Hope you all had a relaxing and rejuvenating winter break. Alas, all good things must come to an end.
All of us at the Mendik Library wish for you a rewarding and fulfilling semester. We’d love to be a part of your success and hope you will let us help you with all your research projects and information needs.
Good luck and best wishes for a great semester! We’re looking forward to strengthening our partnership.
The Mendik Library Staff
We are receiving complaints from students who feel that their fellow students are sometimes being too noisy in the Library. Remember that even if you are the type of student who can study well around noise and commotion, not everyone else feels the same way. Remember also that all reading rooms and stack areas in the Library are Quiet Study Zones. The only exception is the reading area immediately next to the Reference Desk on L1.
Within Quiet Study Zones:
• Never engage in conversation. A few words at a whisper should always suffice. If you must engage in conversation, take it to the Library stairwells or outside.
• Make sure the sounds on your laptop, phone, and/or tablet are off and that any music you may be listening to through headphones is not loud enough for others to hear.
• When you enter or leave a group study room, remember to close the door (quietly) behind you.
• If you become aware of a noisy condition—e.g., a squeaky door, a thumping photocopier, rumbling equipment— report it immediately to the Library staff at ext. 2332 or reference@nyls.edu.
We are pleased to announce the winners of our Legally Clueless Info Hunt held last Thursday, August 28.
Congratulations to: Juliet Knapp-Vega, Barbie Melendez, John Michalski, Amelia Maddox, Kevin McLafferty, Daniel Oquendo, Kyle Reed, and Laura Rion. Among the prizes our winners picked were Black’s Law Dictionary, study aids in Contract Law, Torts, Civil Procedure, and Property Law, a $10 OneCard guest card, and 500 Lexis points. We also wanted to thank ALL participants for joining in what we hope you found to be a fun learning experience!
Congratulations also to our “Keep your coffee off us for a chance to have coffee on us” winners: Evelina Sierzputowska, Jacqueline Henry Lucio, Eddie Balkus, and Ally Rockolf, each of whom will receive a $5 OneCard guest card.
There will be more chances to win later this semester. Stay tuned! Our next Info Hunt will brew in time for Halloween (but don’t be scared).
Have you submitted your Legally Clueless Info Hunt entry? The deadline is fast approaching. The drawing is this Thursday, August 28, 5:45 pm, outside the Library. We’ll be awarding lots of prizes, including NYLS t-shirts, OneCards, Lexis points, dictionaries, and a great variety of study aids. Here are some of the titles:
Acing Property
Contract Law: Flowcharts and Cases
The Lawyer’s Practice: A Context and Practice Case File
Legal Analysis: 100 Exercises for Mastery
Plain English for Drafting Statutes and Rules
Personal Property
Property: Black Letter Outlines
Property: Examples and Explanations
Property: Quick Review
Property Stories
Questions & Answers: Civil Procedure
Questions & Answers: Property
Questions & Answers: Torts
Real Property
The yellow Legally Clueless Info Hunt form is in the packet you received on your library tour. You can pick up another copy at the Reference Desk. Remember, you can work with a partner or a group and you should always feel free to ask one of the reference librarians for help.
Good luck to all!
Remember that you can chat with a librarian at the Reference Desk by text message (917.300.1933) and by instant message (AIM, Yahoo Messenger and GoogleTalk screen names: nylslib). We welcome your inquiries about library services and legal research. A librarian is available to answer your questions whenever the Reference Desk is staffed (Mon-Thurs 9 AM – 9 PM, Fri 9 AM – 6 PM and Sat-Sun 12 PM – 6 PM). Please take advantage of this service, but remember that for some things, an in-person visit to the Reference Desk will still be your best bet.
Click here to view the Mendik Library’s fall semester hours.
Congratulations to the Class of 2014! We’ve really enjoyed working with you throughout your years here and hope that as alumni you continue to take advantage of the many library resources that are available to you.
In addition to our print collection, you can still access the large and growing number of our online databases. Alumni always have access to our wireless network and the PC workstations in the Library’s computer labs. Our dedicated Alumni Research workstations provide access to a generous selection of WestlawNext databases, including cases, statutes, and secondary sources. Graduates also retain access, for a limited time after graduation, to Lexis Advance, WestlawNext and Bloomberg Law. Visit our website for details.
Finally, our reference librarians are here seven days a week and always happy to help you with your research questions and strategies For more information, please visit the Alumni section of our home page.
We hope to see you back this summer !
Summer’s finally here! Wherever you may be working or studying this summer, think of the Mendik Library as your home office. Reference librarians are available all summer, including most weekends, to help with any research projects. If you’re having difficulty with a particular research question, don’t hesitate to call, e-mail, or visit the library. Our schedule is always posted on our home page.
All library resources remain available to you during the summer. Be sure to take advantage of our online databases, including HeinOnline and Bloomberg BNA. These resources can be found in the Electronic Resources quadrant on our home page. Looking for a good treatise? Check out our Treatises by Topic page for top treatises organized by subject. Be sure to review our Current Awareness research guide to help you stay informed about current legal developments.
Visit our website for special summer access provisions and usage policies for Westlaw, Lexis and Bloomberg Law.
We’re looking forward to working with you this summer!
Some important news for those of you who still use Westlaw Classic: As of July 1, 2014, Westlaw Classic will no longer be available on academic contracts. You will need to use WestlawNext for all of your Westlaw research.
Your current One Pass credentials (Username and Password) give you access to both Westlaw Classic and WestlawNext. This Username & Password will continue to be your login for WestlawNext. You don’t need to make any changes before July 1, 2014. Over the next week or so, if you sign on to Westlaw Classic, you will begin to see a reminder message of its upcoming demise.
The librarians are available if you have any questions or would like help using WestlawNext.
If you are graduating this year and you owe any library fines, here’s a chance to save some money and do some good. For every can or unopened package of food (no glass!) you donate at the Circulation Desk, the Library will reduce the amount you owe by $2.00. So, for example, if you owe $10 in fines, bringing five cans of food would reduce your fine balance to zero! You can’t beat a deal like that. (We donate all food collected to the Salvation Army’s Chinatown Corps., which helps more than 700 senior citizens in the nearby neighborhood.)
Donations must be made prior to May 20, 2014. Note: this offer does not apply to fines for lost or damaged materials.