The Osgoode Hall Law School Library Blog

Happy Halloween!

Oct 31, 2012 1 min read

While you're all undoubtedly burying your noses in reading and writing, don't forget that it's Halloween! Although (I hope!) you've all stopped trick-or-treating long ago,…

A portable journal library - HeinOnline comes to the iPad

Oct 30, 2012 2 min read

While many publishers are jumping on board with new technology as a means to deliver their services, HeinOnline has really stepped up with a fantastic…

Are Good Research Skills Important For Summer/Articling Students?

Oct 29, 2012 1 min read

Yes! Want to impress those you are working with? Summer and articling students (and junior lawyers too) do a great deal of research work. Being…

Ontario laws being digitized by Hein Online!

Oct 26, 2012 2 min read

While we can all get recent sessional Ontario laws on e-laws, it has been more difficult to get statutes from Ontario's distant past online. Though,…

Superheroes and the law?

Oct 24, 2012 2 min read

While the law can be alternately deadly serious or patently ridiculous (often in the midst of a single case!), it is always refreshing to read…

Legal Fiction and DVDs

Oct 22, 2012 1 min read

As the leaves fall and winter inexorably marches forward, reading dry legal text after dry legal text can start to weigh heavily. Rather than resorting…