection search title using OskiCat All UC Libraries (Melvyl)
Step 5 Articles
Law Journal Databases LegalTrac (also on LX and WL as ldquoLegal Resources Indexrdquo) Index to Legal Periodicals HeinOnline
E-Journal Titles A-Z Great for non-law journals
Lexis amp Westlaw Many journals are not on LX or WL especially non-law Locate the title of the journal by using source directories or indexes
Type title of the journal
Type title of the journal
Examples Articles
Philippe Kirsch Canadian Practice in International Law 35 CAN YB INTrsquoL L 349 372 (1997) Search LawCat for title Canadian Yearbook of International Law
Darren E Sherkat KylanMattias de Vries and Stacia Creek Race Religion and Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage 91 SOC SCI Q 80 82 (2010) E-Journal Titles A-Z Social Science Quarterly OskiCat Social Science Quarterly
Examples Other Sources
Jan Wouters amp Thomas Ramopoulos Time to Reconsider Status The IMF the EU the Euroarea and its Soverign Debt Crisis (2013) (unpublished manuscript on file with the author) Donrsquot waste your time trying to look for this item go back to your editor
R Holzhacker ldquoTransnationalization of Civil Society Organizations Striving for Equality Goals and Strategies of Gay and Lesbian Groups in Italy and the Netherlands and the Netherlandsrdquo EUI working paper RSCAS 200736 Google search for the name of the working paper or search for the
collection ldquoEUI working papersrdquo
Other steps
Step 6 Electronic sources Consider the source -- use best electronic source available
Step 7 Newspaper articles LexisNexis Westlaw Other databases Web
Step 6 Copying (scanning amp downloading) Title pages Page numbers Note You can scan for free at other campus libraries but you need to store
on USB
Other Tips
Many sources are not available in English available electronically
Use The Bluebook as a guide follow the examples
Google is just one tool ndash not the only tool Use the Advanced Search option on Google The ldquosearch within a site or domainrdquo can be very useful when a site has a
limited search mechanism You can also limit searches to org or some other generic extension
If working with materials in other languages use Google in that language Ask the librarians for help
Google Advanced Search
Overview
Getting StartedSome General SourcesStep 1 Review SourcesStep 2 AbbreviationsStep 3 International Legal SourcesStep 4 Foreign Legal SourcesStep 5 Books and Journal ArticlesStep 6 Electronic SourcesStep 7 Newspaper ArticlesStep 8 CopyingDownloading
Getting Started
What you need The text of the article Source collection list A bit of time and patience Keep track of what you have done
Why do I need the article Decipher the jurisdiction of a source being cited Put the source in context
Take a few moments to review materials from this training
Reading Citations
Basics of citation [volume number] abbreviation of source [page number]
Journal articlePhilippe Sands Searching for Balance Concluding Remarks 11 NYU ENVTL LJ 198 202 (2002)authorrsquos name title of article [volume number] abbreviation of journal [page on which article begins] [page that contains cited information] (year of publication)
TreatyProtocol to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms Mar 20 1952 213 UNTS 262name of treaty date of signing [volume number] abbreviation of source [first page of the treaty]
The Bluebook is sometimes helpful on how to read citations
General Sources
Libraryrsquos website see Student Resources International amp Foreign Law Source Collecting
LawCat OskiCat (UCB libraries only no law) Melvyl (UC system-wide not all law records) WorldCat (good for determining the existence of a source)
Research GuidesDatabases (UCB only)Access to subscription databases
off-campus
LawCat contains records for the books and journals available in our library Always start here first
Sally Engle Merry Human Rights and Gender Violence Translating International Law Into Local Justice 1 (2006)
There is a record for the print and the electronic
LawCatSome records in LawCat say ldquoRequest to Retrieverdquo These items are still available but you must request the item You can do this from the record
Request to Retrieve
Step 1 Review Sources
Primary Sources Treaties and international agreements Foreign law International case law Documents from IGOs
Secondary Sources Books Articles Reports Newspaper articles Other sources
Step 2 Abbreviations
Cardiff Index to Legal AbbreviationsBieberrsquos Dictionary [in print]The Bluebook (19th ed 2010) [in print]
Help decipher abbreviations Use Index and Tables
Guide to Foreign and International Legal Citations (2nd ed) [in print]
Noblersquos International Guide to Law Reports [in print]World Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations [in print]International Citation Manual
Bluebook Index
T13 Periodicals
Step 3 International Sources
Treaties amp International Agreements Flare Index to Treaties Frequently-Cited Treaties amp Other International Instruments
Citations already in BB format UN Treaties on HeinOnline (UCB only)
Note treaty agreement protocol MOU convention accord covenant treaties
See Table 4 of The Bluebook
Example Treaty
Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction Oct 25 1980 TIAS No 11670 1343 UNTS 89 (ldquoHague Child Abduction Conventionrdquo)
Where to find it HeinOnline (UCB only)
UN Law Collection for UNTS citation 1343 is the volume 89 is the page
Treaties amp Agreements Library for TIAS Go to TIAS Agreements and locate by the number 11670
For more assistance with treaty research see UN Treaties Boalt Research Guide
Step 3 International Sources
United Nations Documents (UN Doc) UN Documentation Centre Official Document Service (ODS) UNBISnet
See rule 217 and Table 3 of The Bluebook for help deciphering UN abbreviations
Example UN Resolution
United Nations Resolution adopted by the General Assembly The right to development ARES54175 (2000)
Several ways to locate this document UN Documents UNBISnet (look by by UN document number) ODS
For more help with UN Documents see The United Nations Boalt Research Guide
Step 3 International Law
European Union Materials Eur-Lex
European Court of Justice Lexis (not Advance) Westlaw
See rule 2182 and Table 3 of The Bluebook for help deciphering EU material
Example EU Law
Council Regulation 146697 of 7 July 1997 on the Strengthening of the Surveillance of Budgetary Positions and the Surveillance and Coordination of Economic Policies 1997 OJ (L 209) 1 Eur-Lex
OJ is the Official Journal and L means itrsquos in the Legislation series and C means itrsquos in the Communication series ndash both are available on Eur-Lex
Lexis (not Advance)Westlaw
Step 3 International Law
International Case Law Sources vary but start w court or tribunalrsquos website
PCIJ ICJ ECHR ECJ ICSID hellip International Law Reports (UCB only) (cited as ILR) Oxford Reports on International Law (UCB only) International Courts amp Tribunals Library Many reporters available in print
Example ICJ Decision
Case Concerning KasikiliSedudu Island (Botswana v Namibia) Dissenting Opinion of Judge Parra-Aranguren 1999 ICJ Rep 1208 1213 para 16 (Dec 13)
This is a case from the International Court of Justice Official reports are in print KZ214I58 HeinOnline (UCB only) ICJ website
Look under ldquoall casesrdquo or ldquocontentious casesrdquo and search for the case 1999 is the year the case was decided and so the case wonrsquot be listed under that year
Site also contains PCIJ
Example European Court of Human Rights
ECtHR Schalk and Kopf v Austria Appl No 3014104 24 June 2010 sect 55
This is the European Court of Human Rights HUDOC
Choose ldquoAdvanced Searchrdquo and search by the application number Separate opinions both dissenting and concurring are annexed to the
judgment (are at the end of the judgment document)
Example European Court of Justice
Case C-37012 Pringle v Govrsquot of Ireland judgment of 27 November 2012
From the context of the article this is a European Court of Justice case Courtrsquos website
Search by the case number C-37012
International Commercial Arbitration
While there are a variety of print and electronic sources for awards not all of them are published due to confidentiality issues
Kluwer Arbitration (UCB only) Investment Claims (UCB only) Investment Treaty Arbitration ICSID Cases Oxford Reports on International Law (UCB only)
Example ICSID Decision
Quiborax SA Non Metallic Minerals SA and Allan Fosk Kaplun v Plurinational State of Bolivia ICSID Case No ARB062 Decision on Jurisdiction 27 September 2012 at paras 211-217 ICSID website Investment Claims (UCB only) Hint names of cases and case numbers may not always be correct
so if one does not work try the other For more sources for arbitration decisions see
International Commercial Arbitration Boalt Research Guide
Step 4 Foreign Law Sources
Foreign Law Guide (UCB only)Country by Country Guide to Foreign Law ResearchOther databasesWebsites
WorldLII CANLII AUSTLII
Table 2 of The Bluebook provides useful information on web resources by country
Example Foreign Constitution
Const Fr Art 54 World Constitutions Illustrated (UCB only) Constitutions of the Countries of the World (UCB only)
Example Foreign Court Decision
Fr Cons C Deacutecision number 2012-653 DC judgment of 9 August 2012
Locate the decision in French Legifrance
Search by the decision number
Decisions from non-US courts are usually not translated into English
The best source for recent cases is usually the courtrsquos website In some cases the best source will be in print only
Example Foreign Court Decision
Halpern v Canada (Attorney General) 2003 CanLII 26403 (ON CA) sect 91 CANLII is a website for Canadian law Search by the citation 2003 CanLII 26403
See Table 2 of The Bluebook for help with citations from foreign jurisdictions
France
Canada
Examples Foreign Laws
Gesetz zur Anderung des Grundgesetz (Artikel 91c 91d 104b 109 109a 115 143d) BGBl I S 2248 (Nr 48) 29 July 2009
Reforma del artiacuteculo 135 de la Constitucioacuten Espantildeola BOE n 233 27 November 2011
Both of these citations are referring to the official gazettes for each country Use Country by Country Guide to Foreign Law Research to locate
official gazettes
Step 5 Books amp Articles
Books LawCat (Law Library only) OskiCat (UCB libraries except Law Library) Melvyl (UC libraries but not accurate for Law Library)
Book Chapter Holning Lau ldquoRewriting Schalk and Kopf shifting the locus of
deferencerdquo in E Brems (ed) Diversity and European Human Rights 243 251 (2012)
Clue is ldquoinrdquo Search LawCat for the title of the book Diversity and European
Human Rights
Books Example
Discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity in Europe Strasbourg Council of Europe Publishing June 2011 pp 91 et seq Search LawCat by title Discrimination on groundshellip
Peter Rogers amp Susan Leal Running Out of Water The Looming Crisis and Solutions to Conserve our Most Precious Resource 124 (2010) LawCat you can start here by doing a title search but probably not
in our collection search title using OskiCat All UC Libraries (Melvyl)
Step 5 Articles
Law Journal Databases LegalTrac (also on LX and WL as ldquoLegal Resources Indexrdquo) Index to Legal Periodicals HeinOnline
E-Journal Titles A-Z Great for non-law journals
Lexis amp Westlaw Many journals are not on LX or WL especially non-law Locate the title of the journal by using source directories or indexes
Type title of the journal
Type title of the journal
Examples Articles
Philippe Kirsch Canadian Practice in International Law 35 CAN YB INTrsquoL L 349 372 (1997) Search LawCat for title Canadian Yearbook of International Law
Darren E Sherkat KylanMattias de Vries and Stacia Creek Race Religion and Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage 91 SOC SCI Q 80 82 (2010) E-Journal Titles A-Z Social Science Quarterly OskiCat Social Science Quarterly
Examples Other Sources
Jan Wouters amp Thomas Ramopoulos Time to Reconsider Status The IMF the EU the Euroarea and its Soverign Debt Crisis (2013) (unpublished manuscript on file with the author) Donrsquot waste your time trying to look for this item go back to your editor
R Holzhacker ldquoTransnationalization of Civil Society Organizations Striving for Equality Goals and Strategies of Gay and Lesbian Groups in Italy and the Netherlands and the Netherlandsrdquo EUI working paper RSCAS 200736 Google search for the name of the working paper or search for the
collection ldquoEUI working papersrdquo
Other steps
Step 6 Electronic sources Consider the source -- use best electronic source available
Step 7 Newspaper articles LexisNexis Westlaw Other databases Web
Step 6 Copying (scanning amp downloading) Title pages Page numbers Note You can scan for free at other campus libraries but you need to store
on USB
Other Tips
Many sources are not available in English available electronically
Use The Bluebook as a guide follow the examples
Google is just one tool ndash not the only tool Use the Advanced Search option on Google The ldquosearch within a site or domainrdquo can be very useful when a site has a
limited search mechanism You can also limit searches to org or some other generic extension
If working with materials in other languages use Google in that language Ask the librarians for help
Google Advanced Search
Getting Started
What you need The text of the article Source collection list A bit of time and patience Keep track of what you have done
Why do I need the article Decipher the jurisdiction of a source being cited Put the source in context
Take a few moments to review materials from this training
Reading Citations
Basics of citation [volume number] abbreviation of source [page number]
Journal articlePhilippe Sands Searching for Balance Concluding Remarks 11 NYU ENVTL LJ 198 202 (2002)authorrsquos name title of article [volume number] abbreviation of journal [page on which article begins] [page that contains cited information] (year of publication)
TreatyProtocol to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms Mar 20 1952 213 UNTS 262name of treaty date of signing [volume number] abbreviation of source [first page of the treaty]
The Bluebook is sometimes helpful on how to read citations
General Sources
Libraryrsquos website see Student Resources International amp Foreign Law Source Collecting
LawCat OskiCat (UCB libraries only no law) Melvyl (UC system-wide not all law records) WorldCat (good for determining the existence of a source)
Research GuidesDatabases (UCB only)Access to subscription databases
off-campus
LawCat contains records for the books and journals available in our library Always start here first
Sally Engle Merry Human Rights and Gender Violence Translating International Law Into Local Justice 1 (2006)
There is a record for the print and the electronic
LawCatSome records in LawCat say ldquoRequest to Retrieverdquo These items are still available but you must request the item You can do this from the record
Request to Retrieve
Step 1 Review Sources
Primary Sources Treaties and international agreements Foreign law International case law Documents from IGOs
Secondary Sources Books Articles Reports Newspaper articles Other sources
Step 2 Abbreviations
Cardiff Index to Legal AbbreviationsBieberrsquos Dictionary [in print]The Bluebook (19th ed 2010) [in print]
Help decipher abbreviations Use Index and Tables
Guide to Foreign and International Legal Citations (2nd ed) [in print]
Noblersquos International Guide to Law Reports [in print]World Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations [in print]International Citation Manual
Bluebook Index
T13 Periodicals
Step 3 International Sources
Treaties amp International Agreements Flare Index to Treaties Frequently-Cited Treaties amp Other International Instruments
Citations already in BB format UN Treaties on HeinOnline (UCB only)
Note treaty agreement protocol MOU convention accord covenant treaties
See Table 4 of The Bluebook
Example Treaty
Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction Oct 25 1980 TIAS No 11670 1343 UNTS 89 (ldquoHague Child Abduction Conventionrdquo)
Where to find it HeinOnline (UCB only)
UN Law Collection for UNTS citation 1343 is the volume 89 is the page
Treaties amp Agreements Library for TIAS Go to TIAS Agreements and locate by the number 11670
For more assistance with treaty research see UN Treaties Boalt Research Guide
Step 3 International Sources
United Nations Documents (UN Doc) UN Documentation Centre Official Document Service (ODS) UNBISnet
See rule 217 and Table 3 of The Bluebook for help deciphering UN abbreviations
Example UN Resolution
United Nations Resolution adopted by the General Assembly The right to development ARES54175 (2000)
Several ways to locate this document UN Documents UNBISnet (look by by UN document number) ODS
For more help with UN Documents see The United Nations Boalt Research Guide
Step 3 International Law
European Union Materials Eur-Lex
European Court of Justice Lexis (not Advance) Westlaw
See rule 2182 and Table 3 of The Bluebook for help deciphering EU material
Example EU Law
Council Regulation 146697 of 7 July 1997 on the Strengthening of the Surveillance of Budgetary Positions and the Surveillance and Coordination of Economic Policies 1997 OJ (L 209) 1 Eur-Lex
OJ is the Official Journal and L means itrsquos in the Legislation series and C means itrsquos in the Communication series ndash both are available on Eur-Lex
Lexis (not Advance)Westlaw
Step 3 International Law
International Case Law Sources vary but start w court or tribunalrsquos website
PCIJ ICJ ECHR ECJ ICSID hellip International Law Reports (UCB only) (cited as ILR) Oxford Reports on International Law (UCB only) International Courts amp Tribunals Library Many reporters available in print
Example ICJ Decision
Case Concerning KasikiliSedudu Island (Botswana v Namibia) Dissenting Opinion of Judge Parra-Aranguren 1999 ICJ Rep 1208 1213 para 16 (Dec 13)
This is a case from the International Court of Justice Official reports are in print KZ214I58 HeinOnline (UCB only) ICJ website
Look under ldquoall casesrdquo or ldquocontentious casesrdquo and search for the case 1999 is the year the case was decided and so the case wonrsquot be listed under that year
Site also contains PCIJ
Example European Court of Human Rights
ECtHR Schalk and Kopf v Austria Appl No 3014104 24 June 2010 sect 55
This is the European Court of Human Rights HUDOC
Choose ldquoAdvanced Searchrdquo and search by the application number Separate opinions both dissenting and concurring are annexed to the
judgment (are at the end of the judgment document)
Example European Court of Justice
Case C-37012 Pringle v Govrsquot of Ireland judgment of 27 November 2012
From the context of the article this is a European Court of Justice case Courtrsquos website
Search by the case number C-37012
International Commercial Arbitration
While there are a variety of print and electronic sources for awards not all of them are published due to confidentiality issues
Kluwer Arbitration (UCB only) Investment Claims (UCB only) Investment Treaty Arbitration ICSID Cases Oxford Reports on International Law (UCB only)
Example ICSID Decision
Quiborax SA Non Metallic Minerals SA and Allan Fosk Kaplun v Plurinational State of Bolivia ICSID Case No ARB062 Decision on Jurisdiction 27 September 2012 at paras 211-217 ICSID website Investment Claims (UCB only) Hint names of cases and case numbers may not always be correct
so if one does not work try the other For more sources for arbitration decisions see
International Commercial Arbitration Boalt Research Guide
Step 4 Foreign Law Sources
Foreign Law Guide (UCB only)Country by Country Guide to Foreign Law ResearchOther databasesWebsites
WorldLII CANLII AUSTLII
Table 2 of The Bluebook provides useful information on web resources by country
Example Foreign Constitution
Const Fr Art 54 World Constitutions Illustrated (UCB only) Constitutions of the Countries of the World (UCB only)
Example Foreign Court Decision
Fr Cons C Deacutecision number 2012-653 DC judgment of 9 August 2012
Locate the decision in French Legifrance
Search by the decision number
Decisions from non-US courts are usually not translated into English
The best source for recent cases is usually the courtrsquos website In some cases the best source will be in print only
Example Foreign Court Decision
Halpern v Canada (Attorney General) 2003 CanLII 26403 (ON CA) sect 91 CANLII is a website for Canadian law Search by the citation 2003 CanLII 26403
See Table 2 of The Bluebook for help with citations from foreign jurisdictions
France
Canada
Examples Foreign Laws
Gesetz zur Anderung des Grundgesetz (Artikel 91c 91d 104b 109 109a 115 143d) BGBl I S 2248 (Nr 48) 29 July 2009
Reforma del artiacuteculo 135 de la Constitucioacuten Espantildeola BOE n 233 27 November 2011
Both of these citations are referring to the official gazettes for each country Use Country by Country Guide to Foreign Law Research to locate
official gazettes
Step 5 Books amp Articles
Books LawCat (Law Library only) OskiCat (UCB libraries except Law Library) Melvyl (UC libraries but not accurate for Law Library)
Book Chapter Holning Lau ldquoRewriting Schalk and Kopf shifting the locus of
deferencerdquo in E Brems (ed) Diversity and European Human Rights 243 251 (2012)
Clue is ldquoinrdquo Search LawCat for the title of the book Diversity and European
Human Rights
Books Example
Discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity in Europe Strasbourg Council of Europe Publishing June 2011 pp 91 et seq Search LawCat by title Discrimination on groundshellip
Peter Rogers amp Susan Leal Running Out of Water The Looming Crisis and Solutions to Conserve our Most Precious Resource 124 (2010) LawCat you can start here by doing a title search but probably not
in our collection search title using OskiCat All UC Libraries (Melvyl)
Step 5 Articles
Law Journal Databases LegalTrac (also on LX and WL as ldquoLegal Resources Indexrdquo) Index to Legal Periodicals HeinOnline
E-Journal Titles A-Z Great for non-law journals
Lexis amp Westlaw Many journals are not on LX or WL especially non-law Locate the title of the journal by using source directories or indexes
Type title of the journal
Type title of the journal
Examples Articles
Philippe Kirsch Canadian Practice in International Law 35 CAN YB INTrsquoL L 349 372 (1997) Search LawCat for title Canadian Yearbook of International Law
Darren E Sherkat KylanMattias de Vries and Stacia Creek Race Religion and Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage 91 SOC SCI Q 80 82 (2010) E-Journal Titles A-Z Social Science Quarterly OskiCat Social Science Quarterly
Examples Other Sources
Jan Wouters amp Thomas Ramopoulos Time to Reconsider Status The IMF the EU the Euroarea and its Soverign Debt Crisis (2013) (unpublished manuscript on file with the author) Donrsquot waste your time trying to look for this item go back to your editor
R Holzhacker ldquoTransnationalization of Civil Society Organizations Striving for Equality Goals and Strategies of Gay and Lesbian Groups in Italy and the Netherlands and the Netherlandsrdquo EUI working paper RSCAS 200736 Google search for the name of the working paper or search for the
collection ldquoEUI working papersrdquo
Other steps
Step 6 Electronic sources Consider the source -- use best electronic source available
Step 7 Newspaper articles LexisNexis Westlaw Other databases Web
Step 6 Copying (scanning amp downloading) Title pages Page numbers Note You can scan for free at other campus libraries but you need to store
on USB
Other Tips
Many sources are not available in English available electronically
Use The Bluebook as a guide follow the examples
Google is just one tool ndash not the only tool Use the Advanced Search option on Google The ldquosearch within a site or domainrdquo can be very useful when a site has a
limited search mechanism You can also limit searches to org or some other generic extension
If working with materials in other languages use Google in that language Ask the librarians for help
Google Advanced Search
Reading Citations
Basics of citation [volume number] abbreviation of source [page number]
Journal articlePhilippe Sands Searching for Balance Concluding Remarks 11 NYU ENVTL LJ 198 202 (2002)authorrsquos name title of article [volume number] abbreviation of journal [page on which article begins] [page that contains cited information] (year of publication)
TreatyProtocol to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms Mar 20 1952 213 UNTS 262name of treaty date of signing [volume number] abbreviation of source [first page of the treaty]
The Bluebook is sometimes helpful on how to read citations
General Sources
Libraryrsquos website see Student Resources International amp Foreign Law Source Collecting
LawCat OskiCat (UCB libraries only no law) Melvyl (UC system-wide not all law records) WorldCat (good for determining the existence of a source)
Research GuidesDatabases (UCB only)Access to subscription databases
off-campus
LawCat contains records for the books and journals available in our library Always start here first
Sally Engle Merry Human Rights and Gender Violence Translating International Law Into Local Justice 1 (2006)
There is a record for the print and the electronic
LawCatSome records in LawCat say ldquoRequest to Retrieverdquo These items are still available but you must request the item You can do this from the record
Request to Retrieve
Step 1 Review Sources
Primary Sources Treaties and international agreements Foreign law International case law Documents from IGOs
Secondary Sources Books Articles Reports Newspaper articles Other sources
Step 2 Abbreviations
Cardiff Index to Legal AbbreviationsBieberrsquos Dictionary [in print]The Bluebook (19th ed 2010) [in print]
Help decipher abbreviations Use Index and Tables
Guide to Foreign and International Legal Citations (2nd ed) [in print]
Noblersquos International Guide to Law Reports [in print]World Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations [in print]International Citation Manual
Bluebook Index
T13 Periodicals
Step 3 International Sources
Treaties amp International Agreements Flare Index to Treaties Frequently-Cited Treaties amp Other International Instruments
Citations already in BB format UN Treaties on HeinOnline (UCB only)
Note treaty agreement protocol MOU convention accord covenant treaties
See Table 4 of The Bluebook
Example Treaty
Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction Oct 25 1980 TIAS No 11670 1343 UNTS 89 (ldquoHague Child Abduction Conventionrdquo)
Where to find it HeinOnline (UCB only)
UN Law Collection for UNTS citation 1343 is the volume 89 is the page
Treaties amp Agreements Library for TIAS Go to TIAS Agreements and locate by the number 11670
For more assistance with treaty research see UN Treaties Boalt Research Guide
Step 3 International Sources
United Nations Documents (UN Doc) UN Documentation Centre Official Document Service (ODS) UNBISnet
See rule 217 and Table 3 of The Bluebook for help deciphering UN abbreviations
Example UN Resolution
United Nations Resolution adopted by the General Assembly The right to development ARES54175 (2000)
Several ways to locate this document UN Documents UNBISnet (look by by UN document number) ODS
For more help with UN Documents see The United Nations Boalt Research Guide
Step 3 International Law
European Union Materials Eur-Lex
European Court of Justice Lexis (not Advance) Westlaw
See rule 2182 and Table 3 of The Bluebook for help deciphering EU material
Example EU Law
Council Regulation 146697 of 7 July 1997 on the Strengthening of the Surveillance of Budgetary Positions and the Surveillance and Coordination of Economic Policies 1997 OJ (L 209) 1 Eur-Lex
OJ is the Official Journal and L means itrsquos in the Legislation series and C means itrsquos in the Communication series ndash both are available on Eur-Lex
Lexis (not Advance)Westlaw
Step 3 International Law
International Case Law Sources vary but start w court or tribunalrsquos website
PCIJ ICJ ECHR ECJ ICSID hellip International Law Reports (UCB only) (cited as ILR) Oxford Reports on International Law (UCB only) International Courts amp Tribunals Library Many reporters available in print
Example ICJ Decision
Case Concerning KasikiliSedudu Island (Botswana v Namibia) Dissenting Opinion of Judge Parra-Aranguren 1999 ICJ Rep 1208 1213 para 16 (Dec 13)
