How can you find unclaimed money owed in New York State?  Need to get a birth certificate for someone born in New York City?   Find all sorts of vital statistics about persons, companies, government, building codes, attorneys and other licensed professions, police and fire department data, incarcerated persons and more in New York State and New York City by checking the Public Records Research LibGuide.  Get there by accessing the Library home page/Academics/Resources and Services/Research Tools.  In the left column, choose Research Guides.  Scroll down to Public Records and you are ready to find all that elusive information.  And most of it is free.

During the summer, continuing students retain access to all of NYLS databases (HeinOnline, ProQuest, TaxNotes, etc.) including Lexis and Bloomberg Law.  Westlaw access for current students includes some restrictions.

LEXIS

You will automatically have free unlimited use of your law school Lexis ID this summer. This includes workplace related research (but check with your employer first; many firms prefer summer associates use a firm-issued Lexis ID for client work). If you have any questions, please contact our account manager, Nejat Bumin.

WESTLAW

You can use Thomson Reuters products, including Westlaw, Practical Law, and the Practice Ready solutions, over the summer for non-commercial research. You can turn to these resources to gain understanding and build confidence in your research skills, but you cannot use them in situations where you are billing a client. Examples of permissible uses for your academic password include the following:

• Summer coursework
• Research assistant assignments
• Law Review or Journal research
• Moot Court research
• Non-Profit work (either required for graduation or as part of a class)
• Clinical work
• Externship sponsored by the school

If you have any questions, please contact our Westlaw Account Manager Shawn Lopez.

BLOOMBERG LAW

You may continue to use your Bloomberg Law account for any purpose. If you haven’t already signed up for a Bloomberg Law account, go to www.bloomberglaw.com and click on “Academic Registration” (you must use your NYLS email).

For assistance using Bloomberg Law, students and graduates continue to have free access to the 24/7 Help Desk at (888) 560-2529 or help@bloomberglaw.com. You can also contact our Bloomberg Law Relationship Manager, Stefanie Schuette.

OTHER DATABASES

Continuing students have full access over the summer to most other online library resources. You’ll need to login with your NYLS network password. If you need HeinOnline, Law360, Proquest Congressional or most other databases, you’re all set!

QUESTIONS? Please contact the Reference Desk with any questions about summer access, or any other research related questions over the summer:

T 212.431.2332

E reference@nyls.edu

Chat With the Reference Desk

Log in to Microsoft Teams with your NYLS network ID, and use Microsoft Web App to connect.

The first floor of the Library will be open for studying on Monday June 19 from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Just a quick reminder to register now for the June Summer Research Challenge and Research Skills Workshops.  These sessions will help you brush up on all the tools you can use for your summer externships and your upcoming Fall semester course research needs. Click here for details.

 

 

Ramp Up Your Research Skills!

 

This summer, take advantage of multiple opportunities to up your research game and learn more about tools you’ll need in practice through our popular Summer Research Challenge! See the attached flyer for details. Each virtual session begins at 6:00 p.m., with a short introduction to the research area, and then moves on to a concrete research problem where you need to efficiently identify the law bearing on your client’s situation. The sessions are two hours long and will wrap up with a discussion of results and strategies.

Attend whichever sessions most interest you, but researchers who successfully complete all four will receive a certificate signed by both Associate Dean William LaPiana and Associate Dean & Library Director Camille Broussard recognizing this achievement. It’s a great practical skill certification for your resume.

June 7:   Researching Congressional Documents: Statutes and Legislative History

June 14: Where in the World is the Law: Tools and Strategies for International Law Research

June 21: Research on the Road to Trial: Experts, Juries, Discovery and More

June 28: Navigating the Regulatory Maze: Research in Administrative Law

For more information and to register, click this link, scroll down to the June calendar, and select the sessions you would like to register for. You will then be taken to the registration page for that session.

Research Skills Workshops

In addition to the Summer Research Challenge, we will also be offering our regular Research Skills Workshops. These virtual sessions are intended to give pointers on how to handle research situations you might face this summer. The workshops are 30 minutes long and will be offered on Tuesdays & Thursdays at 5:15 p.m., from June 6 through June 29, 2023. To register, click this link, scroll down to the June calendar, and select the sessions you would like to register for. You will then be taken to the registration page for that session.

 

 

 

 

With exams upon us demand for study rooms increases. Please remember that these rooms are for group, not individual, study. One person is not a group. Individual studiers must share the room or yield it. If you are alone, you may be asked by a fellow student or a librarian to yield the room to a group. Insisting that your group members are “coming soon” is not an acceptable excuse. If your group members are not present, there is no group, and you must yield the room to an actual group that is present.

Please don’t attempt to “reserve” a room by depositing some personal belongings and then disappearing. And please don’t spread your belongings out to give the appearance of a group presence.

If you would like assistance from a librarian in asking a single student to leave a room, contact the reference desk (reference@nyls.edu; 212.431.2332).

Please be considerate of all of your colleagues at this stressful time of year.  We appreciate everyone’s cooperation.