Resources for HSC Legal StudiesState Library of NSW Sarah Condie March 2012

Students and teachers need:

–Legislation–Cases–Media reports–Magazine and journal articles–International instruments

–Readable and understandable–Current–Accurate

Understanding the school year

Year 11

Term 1 – Part 1- the legal system

Term 2 – Part 2 – the individual and the law

Term 3 – Part 3 – law in practice

Year 12

Term 4 – Crime

Term 1 – Human Rights

Term 2 and Term 3 – two focus areas of their choice

Tips to make the most of our guides

www.sl.nsw.gov.au/using/membership

Select option of mailing to home address

Access to databases including:

Informit Online Law – includes:• AGISPlus• Cinch• Family• APAPlus

Oxford Reference Online - includes:• Australian Law Dictionary•Encyclopaedia of International Law•Oxford Companion to Law

– Australian Law Dictionary, other useful reference tools

Proquest ANZ Newsstand – full text newspaper articles

http://guides.sl.nsw.gov.au/legal-studies-preliminary-part-one

Demonstrating logging into databases

Don’t set password – leave blank

If you have a password and you have forgotten it:

Deep link to article

http://guides.sl.nsw.gov.au/legal-studies-preliminary-part-two

http://guides.sl.nsw.gov.au/hsc-legal-studies-crime

http://guides.sl.nsw.gov.au/liac-crime-library

http://blog.sl.nsw.gov.au/hsc_legal_studies/

–Your website – link to our resources – blog, HSC Legal Studies guides, crime library–Law week – May–HSC Legal Studies bookmark

Strategies for reaching local students and teachers