This is a case from the International Court of Justice Official reports are in print KZ214I58 HeinOnline (UCB only) ICJ website
Look under ldquoall casesrdquo or ldquocontentious casesrdquo and search for the case 1999 is the year the case was decided and so the case wonrsquot be listed under that year
Site also contains PCIJ
Example European Court of Human Rights
ECtHR Schalk and Kopf v Austria Appl No 3014104 24 June 2010 sect 55
This is the European Court of Human Rights HUDOC
Choose ldquoAdvanced Searchrdquo and search by the application number Separate opinions both dissenting and concurring are annexed to the
judgment (are at the end of the judgment document)
Example European Court of Justice
Case C-37012 Pringle v Govrsquot of Ireland judgment of 27 November 2012
From the context of the article this is a European Court of Justice case Courtrsquos website
Search by the case number C-37012
International Commercial Arbitration
While there are a variety of print and electronic sources for awards not all of them are published due to confidentiality issues
Kluwer Arbitration (UCB only) Investment Claims (UCB only) Investment Treaty Arbitration ICSID Cases Oxford Reports on International Law (UCB only)
Example ICSID Decision
Quiborax SA Non Metallic Minerals SA and Allan Fosk Kaplun v Plurinational State of Bolivia ICSID Case No ARB062 Decision on Jurisdiction 27 September 2012 at paras 211-217 ICSID website Investment Claims (UCB only) Hint names of cases and case numbers may not always be correct
so if one does not work try the other For more sources for arbitration decisions see
International Commercial Arbitration Boalt Research Guide
Step 4 Foreign Law Sources
Foreign Law Guide (UCB only)Country by Country Guide to Foreign Law ResearchOther databasesWebsites
WorldLII CANLII AUSTLII
Table 2 of The Bluebook provides useful information on web resources by country
Example Foreign Constitution
Const Fr Art 54 World Constitutions Illustrated (UCB only) Constitutions of the Countries of the World (UCB only)
Example Foreign Court Decision
Fr Cons C Deacutecision number 2012-653 DC judgment of 9 August 2012
Locate the decision in French Legifrance
Search by the decision number
Decisions from non-US courts are usually not translated into English
The best source for recent cases is usually the courtrsquos website In some cases the best source will be in print only
Example Foreign Court Decision
Halpern v Canada (Attorney General) 2003 CanLII 26403 (ON CA) sect 91 CANLII is a website for Canadian law Search by the citation 2003 CanLII 26403
See Table 2 of The Bluebook for help with citations from foreign jurisdictions
France
Canada
Examples Foreign Laws
Gesetz zur Anderung des Grundgesetz (Artikel 91c 91d 104b 109 109a 115 143d) BGBl I S 2248 (Nr 48) 29 July 2009
Reforma del artiacuteculo 135 de la Constitucioacuten Espantildeola BOE n 233 27 November 2011
Both of these citations are referring to the official gazettes for each country Use Country by Country Guide to Foreign Law Research to locate
official gazettes
Step 5 Books amp Articles
Books LawCat (Law Library only) OskiCat (UCB libraries except Law Library) Melvyl (UC libraries but not accurate for Law Library)
Book Chapter Holning Lau ldquoRewriting Schalk and Kopf shifting the locus of
deferencerdquo in E Brems (ed) Diversity and European Human Rights 243 251 (2012)
Clue is ldquoinrdquo Search LawCat for the title of the book Diversity and European
Human Rights
Books Example
Discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity in Europe Strasbourg Council of Europe Publishing June 2011 pp 91 et seq Search LawCat by title Discrimination on groundshellip
Peter Rogers amp Susan Leal Running Out of Water The Looming Crisis and Solutions to Conserve our Most Precious Resource 124 (2010) LawCat you can start here by doing a title search but probably not
in our collection search title using OskiCat All UC Libraries (Melvyl)
Step 5 Articles
Law Journal Databases LegalTrac (also on LX and WL as ldquoLegal Resources Indexrdquo) Index to Legal Periodicals HeinOnline
E-Journal Titles A-Z Great for non-law journals
Lexis amp Westlaw Many journals are not on LX or WL especially non-law Locate the title of the journal by using source directories or indexes
Type title of the journal
Type title of the journal
Examples Articles
Philippe Kirsch Canadian Practice in International Law 35 CAN YB INTrsquoL L 349 372 (1997) Search LawCat for title Canadian Yearbook of International Law
Darren E Sherkat KylanMattias de Vries and Stacia Creek Race Religion and Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage 91 SOC SCI Q 80 82 (2010) E-Journal Titles A-Z Social Science Quarterly OskiCat Social Science Quarterly
Examples Other Sources
Jan Wouters amp Thomas Ramopoulos Time to Reconsider Status The IMF the EU the Euroarea and its Soverign Debt Crisis (2013) (unpublished manuscript on file with the author) Donrsquot waste your time trying to look for this item go back to your editor
R Holzhacker ldquoTransnationalization of Civil Society Organizations Striving for Equality Goals and Strategies of Gay and Lesbian Groups in Italy and the Netherlands and the Netherlandsrdquo EUI working paper RSCAS 200736 Google search for the name of the working paper or search for the
collection ldquoEUI working papersrdquo
Other steps
Step 6 Electronic sources Consider the source -- use best electronic source available
Step 7 Newspaper articles LexisNexis Westlaw Other databases Web
Step 6 Copying (scanning amp downloading) Title pages Page numbers Note You can scan for free at other campus libraries but you need to store
on USB
Other Tips
Many sources are not available in English available electronically
Use The Bluebook as a guide follow the examples
Google is just one tool ndash not the only tool Use the Advanced Search option on Google The ldquosearch within a site or domainrdquo can be very useful when a site has a
limited search mechanism You can also limit searches to org or some other generic extension
If working with materials in other languages use Google in that language Ask the librarians for help
Google Advanced Search
General Sources
Libraryrsquos website see Student Resources International amp Foreign Law Source Collecting
LawCat OskiCat (UCB libraries only no law) Melvyl (UC system-wide not all law records) WorldCat (good for determining the existence of a source)
Research GuidesDatabases (UCB only)Access to subscription databases
off-campus
LawCat contains records for the books and journals available in our library Always start here first
Sally Engle Merry Human Rights and Gender Violence Translating International Law Into Local Justice 1 (2006)
There is a record for the print and the electronic
LawCatSome records in LawCat say ldquoRequest to Retrieverdquo These items are still available but you must request the item You can do this from the record
Request to Retrieve
Step 1 Review Sources
Primary Sources Treaties and international agreements Foreign law International case law Documents from IGOs
Secondary Sources Books Articles Reports Newspaper articles Other sources
Step 2 Abbreviations
Cardiff Index to Legal AbbreviationsBieberrsquos Dictionary [in print]The Bluebook (19th ed 2010) [in print]
Help decipher abbreviations Use Index and Tables
Guide to Foreign and International Legal Citations (2nd ed) [in print]
Noblersquos International Guide to Law Reports [in print]World Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations [in print]International Citation Manual
Bluebook Index
T13 Periodicals
Step 3 International Sources
Treaties amp International Agreements Flare Index to Treaties Frequently-Cited Treaties amp Other International Instruments
Citations already in BB format UN Treaties on HeinOnline (UCB only)
Note treaty agreement protocol MOU convention accord covenant treaties
See Table 4 of The Bluebook
Example Treaty
Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction Oct 25 1980 TIAS No 11670 1343 UNTS 89 (ldquoHague Child Abduction Conventionrdquo)
Where to find it HeinOnline (UCB only)
UN Law Collection for UNTS citation 1343 is the volume 89 is the page
Treaties amp Agreements Library for TIAS Go to TIAS Agreements and locate by the number 11670
For more assistance with treaty research see UN Treaties Boalt Research Guide
Step 3 International Sources
United Nations Documents (UN Doc) UN Documentation Centre Official Document Service (ODS) UNBISnet
See rule 217 and Table 3 of The Bluebook for help deciphering UN abbreviations
Example UN Resolution
United Nations Resolution adopted by the General Assembly The right to development ARES54175 (2000)
Several ways to locate this document UN Documents UNBISnet (look by by UN document number) ODS
For more help with UN Documents see The United Nations Boalt Research Guide
Step 3 International Law
European Union Materials Eur-Lex
European Court of Justice Lexis (not Advance) Westlaw
See rule 2182 and Table 3 of The Bluebook for help deciphering EU material
Example EU Law
Council Regulation 146697 of 7 July 1997 on the Strengthening of the Surveillance of Budgetary Positions and the Surveillance and Coordination of Economic Policies 1997 OJ (L 209) 1 Eur-Lex
OJ is the Official Journal and L means itrsquos in the Legislation series and C means itrsquos in the Communication series ndash both are available on Eur-Lex
Lexis (not Advance)Westlaw
Step 3 International Law
International Case Law Sources vary but start w court or tribunalrsquos website
PCIJ ICJ ECHR ECJ ICSID hellip International Law Reports (UCB only) (cited as ILR) Oxford Reports on International Law (UCB only) International Courts amp Tribunals Library Many reporters available in print
Example ICJ Decision
Case Concerning KasikiliSedudu Island (Botswana v Namibia) Dissenting Opinion of Judge Parra-Aranguren 1999 ICJ Rep 1208 1213 para 16 (Dec 13)
This is a case from the International Court of Justice Official reports are in print KZ214I58 HeinOnline (UCB only) ICJ website
Look under ldquoall casesrdquo or ldquocontentious casesrdquo and search for the case 1999 is the year the case was decided and so the case wonrsquot be listed under that year
Site also contains PCIJ
Example European Court of Human Rights
ECtHR Schalk and Kopf v Austria Appl No 3014104 24 June 2010 sect 55
This is the European Court of Human Rights HUDOC
Choose ldquoAdvanced Searchrdquo and search by the application number Separate opinions both dissenting and concurring are annexed to the
judgment (are at the end of the judgment document)
Example European Court of Justice
Case C-37012 Pringle v Govrsquot of Ireland judgment of 27 November 2012
From the context of the article this is a European Court of Justice case Courtrsquos website
Search by the case number C-37012
International Commercial Arbitration
While there are a variety of print and electronic sources for awards not all of them are published due to confidentiality issues
Kluwer Arbitration (UCB only) Investment Claims (UCB only) Investment Treaty Arbitration ICSID Cases Oxford Reports on International Law (UCB only)
Example ICSID Decision
Quiborax SA Non Metallic Minerals SA and Allan Fosk Kaplun v Plurinational State of Bolivia ICSID Case No ARB062 Decision on Jurisdiction 27 September 2012 at paras 211-217 ICSID website Investment Claims (UCB only) Hint names of cases and case numbers may not always be correct
so if one does not work try the other For more sources for arbitration decisions see
International Commercial Arbitration Boalt Research Guide
Step 4 Foreign Law Sources
Foreign Law Guide (UCB only)Country by Country Guide to Foreign Law ResearchOther databasesWebsites
WorldLII CANLII AUSTLII
Table 2 of The Bluebook provides useful information on web resources by country
Example Foreign Constitution
Const Fr Art 54 World Constitutions Illustrated (UCB only) Constitutions of the Countries of the World (UCB only)
Example Foreign Court Decision
Fr Cons C Deacutecision number 2012-653 DC judgment of 9 August 2012
Locate the decision in French Legifrance
Search by the decision number
Decisions from non-US courts are usually not translated into English
The best source for recent cases is usually the courtrsquos website In some cases the best source will be in print only
Example Foreign Court Decision
Halpern v Canada (Attorney General) 2003 CanLII 26403 (ON CA) sect 91 CANLII is a website for Canadian law Search by the citation 2003 CanLII 26403
See Table 2 of The Bluebook for help with citations from foreign jurisdictions
France
Canada
Examples Foreign Laws
Gesetz zur Anderung des Grundgesetz (Artikel 91c 91d 104b 109 109a 115 143d) BGBl I S 2248 (Nr 48) 29 July 2009
Reforma del artiacuteculo 135 de la Constitucioacuten Espantildeola BOE n 233 27 November 2011
Both of these citations are referring to the official gazettes for each country Use Country by Country Guide to Foreign Law Research to locate
official gazettes
Step 5 Books amp Articles
Books LawCat (Law Library only) OskiCat (UCB libraries except Law Library) Melvyl (UC libraries but not accurate for Law Library)
Book Chapter Holning Lau ldquoRewriting Schalk and Kopf shifting the locus of
deferencerdquo in E Brems (ed) Diversity and European Human Rights 243 251 (2012)
Clue is ldquoinrdquo Search LawCat for the title of the book Diversity and European
Human Rights
Books Example
Discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity in Europe Strasbourg Council of Europe Publishing June 2011 pp 91 et seq Search LawCat by title Discrimination on groundshellip
Peter Rogers amp Susan Leal Running Out of Water The Looming Crisis and Solutions to Conserve our Most Precious Resource 124 (2010) LawCat you can start here by doing a title search but probably not
in our collection search title using OskiCat All UC Libraries (Melvyl)
Step 5 Articles
Law Journal Databases LegalTrac (also on LX and WL as ldquoLegal Resources Indexrdquo) Index to Legal Periodicals HeinOnline
E-Journal Titles A-Z Great for non-law journals
Lexis amp Westlaw Many journals are not on LX or WL especially non-law Locate the title of the journal by using source directories or indexes
Type title of the journal
Type title of the journal
Examples Articles
Philippe Kirsch Canadian Practice in International Law 35 CAN YB INTrsquoL L 349 372 (1997) Search LawCat for title Canadian Yearbook of International Law
Darren E Sherkat KylanMattias de Vries and Stacia Creek Race Religion and Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage 91 SOC SCI Q 80 82 (2010) E-Journal Titles A-Z Social Science Quarterly OskiCat Social Science Quarterly
Examples Other Sources
Jan Wouters amp Thomas Ramopoulos Time to Reconsider Status The IMF the EU the Euroarea and its Soverign Debt Crisis (2013) (unpublished manuscript on file with the author) Donrsquot waste your time trying to look for this item go back to your editor
R Holzhacker ldquoTransnationalization of Civil Society Organizations Striving for Equality Goals and Strategies of Gay and Lesbian Groups in Italy and the Netherlands and the Netherlandsrdquo EUI working paper RSCAS 200736 Google search for the name of the working paper or search for the
collection ldquoEUI working papersrdquo
Other steps
Step 6 Electronic sources Consider the source -- use best electronic source available
Step 7 Newspaper articles LexisNexis Westlaw Other databases Web
Step 6 Copying (scanning amp downloading) Title pages Page numbers Note You can scan for free at other campus libraries but you need to store
on USB
Other Tips
Many sources are not available in English available electronically
Use The Bluebook as a guide follow the examples
Google is just one tool ndash not the only tool Use the Advanced Search option on Google The ldquosearch within a site or domainrdquo can be very useful when a site has a
limited search mechanism You can also limit searches to org or some other generic extension
If working with materials in other languages use Google in that language Ask the librarians for help
Google Advanced Search
LawCat contains records for the books and journals available in our library Always start here first
Sally Engle Merry Human Rights and Gender Violence Translating International Law Into Local Justice 1 (2006)
There is a record for the print and the electronic
LawCatSome records in LawCat say ldquoRequest to Retrieverdquo These items are still available but you must request the item You can do this from the record
Request to Retrieve
Step 1 Review Sources
Primary Sources Treaties and international agreements Foreign law International case law Documents from IGOs
Secondary Sources Books Articles Reports Newspaper articles Other sources
Step 2 Abbreviations
Cardiff Index to Legal AbbreviationsBieberrsquos Dictionary [in print]The Bluebook (19th ed 2010) [in print]
Help decipher abbreviations Use Index and Tables
Guide to Foreign and International Legal Citations (2nd ed) [in print]
Noblersquos International Guide to Law Reports [in print]World Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations [in print]International Citation Manual
Bluebook Index
T13 Periodicals
Step 3 International Sources
Treaties amp International Agreements Flare Index to Treaties Frequently-Cited Treaties amp Other International Instruments
Citations already in BB format UN Treaties on HeinOnline (UCB only)
Note treaty agreement protocol MOU convention accord covenant treaties
See Table 4 of The Bluebook
Example Treaty
Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction Oct 25 1980 TIAS No 11670 1343 UNTS 89 (ldquoHague Child Abduction Conventionrdquo)
Where to find it HeinOnline (UCB only)
UN Law Collection for UNTS citation 1343 is the volume 89 is the page
Treaties amp Agreements Library for TIAS Go to TIAS Agreements and locate by the number 11670
For more assistance with treaty research see UN Treaties Boalt Research Guide
Step 3 International Sources
United Nations Documents (UN Doc) UN Documentation Centre Official Document Service (ODS) UNBISnet
See rule 217 and Table 3 of The Bluebook for help deciphering UN abbreviations
Example UN Resolution
United Nations Resolution adopted by the General Assembly The right to development ARES54175 (2000)
Several ways to locate this document UN Documents UNBISnet (look by by UN document number) ODS
For more help with UN Documents see The United Nations Boalt Research Guide
Step 3 International Law
European Union Materials Eur-Lex
European Court of Justice Lexis (not Advance) Westlaw
See rule 2182 and Table 3 of The Bluebook for help deciphering EU material
Example EU Law
Council Regulation 146697 of 7 July 1997 on the Strengthening of the Surveillance of Budgetary Positions and the Surveillance and Coordination of Economic Policies 1997 OJ (L 209) 1 Eur-Lex
OJ is the Official Journal and L means itrsquos in the Legislation series and C means itrsquos in the Communication series ndash both are available on Eur-Lex
Lexis (not Advance)Westlaw
Step 3 International Law
International Case Law Sources vary but start w court or tribunalrsquos website
PCIJ ICJ ECHR ECJ ICSID hellip International Law Reports (UCB only) (cited as ILR) Oxford Reports on International Law (UCB only) International Courts amp Tribunals Library Many reporters available in print
Example ICJ Decision
Case Concerning KasikiliSedudu Island (Botswana v Namibia) Dissenting Opinion of Judge Parra-Aranguren 1999 ICJ Rep 1208 1213 para 16 (Dec 13)
This is a case from the International Court of Justice Official reports are in print KZ214I58 HeinOnline (UCB only) ICJ website
Look under ldquoall casesrdquo or ldquocontentious casesrdquo and search for the case 1999 is the year the case was decided and so the case wonrsquot be listed under that year
Site also contains PCIJ
Example European Court of Human Rights
ECtHR Schalk and Kopf v Austria Appl No 3014104 24 June 2010 sect 55
This is the European Court of Human Rights HUDOC
Choose ldquoAdvanced Searchrdquo and search by the application number Separate opinions both dissenting and concurring are annexed to the
judgment (are at the end of the judgment document)
Example European Court of Justice
Case C-37012 Pringle v Govrsquot of Ireland judgment of 27 November 2012
From the context of the article this is a European Court of Justice case Courtrsquos website
Search by the case number C-37012
International Commercial Arbitration
While there are a variety of print and electronic sources for awards not all of them are published due to confidentiality issues
Kluwer Arbitration (UCB only) Investment Claims (UCB only) Investment Treaty Arbitration ICSID Cases Oxford Reports on International Law (UCB only)
Example ICSID Decision
Quiborax SA Non Metallic Minerals SA and Allan Fosk Kaplun v Plurinational State of Bolivia ICSID Case No ARB062 Decision on Jurisdiction 27 September 2012 at paras 211-217 ICSID website Investment Claims (UCB only) Hint names of cases and case numbers may not always be correct
so if one does not work try the other For more sources for arbitration decisions see
International Commercial Arbitration Boalt Research Guide
Step 4 Foreign Law Sources
Foreign Law Guide (UCB only)Country by Country Guide to Foreign Law ResearchOther databasesWebsites
WorldLII CANLII AUSTLII
Table 2 of The Bluebook provides useful information on web resources by country
Example Foreign Constitution
Const Fr Art 54 World Constitutions Illustrated (UCB only) Constitutions of the Countries of the World (UCB only)
Example Foreign Court Decision
Fr Cons C Deacutecision number 2012-653 DC judgment of 9 August 2012
Locate the decision in French Legifrance
Search by the decision number
Decisions from non-US courts are usually not translated into English
The best source for recent cases is usually the courtrsquos website In some cases the best source will be in print only
Example Foreign Court Decision
Halpern v Canada (Attorney General) 2003 CanLII 26403 (ON CA) sect 91 CANLII is a website for Canadian law Search by the citation 2003 CanLII 26403
See Table 2 of The Bluebook for help with citations from foreign jurisdictions
France
Canada
Examples Foreign Laws
Gesetz zur Anderung des Grundgesetz (Artikel 91c 91d 104b 109 109a 115 143d) BGBl I S 2248 (Nr 48) 29 July 2009
Reforma del artiacuteculo 135 de la Constitucioacuten Espantildeola BOE n 233 27 November 2011
Both of these citations are referring to the official gazettes for each country Use Country by Country Guide to Foreign Law Research to locate
official gazettes
Step 5 Books amp Articles
Books LawCat (Law Library only) OskiCat (UCB libraries except Law Library) Melvyl (UC libraries but not accurate for Law Library)
Book Chapter Holning Lau ldquoRewriting Schalk and Kopf shifting the locus of
deferencerdquo in E Brems (ed) Diversity and European Human Rights 243 251 (2012)
Clue is ldquoinrdquo Search LawCat for the title of the book Diversity and European
Human Rights
Books Example
Discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity in Europe Strasbourg Council of Europe Publishing June 2011 pp 91 et seq Search LawCat by title Discrimination on groundshellip
Peter Rogers amp Susan Leal Running Out of Water The Looming Crisis and Solutions to Conserve our Most Precious Resource 124 (2010) LawCat you can start here by doing a title search but probably not
in our collection search title using OskiCat All UC Libraries (Melvyl)
Step 5 Articles
Law Journal Databases LegalTrac (also on LX and WL as ldquoLegal Resources Indexrdquo) Index to Legal Periodicals HeinOnline
E-Journal Titles A-Z Great for non-law journals
Lexis amp Westlaw Many journals are not on LX or WL especially non-law Locate the title of the journal by using source directories or indexes
Type title of the journal
Type title of the journal
Examples Articles
Philippe Kirsch Canadian Practice in International Law 35 CAN YB INTrsquoL L 349 372 (1997) Search LawCat for title Canadian Yearbook of International Law
Darren E Sherkat KylanMattias de Vries and Stacia Creek Race Religion and Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage 91 SOC SCI Q 80 82 (2010) E-Journal Titles A-Z Social Science Quarterly OskiCat Social Science Quarterly
Examples Other Sources
Jan Wouters amp Thomas Ramopoulos Time to Reconsider Status The IMF the EU the Euroarea and its Soverign Debt Crisis (2013) (unpublished manuscript on file with the author) Donrsquot waste your time trying to look for this item go back to your editor
R Holzhacker ldquoTransnationalization of Civil Society Organizations Striving for Equality Goals and Strategies of Gay and Lesbian Groups in Italy and the Netherlands and the Netherlandsrdquo EUI working paper RSCAS 200736 Google search for the name of the working paper or search for the
collection ldquoEUI working papersrdquo
Other steps
Step 6 Electronic sources Consider the source -- use best electronic source available
Step 7 Newspaper articles LexisNexis Westlaw Other databases Web
Step 6 Copying (scanning amp downloading) Title pages Page numbers Note You can scan for free at other campus libraries but you need to store
on USB
Other Tips
Many sources are not available in English available electronically
Use The Bluebook as a guide follow the examples
Google is just one tool ndash not the only tool Use the Advanced Search option on Google The ldquosearch within a site or domainrdquo can be very useful when a site has a
limited search mechanism You can also limit searches to org or some other generic extension
If working with materials in other languages use Google in that language Ask the librarians for help
Google Advanced Search
LawCatSome records in LawCat say ldquoRequest to Retrieverdquo These items are still available but you must request the item You can do this from the record
Request to Retrieve
Step 1 Review Sources
Primary Sources Treaties and international agreements Foreign law International case law Documents from IGOs
Secondary Sources Books Articles Reports Newspaper articles Other sources
Step 2 Abbreviations
Cardiff Index to Legal AbbreviationsBieberrsquos Dictionary [in print]The Bluebook (19th ed 2010) [in print]
Help decipher abbreviations Use Index and Tables
Guide to Foreign and International Legal Citations (2nd ed) [in print]
Noblersquos International Guide to Law Reports [in print]World Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations [in print]International Citation Manual
Bluebook Index
T13 Periodicals
Step 3 International Sources
Treaties amp International Agreements Flare Index to Treaties Frequently-Cited Treaties amp Other International Instruments
Citations already in BB format UN Treaties on HeinOnline (UCB only)
Note treaty agreement protocol MOU convention accord covenant treaties
See Table 4 of The Bluebook
Example Treaty
Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction Oct 25 1980 TIAS No 11670 1343 UNTS 89 (ldquoHague Child Abduction Conventionrdquo)
Where to find it HeinOnline (UCB only)
UN Law Collection for UNTS citation 1343 is the volume 89 is the page
Treaties amp Agreements Library for TIAS Go to TIAS Agreements and locate by the number 11670
For more assistance with treaty research see UN Treaties Boalt Research Guide
Step 3 International Sources
United Nations Documents (UN Doc) UN Documentation Centre Official Document Service (ODS) UNBISnet
See rule 217 and Table 3 of The Bluebook for help deciphering UN abbreviations
Example UN Resolution
United Nations Resolution adopted by the General Assembly The right to development ARES54175 (2000)
Several ways to locate this document UN Documents UNBISnet (look by by UN document number) ODS
For more help with UN Documents see The United Nations Boalt Research Guide
Step 3 International Law
European Union Materials Eur-Lex
European Court of Justice Lexis (not Advance) Westlaw
See rule 2182 and Table 3 of The Bluebook for help deciphering EU material
Example EU Law
Council Regulation 146697 of 7 July 1997 on the Strengthening of the Surveillance of Budgetary Positions and the Surveillance and Coordination of Economic Policies 1997 OJ (L 209) 1 Eur-Lex
OJ is the Official Journal and L means itrsquos in the Legislation series and C means itrsquos in the Communication series ndash both are available on Eur-Lex
Lexis (not Advance)Westlaw
Step 3 International Law
International Case Law Sources vary but start w court or tribunalrsquos website
PCIJ ICJ ECHR ECJ ICSID hellip International Law Reports (UCB only) (cited as ILR) Oxford Reports on International Law (UCB only) International Courts amp Tribunals Library Many reporters available in print
Example ICJ Decision
Case Concerning KasikiliSedudu Island (Botswana v Namibia) Dissenting Opinion of Judge Parra-Aranguren 1999 ICJ Rep 1208 1213 para 16 (Dec 13)
This is a case from the International Court of Justice Official reports are in print KZ214I58 HeinOnline (UCB only) ICJ website
Look under ldquoall casesrdquo or ldquocontentious casesrdquo and search for the case 1999 is the year the case was decided and so the case wonrsquot be listed under that year
Site also contains PCIJ
Example European Court of Human Rights
ECtHR Schalk and Kopf v Austria Appl No 3014104 24 June 2010 sect 55
This is the European Court of Human Rights HUDOC
Choose ldquoAdvanced Searchrdquo and search by the application number Separate opinions both dissenting and concurring are annexed to the
judgment (are at the end of the judgment document)
Example European Court of Justice
Case C-37012 Pringle v Govrsquot of Ireland judgment of 27 November 2012
From the context of the article this is a European Court of Justice case Courtrsquos website
Search by the case number C-37012
International Commercial Arbitration
While there are a variety of print and electronic sources for awards not all of them are published due to confidentiality issues
Kluwer Arbitration (UCB only) Investment Claims (UCB only) Investment Treaty Arbitration ICSID Cases Oxford Reports on International Law (UCB only)
Example ICSID Decision
Quiborax SA Non Metallic Minerals SA and Allan Fosk Kaplun v Plurinational State of Bolivia ICSID Case No ARB062 Decision on Jurisdiction 27 September 2012 at paras 211-217 ICSID website Investment Claims (UCB only) Hint names of cases and case numbers may not always be correct
so if one does not work try the other For more sources for arbitration decisions see
International Commercial Arbitration Boalt Research Guide
Step 4 Foreign Law Sources
Foreign Law Guide (UCB only)Country by Country Guide to Foreign Law ResearchOther databasesWebsites
WorldLII CANLII AUSTLII
Table 2 of The Bluebook provides useful information on web resources by country
Example Foreign Constitution
Const Fr Art 54 World Constitutions Illustrated (UCB only) Constitutions of the Countries of the World (UCB only)
Example Foreign Court Decision
Fr Cons C Deacutecision number 2012-653 DC judgment of 9 August 2012
Locate the decision in French Legifrance
Search by the decision number
Decisions from non-US courts are usually not translated into English
The best source for recent cases is usually the courtrsquos website In some cases the best source will be in print only
Example Foreign Court Decision
Halpern v Canada (Attorney General) 2003 CanLII 26403 (ON CA) sect 91 CANLII is a website for Canadian law Search by the citation 2003 CanLII 26403
See Table 2 of The Bluebook for help with citations from foreign jurisdictions
France
Canada
Examples Foreign Laws
Gesetz zur Anderung des Grundgesetz (Artikel 91c 91d 104b 109 109a 115 143d) BGBl I S 2248 (Nr 48) 29 July 2009
Reforma del artiacuteculo 135 de la Constitucioacuten Espantildeola BOE n 233 27 November 2011
Both of these citations are referring to the official gazettes for each country Use Country by Country Guide to Foreign Law Research to locate
official gazettes
Step 5 Books amp Articles
Books LawCat (Law Library only) OskiCat (UCB libraries except Law Library) Melvyl (UC libraries but not accurate for Law Library)
Book Chapter Holning Lau ldquoRewriting Schalk and Kopf shifting the locus of
deferencerdquo in E Brems (ed) Diversity and European Human Rights 243 251 (2012)
Clue is ldquoinrdquo Search LawCat for the title of the book Diversity and European
Human Rights
Books Example
Discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity in Europe Strasbourg Council of Europe Publishing June 2011 pp 91 et seq Search LawCat by title Discrimination on groundshellip
Peter Rogers amp Susan Leal Running Out of Water The Looming Crisis and Solutions to Conserve our Most Precious Resource 124 (2010) LawCat you can start here by doing a title search but probably not
in our collection search title using OskiCat All UC Libraries (Melvyl)
Step 5 Articles
Law Journal Databases LegalTrac (also on LX and WL as ldquoLegal Resources Indexrdquo) Index to Legal Periodicals HeinOnline
E-Journal Titles A-Z Great for non-law journals
Lexis amp Westlaw Many journals are not on LX or WL especially non-law Locate the title of the journal by using source directories or indexes
Type title of the journal
Type title of the journal
Examples Articles
Philippe Kirsch Canadian Practice in International Law 35 CAN YB INTrsquoL L 349 372 (1997) Search LawCat for title Canadian Yearbook of International Law
Darren E Sherkat KylanMattias de Vries and Stacia Creek Race Religion and Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage 91 SOC SCI Q 80 82 (2010) E-Journal Titles A-Z Social Science Quarterly OskiCat Social Science Quarterly
Examples Other Sources
Jan Wouters amp Thomas Ramopoulos Time to Reconsider Status The IMF the EU the Euroarea and its Soverign Debt Crisis (2013) (unpublished manuscript on file with the author) Donrsquot waste your time trying to look for this item go back to your editor
R Holzhacker ldquoTransnationalization of Civil Society Organizations Striving for Equality Goals and Strategies of Gay and Lesbian Groups in Italy and the Netherlands and the Netherlandsrdquo EUI working paper RSCAS 200736 Google search for the name of the working paper or search for the
collection ldquoEUI working papersrdquo
Other steps
Step 6 Electronic sources Consider the source -- use best electronic source available
Step 7 Newspaper articles LexisNexis Westlaw Other databases Web
Step 6 Copying (scanning amp downloading) Title pages Page numbers Note You can scan for free at other campus libraries but you need to store
on USB
Other Tips
Many sources are not available in English available electronically
Use The Bluebook as a guide follow the examples
Google is just one tool ndash not the only tool Use the Advanced Search option on Google The ldquosearch within a site or domainrdquo can be very useful when a site has a
limited search mechanism You can also limit searches to org or some other generic extension
If working with materials in other languages use Google in that language Ask the librarians for help
Google Advanced Search
Request to Retrieve
Step 1 Review Sources
Primary Sources Treaties and international agreements Foreign law International case law Documents from IGOs
Secondary Sources Books Articles Reports Newspaper articles Other sources
Step 2 Abbreviations
Cardiff Index to Legal AbbreviationsBieberrsquos Dictionary [in print]The Bluebook (19th ed 2010) [in print]
Help decipher abbreviations Use Index and Tables
Guide to Foreign and International Legal Citations (2nd ed) [in print]
Noblersquos International Guide to Law Reports [in print]World Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations [in print]International Citation Manual
Bluebook Index
T13 Periodicals
Step 3 International Sources
Treaties amp International Agreements Flare Index to Treaties Frequently-Cited Treaties amp Other International Instruments
Citations already in BB format UN Treaties on HeinOnline (UCB only)
Note treaty agreement protocol MOU convention accord covenant treaties
See Table 4 of The Bluebook
Example Treaty
Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction Oct 25 1980 TIAS No 11670 1343 UNTS 89 (ldquoHague Child Abduction Conventionrdquo)
Where to find it HeinOnline (UCB only)
UN Law Collection for UNTS citation 1343 is the volume 89 is the page
Treaties amp Agreements Library for TIAS Go to TIAS Agreements and locate by the number 11670
For more assistance with treaty research see UN Treaties Boalt Research Guide
Step 3 International Sources
United Nations Documents (UN Doc) UN Documentation Centre Official Document Service (ODS) UNBISnet
See rule 217 and Table 3 of The Bluebook for help deciphering UN abbreviations
Example UN Resolution
United Nations Resolution adopted by the General Assembly The right to development ARES54175 (2000)
Several ways to locate this document UN Documents UNBISnet (look by by UN document number) ODS
For more help with UN Documents see The United Nations Boalt Research Guide
Step 3 International Law
European Union Materials Eur-Lex
European Court of Justice Lexis (not Advance) Westlaw
See rule 2182 and Table 3 of The Bluebook for help deciphering EU material
Example EU Law
Council Regulation 146697 of 7 July 1997 on the Strengthening of the Surveillance of Budgetary Positions and the Surveillance and Coordination of Economic Policies 1997 OJ (L 209) 1 Eur-Lex
OJ is the Official Journal and L means itrsquos in the Legislation series and C means itrsquos in the Communication series ndash both are available on Eur-Lex
Lexis (not Advance)Westlaw
Step 3 International Law
International Case Law Sources vary but start w court or tribunalrsquos website
PCIJ ICJ ECHR ECJ ICSID hellip International Law Reports (UCB only) (cited as ILR) Oxford Reports on International Law (UCB only) International Courts amp Tribunals Library Many reporters available in print
Example ICJ Decision
Case Concerning KasikiliSedudu Island (Botswana v Namibia) Dissenting Opinion of Judge Parra-Aranguren 1999 ICJ Rep 1208 1213 para 16 (Dec 13)
This is a case from the International Court of Justice Official reports are in print KZ214I58 HeinOnline (UCB only) ICJ website
Look under ldquoall casesrdquo or ldquocontentious casesrdquo and search for the case 1999 is the year the case was decided and so the case wonrsquot be listed under that year
Site also contains PCIJ
Example European Court of Human Rights
ECtHR Schalk and Kopf v Austria Appl No 3014104 24 June 2010 sect 55
This is the European Court of Human Rights HUDOC
Choose ldquoAdvanced Searchrdquo and search by the application number Separate opinions both dissenting and concurring are annexed to the
judgment (are at the end of the judgment document)
Example European Court of Justice
Case C-37012 Pringle v Govrsquot of Ireland judgment of 27 November 2012
From the context of the article this is a European Court of Justice case Courtrsquos website
Search by the case number C-37012
International Commercial Arbitration
While there are a variety of print and electronic sources for awards not all of them are published due to confidentiality issues
Kluwer Arbitration (UCB only) Investment Claims (UCB only) Investment Treaty Arbitration ICSID Cases Oxford Reports on International Law (UCB only)
Example ICSID Decision
Quiborax SA Non Metallic Minerals SA and Allan Fosk Kaplun v Plurinational State of Bolivia ICSID Case No ARB062 Decision on Jurisdiction 27 September 2012 at paras 211-217 ICSID website Investment Claims (UCB only) Hint names of cases and case numbers may not always be correct
so if one does not work try the other For more sources for arbitration decisions see
International Commercial Arbitration Boalt Research Guide
Step 4 Foreign Law Sources
Foreign Law Guide (UCB only)Country by Country Guide to Foreign Law ResearchOther databasesWebsites
WorldLII CANLII AUSTLII
Table 2 of The Bluebook provides useful information on web resources by country
Example Foreign Constitution
Const Fr Art 54 World Constitutions Illustrated (UCB only) Constitutions of the Countries of the World (UCB only)
Example Foreign Court Decision
Fr Cons C Deacutecision number 2012-653 DC judgment of 9 August 2012
Locate the decision in French Legifrance
Search by the decision number
Decisions from non-US courts are usually not translated into English
The best source for recent cases is usually the courtrsquos website In some cases the best source will be in print only
Example Foreign Court Decision
Halpern v Canada (Attorney General) 2003 CanLII 26403 (ON CA) sect 91 CANLII is a website for Canadian law Search by the citation 2003 CanLII 26403
See Table 2 of The Bluebook for help with citations from foreign jurisdictions
France
Canada
Examples Foreign Laws
Gesetz zur Anderung des Grundgesetz (Artikel 91c 91d 104b 109 109a 115 143d) BGBl I S 2248 (Nr 48) 29 July 2009
Reforma del artiacuteculo 135 de la Constitucioacuten Espantildeola BOE n 233 27 November 2011
Both of these citations are referring to the official gazettes for each country Use Country by Country Guide to Foreign Law Research to locate
official gazettes
Step 5 Books amp Articles
Books LawCat (Law Library only) OskiCat (UCB libraries except Law Library) Melvyl (UC libraries but not accurate for Law Library)
Book Chapter Holning Lau ldquoRewriting Schalk and Kopf shifting the locus of
deferencerdquo in E Brems (ed) Diversity and European Human Rights 243 251 (2012)
Clue is ldquoinrdquo Search LawCat for the title of the book Diversity and European
Human Rights
Books Example
Discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity in Europe Strasbourg Council of Europe Publishing June 2011 pp 91 et seq Search LawCat by title Discrimination on groundshellip
Peter Rogers amp Susan Leal Running Out of Water The Looming Crisis and Solutions to Conserve our Most Precious Resource 124 (2010) LawCat you can start here by doing a title search but probably not
in our collection search title using OskiCat All UC Libraries (Melvyl)
Step 5 Articles
Law Journal Databases LegalTrac (also on LX and WL as ldquoLegal Resources Indexrdquo) Index to Legal Periodicals HeinOnline
E-Journal Titles A-Z Great for non-law journals
Lexis amp Westlaw Many journals are not on LX or WL especially non-law Locate the title of the journal by using source directories or indexes
Type title of the journal
Type title of the journal
Examples Articles
Philippe Kirsch Canadian Practice in International Law 35 CAN YB INTrsquoL L 349 372 (1997) Search LawCat for title Canadian Yearbook of International Law
Darren E Sherkat KylanMattias de Vries and Stacia Creek Race Religion and Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage 91 SOC SCI Q 80 82 (2010) E-Journal Titles A-Z Social Science Quarterly OskiCat Social Science Quarterly
Examples Other Sources
Jan Wouters amp Thomas Ramopoulos Time to Reconsider Status The IMF the EU the Euroarea and its Soverign Debt Crisis (2013) (unpublished manuscript on file with the author) Donrsquot waste your time trying to look for this item go back to your editor
R Holzhacker ldquoTransnationalization of Civil Society Organizations Striving for Equality Goals and Strategies of Gay and Lesbian Groups in Italy and the Netherlands and the Netherlandsrdquo EUI working paper RSCAS 200736 Google search for the name of the working paper or search for the
collection ldquoEUI working papersrdquo
Other steps
Step 6 Electronic sources Consider the source -- use best electronic source available
Step 7 Newspaper articles LexisNexis Westlaw Other databases Web
Step 6 Copying (scanning amp downloading) Title pages Page numbers Note You can scan for free at other campus libraries but you need to store
on USB
Other Tips
Many sources are not available in English available electronically
Use The Bluebook as a guide follow the examples
Google is just one tool ndash not the only tool Use the Advanced Search option on Google The ldquosearch within a site or domainrdquo can be very useful when a site has a
limited search mechanism You can also limit searches to org or some other generic extension
If working with materials in other languages use Google in that language Ask the librarians for help
Google Advanced Search
Step 1 Review Sources
Primary Sources Treaties and international agreements Foreign law International case law Documents from IGOs
Secondary Sources Books Articles Reports Newspaper articles Other sources
Step 2 Abbreviations
Cardiff Index to Legal AbbreviationsBieberrsquos Dictionary [in print]The Bluebook (19th ed 2010) [in print]
Help decipher abbreviations Use Index and Tables
Guide to Foreign and International Legal Citations (2nd ed) [in print]
Noblersquos International Guide to Law Reports [in print]World Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations [in print]International Citation Manual
Bluebook Index
T13 Periodicals
Step 3 International Sources
Treaties amp International Agreements Flare Index to Treaties Frequently-Cited Treaties amp Other International Instruments
Citations already in BB format UN Treaties on HeinOnline (UCB only)
Note treaty agreement protocol MOU convention accord covenant treaties
See Table 4 of The Bluebook
Example Treaty
Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction Oct 25 1980 TIAS No 11670 1343 UNTS 89 (ldquoHague Child Abduction Conventionrdquo)
Where to find it HeinOnline (UCB only)
UN Law Collection for UNTS citation 1343 is the volume 89 is the page
Treaties amp Agreements Library for TIAS Go to TIAS Agreements and locate by the number 11670
For more assistance with treaty research see UN Treaties Boalt Research Guide
Step 3 International Sources
United Nations Documents (UN Doc) UN Documentation Centre Official Document Service (ODS) UNBISnet
See rule 217 and Table 3 of The Bluebook for help deciphering UN abbreviations
Example UN Resolution
United Nations Resolution adopted by the General Assembly The right to development ARES54175 (2000)
Several ways to locate this document UN Documents UNBISnet (look by by UN document number) ODS
For more help with UN Documents see The United Nations Boalt Research Guide
Step 3 International Law
European Union Materials Eur-Lex
European Court of Justice Lexis (not Advance) Westlaw
See rule 2182 and Table 3 of The Bluebook for help deciphering EU material
Example EU Law
Council Regulation 146697 of 7 July 1997 on the Strengthening of the Surveillance of Budgetary Positions and the Surveillance and Coordination of Economic Policies 1997 OJ (L 209) 1 Eur-Lex
OJ is the Official Journal and L means itrsquos in the Legislation series and C means itrsquos in the Communication series ndash both are available on Eur-Lex
Lexis (not Advance)Westlaw
Step 3 International Law
International Case Law Sources vary but start w court or tribunalrsquos website
PCIJ ICJ ECHR ECJ ICSID hellip International Law Reports (UCB only) (cited as ILR) Oxford Reports on International Law (UCB only) International Courts amp Tribunals Library Many reporters available in print
Example ICJ Decision
Case Concerning KasikiliSedudu Island (Botswana v Namibia) Dissenting Opinion of Judge Parra-Aranguren 1999 ICJ Rep 1208 1213 para 16 (Dec 13)
This is a case from the International Court of Justice Official reports are in print KZ214I58 HeinOnline (UCB only) ICJ website
Look under ldquoall casesrdquo or ldquocontentious casesrdquo and search for the case 1999 is the year the case was decided and so the case wonrsquot be listed under that year
Site also contains PCIJ
Example European Court of Human Rights
ECtHR Schalk and Kopf v Austria Appl No 3014104 24 June 2010 sect 55
This is the European Court of Human Rights HUDOC
Choose ldquoAdvanced Searchrdquo and search by the application number Separate opinions both dissenting and concurring are annexed to the
judgment (are at the end of the judgment document)
Example European Court of Justice
Case C-37012 Pringle v Govrsquot of Ireland judgment of 27 November 2012
From the context of the article this is a European Court of Justice case Courtrsquos website
Search by the case number C-37012
International Commercial Arbitration
While there are a variety of print and electronic sources for awards not all of them are published due to confidentiality issues
Kluwer Arbitration (UCB only) Investment Claims (UCB only) Investment Treaty Arbitration ICSID Cases Oxford Reports on International Law (UCB only)
Example ICSID Decision
Quiborax SA Non Metallic Minerals SA and Allan Fosk Kaplun v Plurinational State of Bolivia ICSID Case No ARB062 Decision on Jurisdiction 27 September 2012 at paras 211-217 ICSID website Investment Claims (UCB only) Hint names of cases and case numbers may not always be correct
so if one does not work try the other For more sources for arbitration decisions see
International Commercial Arbitration Boalt Research Guide
Step 4 Foreign Law Sources
Foreign Law Guide (UCB only)Country by Country Guide to Foreign Law ResearchOther databasesWebsites
WorldLII CANLII AUSTLII
Table 2 of The Bluebook provides useful information on web resources by country
Example Foreign Constitution
Const Fr Art 54 World Constitutions Illustrated (UCB only) Constitutions of the Countries of the World (UCB only)
Example Foreign Court Decision
Fr Cons C Deacutecision number 2012-653 DC judgment of 9 August 2012
Locate the decision in French Legifrance
Search by the decision number
Decisions from non-US courts are usually not translated into English
The best source for recent cases is usually the courtrsquos website In some cases the best source will be in print only
Example Foreign Court Decision
Halpern v Canada (Attorney General) 2003 CanLII 26403 (ON CA) sect 91 CANLII is a website for Canadian law Search by the citation 2003 CanLII 26403
See Table 2 of The Bluebook for help with citations from foreign jurisdictions
France
Canada
Examples Foreign Laws
Gesetz zur Anderung des Grundgesetz (Artikel 91c 91d 104b 109 109a 115 143d) BGBl I S 2248 (Nr 48) 29 July 2009
Reforma del artiacuteculo 135 de la Constitucioacuten Espantildeola BOE n 233 27 November 2011
Both of these citations are referring to the official gazettes for each country Use Country by Country Guide to Foreign Law Research to locate
official gazettes
Step 5 Books amp Articles
Books LawCat (Law Library only) OskiCat (UCB libraries except Law Library) Melvyl (UC libraries but not accurate for Law Library)
Book Chapter Holning Lau ldquoRewriting Schalk and Kopf shifting the locus of
deferencerdquo in E Brems (ed) Diversity and European Human Rights 243 251 (2012)
Clue is ldquoinrdquo Search LawCat for the title of the book Diversity and European
Human Rights
Books Example
Discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity in Europe Strasbourg Council of Europe Publishing June 2011 pp 91 et seq Search LawCat by title Discrimination on groundshellip
Peter Rogers amp Susan Leal Running Out of Water The Looming Crisis and Solutions to Conserve our Most Precious Resource 124 (2010) LawCat you can start here by doing a title search but probably not
in our collection search title using OskiCat All UC Libraries (Melvyl)
Step 5 Articles
Law Journal Databases LegalTrac (also on LX and WL as ldquoLegal Resources Indexrdquo) Index to Legal Periodicals HeinOnline
E-Journal Titles A-Z Great for non-law journals
Lexis amp Westlaw Many journals are not on LX or WL especially non-law Locate the title of the journal by using source directories or indexes
Type title of the journal
Type title of the journal
Examples Articles
Philippe Kirsch Canadian Practice in International Law 35 CAN YB INTrsquoL L 349 372 (1997) Search LawCat for title Canadian Yearbook of International Law
Darren E Sherkat KylanMattias de Vries and Stacia Creek Race Religion and Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage 91 SOC SCI Q 80 82 (2010) E-Journal Titles A-Z Social Science Quarterly OskiCat Social Science Quarterly
Examples Other Sources
Jan Wouters amp Thomas Ramopoulos Time to Reconsider Status The IMF the EU the Euroarea and its Soverign Debt Crisis (2013) (unpublished manuscript on file with the author) Donrsquot waste your time trying to look for this item go back to your editor
R Holzhacker ldquoTransnationalization of Civil Society Organizations Striving for Equality Goals and Strategies of Gay and Lesbian Groups in Italy and the Netherlands and the Netherlandsrdquo EUI working paper RSCAS 200736 Google search for the name of the working paper or search for the
collection ldquoEUI working papersrdquo
Other steps
Step 6 Electronic sources Consider the source -- use best electronic source available
Step 7 Newspaper articles LexisNexis Westlaw Other databases Web
Step 6 Copying (scanning amp downloading) Title pages Page numbers Note You can scan for free at other campus libraries but you need to store
on USB
Other Tips
Many sources are not available in English available electronically
Use The Bluebook as a guide follow the examples
Google is just one tool ndash not the only tool Use the Advanced Search option on Google The ldquosearch within a site or domainrdquo can be very useful when a site has a
limited search mechanism You can also limit searches to org or some other generic extension
If working with materials in other languages use Google in that language Ask the librarians for help
Google Advanced Search
Step 2 Abbreviations
Cardiff Index to Legal AbbreviationsBieberrsquos Dictionary [in print]The Bluebook (19th ed 2010) [in print]
Help decipher abbreviations Use Index and Tables
Guide to Foreign and International Legal Citations (2nd ed) [in print]
Noblersquos International Guide to Law Reports [in print]World Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations [in print]International Citation Manual
Bluebook Index
T13 Periodicals
Step 3 International Sources
Treaties amp International Agreements Flare Index to Treaties Frequently-Cited Treaties amp Other International Instruments
Citations already in BB format UN Treaties on HeinOnline (UCB only)
Note treaty agreement protocol MOU convention accord covenant treaties
See Table 4 of The Bluebook
Example Treaty
Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction Oct 25 1980 TIAS No 11670 1343 UNTS 89 (ldquoHague Child Abduction Conventionrdquo)
Where to find it HeinOnline (UCB only)
UN Law Collection for UNTS citation 1343 is the volume 89 is the page
Treaties amp Agreements Library for TIAS Go to TIAS Agreements and locate by the number 11670
For more assistance with treaty research see UN Treaties Boalt Research Guide
Step 3 International Sources
United Nations Documents (UN Doc) UN Documentation Centre Official Document Service (ODS) UNBISnet
See rule 217 and Table 3 of The Bluebook for help deciphering UN abbreviations
Example UN Resolution
United Nations Resolution adopted by the General Assembly The right to development ARES54175 (2000)
Several ways to locate this document UN Documents UNBISnet (look by by UN document number) ODS
For more help with UN Documents see The United Nations Boalt Research Guide
Step 3 International Law
European Union Materials Eur-Lex
European Court of Justice Lexis (not Advance) Westlaw
See rule 2182 and Table 3 of The Bluebook for help deciphering EU material
Example EU Law
Council Regulation 146697 of 7 July 1997 on the Strengthening of the Surveillance of Budgetary Positions and the Surveillance and Coordination of Economic Policies 1997 OJ (L 209) 1 Eur-Lex
OJ is the Official Journal and L means itrsquos in the Legislation series and C means itrsquos in the Communication series ndash both are available on Eur-Lex
Lexis (not Advance)Westlaw
Step 3 International Law
International Case Law Sources vary but start w court or tribunalrsquos website
PCIJ ICJ ECHR ECJ ICSID hellip International Law Reports (UCB only) (cited as ILR) Oxford Reports on International Law (UCB only) International Courts amp Tribunals Library Many reporters available in print
Example ICJ Decision
Case Concerning KasikiliSedudu Island (Botswana v Namibia) Dissenting Opinion of Judge Parra-Aranguren 1999 ICJ Rep 1208 1213 para 16 (Dec 13)
This is a case from the International Court of Justice Official reports are in print KZ214I58 HeinOnline (UCB only) ICJ website
Look under ldquoall casesrdquo or ldquocontentious casesrdquo and search for the case 1999 is the year the case was decided and so the case wonrsquot be listed under that year
Site also contains PCIJ
Example European Court of Human Rights
ECtHR Schalk and Kopf v Austria Appl No 3014104 24 June 2010 sect 55
This is the European Court of Human Rights HUDOC
Choose ldquoAdvanced Searchrdquo and search by the application number Separate opinions both dissenting and concurring are annexed to the
judgment (are at the end of the judgment document)
Example European Court of Justice
Case C-37012 Pringle v Govrsquot of Ireland judgment of 27 November 2012
From the context of the article this is a European Court of Justice case Courtrsquos website
Search by the case number C-37012
International Commercial Arbitration
While there are a variety of print and electronic sources for awards not all of them are published due to confidentiality issues
Kluwer Arbitration (UCB only) Investment Claims (UCB only) Investment Treaty Arbitration ICSID Cases Oxford Reports on International Law (UCB only)
Example ICSID Decision
Quiborax SA Non Metallic Minerals SA and Allan Fosk Kaplun v Plurinational State of Bolivia ICSID Case No ARB062 Decision on Jurisdiction 27 September 2012 at paras 211-217 ICSID website Investment Claims (UCB only) Hint names of cases and case numbers may not always be correct
so if one does not work try the other For more sources for arbitration decisions see
International Commercial Arbitration Boalt Research Guide
Step 4 Foreign Law Sources
Foreign Law Guide (UCB only)Country by Country Guide to Foreign Law ResearchOther databasesWebsites
WorldLII CANLII AUSTLII
Table 2 of The Bluebook provides useful information on web resources by country
Example Foreign Constitution
Const Fr Art 54 World Constitutions Illustrated (UCB only) Constitutions of the Countries of the World (UCB only)
Example Foreign Court Decision
Fr Cons C Deacutecision number 2012-653 DC judgment of 9 August 2012
Locate the decision in French Legifrance
Search by the decision number
Decisions from non-US courts are usually not translated into English
The best source for recent cases is usually the courtrsquos website In some cases the best source will be in print only
Example Foreign Court Decision
Halpern v Canada (Attorney General) 2003 CanLII 26403 (ON CA) sect 91 CANLII is a website for Canadian law Search by the citation 2003 CanLII 26403
See Table 2 of The Bluebook for help with citations from foreign jurisdictions
France
Canada
Examples Foreign Laws
Gesetz zur Anderung des Grundgesetz (Artikel 91c 91d 104b 109 109a 115 143d) BGBl I S 2248 (Nr 48) 29 July 2009
Reforma del artiacuteculo 135 de la Constitucioacuten Espantildeola BOE n 233 27 November 2011
Both of these citations are referring to the official gazettes for each country Use Country by Country Guide to Foreign Law Research to locate
official gazettes
Step 5 Books amp Articles
Books LawCat (Law Library only) OskiCat (UCB libraries except Law Library) Melvyl (UC libraries but not accurate for Law Library)
Book Chapter Holning Lau ldquoRewriting Schalk and Kopf shifting the locus of
deferencerdquo in E Brems (ed) Diversity and European Human Rights 243 251 (2012)
Clue is ldquoinrdquo Search LawCat for the title of the book Diversity and European
Human Rights
Books Example
Discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity in Europe Strasbourg Council of Europe Publishing June 2011 pp 91 et seq Search LawCat by title Discrimination on groundshellip
Peter Rogers amp Susan Leal Running Out of Water The Looming Crisis and Solutions to Conserve our Most Precious Resource 124 (2010) LawCat you can start here by doing a title search but probably not
in our collection search title using OskiCat All UC Libraries (Melvyl)
Step 5 Articles
Law Journal Databases LegalTrac (also on LX and WL as ldquoLegal Resources Indexrdquo) Index to Legal Periodicals HeinOnline
E-Journal Titles A-Z Great for non-law journals
Lexis amp Westlaw Many journals are not on LX or WL especially non-law Locate the title of the journal by using source directories or indexes
Type title of the journal
Type title of the journal
Examples Articles
Philippe Kirsch Canadian Practice in International Law 35 CAN YB INTrsquoL L 349 372 (1997) Search LawCat for title Canadian Yearbook of International Law
Darren E Sherkat KylanMattias de Vries and Stacia Creek Race Religion and Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage 91 SOC SCI Q 80 82 (2010) E-Journal Titles A-Z Social Science Quarterly OskiCat Social Science Quarterly
Examples Other Sources
Jan Wouters amp Thomas Ramopoulos Time to Reconsider Status The IMF the EU the Euroarea and its Soverign Debt Crisis (2013) (unpublished manuscript on file with the author) Donrsquot waste your time trying to look for this item go back to your editor
R Holzhacker ldquoTransnationalization of Civil Society Organizations Striving for Equality Goals and Strategies of Gay and Lesbian Groups in Italy and the Netherlands and the Netherlandsrdquo EUI working paper RSCAS 200736 Google search for the name of the working paper or search for the
collection ldquoEUI working papersrdquo
Other steps
Step 6 Electronic sources Consider the source -- use best electronic source available
Step 7 Newspaper articles LexisNexis Westlaw Other databases Web
Step 6 Copying (scanning amp downloading) Title pages Page numbers Note You can scan for free at other campus libraries but you need to store
on USB
Other Tips
Many sources are not available in English available electronically
Use The Bluebook as a guide follow the examples
Google is just one tool ndash not the only tool Use the Advanced Search option on Google The ldquosearch within a site or domainrdquo can be very useful when a site has a
limited search mechanism You can also limit searches to org or some other generic extension
If working with materials in other languages use Google in that language Ask the librarians for help
Google Advanced Search
Bluebook Index
T13 Periodicals
Step 3 International Sources
Treaties amp International Agreements Flare Index to Treaties Frequently-Cited Treaties amp Other International Instruments
Citations already in BB format UN Treaties on HeinOnline (UCB only)
Note treaty agreement protocol MOU convention accord covenant treaties
See Table 4 of The Bluebook
Example Treaty
Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction Oct 25 1980 TIAS No 11670 1343 UNTS 89 (ldquoHague Child Abduction Conventionrdquo)
Where to find it HeinOnline (UCB only)
UN Law Collection for UNTS citation 1343 is the volume 89 is the page
Treaties amp Agreements Library for TIAS Go to TIAS Agreements and locate by the number 11670
For more assistance with treaty research see UN Treaties Boalt Research Guide
Step 3 International Sources
United Nations Documents (UN Doc) UN Documentation Centre Official Document Service (ODS) UNBISnet
See rule 217 and Table 3 of The Bluebook for help deciphering UN abbreviations
Example UN Resolution
United Nations Resolution adopted by the General Assembly The right to development ARES54175 (2000)
Several ways to locate this document UN Documents UNBISnet (look by by UN document number) ODS
For more help with UN Documents see The United Nations Boalt Research Guide
Step 3 International Law
European Union Materials Eur-Lex
European Court of Justice Lexis (not Advance) Westlaw
See rule 2182 and Table 3 of The Bluebook for help deciphering EU material
Example EU Law
Council Regulation 146697 of 7 July 1997 on the Strengthening of the Surveillance of Budgetary Positions and the Surveillance and Coordination of Economic Policies 1997 OJ (L 209) 1 Eur-Lex
OJ is the Official Journal and L means itrsquos in the Legislation series and C means itrsquos in the Communication series ndash both are available on Eur-Lex
Lexis (not Advance)Westlaw
Step 3 International Law
International Case Law Sources vary but start w court or tribunalrsquos website
PCIJ ICJ ECHR ECJ ICSID hellip International Law Reports (UCB only) (cited as ILR) Oxford Reports on International Law (UCB only) International Courts amp Tribunals Library Many reporters available in print
Example ICJ Decision
Case Concerning KasikiliSedudu Island (Botswana v Namibia) Dissenting Opinion of Judge Parra-Aranguren 1999 ICJ Rep 1208 1213 para 16 (Dec 13)
This is a case from the International Court of Justice Official reports are in print KZ214I58 HeinOnline (UCB only) ICJ website
Look under ldquoall casesrdquo or ldquocontentious casesrdquo and search for the case 1999 is the year the case was decided and so the case wonrsquot be listed under that year
Site also contains PCIJ
Example European Court of Human Rights
ECtHR Schalk and Kopf v Austria Appl No 3014104 24 June 2010 sect 55
This is the European Court of Human Rights HUDOC
Choose ldquoAdvanced Searchrdquo and search by the application number Separate opinions both dissenting and concurring are annexed to the
judgment (are at the end of the judgment document)
Example European Court of Justice
Case C-37012 Pringle v Govrsquot of Ireland judgment of 27 November 2012
From the context of the article this is a European Court of Justice case Courtrsquos website
Search by the case number C-37012
International Commercial Arbitration
While there are a variety of print and electronic sources for awards not all of them are published due to confidentiality issues
Kluwer Arbitration (UCB only) Investment Claims (UCB only) Investment Treaty Arbitration ICSID Cases Oxford Reports on International Law (UCB only)
Example ICSID Decision
Quiborax SA Non Metallic Minerals SA and Allan Fosk Kaplun v Plurinational State of Bolivia ICSID Case No ARB062 Decision on Jurisdiction 27 September 2012 at paras 211-217 ICSID website Investment Claims (UCB only) Hint names of cases and case numbers may not always be correct
so if one does not work try the other For more sources for arbitration decisions see
International Commercial Arbitration Boalt Research Guide
Step 4 Foreign Law Sources
Foreign Law Guide (UCB only)Country by Country Guide to Foreign Law ResearchOther databasesWebsites
WorldLII CANLII AUSTLII
Table 2 of The Bluebook provides useful information on web resources by country
Example Foreign Constitution
Const Fr Art 54 World Constitutions Illustrated (UCB only) Constitutions of the Countries of the World (UCB only)
Example Foreign Court Decision
Fr Cons C Deacutecision number 2012-653 DC judgment of 9 August 2012
Locate the decision in French Legifrance
Search by the decision number
Decisions from non-US courts are usually not translated into English
The best source for recent cases is usually the courtrsquos website In some cases the best source will be in print only
Example Foreign Court Decision
Halpern v Canada (Attorney General) 2003 CanLII 26403 (ON CA) sect 91 CANLII is a website for Canadian law Search by the citation 2003 CanLII 26403
See Table 2 of The Bluebook for help with citations from foreign jurisdictions
France
Canada
Examples Foreign Laws
Gesetz zur Anderung des Grundgesetz (Artikel 91c 91d 104b 109 109a 115 143d) BGBl I S 2248 (Nr 48) 29 July 2009
Reforma del artiacuteculo 135 de la Constitucioacuten Espantildeola BOE n 233 27 November 2011
Both of these citations are referring to the official gazettes for each country Use Country by Country Guide to Foreign Law Research to locate
official gazettes
Step 5 Books amp Articles
Books LawCat (Law Library only) OskiCat (UCB libraries except Law Library) Melvyl (UC libraries but not accurate for Law Library)
Book Chapter Holning Lau ldquoRewriting Schalk and Kopf shifting the locus of
deferencerdquo in E Brems (ed) Diversity and European Human Rights 243 251 (2012)
Clue is ldquoinrdquo Search LawCat for the title of the book Diversity and European
Human Rights
Books Example
Discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity in Europe Strasbourg Council of Europe Publishing June 2011 pp 91 et seq Search LawCat by title Discrimination on groundshellip
Peter Rogers amp Susan Leal Running Out of Water The Looming Crisis and Solutions to Conserve our Most Precious Resource 124 (2010) LawCat you can start here by doing a title search but probably not
in our collection search title using OskiCat All UC Libraries (Melvyl)
Step 5 Articles
Law Journal Databases LegalTrac (also on LX and WL as ldquoLegal Resources Indexrdquo) Index to Legal Periodicals HeinOnline
E-Journal Titles A-Z Great for non-law journals
Lexis amp Westlaw Many journals are not on LX or WL especially non-law Locate the title of the journal by using source directories or indexes
Type title of the journal
Type title of the journal
Examples Articles
Philippe Kirsch Canadian Practice in International Law 35 CAN YB INTrsquoL L 349 372 (1997) Search LawCat for title Canadian Yearbook of International Law
Darren E Sherkat KylanMattias de Vries and Stacia Creek Race Religion and Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage 91 SOC SCI Q 80 82 (2010) E-Journal Titles A-Z Social Science Quarterly OskiCat Social Science Quarterly
Examples Other Sources
Jan Wouters amp Thomas Ramopoulos Time to Reconsider Status The IMF the EU the Euroarea and its Soverign Debt Crisis (2013) (unpublished manuscript on file with the author) Donrsquot waste your time trying to look for this item go back to your editor
R Holzhacker ldquoTransnationalization of Civil Society Organizations Striving for Equality Goals and Strategies of Gay and Lesbian Groups in Italy and the Netherlands and the Netherlandsrdquo EUI working paper RSCAS 200736 Google search for the name of the working paper or search for the
collection ldquoEUI working papersrdquo
Other steps
Step 6 Electronic sources Consider the source -- use best electronic source available
Step 7 Newspaper articles LexisNexis Westlaw Other databases Web
Step 6 Copying (scanning amp downloading) Title pages Page numbers Note You can scan for free at other campus libraries but you need to store
on USB
Other Tips
Many sources are not available in English available electronically
Use The Bluebook as a guide follow the examples
Google is just one tool ndash not the only tool Use the Advanced Search option on Google The ldquosearch within a site or domainrdquo can be very useful when a site has a
limited search mechanism You can also limit searches to org or some other generic extension
If working with materials in other languages use Google in that language Ask the librarians for help
Google Advanced Search
T13 Periodicals
Step 3 International Sources
Treaties amp International Agreements Flare Index to Treaties Frequently-Cited Treaties amp Other International Instruments
Citations already in BB format UN Treaties on HeinOnline (UCB only)
Note treaty agreement protocol MOU convention accord covenant treaties
See Table 4 of The Bluebook
Example Treaty
Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction Oct 25 1980 TIAS No 11670 1343 UNTS 89 (ldquoHague Child Abduction Conventionrdquo)
Where to find it HeinOnline (UCB only)
UN Law Collection for UNTS citation 1343 is the volume 89 is the page
Treaties amp Agreements Library for TIAS Go to TIAS Agreements and locate by the number 11670
For more assistance with treaty research see UN Treaties Boalt Research Guide
Step 3 International Sources
United Nations Documents (UN Doc) UN Documentation Centre Official Document Service (ODS) UNBISnet
See rule 217 and Table 3 of The Bluebook for help deciphering UN abbreviations
Example UN Resolution
United Nations Resolution adopted by the General Assembly The right to development ARES54175 (2000)
Several ways to locate this document UN Documents UNBISnet (look by by UN document number) ODS
For more help with UN Documents see The United Nations Boalt Research Guide
Step 3 International Law
European Union Materials Eur-Lex
European Court of Justice Lexis (not Advance) Westlaw
See rule 2182 and Table 3 of The Bluebook for help deciphering EU material
Example EU Law
Council Regulation 146697 of 7 July 1997 on the Strengthening of the Surveillance of Budgetary Positions and the Surveillance and Coordination of Economic Policies 1997 OJ (L 209) 1 Eur-Lex
OJ is the Official Journal and L means itrsquos in the Legislation series and C means itrsquos in the Communication series ndash both are available on Eur-Lex
Lexis (not Advance)Westlaw
Step 3 International Law
International Case Law Sources vary but start w court or tribunalrsquos website
PCIJ ICJ ECHR ECJ ICSID hellip International Law Reports (UCB only) (cited as ILR) Oxford Reports on International Law (UCB only) International Courts amp Tribunals Library Many reporters available in print
Example ICJ Decision
Case Concerning KasikiliSedudu Island (Botswana v Namibia) Dissenting Opinion of Judge Parra-Aranguren 1999 ICJ Rep 1208 1213 para 16 (Dec 13)
This is a case from the International Court of Justice Official reports are in print KZ214I58 HeinOnline (UCB only) ICJ website
Look under ldquoall casesrdquo or ldquocontentious casesrdquo and search for the case 1999 is the year the case was decided and so the case wonrsquot be listed under that year
Site also contains PCIJ
Example European Court of Human Rights
ECtHR Schalk and Kopf v Austria Appl No 3014104 24 June 2010 sect 55
This is the European Court of Human Rights HUDOC
Choose ldquoAdvanced Searchrdquo and search by the application number Separate opinions both dissenting and concurring are annexed to the
judgment (are at the end of the judgment document)
Example European Court of Justice
Case C-37012 Pringle v Govrsquot of Ireland judgment of 27 November 2012
From the context of the article this is a European Court of Justice case Courtrsquos website
Search by the case number C-37012
International Commercial Arbitration
While there are a variety of print and electronic sources for awards not all of them are published due to confidentiality issues
Kluwer Arbitration (UCB only) Investment Claims (UCB only) Investment Treaty Arbitration ICSID Cases Oxford Reports on International Law (UCB only)
Example ICSID Decision
Quiborax SA Non Metallic Minerals SA and Allan Fosk Kaplun v Plurinational State of Bolivia ICSID Case No ARB062 Decision on Jurisdiction 27 September 2012 at paras 211-217 ICSID website Investment Claims (UCB only) Hint names of cases and case numbers may not always be correct
so if one does not work try the other For more sources for arbitration decisions see
International Commercial Arbitration Boalt Research Guide
Step 4 Foreign Law Sources
Foreign Law Guide (UCB only)Country by Country Guide to Foreign Law ResearchOther databasesWebsites
WorldLII CANLII AUSTLII
Table 2 of The Bluebook provides useful information on web resources by country
Example Foreign Constitution
Const Fr Art 54 World Constitutions Illustrated (UCB only) Constitutions of the Countries of the World (UCB only)
Example Foreign Court Decision
Fr Cons C Deacutecision number 2012-653 DC judgment of 9 August 2012
Locate the decision in French Legifrance
Search by the decision number
Decisions from non-US courts are usually not translated into English
The best source for recent cases is usually the courtrsquos website In some cases the best source will be in print only
Example Foreign Court Decision
Halpern v Canada (Attorney General) 2003 CanLII 26403 (ON CA) sect 91 CANLII is a website for Canadian law Search by the citation 2003 CanLII 26403
See Table 2 of The Bluebook for help with citations from foreign jurisdictions
France
Canada
Examples Foreign Laws
Gesetz zur Anderung des Grundgesetz (Artikel 91c 91d 104b 109 109a 115 143d) BGBl I S 2248 (Nr 48) 29 July 2009
Reforma del artiacuteculo 135 de la Constitucioacuten Espantildeola BOE n 233 27 November 2011
Both of these citations are referring to the official gazettes for each country Use Country by Country Guide to Foreign Law Research to locate
official gazettes
Step 5 Books amp Articles
Books LawCat (Law Library only) OskiCat (UCB libraries except Law Library) Melvyl (UC libraries but not accurate for Law Library)
Book Chapter Holning Lau ldquoRewriting Schalk and Kopf shifting the locus of
deferencerdquo in E Brems (ed) Diversity and European Human Rights 243 251 (2012)
Clue is ldquoinrdquo Search LawCat for the title of the book Diversity and European
Human Rights
Books Example
Discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity in Europe Strasbourg Council of Europe Publishing June 2011 pp 91 et seq Search LawCat by title Discrimination on groundshellip
Peter Rogers amp Susan Leal Running Out of Water The Looming Crisis and Solutions to Conserve our Most Precious Resource 124 (2010) LawCat you can start here by doing a title search but probably not
in our collection search title using OskiCat All UC Libraries (Melvyl)
Step 5 Articles
Law Journal Databases LegalTrac (also on LX and WL as ldquoLegal Resources Indexrdquo) Index to Legal Periodicals HeinOnline
E-Journal Titles A-Z Great for non-law journals
Lexis amp Westlaw Many journals are not on LX or WL especially non-law Locate the title of the journal by using source directories or indexes
Type title of the journal
Type title of the journal
Examples Articles
Philippe Kirsch Canadian Practice in International Law 35 CAN YB INTrsquoL L 349 372 (1997) Search LawCat for title Canadian Yearbook of International Law
Darren E Sherkat KylanMattias de Vries and Stacia Creek Race Religion and Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage 91 SOC SCI Q 80 82 (2010) E-Journal Titles A-Z Social Science Quarterly OskiCat Social Science Quarterly
Examples Other Sources
Jan Wouters amp Thomas Ramopoulos Time to Reconsider Status The IMF the EU the Euroarea and its Soverign Debt Crisis (2013) (unpublished manuscript on file with the author) Donrsquot waste your time trying to look for this item go back to your editor
R Holzhacker ldquoTransnationalization of Civil Society Organizations Striving for Equality Goals and Strategies of Gay and Lesbian Groups in Italy and the Netherlands and the Netherlandsrdquo EUI working paper RSCAS 200736 Google search for the name of the working paper or search for the
collection ldquoEUI working papersrdquo
Other steps
Step 6 Electronic sources Consider the source -- use best electronic source available
Step 7 Newspaper articles LexisNexis Westlaw Other databases Web
Step 6 Copying (scanning amp downloading) Title pages Page numbers Note You can scan for free at other campus libraries but you need to store
on USB
Other Tips
Many sources are not available in English available electronically
Use The Bluebook as a guide follow the examples
Google is just one tool ndash not the only tool Use the Advanced Search option on Google The ldquosearch within a site or domainrdquo can be very useful when a site has a
limited search mechanism You can also limit searches to org or some other generic extension
If working with materials in other languages use Google in that language Ask the librarians for help
Google Advanced Search
Step 3 International Sources
Treaties amp International Agreements Flare Index to Treaties Frequently-Cited Treaties amp Other International Instruments
Citations already in BB format UN Treaties on HeinOnline (UCB only)
Note treaty agreement protocol MOU convention accord covenant treaties
See Table 4 of The Bluebook
Example Treaty
Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction Oct 25 1980 TIAS No 11670 1343 UNTS 89 (ldquoHague Child Abduction Conventionrdquo)
Where to find it HeinOnline (UCB only)
UN Law Collection for UNTS citation 1343 is the volume 89 is the page
Treaties amp Agreements Library for TIAS Go to TIAS Agreements and locate by the number 11670
For more assistance with treaty research see UN Treaties Boalt Research Guide
Step 3 International Sources
United Nations Documents (UN Doc) UN Documentation Centre Official Document Service (ODS) UNBISnet
See rule 217 and Table 3 of The Bluebook for help deciphering UN abbreviations
Example UN Resolution
United Nations Resolution adopted by the General Assembly The right to development ARES54175 (2000)
Several ways to locate this document UN Documents UNBISnet (look by by UN document number) ODS
For more help with UN Documents see The United Nations Boalt Research Guide
Step 3 International Law
European Union Materials Eur-Lex
European Court of Justice Lexis (not Advance) Westlaw
See rule 2182 and Table 3 of The Bluebook for help deciphering EU material
Example EU Law
Council Regulation 146697 of 7 July 1997 on the Strengthening of the Surveillance of Budgetary Positions and the Surveillance and Coordination of Economic Policies 1997 OJ (L 209) 1 Eur-Lex
OJ is the Official Journal and L means itrsquos in the Legislation series and C means itrsquos in the Communication series ndash both are available on Eur-Lex
Lexis (not Advance)Westlaw
Step 3 International Law
International Case Law Sources vary but start w court or tribunalrsquos website
PCIJ ICJ ECHR ECJ ICSID hellip International Law Reports (UCB only) (cited as ILR) Oxford Reports on International Law (UCB only) International Courts amp Tribunals Library Many reporters available in print
Example ICJ Decision
Case Concerning KasikiliSedudu Island (Botswana v Namibia) Dissenting Opinion of Judge Parra-Aranguren 1999 ICJ Rep 1208 1213 para 16 (Dec 13)
This is a case from the International Court of Justice Official reports are in print KZ214I58 HeinOnline (UCB only) ICJ website
Look under ldquoall casesrdquo or ldquocontentious casesrdquo and search for the case 1999 is the year the case was decided and so the case wonrsquot be listed under that year
Site also contains PCIJ
Example European Court of Human Rights
ECtHR Schalk and Kopf v Austria Appl No 3014104 24 June 2010 sect 55
This is the European Court of Human Rights HUDOC
Choose ldquoAdvanced Searchrdquo and search by the application number Separate opinions both dissenting and concurring are annexed to the
judgment (are at the end of the judgment document)
Example European Court of Justice
Case C-37012 Pringle v Govrsquot of Ireland judgment of 27 November 2012
From the context of the article this is a European Court of Justice case Courtrsquos website
Search by the case number C-37012
International Commercial Arbitration
While there are a variety of print and electronic sources for awards not all of them are published due to confidentiality issues
Kluwer Arbitration (UCB only) Investment Claims (UCB only) Investment Treaty Arbitration ICSID Cases Oxford Reports on International Law (UCB only)
Example ICSID Decision
Quiborax SA Non Metallic Minerals SA and Allan Fosk Kaplun v Plurinational State of Bolivia ICSID Case No ARB062 Decision on Jurisdiction 27 September 2012 at paras 211-217 ICSID website Investment Claims (UCB only) Hint names of cases and case numbers may not always be correct
so if one does not work try the other For more sources for arbitration decisions see
International Commercial Arbitration Boalt Research Guide
Step 4 Foreign Law Sources
Foreign Law Guide (UCB only)Country by Country Guide to Foreign Law ResearchOther databasesWebsites
WorldLII CANLII AUSTLII
Table 2 of The Bluebook provides useful information on web resources by country
Example Foreign Constitution
Const Fr Art 54 World Constitutions Illustrated (UCB only) Constitutions of the Countries of the World (UCB only)
Example Foreign Court Decision
Fr Cons C Deacutecision number 2012-653 DC judgment of 9 August 2012
Locate the decision in French Legifrance
Search by the decision number
Decisions from non-US courts are usually not translated into English
The best source for recent cases is usually the courtrsquos website In some cases the best source will be in print only
Example Foreign Court Decision
Halpern v Canada (Attorney General) 2003 CanLII 26403 (ON CA) sect 91 CANLII is a website for Canadian law Search by the citation 2003 CanLII 26403
See Table 2 of The Bluebook for help with citations from foreign jurisdictions
France
Canada
Examples Foreign Laws
Gesetz zur Anderung des Grundgesetz (Artikel 91c 91d 104b 109 109a 115 143d) BGBl I S 2248 (Nr 48) 29 July 2009
Reforma del artiacuteculo 135 de la Constitucioacuten Espantildeola BOE n 233 27 November 2011
Both of these citations are referring to the official gazettes for each country Use Country by Country Guide to Foreign Law Research to locate
official gazettes
Step 5 Books amp Articles
Books LawCat (Law Library only) OskiCat (UCB libraries except Law Library) Melvyl (UC libraries but not accurate for Law Library)
Book Chapter Holning Lau ldquoRewriting Schalk and Kopf shifting the locus of
deferencerdquo in E Brems (ed) Diversity and European Human Rights 243 251 (2012)
Clue is ldquoinrdquo Search LawCat for the title of the book Diversity and European
Human Rights
Books Example
Discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity in Europe Strasbourg Council of Europe Publishing June 2011 pp 91 et seq Search LawCat by title Discrimination on groundshellip
Peter Rogers amp Susan Leal Running Out of Water The Looming Crisis and Solutions to Conserve our Most Precious Resource 124 (2010) LawCat you can start here by doing a title search but probably not
in our collection search title using OskiCat All UC Libraries (Melvyl)
Step 5 Articles
Law Journal Databases LegalTrac (also on LX and WL as ldquoLegal Resources Indexrdquo) Index to Legal Periodicals HeinOnline
E-Journal Titles A-Z Great for non-law journals
Lexis amp Westlaw Many journals are not on LX or WL especially non-law Locate the title of the journal by using source directories or indexes
Type title of the journal
Type title of the journal
Examples Articles
Philippe Kirsch Canadian Practice in International Law 35 CAN YB INTrsquoL L 349 372 (1997) Search LawCat for title Canadian Yearbook of International Law
Darren E Sherkat KylanMattias de Vries and Stacia Creek Race Religion and Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage 91 SOC SCI Q 80 82 (2010) E-Journal Titles A-Z Social Science Quarterly OskiCat Social Science Quarterly
Examples Other Sources
Jan Wouters amp Thomas Ramopoulos Time to Reconsider Status The IMF the EU the Euroarea and its Soverign Debt Crisis (2013) (unpublished manuscript on file with the author) Donrsquot waste your time trying to look for this item go back to your editor
R Holzhacker ldquoTransnationalization of Civil Society Organizations Striving for Equality Goals and Strategies of Gay and Lesbian Groups in Italy and the Netherlands and the Netherlandsrdquo EUI working paper RSCAS 200736 Google search for the name of the working paper or search for the
collection ldquoEUI working papersrdquo
Other steps
Step 6 Electronic sources Consider the source -- use best electronic source available
Step 7 Newspaper articles LexisNexis Westlaw Other databases Web
Step 6 Copying (scanning amp downloading) Title pages Page numbers Note You can scan for free at other campus libraries but you need to store
on USB
Other Tips
Many sources are not available in English available electronically
Use The Bluebook as a guide follow the examples
Google is just one tool ndash not the only tool Use the Advanced Search option on Google The ldquosearch within a site or domainrdquo can be very useful when a site has a
limited search mechanism You can also limit searches to org or some other generic extension
If working with materials in other languages use Google in that language Ask the librarians for help
Google Advanced Search
Example Treaty
Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction Oct 25 1980 TIAS No 11670 1343 UNTS 89 (ldquoHague Child Abduction Conventionrdquo)
Where to find it HeinOnline (UCB only)
UN Law Collection for UNTS citation 1343 is the volume 89 is the page
Treaties amp Agreements Library for TIAS Go to TIAS Agreements and locate by the number 11670
For more assistance with treaty research see UN Treaties Boalt Research Guide
Step 3 International Sources
United Nations Documents (UN Doc) UN Documentation Centre Official Document Service (ODS) UNBISnet
See rule 217 and Table 3 of The Bluebook for help deciphering UN abbreviations
Example UN Resolution
United Nations Resolution adopted by the General Assembly The right to development ARES54175 (2000)
Several ways to locate this document UN Documents UNBISnet (look by by UN document number) ODS
For more help with UN Documents see The United Nations Boalt Research Guide
Step 3 International Law
European Union Materials Eur-Lex
European Court of Justice Lexis (not Advance) Westlaw
See rule 2182 and Table 3 of The Bluebook for help deciphering EU material
Example EU Law
Council Regulation 146697 of 7 July 1997 on the Strengthening of the Surveillance of Budgetary Positions and the Surveillance and Coordination of Economic Policies 1997 OJ (L 209) 1 Eur-Lex
OJ is the Official Journal and L means itrsquos in the Legislation series and C means itrsquos in the Communication series ndash both are available on Eur-Lex
Lexis (not Advance)Westlaw
Step 3 International Law
International Case Law Sources vary but start w court or tribunalrsquos website
PCIJ ICJ ECHR ECJ ICSID hellip International Law Reports (UCB only) (cited as ILR) Oxford Reports on International Law (UCB only) International Courts amp Tribunals Library Many reporters available in print
Example ICJ Decision
Case Concerning KasikiliSedudu Island (Botswana v Namibia) Dissenting Opinion of Judge Parra-Aranguren 1999 ICJ Rep 1208 1213 para 16 (Dec 13)
This is a case from the International Court of Justice Official reports are in print KZ214I58 HeinOnline (UCB only) ICJ website
Look under ldquoall casesrdquo or ldquocontentious casesrdquo and search for the case 1999 is the year the case was decided and so the case wonrsquot be listed under that year
Site also contains PCIJ
Example European Court of Human Rights
ECtHR Schalk and Kopf v Austria Appl No 3014104 24 June 2010 sect 55
This is the European Court of Human Rights HUDOC
Choose ldquoAdvanced Searchrdquo and search by the application number Separate opinions both dissenting and concurring are annexed to the
judgment (are at the end of the judgment document)
Example European Court of Justice
Case C-37012 Pringle v Govrsquot of Ireland judgment of 27 November 2012
From the context of the article this is a European Court of Justice case Courtrsquos website
Search by the case number C-37012
International Commercial Arbitration
While there are a variety of print and electronic sources for awards not all of them are published due to confidentiality issues
Kluwer Arbitration (UCB only) Investment Claims (UCB only) Investment Treaty Arbitration ICSID Cases Oxford Reports on International Law (UCB only)
Example ICSID Decision
Quiborax SA Non Metallic Minerals SA and Allan Fosk Kaplun v Plurinational State of Bolivia ICSID Case No ARB062 Decision on Jurisdiction 27 September 2012 at paras 211-217 ICSID website Investment Claims (UCB only) Hint names of cases and case numbers may not always be correct
so if one does not work try the other For more sources for arbitration decisions see
International Commercial Arbitration Boalt Research Guide
Step 4 Foreign Law Sources
Foreign Law Guide (UCB only)Country by Country Guide to Foreign Law ResearchOther databasesWebsites
WorldLII CANLII AUSTLII
Table 2 of The Bluebook provides useful information on web resources by country
Example Foreign Constitution
Const Fr Art 54 World Constitutions Illustrated (UCB only) Constitutions of the Countries of the World (UCB only)
Example Foreign Court Decision
Fr Cons C Deacutecision number 2012-653 DC judgment of 9 August 2012
Locate the decision in French Legifrance
Search by the decision number
Decisions from non-US courts are usually not translated into English
The best source for recent cases is usually the courtrsquos website In some cases the best source will be in print only
Example Foreign Court Decision
Halpern v Canada (Attorney General) 2003 CanLII 26403 (ON CA) sect 91 CANLII is a website for Canadian law Search by the citation 2003 CanLII 26403
See Table 2 of The Bluebook for help with citations from foreign jurisdictions
France
Canada
Examples Foreign Laws
Gesetz zur Anderung des Grundgesetz (Artikel 91c 91d 104b 109 109a 115 143d) BGBl I S 2248 (Nr 48) 29 July 2009
Reforma del artiacuteculo 135 de la Constitucioacuten Espantildeola BOE n 233 27 November 2011
Both of these citations are referring to the official gazettes for each country Use Country by Country Guide to Foreign Law Research to locate
official gazettes
Step 5 Books amp Articles
Books LawCat (Law Library only) OskiCat (UCB libraries except Law Library) Melvyl (UC libraries but not accurate for Law Library)
Book Chapter Holning Lau ldquoRewriting Schalk and Kopf shifting the locus of
deferencerdquo in E Brems (ed) Diversity and European Human Rights 243 251 (2012)
Clue is ldquoinrdquo Search LawCat for the title of the book Diversity and European
Human Rights
Books Example
Discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity in Europe Strasbourg Council of Europe Publishing June 2011 pp 91 et seq Search LawCat by title Discrimination on groundshellip
Peter Rogers amp Susan Leal Running Out of Water The Looming Crisis and Solutions to Conserve our Most Precious Resource 124 (2010) LawCat you can start here by doing a title search but probably not
in our collection search title using OskiCat All UC Libraries (Melvyl)
Step 5 Articles
Law Journal Databases LegalTrac (also on LX and WL as ldquoLegal Resources Indexrdquo) Index to Legal Periodicals HeinOnline
E-Journal Titles A-Z Great for non-law journals
Lexis amp Westlaw Many journals are not on LX or WL especially non-law Locate the title of the journal by using source directories or indexes
Type title of the journal
Type title of the journal
Examples Articles
Philippe Kirsch Canadian Practice in International Law 35 CAN YB INTrsquoL L 349 372 (1997) Search LawCat for title Canadian Yearbook of International Law
Darren E Sherkat KylanMattias de Vries and Stacia Creek Race Religion and Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage 91 SOC SCI Q 80 82 (2010) E-Journal Titles A-Z Social Science Quarterly OskiCat Social Science Quarterly
Examples Other Sources
Jan Wouters amp Thomas Ramopoulos Time to Reconsider Status The IMF the EU the Euroarea and its Soverign Debt Crisis (2013) (unpublished manuscript on file with the author) Donrsquot waste your time trying to look for this item go back to your editor
R Holzhacker ldquoTransnationalization of Civil Society Organizations Striving for Equality Goals and Strategies of Gay and Lesbian Groups in Italy and the Netherlands and the Netherlandsrdquo EUI working paper RSCAS 200736 Google search for the name of the working paper or search for the
collection ldquoEUI working papersrdquo
Other steps
Step 6 Electronic sources Consider the source -- use best electronic source available
Step 7 Newspaper articles LexisNexis Westlaw Other databases Web
Step 6 Copying (scanning amp downloading) Title pages Page numbers Note You can scan for free at other campus libraries but you need to store
on USB
Other Tips
Many sources are not available in English available electronically
Use The Bluebook as a guide follow the examples
Google is just one tool ndash not the only tool Use the Advanced Search option on Google The ldquosearch within a site or domainrdquo can be very useful when a site has a
limited search mechanism You can also limit searches to org or some other generic extension
If working with materials in other languages use Google in that language Ask the librarians for help
Google Advanced Search
Step 3 International Sources
United Nations Documents (UN Doc) UN Documentation Centre Official Document Service (ODS) UNBISnet
See rule 217 and Table 3 of The Bluebook for help deciphering UN abbreviations
Example UN Resolution
United Nations Resolution adopted by the General Assembly The right to development ARES54175 (2000)
Several ways to locate this document UN Documents UNBISnet (look by by UN document number) ODS
For more help with UN Documents see The United Nations Boalt Research Guide
Step 3 International Law
European Union Materials Eur-Lex
European Court of Justice Lexis (not Advance) Westlaw
See rule 2182 and Table 3 of The Bluebook for help deciphering EU material
Example EU Law
Council Regulation 146697 of 7 July 1997 on the Strengthening of the Surveillance of Budgetary Positions and the Surveillance and Coordination of Economic Policies 1997 OJ (L 209) 1 Eur-Lex
OJ is the Official Journal and L means itrsquos in the Legislation series and C means itrsquos in the Communication series ndash both are available on Eur-Lex
Lexis (not Advance)Westlaw
Step 3 International Law
International Case Law Sources vary but start w court or tribunalrsquos website
PCIJ ICJ ECHR ECJ ICSID hellip International Law Reports (UCB only) (cited as ILR) Oxford Reports on International Law (UCB only) International Courts amp Tribunals Library Many reporters available in print
Example ICJ Decision
Case Concerning KasikiliSedudu Island (Botswana v Namibia) Dissenting Opinion of Judge Parra-Aranguren 1999 ICJ Rep 1208 1213 para 16 (Dec 13)
This is a case from the International Court of Justice Official reports are in print KZ214I58 HeinOnline (UCB only) ICJ website
Look under ldquoall casesrdquo or ldquocontentious casesrdquo and search for the case 1999 is the year the case was decided and so the case wonrsquot be listed under that year
Site also contains PCIJ
Example European Court of Human Rights
ECtHR Schalk and Kopf v Austria Appl No 3014104 24 June 2010 sect 55
This is the European Court of Human Rights HUDOC
Choose ldquoAdvanced Searchrdquo and search by the application number Separate opinions both dissenting and concurring are annexed to the
judgment (are at the end of the judgment document)
Example European Court of Justice
Case C-37012 Pringle v Govrsquot of Ireland judgment of 27 November 2012
From the context of the article this is a European Court of Justice case Courtrsquos website
Search by the case number C-37012
International Commercial Arbitration
While there are a variety of print and electronic sources for awards not all of them are published due to confidentiality issues
Kluwer Arbitration (UCB only) Investment Claims (UCB only) Investment Treaty Arbitration ICSID Cases Oxford Reports on International Law (UCB only)
Example ICSID Decision
Quiborax SA Non Metallic Minerals SA and Allan Fosk Kaplun v Plurinational State of Bolivia ICSID Case No ARB062 Decision on Jurisdiction 27 September 2012 at paras 211-217 ICSID website Investment Claims (UCB only) Hint names of cases and case numbers may not always be correct
so if one does not work try the other For more sources for arbitration decisions see
International Commercial Arbitration Boalt Research Guide
Step 4 Foreign Law Sources
Foreign Law Guide (UCB only)Country by Country Guide to Foreign Law ResearchOther databasesWebsites
WorldLII CANLII AUSTLII
Table 2 of The Bluebook provides useful information on web resources by country
Example Foreign Constitution
Const Fr Art 54 World Constitutions Illustrated (UCB only) Constitutions of the Countries of the World (UCB only)
Example Foreign Court Decision
Fr Cons C Deacutecision number 2012-653 DC judgment of 9 August 2012
Locate the decision in French Legifrance
Search by the decision number
Decisions from non-US courts are usually not translated into English
The best source for recent cases is usually the courtrsquos website In some cases the best source will be in print only
Example Foreign Court Decision
Halpern v Canada (Attorney General) 2003 CanLII 26403 (ON CA) sect 91 CANLII is a website for Canadian law Search by the citation 2003 CanLII 26403
See Table 2 of The Bluebook for help with citations from foreign jurisdictions
France
Canada
Examples Foreign Laws
Gesetz zur Anderung des Grundgesetz (Artikel 91c 91d 104b 109 109a 115 143d) BGBl I S 2248 (Nr 48) 29 July 2009
Reforma del artiacuteculo 135 de la Constitucioacuten Espantildeola BOE n 233 27 November 2011
Both of these citations are referring to the official gazettes for each country Use Country by Country Guide to Foreign Law Research to locate
official gazettes
Step 5 Books amp Articles
Books LawCat (Law Library only) OskiCat (UCB libraries except Law Library) Melvyl (UC libraries but not accurate for Law Library)
Book Chapter Holning Lau ldquoRewriting Schalk and Kopf shifting the locus of
deferencerdquo in E Brems (ed) Diversity and European Human Rights 243 251 (2012)
Clue is ldquoinrdquo Search LawCat for the title of the book Diversity and European
Human Rights
Books Example
Discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity in Europe Strasbourg Council of Europe Publishing June 2011 pp 91 et seq Search LawCat by title Discrimination on groundshellip
Peter Rogers amp Susan Leal Running Out of Water The Looming Crisis and Solutions to Conserve our Most Precious Resource 124 (2010) LawCat you can start here by doing a title search but probably not
in our collection search title using OskiCat All UC Libraries (Melvyl)
Step 5 Articles
Law Journal Databases LegalTrac (also on LX and WL as ldquoLegal Resources Indexrdquo) Index to Legal Periodicals HeinOnline
E-Journal Titles A-Z Great for non-law journals
Lexis amp Westlaw Many journals are not on LX or WL especially non-law Locate the title of the journal by using source directories or indexes
Type title of the journal
Type title of the journal
Examples Articles
Philippe Kirsch Canadian Practice in International Law 35 CAN YB INTrsquoL L 349 372 (1997) Search LawCat for title Canadian Yearbook of International Law
Darren E Sherkat KylanMattias de Vries and Stacia Creek Race Religion and Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage 91 SOC SCI Q 80 82 (2010) E-Journal Titles A-Z Social Science Quarterly OskiCat Social Science Quarterly
Examples Other Sources
Jan Wouters amp Thomas Ramopoulos Time to Reconsider Status The IMF the EU the Euroarea and its Soverign Debt Crisis (2013) (unpublished manuscript on file with the author) Donrsquot waste your time trying to look for this item go back to your editor
R Holzhacker ldquoTransnationalization of Civil Society Organizations Striving for Equality Goals and Strategies of Gay and Lesbian Groups in Italy and the Netherlands and the Netherlandsrdquo EUI working paper RSCAS 200736 Google search for the name of the working paper or search for the
collection ldquoEUI working papersrdquo
Other steps
Step 6 Electronic sources Consider the source -- use best electronic source available
Step 7 Newspaper articles LexisNexis Westlaw Other databases Web
Step 6 Copying (scanning amp downloading) Title pages Page numbers Note You can scan for free at other campus libraries but you need to store
on USB
Other Tips
Many sources are not available in English available electronically
Use The Bluebook as a guide follow the examples
Google is just one tool ndash not the only tool Use the Advanced Search option on Google The ldquosearch within a site or domainrdquo can be very useful when a site has a
limited search mechanism You can also limit searches to org or some other generic extension
If working with materials in other languages use Google in that language Ask the librarians for help
Google Advanced Search
Example UN Resolution
United Nations Resolution adopted by the General Assembly The right to development ARES54175 (2000)
Several ways to locate this document UN Documents UNBISnet (look by by UN document number) ODS
For more help with UN Documents see The United Nations Boalt Research Guide
Step 3 International Law
European Union Materials Eur-Lex
European Court of Justice Lexis (not Advance) Westlaw
See rule 2182 and Table 3 of The Bluebook for help deciphering EU material
Example EU Law
Council Regulation 146697 of 7 July 1997 on the Strengthening of the Surveillance of Budgetary Positions and the Surveillance and Coordination of Economic Policies 1997 OJ (L 209) 1 Eur-Lex
OJ is the Official Journal and L means itrsquos in the Legislation series and C means itrsquos in the Communication series ndash both are available on Eur-Lex
Lexis (not Advance)Westlaw
Step 3 International Law
International Case Law Sources vary but start w court or tribunalrsquos website
PCIJ ICJ ECHR ECJ ICSID hellip International Law Reports (UCB only) (cited as ILR) Oxford Reports on International Law (UCB only) International Courts amp Tribunals Library Many reporters available in print
Example ICJ Decision
Case Concerning KasikiliSedudu Island (Botswana v Namibia) Dissenting Opinion of Judge Parra-Aranguren 1999 ICJ Rep 1208 1213 para 16 (Dec 13)
This is a case from the International Court of Justice Official reports are in print KZ214I58 HeinOnline (UCB only) ICJ website
Look under ldquoall casesrdquo or ldquocontentious casesrdquo and search for the case 1999 is the year the case was decided and so the case wonrsquot be listed under that year
Site also contains PCIJ
Example European Court of Human Rights
ECtHR Schalk and Kopf v Austria Appl No 3014104 24 June 2010 sect 55
This is the European Court of Human Rights HUDOC
Choose ldquoAdvanced Searchrdquo and search by the application number Separate opinions both dissenting and concurring are annexed to the
judgment (are at the end of the judgment document)
Example European Court of Justice
Case C-37012 Pringle v Govrsquot of Ireland judgment of 27 November 2012
From the context of the article this is a European Court of Justice case Courtrsquos website
Search by the case number C-37012
International Commercial Arbitration
While there are a variety of print and electronic sources for awards not all of them are published due to confidentiality issues
Kluwer Arbitration (UCB only) Investment Claims (UCB only) Investment Treaty Arbitration ICSID Cases Oxford Reports on International Law (UCB only)
Example ICSID Decision
Quiborax SA Non Metallic Minerals SA and Allan Fosk Kaplun v Plurinational State of Bolivia ICSID Case No ARB062 Decision on Jurisdiction 27 September 2012 at paras 211-217 ICSID website Investment Claims (UCB only) Hint names of cases and case numbers may not always be correct
so if one does not work try the other For more sources for arbitration decisions see
International Commercial Arbitration Boalt Research Guide
Step 4 Foreign Law Sources
Foreign Law Guide (UCB only)Country by Country Guide to Foreign Law ResearchOther databasesWebsites
WorldLII CANLII AUSTLII
Table 2 of The Bluebook provides useful information on web resources by country
Example Foreign Constitution
Const Fr Art 54 World Constitutions Illustrated (UCB only) Constitutions of the Countries of the World (UCB only)
Example Foreign Court Decision
Fr Cons C Deacutecision number 2012-653 DC judgment of 9 August 2012
Locate the decision in French Legifrance
Search by the decision number
Decisions from non-US courts are usually not translated into English
The best source for recent cases is usually the courtrsquos website In some cases the best source will be in print only
Example Foreign Court Decision
Halpern v Canada (Attorney General) 2003 CanLII 26403 (ON CA) sect 91 CANLII is a website for Canadian law Search by the citation 2003 CanLII 26403
See Table 2 of The Bluebook for help with citations from foreign jurisdictions
France
Canada
Examples Foreign Laws
Gesetz zur Anderung des Grundgesetz (Artikel 91c 91d 104b 109 109a 115 143d) BGBl I S 2248 (Nr 48) 29 July 2009
Reforma del artiacuteculo 135 de la Constitucioacuten Espantildeola BOE n 233 27 November 2011
Both of these citations are referring to the official gazettes for each country Use Country by Country Guide to Foreign Law Research to locate
official gazettes
Step 5 Books amp Articles
Books LawCat (Law Library only) OskiCat (UCB libraries except Law Library) Melvyl (UC libraries but not accurate for Law Library)
Book Chapter Holning Lau ldquoRewriting Schalk and Kopf shifting the locus of
deferencerdquo in E Brems (ed) Diversity and European Human Rights 243 251 (2012)
Clue is ldquoinrdquo Search LawCat for the title of the book Diversity and European
Human Rights
Books Example
Discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity in Europe Strasbourg Council of Europe Publishing June 2011 pp 91 et seq Search LawCat by title Discrimination on groundshellip
Peter Rogers amp Susan Leal Running Out of Water The Looming Crisis and Solutions to Conserve our Most Precious Resource 124 (2010) LawCat you can start here by doing a title search but probably not
in our collection search title using OskiCat All UC Libraries (Melvyl)
Step 5 Articles
Law Journal Databases LegalTrac (also on LX and WL as ldquoLegal Resources Indexrdquo) Index to Legal Periodicals HeinOnline
E-Journal Titles A-Z Great for non-law journals
Lexis amp Westlaw Many journals are not on LX or WL especially non-law Locate the title of the journal by using source directories or indexes
Type title of the journal
Type title of the journal
Examples Articles
Philippe Kirsch Canadian Practice in International Law 35 CAN YB INTrsquoL L 349 372 (1997) Search LawCat for title Canadian Yearbook of International Law
Darren E Sherkat KylanMattias de Vries and Stacia Creek Race Religion and Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage 91 SOC SCI Q 80 82 (2010) E-Journal Titles A-Z Social Science Quarterly OskiCat Social Science Quarterly
Examples Other Sources
Jan Wouters amp Thomas Ramopoulos Time to Reconsider Status The IMF the EU the Euroarea and its Soverign Debt Crisis (2013) (unpublished manuscript on file with the author) Donrsquot waste your time trying to look for this item go back to your editor
R Holzhacker ldquoTransnationalization of Civil Society Organizations Striving for Equality Goals and Strategies of Gay and Lesbian Groups in Italy and the Netherlands and the Netherlandsrdquo EUI working paper RSCAS 200736 Google search for the name of the working paper or search for the
collection ldquoEUI working papersrdquo
Other steps
Step 6 Electronic sources Consider the source -- use best electronic source available
Step 7 Newspaper articles LexisNexis Westlaw Other databases Web
Step 6 Copying (scanning amp downloading) Title pages Page numbers Note You can scan for free at other campus libraries but you need to store
on USB
Other Tips
Many sources are not available in English available electronically
Use The Bluebook as a guide follow the examples
Google is just one tool ndash not the only tool Use the Advanced Search option on Google The ldquosearch within a site or domainrdquo can be very useful when a site has a
limited search mechanism You can also limit searches to org or some other generic extension
If working with materials in other languages use Google in that language Ask the librarians for help
Google Advanced Search
Step 3 International Law
European Union Materials Eur-Lex
European Court of Justice Lexis (not Advance) Westlaw
See rule 2182 and Table 3 of The Bluebook for help deciphering EU material
Example EU Law
Council Regulation 146697 of 7 July 1997 on the Strengthening of the Surveillance of Budgetary Positions and the Surveillance and Coordination of Economic Policies 1997 OJ (L 209) 1 Eur-Lex
OJ is the Official Journal and L means itrsquos in the Legislation series and C means itrsquos in the Communication series ndash both are available on Eur-Lex
Lexis (not Advance)Westlaw
Step 3 International Law
International Case Law Sources vary but start w court or tribunalrsquos website
PCIJ ICJ ECHR ECJ ICSID hellip International Law Reports (UCB only) (cited as ILR) Oxford Reports on International Law (UCB only) International Courts amp Tribunals Library Many reporters available in print
Example ICJ Decision
Case Concerning KasikiliSedudu Island (Botswana v Namibia) Dissenting Opinion of Judge Parra-Aranguren 1999 ICJ Rep 1208 1213 para 16 (Dec 13)
This is a case from the International Court of Justice Official reports are in print KZ214I58 HeinOnline (UCB only) ICJ website
Look under ldquoall casesrdquo or ldquocontentious casesrdquo and search for the case 1999 is the year the case was decided and so the case wonrsquot be listed under that year
Site also contains PCIJ
Example European Court of Human Rights
ECtHR Schalk and Kopf v Austria Appl No 3014104 24 June 2010 sect 55
This is the European Court of Human Rights HUDOC
Choose ldquoAdvanced Searchrdquo and search by the application number Separate opinions both dissenting and concurring are annexed to the
judgment (are at the end of the judgment document)
Example European Court of Justice
Case C-37012 Pringle v Govrsquot of Ireland judgment of 27 November 2012
From the context of the article this is a European Court of Justice case Courtrsquos website
Search by the case number C-37012
International Commercial Arbitration
While there are a variety of print and electronic sources for awards not all of them are published due to confidentiality issues
Kluwer Arbitration (UCB only) Investment Claims (UCB only) Investment Treaty Arbitration ICSID Cases Oxford Reports on International Law (UCB only)
Example ICSID Decision
Quiborax SA Non Metallic Minerals SA and Allan Fosk Kaplun v Plurinational State of Bolivia ICSID Case No ARB062 Decision on Jurisdiction 27 September 2012 at paras 211-217 ICSID website Investment Claims (UCB only) Hint names of cases and case numbers may not always be correct
so if one does not work try the other For more sources for arbitration decisions see
International Commercial Arbitration Boalt Research Guide
Step 4 Foreign Law Sources
Foreign Law Guide (UCB only)Country by Country Guide to Foreign Law ResearchOther databasesWebsites
WorldLII CANLII AUSTLII
Table 2 of The Bluebook provides useful information on web resources by country
Example Foreign Constitution
Const Fr Art 54 World Constitutions Illustrated (UCB only) Constitutions of the Countries of the World (UCB only)
Example Foreign Court Decision
Fr Cons C Deacutecision number 2012-653 DC judgment of 9 August 2012
Locate the decision in French Legifrance
Search by the decision number
Decisions from non-US courts are usually not translated into English
The best source for recent cases is usually the courtrsquos website In some cases the best source will be in print only
Example Foreign Court Decision
Halpern v Canada (Attorney General) 2003 CanLII 26403 (ON CA) sect 91 CANLII is a website for Canadian law Search by the citation 2003 CanLII 26403
See Table 2 of The Bluebook for help with citations from foreign jurisdictions
France
Canada
Examples Foreign Laws
Gesetz zur Anderung des Grundgesetz (Artikel 91c 91d 104b 109 109a 115 143d) BGBl I S 2248 (Nr 48) 29 July 2009
Reforma del artiacuteculo 135 de la Constitucioacuten Espantildeola BOE n 233 27 November 2011
Both of these citations are referring to the official gazettes for each country Use Country by Country Guide to Foreign Law Research to locate
official gazettes
Step 5 Books amp Articles
Books LawCat (Law Library only) OskiCat (UCB libraries except Law Library) Melvyl (UC libraries but not accurate for Law Library)
Book Chapter Holning Lau ldquoRewriting Schalk and Kopf shifting the locus of
deferencerdquo in E Brems (ed) Diversity and European Human Rights 243 251 (2012)
Clue is ldquoinrdquo Search LawCat for the title of the book Diversity and European
Human Rights
Books Example
Discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity in Europe Strasbourg Council of Europe Publishing June 2011 pp 91 et seq Search LawCat by title Discrimination on groundshellip
Peter Rogers amp Susan Leal Running Out of Water The Looming Crisis and Solutions to Conserve our Most Precious Resource 124 (2010) LawCat you can start here by doing a title search but probably not
in our collection search title using OskiCat All UC Libraries (Melvyl)
Step 5 Articles
Law Journal Databases LegalTrac (also on LX and WL as ldquoLegal Resources Indexrdquo) Index to Legal Periodicals HeinOnline
E-Journal Titles A-Z Great for non-law journals
Lexis amp Westlaw Many journals are not on LX or WL especially non-law Locate the title of the journal by using source directories or indexes
Type title of the journal
Type title of the journal
Examples Articles
Philippe Kirsch Canadian Practice in International Law 35 CAN YB INTrsquoL L 349 372 (1997) Search LawCat for title Canadian Yearbook of International Law
Darren E Sherkat KylanMattias de Vries and Stacia Creek Race Religion and Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage 91 SOC SCI Q 80 82 (2010) E-Journal Titles A-Z Social Science Quarterly OskiCat Social Science Quarterly
Examples Other Sources
Jan Wouters amp Thomas Ramopoulos Time to Reconsider Status The IMF the EU the Euroarea and its Soverign Debt Crisis (2013) (unpublished manuscript on file with the author) Donrsquot waste your time trying to look for this item go back to your editor
R Holzhacker ldquoTransnationalization of Civil Society Organizations Striving for Equality Goals and Strategies of Gay and Lesbian Groups in Italy and the Netherlands and the Netherlandsrdquo EUI working paper RSCAS 200736 Google search for the name of the working paper or search for the
collection ldquoEUI working papersrdquo
Other steps
Step 6 Electronic sources Consider the source -- use best electronic source available
Step 7 Newspaper articles LexisNexis Westlaw Other databases Web
Step 6 Copying (scanning amp downloading) Title pages Page numbers Note You can scan for free at other campus libraries but you need to store
on USB
Other Tips
Many sources are not available in English available electronically
Use The Bluebook as a guide follow the examples
Google is just one tool ndash not the only tool Use the Advanced Search option on Google The ldquosearch within a site or domainrdquo can be very useful when a site has a
limited search mechanism You can also limit searches to org or some other generic extension
If working with materials in other languages use Google in that language Ask the librarians for help
Google Advanced Search
Example EU Law
Council Regulation 146697 of 7 July 1997 on the Strengthening of the Surveillance of Budgetary Positions and the Surveillance and Coordination of Economic Policies 1997 OJ (L 209) 1 Eur-Lex
OJ is the Official Journal and L means itrsquos in the Legislation series and C means itrsquos in the Communication series ndash both are available on Eur-Lex
Lexis (not Advance)Westlaw
Step 3 International Law
International Case Law Sources vary but start w court or tribunalrsquos website
PCIJ ICJ ECHR ECJ ICSID hellip International Law Reports (UCB only) (cited as ILR) Oxford Reports on International Law (UCB only) International Courts amp Tribunals Library Many reporters available in print
Example ICJ Decision
Case Concerning KasikiliSedudu Island (Botswana v Namibia) Dissenting Opinion of Judge Parra-Aranguren 1999 ICJ Rep 1208 1213 para 16 (Dec 13)
This is a case from the International Court of Justice Official reports are in print KZ214I58 HeinOnline (UCB only) ICJ website
Look under ldquoall casesrdquo or ldquocontentious casesrdquo and search for the case 1999 is the year the case was decided and so the case wonrsquot be listed under that year
Site also contains PCIJ
Example European Court of Human Rights
ECtHR Schalk and Kopf v Austria Appl No 3014104 24 June 2010 sect 55
This is the European Court of Human Rights HUDOC
Choose ldquoAdvanced Searchrdquo and search by the application number Separate opinions both dissenting and concurring are annexed to the
judgment (are at the end of the judgment document)
Example European Court of Justice
Case C-37012 Pringle v Govrsquot of Ireland judgment of 27 November 2012
From the context of the article this is a European Court of Justice case Courtrsquos website
Search by the case number C-37012
International Commercial Arbitration
While there are a variety of print and electronic sources for awards not all of them are published due to confidentiality issues
Kluwer Arbitration (UCB only) Investment Claims (UCB only) Investment Treaty Arbitration ICSID Cases Oxford Reports on International Law (UCB only)
Example ICSID Decision
Quiborax SA Non Metallic Minerals SA and Allan Fosk Kaplun v Plurinational State of Bolivia ICSID Case No ARB062 Decision on Jurisdiction 27 September 2012 at paras 211-217 ICSID website Investment Claims (UCB only) Hint names of cases and case numbers may not always be correct
so if one does not work try the other For more sources for arbitration decisions see
International Commercial Arbitration Boalt Research Guide
Step 4 Foreign Law Sources
Foreign Law Guide (UCB only)Country by Country Guide to Foreign Law ResearchOther databasesWebsites
WorldLII CANLII AUSTLII
Table 2 of The Bluebook provides useful information on web resources by country
Example Foreign Constitution
Const Fr Art 54 World Constitutions Illustrated (UCB only) Constitutions of the Countries of the World (UCB only)
Example Foreign Court Decision
Fr Cons C Deacutecision number 2012-653 DC judgment of 9 August 2012
Locate the decision in French Legifrance
Search by the decision number
Decisions from non-US courts are usually not translated into English
The best source for recent cases is usually the courtrsquos website In some cases the best source will be in print only
Example Foreign Court Decision
Halpern v Canada (Attorney General) 2003 CanLII 26403 (ON CA) sect 91 CANLII is a website for Canadian law Search by the citation 2003 CanLII 26403
See Table 2 of The Bluebook for help with citations from foreign jurisdictions
France
Canada
Examples Foreign Laws
Gesetz zur Anderung des Grundgesetz (Artikel 91c 91d 104b 109 109a 115 143d) BGBl I S 2248 (Nr 48) 29 July 2009
Reforma del artiacuteculo 135 de la Constitucioacuten Espantildeola BOE n 233 27 November 2011
Both of these citations are referring to the official gazettes for each country Use Country by Country Guide to Foreign Law Research to locate
official gazettes
Step 5 Books amp Articles
Books LawCat (Law Library only) OskiCat (UCB libraries except Law Library) Melvyl (UC libraries but not accurate for Law Library)
Book Chapter Holning Lau ldquoRewriting Schalk and Kopf shifting the locus of
deferencerdquo in E Brems (ed) Diversity and European Human Rights 243 251 (2012)
Clue is ldquoinrdquo Search LawCat for the title of the book Diversity and European
Human Rights
Books Example
Discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity in Europe Strasbourg Council of Europe Publishing June 2011 pp 91 et seq Search LawCat by title Discrimination on groundshellip
Peter Rogers amp Susan Leal Running Out of Water The Looming Crisis and Solutions to Conserve our Most Precious Resource 124 (2010) LawCat you can start here by doing a title search but probably not
in our collection search title using OskiCat All UC Libraries (Melvyl)
Step 5 Articles
Law Journal Databases LegalTrac (also on LX and WL as ldquoLegal Resources Indexrdquo) Index to Legal Periodicals HeinOnline
E-Journal Titles A-Z Great for non-law journals
Lexis amp Westlaw Many journals are not on LX or WL especially non-law Locate the title of the journal by using source directories or indexes
Type title of the journal
Type title of the journal
Examples Articles
Philippe Kirsch Canadian Practice in International Law 35 CAN YB INTrsquoL L 349 372 (1997) Search LawCat for title Canadian Yearbook of International Law
Darren E Sherkat KylanMattias de Vries and Stacia Creek Race Religion and Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage 91 SOC SCI Q 80 82 (2010) E-Journal Titles A-Z Social Science Quarterly OskiCat Social Science Quarterly
Examples Other Sources
Jan Wouters amp Thomas Ramopoulos Time to Reconsider Status The IMF the EU the Euroarea and its Soverign Debt Crisis (2013) (unpublished manuscript on file with the author) Donrsquot waste your time trying to look for this item go back to your editor
R Holzhacker ldquoTransnationalization of Civil Society Organizations Striving for Equality Goals and Strategies of Gay and Lesbian Groups in Italy and the Netherlands and the Netherlandsrdquo EUI working paper RSCAS 200736 Google search for the name of the working paper or search for the
collection ldquoEUI working papersrdquo
Other steps
Step 6 Electronic sources Consider the source -- use best electronic source available
Step 7 Newspaper articles LexisNexis Westlaw Other databases Web
Step 6 Copying (scanning amp downloading) Title pages Page numbers Note You can scan for free at other campus libraries but you need to store
on USB
Other Tips
Many sources are not available in English available electronically
Use The Bluebook as a guide follow the examples
Google is just one tool ndash not the only tool Use the Advanced Search option on Google The ldquosearch within a site or domainrdquo can be very useful when a site has a
limited search mechanism You can also limit searches to org or some other generic extension
If working with materials in other languages use Google in that language Ask the librarians for help
Google Advanced Search
Step 3 International Law
International Case Law Sources vary but start w court or tribunalrsquos website
PCIJ ICJ ECHR ECJ ICSID hellip International Law Reports (UCB only) (cited as ILR) Oxford Reports on International Law (UCB only) International Courts amp Tribunals Library Many reporters available in print
Example ICJ Decision
Case Concerning KasikiliSedudu Island (Botswana v Namibia) Dissenting Opinion of Judge Parra-Aranguren 1999 ICJ Rep 1208 1213 para 16 (Dec 13)
This is a case from the International Court of Justice Official reports are in print KZ214I58 HeinOnline (UCB only) ICJ website
Look under ldquoall casesrdquo or ldquocontentious casesrdquo and search for the case 1999 is the year the case was decided and so the case wonrsquot be listed under that year
Site also contains PCIJ
Example European Court of Human Rights
ECtHR Schalk and Kopf v Austria Appl No 3014104 24 June 2010 sect 55
This is the European Court of Human Rights HUDOC
Choose ldquoAdvanced Searchrdquo and search by the application number Separate opinions both dissenting and concurring are annexed to the
judgment (are at the end of the judgment document)
Example European Court of Justice
Case C-37012 Pringle v Govrsquot of Ireland judgment of 27 November 2012
From the context of the article this is a European Court of Justice case Courtrsquos website
Search by the case number C-37012
International Commercial Arbitration
While there are a variety of print and electronic sources for awards not all of them are published due to confidentiality issues
Kluwer Arbitration (UCB only) Investment Claims (UCB only) Investment Treaty Arbitration ICSID Cases Oxford Reports on International Law (UCB only)
Example ICSID Decision
Quiborax SA Non Metallic Minerals SA and Allan Fosk Kaplun v Plurinational State of Bolivia ICSID Case No ARB062 Decision on Jurisdiction 27 September 2012 at paras 211-217 ICSID website Investment Claims (UCB only) Hint names of cases and case numbers may not always be correct
so if one does not work try the other For more sources for arbitration decisions see
International Commercial Arbitration Boalt Research Guide
Step 4 Foreign Law Sources
Foreign Law Guide (UCB only)Country by Country Guide to Foreign Law ResearchOther databasesWebsites
WorldLII CANLII AUSTLII
Table 2 of The Bluebook provides useful information on web resources by country
Example Foreign Constitution
Const Fr Art 54 World Constitutions Illustrated (UCB only) Constitutions of the Countries of the World (UCB only)
Example Foreign Court Decision
Fr Cons C Deacutecision number 2012-653 DC judgment of 9 August 2012
Locate the decision in French Legifrance
Search by the decision number
Decisions from non-US courts are usually not translated into English
The best source for recent cases is usually the courtrsquos website In some cases the best source will be in print only
Example Foreign Court Decision
Halpern v Canada (Attorney General) 2003 CanLII 26403 (ON CA) sect 91 CANLII is a website for Canadian law Search by the citation 2003 CanLII 26403
See Table 2 of The Bluebook for help with citations from foreign jurisdictions
France
Canada
Examples Foreign Laws
Gesetz zur Anderung des Grundgesetz (Artikel 91c 91d 104b 109 109a 115 143d) BGBl I S 2248 (Nr 48) 29 July 2009
Reforma del artiacuteculo 135 de la Constitucioacuten Espantildeola BOE n 233 27 November 2011
Both of these citations are referring to the official gazettes for each country Use Country by Country Guide to Foreign Law Research to locate
official gazettes
Step 5 Books amp Articles
Books LawCat (Law Library only) OskiCat (UCB libraries except Law Library) Melvyl (UC libraries but not accurate for Law Library)
Book Chapter Holning Lau ldquoRewriting Schalk and Kopf shifting the locus of
deferencerdquo in E Brems (ed) Diversity and European Human Rights 243 251 (2012)
Clue is ldquoinrdquo Search LawCat for the title of the book Diversity and European
Human Rights
Books Example
Discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity in Europe Strasbourg Council of Europe Publishing June 2011 pp 91 et seq Search LawCat by title Discrimination on groundshellip
Peter Rogers amp Susan Leal Running Out of Water The Looming Crisis and Solutions to Conserve our Most Precious Resource 124 (2010) LawCat you can start here by doing a title search but probably not
in our collection search title using OskiCat All UC Libraries (Melvyl)
Step 5 Articles
Law Journal Databases LegalTrac (also on LX and WL as ldquoLegal Resources Indexrdquo) Index to Legal Periodicals HeinOnline
E-Journal Titles A-Z Great for non-law journals
Lexis amp Westlaw Many journals are not on LX or WL especially non-law Locate the title of the journal by using source directories or indexes
Type title of the journal
Type title of the journal
Examples Articles
Philippe Kirsch Canadian Practice in International Law 35 CAN YB INTrsquoL L 349 372 (1997) Search LawCat for title Canadian Yearbook of International Law
Darren E Sherkat KylanMattias de Vries and Stacia Creek Race Religion and Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage 91 SOC SCI Q 80 82 (2010) E-Journal Titles A-Z Social Science Quarterly OskiCat Social Science Quarterly
Examples Other Sources
Jan Wouters amp Thomas Ramopoulos Time to Reconsider Status The IMF the EU the Euroarea and its Soverign Debt Crisis (2013) (unpublished manuscript on file with the author) Donrsquot waste your time trying to look for this item go back to your editor
R Holzhacker ldquoTransnationalization of Civil Society Organizations Striving for Equality Goals and Strategies of Gay and Lesbian Groups in Italy and the Netherlands and the Netherlandsrdquo EUI working paper RSCAS 200736 Google search for the name of the working paper or search for the
collection ldquoEUI working papersrdquo
Other steps
Step 6 Electronic sources Consider the source -- use best electronic source available
Step 7 Newspaper articles LexisNexis Westlaw Other databases Web
Step 6 Copying (scanning amp downloading) Title pages Page numbers Note You can scan for free at other campus libraries but you need to store
on USB
Other Tips
Many sources are not available in English available electronically
Use The Bluebook as a guide follow the examples
Google is just one tool ndash not the only tool Use the Advanced Search option on Google The ldquosearch within a site or domainrdquo can be very useful when a site has a
limited search mechanism You can also limit searches to org or some other generic extension
If working with materials in other languages use Google in that language Ask the librarians for help
Google Advanced Search
Example ICJ Decision
Case Concerning KasikiliSedudu Island (Botswana v Namibia) Dissenting Opinion of Judge Parra-Aranguren 1999 ICJ Rep 1208 1213 para 16 (Dec 13)
This is a case from the International Court of Justice Official reports are in print KZ214I58 HeinOnline (UCB only) ICJ website
Look under ldquoall casesrdquo or ldquocontentious casesrdquo and search for the case 1999 is the year the case was decided and so the case wonrsquot be listed under that year
Site also contains PCIJ
Example European Court of Human Rights
ECtHR Schalk and Kopf v Austria Appl No 3014104 24 June 2010 sect 55
This is the European Court of Human Rights HUDOC
Choose ldquoAdvanced Searchrdquo and search by the application number Separate opinions both dissenting and concurring are annexed to the
judgment (are at the end of the judgment document)
Example European Court of Justice
Case C-37012 Pringle v Govrsquot of Ireland judgment of 27 November 2012
From the context of the article this is a European Court of Justice case Courtrsquos website
Search by the case number C-37012
International Commercial Arbitration
While there are a variety of print and electronic sources for awards not all of them are published due to confidentiality issues
Kluwer Arbitration (UCB only) Investment Claims (UCB only) Investment Treaty Arbitration ICSID Cases Oxford Reports on International Law (UCB only)
Example ICSID Decision
Quiborax SA Non Metallic Minerals SA and Allan Fosk Kaplun v Plurinational State of Bolivia ICSID Case No ARB062 Decision on Jurisdiction 27 September 2012 at paras 211-217 ICSID website Investment Claims (UCB only) Hint names of cases and case numbers may not always be correct
so if one does not work try the other For more sources for arbitration decisions see
International Commercial Arbitration Boalt Research Guide
Step 4 Foreign Law Sources
Foreign Law Guide (UCB only)Country by Country Guide to Foreign Law ResearchOther databasesWebsites
WorldLII CANLII AUSTLII
Table 2 of The Bluebook provides useful information on web resources by country
Example Foreign Constitution
Const Fr Art 54 World Constitutions Illustrated (UCB only) Constitutions of the Countries of the World (UCB only)
Example Foreign Court Decision
Fr Cons C Deacutecision number 2012-653 DC judgment of 9 August 2012
Locate the decision in French Legifrance
Search by the decision number
Decisions from non-US courts are usually not translated into English
The best source for recent cases is usually the courtrsquos website In some cases the best source will be in print only
Example Foreign Court Decision
Halpern v Canada (Attorney General) 2003 CanLII 26403 (ON CA) sect 91 CANLII is a website for Canadian law Search by the citation 2003 CanLII 26403
See Table 2 of The Bluebook for help with citations from foreign jurisdictions
France
Canada
Examples Foreign Laws
Gesetz zur Anderung des Grundgesetz (Artikel 91c 91d 104b 109 109a 115 143d) BGBl I S 2248 (Nr 48) 29 July 2009
Reforma del artiacuteculo 135 de la Constitucioacuten Espantildeola BOE n 233 27 November 2011
Both of these citations are referring to the official gazettes for each country Use Country by Country Guide to Foreign Law Research to locate
official gazettes
Step 5 Books amp Articles
Books LawCat (Law Library only) OskiCat (UCB libraries except Law Library) Melvyl (UC libraries but not accurate for Law Library)
Book Chapter Holning Lau ldquoRewriting Schalk and Kopf shifting the locus of
deferencerdquo in E Brems (ed) Diversity and European Human Rights 243 251 (2012)
Clue is ldquoinrdquo Search LawCat for the title of the book Diversity and European
Human Rights
Books Example
Discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity in Europe Strasbourg Council of Europe Publishing June 2011 pp 91 et seq Search LawCat by title Discrimination on groundshellip
Peter Rogers amp Susan Leal Running Out of Water The Looming Crisis and Solutions to Conserve our Most Precious Resource 124 (2010) LawCat you can start here by doing a title search but probably not
in our collection search title using OskiCat All UC Libraries (Melvyl)
Step 5 Articles
Law Journal Databases LegalTrac (also on LX and WL as ldquoLegal Resources Indexrdquo) Index to Legal Periodicals HeinOnline
E-Journal Titles A-Z Great for non-law journals
Lexis amp Westlaw Many journals are not on LX or WL especially non-law Locate the title of the journal by using source directories or indexes
Type title of the journal
Type title of the journal
Examples Articles
Philippe Kirsch Canadian Practice in International Law 35 CAN YB INTrsquoL L 349 372 (1997) Search LawCat for title Canadian Yearbook of International Law
Darren E Sherkat KylanMattias de Vries and Stacia Creek Race Religion and Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage 91 SOC SCI Q 80 82 (2010) E-Journal Titles A-Z Social Science Quarterly OskiCat Social Science Quarterly
Examples Other Sources
Jan Wouters amp Thomas Ramopoulos Time to Reconsider Status The IMF the EU the Euroarea and its Soverign Debt Crisis (2013) (unpublished manuscript on file with the author) Donrsquot waste your time trying to look for this item go back to your editor
R Holzhacker ldquoTransnationalization of Civil Society Organizations Striving for Equality Goals and Strategies of Gay and Lesbian Groups in Italy and the Netherlands and the Netherlandsrdquo EUI working paper RSCAS 200736 Google search for the name of the working paper or search for the
collection ldquoEUI working papersrdquo
Other steps
Step 6 Electronic sources Consider the source -- use best electronic source available
Step 7 Newspaper articles LexisNexis Westlaw Other databases Web
Step 6 Copying (scanning amp downloading) Title pages Page numbers Note You can scan for free at other campus libraries but you need to store
on USB
Other Tips
Many sources are not available in English available electronically
Use The Bluebook as a guide follow the examples
Google is just one tool ndash not the only tool Use the Advanced Search option on Google The ldquosearch within a site or domainrdquo can be very useful when a site has a
limited search mechanism You can also limit searches to org or some other generic extension
If working with materials in other languages use Google in that language Ask the librarians for help
Google Advanced Search
Example European Court of Human Rights
ECtHR Schalk and Kopf v Austria Appl No 3014104 24 June 2010 sect 55
This is the European Court of Human Rights HUDOC
Choose ldquoAdvanced Searchrdquo and search by the application number Separate opinions both dissenting and concurring are annexed to the
judgment (are at the end of the judgment document)
Example European Court of Justice
Case C-37012 Pringle v Govrsquot of Ireland judgment of 27 November 2012
From the context of the article this is a European Court of Justice case Courtrsquos website
Search by the case number C-37012
International Commercial Arbitration
While there are a variety of print and electronic sources for awards not all of them are published due to confidentiality issues
Kluwer Arbitration (UCB only) Investment Claims (UCB only) Investment Treaty Arbitration ICSID Cases Oxford Reports on International Law (UCB only)
Example ICSID Decision
Quiborax SA Non Metallic Minerals SA and Allan Fosk Kaplun v Plurinational State of Bolivia ICSID Case No ARB062 Decision on Jurisdiction 27 September 2012 at paras 211-217 ICSID website Investment Claims (UCB only) Hint names of cases and case numbers may not always be correct
so if one does not work try the other For more sources for arbitration decisions see
International Commercial Arbitration Boalt Research Guide
Step 4 Foreign Law Sources
Foreign Law Guide (UCB only)Country by Country Guide to Foreign Law ResearchOther databasesWebsites
WorldLII CANLII AUSTLII
Table 2 of The Bluebook provides useful information on web resources by country
Example Foreign Constitution
Const Fr Art 54 World Constitutions Illustrated (UCB only) Constitutions of the Countries of the World (UCB only)
Example Foreign Court Decision
Fr Cons C Deacutecision number 2012-653 DC judgment of 9 August 2012
Locate the decision in French Legifrance
Search by the decision number
Decisions from non-US courts are usually not translated into English
The best source for recent cases is usually the courtrsquos website In some cases the best source will be in print only
Example Foreign Court Decision
Halpern v Canada (Attorney General) 2003 CanLII 26403 (ON CA) sect 91 CANLII is a website for Canadian law Search by the citation 2003 CanLII 26403
See Table 2 of The Bluebook for help with citations from foreign jurisdictions
France
Canada
Examples Foreign Laws
Gesetz zur Anderung des Grundgesetz (Artikel 91c 91d 104b 109 109a 115 143d) BGBl I S 2248 (Nr 48) 29 July 2009
Reforma del artiacuteculo 135 de la Constitucioacuten Espantildeola BOE n 233 27 November 2011
Both of these citations are referring to the official gazettes for each country Use Country by Country Guide to Foreign Law Research to locate
official gazettes
Step 5 Books amp Articles
Books LawCat (Law Library only) OskiCat (UCB libraries except Law Library) Melvyl (UC libraries but not accurate for Law Library)
Book Chapter Holning Lau ldquoRewriting Schalk and Kopf shifting the locus of
deferencerdquo in E Brems (ed) Diversity and European Human Rights 243 251 (2012)
Clue is ldquoinrdquo Search LawCat for the title of the book Diversity and European
Human Rights
Books Example
Discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity in Europe Strasbourg Council of Europe Publishing June 2011 pp 91 et seq Search LawCat by title Discrimination on groundshellip
Peter Rogers amp Susan Leal Running Out of Water The Looming Crisis and Solutions to Conserve our Most Precious Resource 124 (2010) LawCat you can start here by doing a title search but probably not
in our collection search title using OskiCat All UC Libraries (Melvyl)
Step 5 Articles
Law Journal Databases LegalTrac (also on LX and WL as ldquoLegal Resources Indexrdquo) Index to Legal Periodicals HeinOnline
E-Journal Titles A-Z Great for non-law journals
Lexis amp Westlaw Many journals are not on LX or WL especially non-law Locate the title of the journal by using source directories or indexes
Type title of the journal
Type title of the journal
Examples Articles
Philippe Kirsch Canadian Practice in International Law 35 CAN YB INTrsquoL L 349 372 (1997) Search LawCat for title Canadian Yearbook of International Law
Darren E Sherkat KylanMattias de Vries and Stacia Creek Race Religion and Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage 91 SOC SCI Q 80 82 (2010) E-Journal Titles A-Z Social Science Quarterly OskiCat Social Science Quarterly
Examples Other Sources
Jan Wouters amp Thomas Ramopoulos Time to Reconsider Status The IMF the EU the Euroarea and its Soverign Debt Crisis (2013) (unpublished manuscript on file with the author) Donrsquot waste your time trying to look for this item go back to your editor
R Holzhacker ldquoTransnationalization of Civil Society Organizations Striving for Equality Goals and Strategies of Gay and Lesbian Groups in Italy and the Netherlands and the Netherlandsrdquo EUI working paper RSCAS 200736 Google search for the name of the working paper or search for the
collection ldquoEUI working papersrdquo
Other steps
Step 6 Electronic sources Consider the source -- use best electronic source available
Step 7 Newspaper articles LexisNexis Westlaw Other databases Web
Step 6 Copying (scanning amp downloading) Title pages Page numbers Note You can scan for free at other campus libraries but you need to store
on USB
Other Tips
Many sources are not available in English available electronically
Use The Bluebook as a guide follow the examples
Google is just one tool ndash not the only tool Use the Advanced Search option on Google The ldquosearch within a site or domainrdquo can be very useful when a site has a
limited search mechanism You can also limit searches to org or some other generic extension
If working with materials in other languages use Google in that language Ask the librarians for help
Google Advanced Search
Example European Court of Justice
Case C-37012 Pringle v Govrsquot of Ireland judgment of 27 November 2012
From the context of the article this is a European Court of Justice case Courtrsquos website
Search by the case number C-37012
International Commercial Arbitration
While there are a variety of print and electronic sources for awards not all of them are published due to confidentiality issues
Kluwer Arbitration (UCB only) Investment Claims (UCB only) Investment Treaty Arbitration ICSID Cases Oxford Reports on International Law (UCB only)
Example ICSID Decision
Quiborax SA Non Metallic Minerals SA and Allan Fosk Kaplun v Plurinational State of Bolivia ICSID Case No ARB062 Decision on Jurisdiction 27 September 2012 at paras 211-217 ICSID website Investment Claims (UCB only) Hint names of cases and case numbers may not always be correct
so if one does not work try the other For more sources for arbitration decisions see
International Commercial Arbitration Boalt Research Guide
Step 4 Foreign Law Sources
Foreign Law Guide (UCB only)Country by Country Guide to Foreign Law ResearchOther databasesWebsites
WorldLII CANLII AUSTLII
Table 2 of The Bluebook provides useful information on web resources by country
Example Foreign Constitution
Const Fr Art 54 World Constitutions Illustrated (UCB only) Constitutions of the Countries of the World (UCB only)
Example Foreign Court Decision
Fr Cons C Deacutecision number 2012-653 DC judgment of 9 August 2012
Locate the decision in French Legifrance
Search by the decision number
Decisions from non-US courts are usually not translated into English
The best source for recent cases is usually the courtrsquos website In some cases the best source will be in print only
Example Foreign Court Decision
Halpern v Canada (Attorney General) 2003 CanLII 26403 (ON CA) sect 91 CANLII is a website for Canadian law Search by the citation 2003 CanLII 26403
See Table 2 of The Bluebook for help with citations from foreign jurisdictions
France
Canada
Examples Foreign Laws
Gesetz zur Anderung des Grundgesetz (Artikel 91c 91d 104b 109 109a 115 143d) BGBl I S 2248 (Nr 48) 29 July 2009
Reforma del artiacuteculo 135 de la Constitucioacuten Espantildeola BOE n 233 27 November 2011
Both of these citations are referring to the official gazettes for each country Use Country by Country Guide to Foreign Law Research to locate
official gazettes
Step 5 Books amp Articles
Books LawCat (Law Library only) OskiCat (UCB libraries except Law Library) Melvyl (UC libraries but not accurate for Law Library)
Book Chapter Holning Lau ldquoRewriting Schalk and Kopf shifting the locus of
deferencerdquo in E Brems (ed) Diversity and European Human Rights 243 251 (2012)
Clue is ldquoinrdquo Search LawCat for the title of the book Diversity and European
Human Rights
Books Example
Discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity in Europe Strasbourg Council of Europe Publishing June 2011 pp 91 et seq Search LawCat by title Discrimination on groundshellip
Peter Rogers amp Susan Leal Running Out of Water The Looming Crisis and Solutions to Conserve our Most Precious Resource 124 (2010) LawCat you can start here by doing a title search but probably not
in our collection search title using OskiCat All UC Libraries (Melvyl)
Step 5 Articles
Law Journal Databases LegalTrac (also on LX and WL as ldquoLegal Resources Indexrdquo) Index to Legal Periodicals HeinOnline
E-Journal Titles A-Z Great for non-law journals
Lexis amp Westlaw Many journals are not on LX or WL especially non-law Locate the title of the journal by using source directories or indexes
Type title of the journal
Type title of the journal
Examples Articles
Philippe Kirsch Canadian Practice in International Law 35 CAN YB INTrsquoL L 349 372 (1997) Search LawCat for title Canadian Yearbook of International Law
Darren E Sherkat KylanMattias de Vries and Stacia Creek Race Religion and Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage 91 SOC SCI Q 80 82 (2010) E-Journal Titles A-Z Social Science Quarterly OskiCat Social Science Quarterly
Examples Other Sources
Jan Wouters amp Thomas Ramopoulos Time to Reconsider Status The IMF the EU the Euroarea and its Soverign Debt Crisis (2013) (unpublished manuscript on file with the author) Donrsquot waste your time trying to look for this item go back to your editor
R Holzhacker ldquoTransnationalization of Civil Society Organizations Striving for Equality Goals and Strategies of Gay and Lesbian Groups in Italy and the Netherlands and the Netherlandsrdquo EUI working paper RSCAS 200736 Google search for the name of the working paper or search for the
collection ldquoEUI working papersrdquo
Other steps
Step 6 Electronic sources Consider the source -- use best electronic source available
Step 7 Newspaper articles LexisNexis Westlaw Other databases Web
Step 6 Copying (scanning amp downloading) Title pages Page numbers Note You can scan for free at other campus libraries but you need to store
on USB
Other Tips
Many sources are not available in English available electronically
Use The Bluebook as a guide follow the examples
Google is just one tool ndash not the only tool Use the Advanced Search option on Google The ldquosearch within a site or domainrdquo can be very useful when a site has a
limited search mechanism You can also limit searches to org or some other generic extension
If working with materials in other languages use Google in that language Ask the librarians for help
Google Advanced Search
International Commercial Arbitration
While there are a variety of print and electronic sources for awards not all of them are published due to confidentiality issues
Kluwer Arbitration (UCB only) Investment Claims (UCB only) Investment Treaty Arbitration ICSID Cases Oxford Reports on International Law (UCB only)
Example ICSID Decision
Quiborax SA Non Metallic Minerals SA and Allan Fosk Kaplun v Plurinational State of Bolivia ICSID Case No ARB062 Decision on Jurisdiction 27 September 2012 at paras 211-217 ICSID website Investment Claims (UCB only) Hint names of cases and case numbers may not always be correct
so if one does not work try the other For more sources for arbitration decisions see
International Commercial Arbitration Boalt Research Guide
Step 4 Foreign Law Sources
Foreign Law Guide (UCB only)Country by Country Guide to Foreign Law ResearchOther databasesWebsites
WorldLII CANLII AUSTLII
Table 2 of The Bluebook provides useful information on web resources by country
Example Foreign Constitution
Const Fr Art 54 World Constitutions Illustrated (UCB only) Constitutions of the Countries of the World (UCB only)
Example Foreign Court Decision
Fr Cons C Deacutecision number 2012-653 DC judgment of 9 August 2012
Locate the decision in French Legifrance
Search by the decision number
Decisions from non-US courts are usually not translated into English
The best source for recent cases is usually the courtrsquos website In some cases the best source will be in print only
Example Foreign Court Decision
Halpern v Canada (Attorney General) 2003 CanLII 26403 (ON CA) sect 91 CANLII is a website for Canadian law Search by the citation 2003 CanLII 26403
See Table 2 of The Bluebook for help with citations from foreign jurisdictions
France
Canada
Examples Foreign Laws
Gesetz zur Anderung des Grundgesetz (Artikel 91c 91d 104b 109 109a 115 143d) BGBl I S 2248 (Nr 48) 29 July 2009
Reforma del artiacuteculo 135 de la Constitucioacuten Espantildeola BOE n 233 27 November 2011
Both of these citations are referring to the official gazettes for each country Use Country by Country Guide to Foreign Law Research to locate
official gazettes
Step 5 Books amp Articles
Books LawCat (Law Library only) OskiCat (UCB libraries except Law Library) Melvyl (UC libraries but not accurate for Law Library)
Book Chapter Holning Lau ldquoRewriting Schalk and Kopf shifting the locus of
deferencerdquo in E Brems (ed) Diversity and European Human Rights 243 251 (2012)
Clue is ldquoinrdquo Search LawCat for the title of the book Diversity and European
Human Rights
Books Example
Discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity in Europe Strasbourg Council of Europe Publishing June 2011 pp 91 et seq Search LawCat by title Discrimination on groundshellip
Peter Rogers amp Susan Leal Running Out of Water The Looming Crisis and Solutions to Conserve our Most Precious Resource 124 (2010) LawCat you can start here by doing a title search but probably not
in our collection search title using OskiCat All UC Libraries (Melvyl)
Step 5 Articles
Law Journal Databases LegalTrac (also on LX and WL as ldquoLegal Resources Indexrdquo) Index to Legal Periodicals HeinOnline
E-Journal Titles A-Z Great for non-law journals
Lexis amp Westlaw Many journals are not on LX or WL especially non-law Locate the title of the journal by using source directories or indexes
Type title of the journal
Type title of the journal
Examples Articles
Philippe Kirsch Canadian Practice in International Law 35 CAN YB INTrsquoL L 349 372 (1997) Search LawCat for title Canadian Yearbook of International Law
Darren E Sherkat KylanMattias de Vries and Stacia Creek Race Religion and Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage 91 SOC SCI Q 80 82 (2010) E-Journal Titles A-Z Social Science Quarterly OskiCat Social Science Quarterly
Examples Other Sources
Jan Wouters amp Thomas Ramopoulos Time to Reconsider Status The IMF the EU the Euroarea and its Soverign Debt Crisis (2013) (unpublished manuscript on file with the author) Donrsquot waste your time trying to look for this item go back to your editor
R Holzhacker ldquoTransnationalization of Civil Society Organizations Striving for Equality Goals and Strategies of Gay and Lesbian Groups in Italy and the Netherlands and the Netherlandsrdquo EUI working paper RSCAS 200736 Google search for the name of the working paper or search for the
collection ldquoEUI working papersrdquo
Other steps
Step 6 Electronic sources Consider the source -- use best electronic source available
Step 7 Newspaper articles LexisNexis Westlaw Other databases Web
Step 6 Copying (scanning amp downloading) Title pages Page numbers Note You can scan for free at other campus libraries but you need to store
on USB
Other Tips
Many sources are not available in English available electronically
Use The Bluebook as a guide follow the examples
Google is just one tool ndash not the only tool Use the Advanced Search option on Google The ldquosearch within a site or domainrdquo can be very useful when a site has a
limited search mechanism You can also limit searches to org or some other generic extension
If working with materials in other languages use Google in that language Ask the librarians for help
Google Advanced Search
Example ICSID Decision
Quiborax SA Non Metallic Minerals SA and Allan Fosk Kaplun v Plurinational State of Bolivia ICSID Case No ARB062 Decision on Jurisdiction 27 September 2012 at paras 211-217 ICSID website Investment Claims (UCB only) Hint names of cases and case numbers may not always be correct
so if one does not work try the other For more sources for arbitration decisions see
International Commercial Arbitration Boalt Research Guide
Step 4 Foreign Law Sources
Foreign Law Guide (UCB only)Country by Country Guide to Foreign Law ResearchOther databasesWebsites
WorldLII CANLII AUSTLII
Table 2 of The Bluebook provides useful information on web resources by country
Example Foreign Constitution
Const Fr Art 54 World Constitutions Illustrated (UCB only) Constitutions of the Countries of the World (UCB only)
Example Foreign Court Decision
Fr Cons C Deacutecision number 2012-653 DC judgment of 9 August 2012
Locate the decision in French Legifrance
Search by the decision number
Decisions from non-US courts are usually not translated into English
The best source for recent cases is usually the courtrsquos website In some cases the best source will be in print only
Example Foreign Court Decision
Halpern v Canada (Attorney General) 2003 CanLII 26403 (ON CA) sect 91 CANLII is a website for Canadian law Search by the citation 2003 CanLII 26403
See Table 2 of The Bluebook for help with citations from foreign jurisdictions
France
Canada
Examples Foreign Laws
Gesetz zur Anderung des Grundgesetz (Artikel 91c 91d 104b 109 109a 115 143d) BGBl I S 2248 (Nr 48) 29 July 2009
Reforma del artiacuteculo 135 de la Constitucioacuten Espantildeola BOE n 233 27 November 2011
Both of these citations are referring to the official gazettes for each country Use Country by Country Guide to Foreign Law Research to locate
official gazettes
Step 5 Books amp Articles
Books LawCat (Law Library only) OskiCat (UCB libraries except Law Library) Melvyl (UC libraries but not accurate for Law Library)
Book Chapter Holning Lau ldquoRewriting Schalk and Kopf shifting the locus of
deferencerdquo in E Brems (ed) Diversity and European Human Rights 243 251 (2012)
Clue is ldquoinrdquo Search LawCat for the title of the book Diversity and European
Human Rights
Books Example
Discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity in Europe Strasbourg Council of Europe Publishing June 2011 pp 91 et seq Search LawCat by title Discrimination on groundshellip
Peter Rogers amp Susan Leal Running Out of Water The Looming Crisis and Solutions to Conserve our Most Precious Resource 124 (2010) LawCat you can start here by doing a title search but probably not
in our collection search title using OskiCat All UC Libraries (Melvyl)
Step 5 Articles
Law Journal Databases LegalTrac (also on LX and WL as ldquoLegal Resources Indexrdquo) Index to Legal Periodicals HeinOnline
E-Journal Titles A-Z Great for non-law journals
Lexis amp Westlaw Many journals are not on LX or WL especially non-law Locate the title of the journal by using source directories or indexes
Type title of the journal
Type title of the journal
Examples Articles
Philippe Kirsch Canadian Practice in International Law 35 CAN YB INTrsquoL L 349 372 (1997) Search LawCat for title Canadian Yearbook of International Law
Darren E Sherkat KylanMattias de Vries and Stacia Creek Race Religion and Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage 91 SOC SCI Q 80 82 (2010) E-Journal Titles A-Z Social Science Quarterly OskiCat Social Science Quarterly
Examples Other Sources
Jan Wouters amp Thomas Ramopoulos Time to Reconsider Status The IMF the EU the Euroarea and its Soverign Debt Crisis (2013) (unpublished manuscript on file with the author) Donrsquot waste your time trying to look for this item go back to your editor
R Holzhacker ldquoTransnationalization of Civil Society Organizations Striving for Equality Goals and Strategies of Gay and Lesbian Groups in Italy and the Netherlands and the Netherlandsrdquo EUI working paper RSCAS 200736 Google search for the name of the working paper or search for the
collection ldquoEUI working papersrdquo
Other steps
Step 6 Electronic sources Consider the source -- use best electronic source available
Step 7 Newspaper articles LexisNexis Westlaw Other databases Web
Step 6 Copying (scanning amp downloading) Title pages Page numbers Note You can scan for free at other campus libraries but you need to store
on USB
Other Tips
Many sources are not available in English available electronically
Use The Bluebook as a guide follow the examples
Google is just one tool ndash not the only tool Use the Advanced Search option on Google The ldquosearch within a site or domainrdquo can be very useful when a site has a
limited search mechanism You can also limit searches to org or some other generic extension
If working with materials in other languages use Google in that language Ask the librarians for help
Google Advanced Search
Step 4 Foreign Law Sources
Foreign Law Guide (UCB only)Country by Country Guide to Foreign Law ResearchOther databasesWebsites
WorldLII CANLII AUSTLII
Table 2 of The Bluebook provides useful information on web resources by country
Example Foreign Constitution
Const Fr Art 54 World Constitutions Illustrated (UCB only) Constitutions of the Countries of the World (UCB only)
Example Foreign Court Decision
Fr Cons C Deacutecision number 2012-653 DC judgment of 9 August 2012
Locate the decision in French Legifrance
Search by the decision number
Decisions from non-US courts are usually not translated into English
The best source for recent cases is usually the courtrsquos website In some cases the best source will be in print only
Example Foreign Court Decision
Halpern v Canada (Attorney General) 2003 CanLII 26403 (ON CA) sect 91 CANLII is a website for Canadian law Search by the citation 2003 CanLII 26403
See Table 2 of The Bluebook for help with citations from foreign jurisdictions
France
Canada
Examples Foreign Laws
Gesetz zur Anderung des Grundgesetz (Artikel 91c 91d 104b 109 109a 115 143d) BGBl I S 2248 (Nr 48) 29 July 2009
Reforma del artiacuteculo 135 de la Constitucioacuten Espantildeola BOE n 233 27 November 2011
Both of these citations are referring to the official gazettes for each country Use Country by Country Guide to Foreign Law Research to locate
official gazettes
Step 5 Books amp Articles
Books LawCat (Law Library only) OskiCat (UCB libraries except Law Library) Melvyl (UC libraries but not accurate for Law Library)
Book Chapter Holning Lau ldquoRewriting Schalk and Kopf shifting the locus of
deferencerdquo in E Brems (ed) Diversity and European Human Rights 243 251 (2012)
Clue is ldquoinrdquo Search LawCat for the title of the book Diversity and European
Human Rights
Books Example
Discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity in Europe Strasbourg Council of Europe Publishing June 2011 pp 91 et seq Search LawCat by title Discrimination on groundshellip
Peter Rogers amp Susan Leal Running Out of Water The Looming Crisis and Solutions to Conserve our Most Precious Resource 124 (2010) LawCat you can start here by doing a title search but probably not
in our collection search title using OskiCat All UC Libraries (Melvyl)
Step 5 Articles
Law Journal Databases LegalTrac (also on LX and WL as ldquoLegal Resources Indexrdquo) Index to Legal Periodicals HeinOnline
E-Journal Titles A-Z Great for non-law journals
Lexis amp Westlaw Many journals are not on LX or WL especially non-law Locate the title of the journal by using source directories or indexes
Type title of the journal
Type title of the journal
Examples Articles
Philippe Kirsch Canadian Practice in International Law 35 CAN YB INTrsquoL L 349 372 (1997) Search LawCat for title Canadian Yearbook of International Law
Darren E Sherkat KylanMattias de Vries and Stacia Creek Race Religion and Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage 91 SOC SCI Q 80 82 (2010) E-Journal Titles A-Z Social Science Quarterly OskiCat Social Science Quarterly
Examples Other Sources
Jan Wouters amp Thomas Ramopoulos Time to Reconsider Status The IMF the EU the Euroarea and its Soverign Debt Crisis (2013) (unpublished manuscript on file with the author) Donrsquot waste your time trying to look for this item go back to your editor
R Holzhacker ldquoTransnationalization of Civil Society Organizations Striving for Equality Goals and Strategies of Gay and Lesbian Groups in Italy and the Netherlands and the Netherlandsrdquo EUI working paper RSCAS 200736 Google search for the name of the working paper or search for the
collection ldquoEUI working papersrdquo
Other steps
Step 6 Electronic sources Consider the source -- use best electronic source available
Step 7 Newspaper articles LexisNexis Westlaw Other databases Web
Step 6 Copying (scanning amp downloading) Title pages Page numbers Note You can scan for free at other campus libraries but you need to store
on USB
Other Tips
Many sources are not available in English available electronically
Use The Bluebook as a guide follow the examples
Google is just one tool ndash not the only tool Use the Advanced Search option on Google The ldquosearch within a site or domainrdquo can be very useful when a site has a
limited search mechanism You can also limit searches to org or some other generic extension
If working with materials in other languages use Google in that language Ask the librarians for help
Google Advanced Search
Example Foreign Constitution
Const Fr Art 54 World Constitutions Illustrated (UCB only) Constitutions of the Countries of the World (UCB only)
Example Foreign Court Decision
Fr Cons C Deacutecision number 2012-653 DC judgment of 9 August 2012
Locate the decision in French Legifrance
Search by the decision number
Decisions from non-US courts are usually not translated into English
The best source for recent cases is usually the courtrsquos website In some cases the best source will be in print only
Example Foreign Court Decision
Halpern v Canada (Attorney General) 2003 CanLII 26403 (ON CA) sect 91 CANLII is a website for Canadian law Search by the citation 2003 CanLII 26403
See Table 2 of The Bluebook for help with citations from foreign jurisdictions
France
Canada
Examples Foreign Laws
Gesetz zur Anderung des Grundgesetz (Artikel 91c 91d 104b 109 109a 115 143d) BGBl I S 2248 (Nr 48) 29 July 2009
Reforma del artiacuteculo 135 de la Constitucioacuten Espantildeola BOE n 233 27 November 2011
Both of these citations are referring to the official gazettes for each country Use Country by Country Guide to Foreign Law Research to locate
official gazettes
Step 5 Books amp Articles
Books LawCat (Law Library only) OskiCat (UCB libraries except Law Library) Melvyl (UC libraries but not accurate for Law Library)
Book Chapter Holning Lau ldquoRewriting Schalk and Kopf shifting the locus of
deferencerdquo in E Brems (ed) Diversity and European Human Rights 243 251 (2012)
Clue is ldquoinrdquo Search LawCat for the title of the book Diversity and European
Human Rights
Books Example
Discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity in Europe Strasbourg Council of Europe Publishing June 2011 pp 91 et seq Search LawCat by title Discrimination on groundshellip
Peter Rogers amp Susan Leal Running Out of Water The Looming Crisis and Solutions to Conserve our Most Precious Resource 124 (2010) LawCat you can start here by doing a title search but probably not
in our collection search title using OskiCat All UC Libraries (Melvyl)
Step 5 Articles
Law Journal Databases LegalTrac (also on LX and WL as ldquoLegal Resources Indexrdquo) Index to Legal Periodicals HeinOnline
E-Journal Titles A-Z Great for non-law journals
Lexis amp Westlaw Many journals are not on LX or WL especially non-law Locate the title of the journal by using source directories or indexes
Type title of the journal
Type title of the journal
Examples Articles
Philippe Kirsch Canadian Practice in International Law 35 CAN YB INTrsquoL L 349 372 (1997) Search LawCat for title Canadian Yearbook of International Law
Darren E Sherkat KylanMattias de Vries and Stacia Creek Race Religion and Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage 91 SOC SCI Q 80 82 (2010) E-Journal Titles A-Z Social Science Quarterly OskiCat Social Science Quarterly
Examples Other Sources
Jan Wouters amp Thomas Ramopoulos Time to Reconsider Status The IMF the EU the Euroarea and its Soverign Debt Crisis (2013) (unpublished manuscript on file with the author) Donrsquot waste your time trying to look for this item go back to your editor
R Holzhacker ldquoTransnationalization of Civil Society Organizations Striving for Equality Goals and Strategies of Gay and Lesbian Groups in Italy and the Netherlands and the Netherlandsrdquo EUI working paper RSCAS 200736 Google search for the name of the working paper or search for the
collection ldquoEUI working papersrdquo
Other steps
Step 6 Electronic sources Consider the source -- use best electronic source available
Step 7 Newspaper articles LexisNexis Westlaw Other databases Web
Step 6 Copying (scanning amp downloading) Title pages Page numbers Note You can scan for free at other campus libraries but you need to store
on USB
Other Tips
Many sources are not available in English available electronically
Use The Bluebook as a guide follow the examples
Google is just one tool ndash not the only tool Use the Advanced Search option on Google The ldquosearch within a site or domainrdquo can be very useful when a site has a
limited search mechanism You can also limit searches to org or some other generic extension
If working with materials in other languages use Google in that language Ask the librarians for help
Google Advanced Search
Example Foreign Court Decision
Fr Cons C Deacutecision number 2012-653 DC judgment of 9 August 2012
Locate the decision in French Legifrance
Search by the decision number
Decisions from non-US courts are usually not translated into English
The best source for recent cases is usually the courtrsquos website In some cases the best source will be in print only
Example Foreign Court Decision
Halpern v Canada (Attorney General) 2003 CanLII 26403 (ON CA) sect 91 CANLII is a website for Canadian law Search by the citation 2003 CanLII 26403
See Table 2 of The Bluebook for help with citations from foreign jurisdictions
France
Canada
Examples Foreign Laws
Gesetz zur Anderung des Grundgesetz (Artikel 91c 91d 104b 109 109a 115 143d) BGBl I S 2248 (Nr 48) 29 July 2009
Reforma del artiacuteculo 135 de la Constitucioacuten Espantildeola BOE n 233 27 November 2011
Both of these citations are referring to the official gazettes for each country Use Country by Country Guide to Foreign Law Research to locate
official gazettes
Step 5 Books amp Articles
Books LawCat (Law Library only) OskiCat (UCB libraries except Law Library) Melvyl (UC libraries but not accurate for Law Library)
Book Chapter Holning Lau ldquoRewriting Schalk and Kopf shifting the locus of
deferencerdquo in E Brems (ed) Diversity and European Human Rights 243 251 (2012)
Clue is ldquoinrdquo Search LawCat for the title of the book Diversity and European
Human Rights
Books Example
Discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity in Europe Strasbourg Council of Europe Publishing June 2011 pp 91 et seq Search LawCat by title Discrimination on groundshellip
Peter Rogers amp Susan Leal Running Out of Water The Looming Crisis and Solutions to Conserve our Most Precious Resource 124 (2010) LawCat you can start here by doing a title search but probably not
in our collection search title using OskiCat All UC Libraries (Melvyl)
Step 5 Articles
Law Journal Databases LegalTrac (also on LX and WL as ldquoLegal Resources Indexrdquo) Index to Legal Periodicals HeinOnline
E-Journal Titles A-Z Great for non-law journals
Lexis amp Westlaw Many journals are not on LX or WL especially non-law Locate the title of the journal by using source directories or indexes
Type title of the journal
Type title of the journal
Examples Articles
Philippe Kirsch Canadian Practice in International Law 35 CAN YB INTrsquoL L 349 372 (1997) Search LawCat for title Canadian Yearbook of International Law
Darren E Sherkat KylanMattias de Vries and Stacia Creek Race Religion and Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage 91 SOC SCI Q 80 82 (2010) E-Journal Titles A-Z Social Science Quarterly OskiCat Social Science Quarterly
Examples Other Sources
Jan Wouters amp Thomas Ramopoulos Time to Reconsider Status The IMF the EU the Euroarea and its Soverign Debt Crisis (2013) (unpublished manuscript on file with the author) Donrsquot waste your time trying to look for this item go back to your editor
R Holzhacker ldquoTransnationalization of Civil Society Organizations Striving for Equality Goals and Strategies of Gay and Lesbian Groups in Italy and the Netherlands and the Netherlandsrdquo EUI working paper RSCAS 200736 Google search for the name of the working paper or search for the
collection ldquoEUI working papersrdquo
Other steps
Step 6 Electronic sources Consider the source -- use best electronic source available
Step 7 Newspaper articles LexisNexis Westlaw Other databases Web
Step 6 Copying (scanning amp downloading) Title pages Page numbers Note You can scan for free at other campus libraries but you need to store
on USB
Other Tips
Many sources are not available in English available electronically
Use The Bluebook as a guide follow the examples
Google is just one tool ndash not the only tool Use the Advanced Search option on Google The ldquosearch within a site or domainrdquo can be very useful when a site has a
limited search mechanism You can also limit searches to org or some other generic extension
If working with materials in other languages use Google in that language Ask the librarians for help
Google Advanced Search
Example Foreign Court Decision
Halpern v Canada (Attorney General) 2003 CanLII 26403 (ON CA) sect 91 CANLII is a website for Canadian law Search by the citation 2003 CanLII 26403
See Table 2 of The Bluebook for help with citations from foreign jurisdictions
France
Canada
Examples Foreign Laws
Gesetz zur Anderung des Grundgesetz (Artikel 91c 91d 104b 109 109a 115 143d) BGBl I S 2248 (Nr 48) 29 July 2009
Reforma del artiacuteculo 135 de la Constitucioacuten Espantildeola BOE n 233 27 November 2011
Both of these citations are referring to the official gazettes for each country Use Country by Country Guide to Foreign Law Research to locate
official gazettes
Step 5 Books amp Articles
Books LawCat (Law Library only) OskiCat (UCB libraries except Law Library) Melvyl (UC libraries but not accurate for Law Library)
Book Chapter Holning Lau ldquoRewriting Schalk and Kopf shifting the locus of
deferencerdquo in E Brems (ed) Diversity and European Human Rights 243 251 (2012)
Clue is ldquoinrdquo Search LawCat for the title of the book Diversity and European
Human Rights
Books Example
Discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity in Europe Strasbourg Council of Europe Publishing June 2011 pp 91 et seq Search LawCat by title Discrimination on groundshellip
Peter Rogers amp Susan Leal Running Out of Water The Looming Crisis and Solutions to Conserve our Most Precious Resource 124 (2010) LawCat you can start here by doing a title search but probably not
in our collection search title using OskiCat All UC Libraries (Melvyl)
Step 5 Articles
Law Journal Databases LegalTrac (also on LX and WL as ldquoLegal Resources Indexrdquo) Index to Legal Periodicals HeinOnline
E-Journal Titles A-Z Great for non-law journals
Lexis amp Westlaw Many journals are not on LX or WL especially non-law Locate the title of the journal by using source directories or indexes
Type title of the journal
Type title of the journal
Examples Articles
Philippe Kirsch Canadian Practice in International Law 35 CAN YB INTrsquoL L 349 372 (1997) Search LawCat for title Canadian Yearbook of International Law
Darren E Sherkat KylanMattias de Vries and Stacia Creek Race Religion and Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage 91 SOC SCI Q 80 82 (2010) E-Journal Titles A-Z Social Science Quarterly OskiCat Social Science Quarterly
Examples Other Sources
Jan Wouters amp Thomas Ramopoulos Time to Reconsider Status The IMF the EU the Euroarea and its Soverign Debt Crisis (2013) (unpublished manuscript on file with the author) Donrsquot waste your time trying to look for this item go back to your editor
R Holzhacker ldquoTransnationalization of Civil Society Organizations Striving for Equality Goals and Strategies of Gay and Lesbian Groups in Italy and the Netherlands and the Netherlandsrdquo EUI working paper RSCAS 200736 Google search for the name of the working paper or search for the
collection ldquoEUI working papersrdquo
Other steps
Step 6 Electronic sources Consider the source -- use best electronic source available
Step 7 Newspaper articles LexisNexis Westlaw Other databases Web
Step 6 Copying (scanning amp downloading) Title pages Page numbers Note You can scan for free at other campus libraries but you need to store
on USB
Other Tips
Many sources are not available in English available electronically
Use The Bluebook as a guide follow the examples
Google is just one tool ndash not the only tool Use the Advanced Search option on Google The ldquosearch within a site or domainrdquo can be very useful when a site has a
limited search mechanism You can also limit searches to org or some other generic extension
If working with materials in other languages use Google in that language Ask the librarians for help
Google Advanced Search
France
Canada
Examples Foreign Laws
Gesetz zur Anderung des Grundgesetz (Artikel 91c 91d 104b 109 109a 115 143d) BGBl I S 2248 (Nr 48) 29 July 2009
Reforma del artiacuteculo 135 de la Constitucioacuten Espantildeola BOE n 233 27 November 2011
Both of these citations are referring to the official gazettes for each country Use Country by Country Guide to Foreign Law Research to locate
official gazettes
Step 5 Books amp Articles
Books LawCat (Law Library only) OskiCat (UCB libraries except Law Library) Melvyl (UC libraries but not accurate for Law Library)
Book Chapter Holning Lau ldquoRewriting Schalk and Kopf shifting the locus of
deferencerdquo in E Brems (ed) Diversity and European Human Rights 243 251 (2012)
Clue is ldquoinrdquo Search LawCat for the title of the book Diversity and European
Human Rights
Books Example
Discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity in Europe Strasbourg Council of Europe Publishing June 2011 pp 91 et seq Search LawCat by title Discrimination on groundshellip
Peter Rogers amp Susan Leal Running Out of Water The Looming Crisis and Solutions to Conserve our Most Precious Resource 124 (2010) LawCat you can start here by doing a title search but probably not
in our collection search title using OskiCat All UC Libraries (Melvyl)
Step 5 Articles
Law Journal Databases LegalTrac (also on LX and WL as ldquoLegal Resources Indexrdquo) Index to Legal Periodicals HeinOnline
E-Journal Titles A-Z Great for non-law journals
Lexis amp Westlaw Many journals are not on LX or WL especially non-law Locate the title of the journal by using source directories or indexes
Type title of the journal
Type title of the journal
Examples Articles
Philippe Kirsch Canadian Practice in International Law 35 CAN YB INTrsquoL L 349 372 (1997) Search LawCat for title Canadian Yearbook of International Law
Darren E Sherkat KylanMattias de Vries and Stacia Creek Race Religion and Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage 91 SOC SCI Q 80 82 (2010) E-Journal Titles A-Z Social Science Quarterly OskiCat Social Science Quarterly
Examples Other Sources
Jan Wouters amp Thomas Ramopoulos Time to Reconsider Status The IMF the EU the Euroarea and its Soverign Debt Crisis (2013) (unpublished manuscript on file with the author) Donrsquot waste your time trying to look for this item go back to your editor
R Holzhacker ldquoTransnationalization of Civil Society Organizations Striving for Equality Goals and Strategies of Gay and Lesbian Groups in Italy and the Netherlands and the Netherlandsrdquo EUI working paper RSCAS 200736 Google search for the name of the working paper or search for the
collection ldquoEUI working papersrdquo
Other steps
Step 6 Electronic sources Consider the source -- use best electronic source available
Step 7 Newspaper articles LexisNexis Westlaw Other databases Web
Step 6 Copying (scanning amp downloading) Title pages Page numbers Note You can scan for free at other campus libraries but you need to store
on USB
Other Tips
Many sources are not available in English available electronically
Use The Bluebook as a guide follow the examples
Google is just one tool ndash not the only tool Use the Advanced Search option on Google The ldquosearch within a site or domainrdquo can be very useful when a site has a
limited search mechanism You can also limit searches to org or some other generic extension
If working with materials in other languages use Google in that language Ask the librarians for help
Google Advanced Search
Examples Foreign Laws
Gesetz zur Anderung des Grundgesetz (Artikel 91c 91d 104b 109 109a 115 143d) BGBl I S 2248 (Nr 48) 29 July 2009
Reforma del artiacuteculo 135 de la Constitucioacuten Espantildeola BOE n 233 27 November 2011
Both of these citations are referring to the official gazettes for each country Use Country by Country Guide to Foreign Law Research to locate
official gazettes
Step 5 Books amp Articles
Books LawCat (Law Library only) OskiCat (UCB libraries except Law Library) Melvyl (UC libraries but not accurate for Law Library)
Book Chapter Holning Lau ldquoRewriting Schalk and Kopf shifting the locus of
deferencerdquo in E Brems (ed) Diversity and European Human Rights 243 251 (2012)
Clue is ldquoinrdquo Search LawCat for the title of the book Diversity and European
Human Rights
Books Example
Discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity in Europe Strasbourg Council of Europe Publishing June 2011 pp 91 et seq Search LawCat by title Discrimination on groundshellip
Peter Rogers amp Susan Leal Running Out of Water The Looming Crisis and Solutions to Conserve our Most Precious Resource 124 (2010) LawCat you can start here by doing a title search but probably not
in our collection search title using OskiCat All UC Libraries (Melvyl)
Step 5 Articles
Law Journal Databases LegalTrac (also on LX and WL as ldquoLegal Resources Indexrdquo) Index to Legal Periodicals HeinOnline
E-Journal Titles A-Z Great for non-law journals
Lexis amp Westlaw Many journals are not on LX or WL especially non-law Locate the title of the journal by using source directories or indexes
Type title of the journal
Type title of the journal
Examples Articles
Philippe Kirsch Canadian Practice in International Law 35 CAN YB INTrsquoL L 349 372 (1997) Search LawCat for title Canadian Yearbook of International Law
Darren E Sherkat KylanMattias de Vries and Stacia Creek Race Religion and Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage 91 SOC SCI Q 80 82 (2010) E-Journal Titles A-Z Social Science Quarterly OskiCat Social Science Quarterly
Examples Other Sources
Jan Wouters amp Thomas Ramopoulos Time to Reconsider Status The IMF the EU the Euroarea and its Soverign Debt Crisis (2013) (unpublished manuscript on file with the author) Donrsquot waste your time trying to look for this item go back to your editor
R Holzhacker ldquoTransnationalization of Civil Society Organizations Striving for Equality Goals and Strategies of Gay and Lesbian Groups in Italy and the Netherlands and the Netherlandsrdquo EUI working paper RSCAS 200736 Google search for the name of the working paper or search for the
collection ldquoEUI working papersrdquo
Other steps
Step 6 Electronic sources Consider the source -- use best electronic source available
Step 7 Newspaper articles LexisNexis Westlaw Other databases Web
Step 6 Copying (scanning amp downloading) Title pages Page numbers Note You can scan for free at other campus libraries but you need to store
on USB
Other Tips
Many sources are not available in English available electronically
Use The Bluebook as a guide follow the examples
Google is just one tool ndash not the only tool Use the Advanced Search option on Google The ldquosearch within a site or domainrdquo can be very useful when a site has a
limited search mechanism You can also limit searches to org or some other generic extension
If working with materials in other languages use Google in that language Ask the librarians for help
Google Advanced Search
Step 5 Books amp Articles
Books LawCat (Law Library only) OskiCat (UCB libraries except Law Library) Melvyl (UC libraries but not accurate for Law Library)
Book Chapter Holning Lau ldquoRewriting Schalk and Kopf shifting the locus of
deferencerdquo in E Brems (ed) Diversity and European Human Rights 243 251 (2012)
Clue is ldquoinrdquo Search LawCat for the title of the book Diversity and European
Human Rights
Books Example
Discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity in Europe Strasbourg Council of Europe Publishing June 2011 pp 91 et seq Search LawCat by title Discrimination on groundshellip
Peter Rogers amp Susan Leal Running Out of Water The Looming Crisis and Solutions to Conserve our Most Precious Resource 124 (2010) LawCat you can start here by doing a title search but probably not
in our collection search title using OskiCat All UC Libraries (Melvyl)
Step 5 Articles
Law Journal Databases LegalTrac (also on LX and WL as ldquoLegal Resources Indexrdquo) Index to Legal Periodicals HeinOnline
E-Journal Titles A-Z Great for non-law journals
Lexis amp Westlaw Many journals are not on LX or WL especially non-law Locate the title of the journal by using source directories or indexes
Type title of the journal
Type title of the journal
Examples Articles
Philippe Kirsch Canadian Practice in International Law 35 CAN YB INTrsquoL L 349 372 (1997) Search LawCat for title Canadian Yearbook of International Law
Darren E Sherkat KylanMattias de Vries and Stacia Creek Race Religion and Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage 91 SOC SCI Q 80 82 (2010) E-Journal Titles A-Z Social Science Quarterly OskiCat Social Science Quarterly
Examples Other Sources
Jan Wouters amp Thomas Ramopoulos Time to Reconsider Status The IMF the EU the Euroarea and its Soverign Debt Crisis (2013) (unpublished manuscript on file with the author) Donrsquot waste your time trying to look for this item go back to your editor
R Holzhacker ldquoTransnationalization of Civil Society Organizations Striving for Equality Goals and Strategies of Gay and Lesbian Groups in Italy and the Netherlands and the Netherlandsrdquo EUI working paper RSCAS 200736 Google search for the name of the working paper or search for the
collection ldquoEUI working papersrdquo
Other steps
Step 6 Electronic sources Consider the source -- use best electronic source available
Step 7 Newspaper articles LexisNexis Westlaw Other databases Web
Step 6 Copying (scanning amp downloading) Title pages Page numbers Note You can scan for free at other campus libraries but you need to store
on USB
Other Tips
Many sources are not available in English available electronically
Use The Bluebook as a guide follow the examples
Google is just one tool ndash not the only tool Use the Advanced Search option on Google The ldquosearch within a site or domainrdquo can be very useful when a site has a
limited search mechanism You can also limit searches to org or some other generic extension
If working with materials in other languages use Google in that language Ask the librarians for help
Google Advanced Search
Books Example
Discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity in Europe Strasbourg Council of Europe Publishing June 2011 pp 91 et seq Search LawCat by title Discrimination on groundshellip
Peter Rogers amp Susan Leal Running Out of Water The Looming Crisis and Solutions to Conserve our Most Precious Resource 124 (2010) LawCat you can start here by doing a title search but probably not
in our collection search title using OskiCat All UC Libraries (Melvyl)
Step 5 Articles
Law Journal Databases LegalTrac (also on LX and WL as ldquoLegal Resources Indexrdquo) Index to Legal Periodicals HeinOnline
E-Journal Titles A-Z Great for non-law journals
Lexis amp Westlaw Many journals are not on LX or WL especially non-law Locate the title of the journal by using source directories or indexes
Type title of the journal
Type title of the journal
Examples Articles
Philippe Kirsch Canadian Practice in International Law 35 CAN YB INTrsquoL L 349 372 (1997) Search LawCat for title Canadian Yearbook of International Law
Darren E Sherkat KylanMattias de Vries and Stacia Creek Race Religion and Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage 91 SOC SCI Q 80 82 (2010) E-Journal Titles A-Z Social Science Quarterly OskiCat Social Science Quarterly
Examples Other Sources
Jan Wouters amp Thomas Ramopoulos Time to Reconsider Status The IMF the EU the Euroarea and its Soverign Debt Crisis (2013) (unpublished manuscript on file with the author) Donrsquot waste your time trying to look for this item go back to your editor
R Holzhacker ldquoTransnationalization of Civil Society Organizations Striving for Equality Goals and Strategies of Gay and Lesbian Groups in Italy and the Netherlands and the Netherlandsrdquo EUI working paper RSCAS 200736 Google search for the name of the working paper or search for the
collection ldquoEUI working papersrdquo
Other steps
Step 6 Electronic sources Consider the source -- use best electronic source available
Step 7 Newspaper articles LexisNexis Westlaw Other databases Web
Step 6 Copying (scanning amp downloading) Title pages Page numbers Note You can scan for free at other campus libraries but you need to store
on USB
Other Tips
Many sources are not available in English available electronically
Use The Bluebook as a guide follow the examples
Google is just one tool ndash not the only tool Use the Advanced Search option on Google The ldquosearch within a site or domainrdquo can be very useful when a site has a
limited search mechanism You can also limit searches to org or some other generic extension
If working with materials in other languages use Google in that language Ask the librarians for help
Google Advanced Search
Step 5 Articles
Law Journal Databases LegalTrac (also on LX and WL as ldquoLegal Resources Indexrdquo) Index to Legal Periodicals HeinOnline
E-Journal Titles A-Z Great for non-law journals
Lexis amp Westlaw Many journals are not on LX or WL especially non-law Locate the title of the journal by using source directories or indexes
Type title of the journal
Type title of the journal
Examples Articles
Philippe Kirsch Canadian Practice in International Law 35 CAN YB INTrsquoL L 349 372 (1997) Search LawCat for title Canadian Yearbook of International Law
Darren E Sherkat KylanMattias de Vries and Stacia Creek Race Religion and Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage 91 SOC SCI Q 80 82 (2010) E-Journal Titles A-Z Social Science Quarterly OskiCat Social Science Quarterly
Examples Other Sources
Jan Wouters amp Thomas Ramopoulos Time to Reconsider Status The IMF the EU the Euroarea and its Soverign Debt Crisis (2013) (unpublished manuscript on file with the author) Donrsquot waste your time trying to look for this item go back to your editor
R Holzhacker ldquoTransnationalization of Civil Society Organizations Striving for Equality Goals and Strategies of Gay and Lesbian Groups in Italy and the Netherlands and the Netherlandsrdquo EUI working paper RSCAS 200736 Google search for the name of the working paper or search for the
collection ldquoEUI working papersrdquo
Other steps
Step 6 Electronic sources Consider the source -- use best electronic source available
Step 7 Newspaper articles LexisNexis Westlaw Other databases Web
Step 6 Copying (scanning amp downloading) Title pages Page numbers Note You can scan for free at other campus libraries but you need to store
on USB
Other Tips
Many sources are not available in English available electronically
Use The Bluebook as a guide follow the examples
Google is just one tool ndash not the only tool Use the Advanced Search option on Google The ldquosearch within a site or domainrdquo can be very useful when a site has a
limited search mechanism You can also limit searches to org or some other generic extension
If working with materials in other languages use Google in that language Ask the librarians for help
Google Advanced Search
Type title of the journal
Type title of the journal
Examples Articles
Philippe Kirsch Canadian Practice in International Law 35 CAN YB INTrsquoL L 349 372 (1997) Search LawCat for title Canadian Yearbook of International Law
Darren E Sherkat KylanMattias de Vries and Stacia Creek Race Religion and Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage 91 SOC SCI Q 80 82 (2010) E-Journal Titles A-Z Social Science Quarterly OskiCat Social Science Quarterly
Examples Other Sources
Jan Wouters amp Thomas Ramopoulos Time to Reconsider Status The IMF the EU the Euroarea and its Soverign Debt Crisis (2013) (unpublished manuscript on file with the author) Donrsquot waste your time trying to look for this item go back to your editor
R Holzhacker ldquoTransnationalization of Civil Society Organizations Striving for Equality Goals and Strategies of Gay and Lesbian Groups in Italy and the Netherlands and the Netherlandsrdquo EUI working paper RSCAS 200736 Google search for the name of the working paper or search for the
collection ldquoEUI working papersrdquo
Other steps
Step 6 Electronic sources Consider the source -- use best electronic source available
Step 7 Newspaper articles LexisNexis Westlaw Other databases Web
Step 6 Copying (scanning amp downloading) Title pages Page numbers Note You can scan for free at other campus libraries but you need to store
on USB
Other Tips
Many sources are not available in English available electronically
Use The Bluebook as a guide follow the examples
Google is just one tool ndash not the only tool Use the Advanced Search option on Google The ldquosearch within a site or domainrdquo can be very useful when a site has a
limited search mechanism You can also limit searches to org or some other generic extension
If working with materials in other languages use Google in that language Ask the librarians for help
Google Advanced Search
Type title of the journal
Examples Articles
Philippe Kirsch Canadian Practice in International Law 35 CAN YB INTrsquoL L 349 372 (1997) Search LawCat for title Canadian Yearbook of International Law
Darren E Sherkat KylanMattias de Vries and Stacia Creek Race Religion and Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage 91 SOC SCI Q 80 82 (2010) E-Journal Titles A-Z Social Science Quarterly OskiCat Social Science Quarterly
Examples Other Sources
Jan Wouters amp Thomas Ramopoulos Time to Reconsider Status The IMF the EU the Euroarea and its Soverign Debt Crisis (2013) (unpublished manuscript on file with the author) Donrsquot waste your time trying to look for this item go back to your editor
R Holzhacker ldquoTransnationalization of Civil Society Organizations Striving for Equality Goals and Strategies of Gay and Lesbian Groups in Italy and the Netherlands and the Netherlandsrdquo EUI working paper RSCAS 200736 Google search for the name of the working paper or search for the
collection ldquoEUI working papersrdquo
Other steps
Step 6 Electronic sources Consider the source -- use best electronic source available
Step 7 Newspaper articles LexisNexis Westlaw Other databases Web
Step 6 Copying (scanning amp downloading) Title pages Page numbers Note You can scan for free at other campus libraries but you need to store
on USB
Other Tips
Many sources are not available in English available electronically
Use The Bluebook as a guide follow the examples
Google is just one tool ndash not the only tool Use the Advanced Search option on Google The ldquosearch within a site or domainrdquo can be very useful when a site has a
limited search mechanism You can also limit searches to org or some other generic extension
If working with materials in other languages use Google in that language Ask the librarians for help
Google Advanced Search
Examples Articles
Philippe Kirsch Canadian Practice in International Law 35 CAN YB INTrsquoL L 349 372 (1997) Search LawCat for title Canadian Yearbook of International Law
Darren E Sherkat KylanMattias de Vries and Stacia Creek Race Religion and Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage 91 SOC SCI Q 80 82 (2010) E-Journal Titles A-Z Social Science Quarterly OskiCat Social Science Quarterly
Examples Other Sources
Jan Wouters amp Thomas Ramopoulos Time to Reconsider Status The IMF the EU the Euroarea and its Soverign Debt Crisis (2013) (unpublished manuscript on file with the author) Donrsquot waste your time trying to look for this item go back to your editor
R Holzhacker ldquoTransnationalization of Civil Society Organizations Striving for Equality Goals and Strategies of Gay and Lesbian Groups in Italy and the Netherlands and the Netherlandsrdquo EUI working paper RSCAS 200736 Google search for the name of the working paper or search for the
collection ldquoEUI working papersrdquo
Other steps
Step 6 Electronic sources Consider the source -- use best electronic source available
Step 7 Newspaper articles LexisNexis Westlaw Other databases Web
Step 6 Copying (scanning amp downloading) Title pages Page numbers Note You can scan for free at other campus libraries but you need to store
on USB
Other Tips
Many sources are not available in English available electronically
Use The Bluebook as a guide follow the examples
Google is just one tool ndash not the only tool Use the Advanced Search option on Google The ldquosearch within a site or domainrdquo can be very useful when a site has a
limited search mechanism You can also limit searches to org or some other generic extension
If working with materials in other languages use Google in that language Ask the librarians for help
Google Advanced Search
Examples Other Sources
Jan Wouters amp Thomas Ramopoulos Time to Reconsider Status The IMF the EU the Euroarea and its Soverign Debt Crisis (2013) (unpublished manuscript on file with the author) Donrsquot waste your time trying to look for this item go back to your editor
R Holzhacker ldquoTransnationalization of Civil Society Organizations Striving for Equality Goals and Strategies of Gay and Lesbian Groups in Italy and the Netherlands and the Netherlandsrdquo EUI working paper RSCAS 200736 Google search for the name of the working paper or search for the
collection ldquoEUI working papersrdquo
Other steps
Step 6 Electronic sources Consider the source -- use best electronic source available
Step 7 Newspaper articles LexisNexis Westlaw Other databases Web
Step 6 Copying (scanning amp downloading) Title pages Page numbers Note You can scan for free at other campus libraries but you need to store
on USB
Other Tips
Many sources are not available in English available electronically
Use The Bluebook as a guide follow the examples
Google is just one tool ndash not the only tool Use the Advanced Search option on Google The ldquosearch within a site or domainrdquo can be very useful when a site has a
limited search mechanism You can also limit searches to org or some other generic extension
If working with materials in other languages use Google in that language Ask the librarians for help
Google Advanced Search
Other steps
Step 6 Electronic sources Consider the source -- use best electronic source available
Step 7 Newspaper articles LexisNexis Westlaw Other databases Web
Step 6 Copying (scanning amp downloading) Title pages Page numbers Note You can scan for free at other campus libraries but you need to store
on USB
Other Tips
Many sources are not available in English available electronically
Use The Bluebook as a guide follow the examples
Google is just one tool ndash not the only tool Use the Advanced Search option on Google The ldquosearch within a site or domainrdquo can be very useful when a site has a
limited search mechanism You can also limit searches to org or some other generic extension
If working with materials in other languages use Google in that language Ask the librarians for help
Google Advanced Search
Other Tips
Many sources are not available in English available electronically
Use The Bluebook as a guide follow the examples
Google is just one tool ndash not the only tool Use the Advanced Search option on Google The ldquosearch within a site or domainrdquo can be very useful when a site has a
limited search mechanism You can also limit searches to org or some other generic extension
If working with materials in other languages use Google in that language Ask the librarians for help
Google Advanced Search
Google Advanced Search
