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“What do you Mean, Look it up in the Library? Isn't it on the Internet”?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2010

Maria Mawson
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Abstract

Maria Mawson explores the extent to which universities still teach undergraduates how to use print legal research sources. It also examines the level to which these sources are still provided, in the light of increasing costs, shrinking budgets and the convenience of online access.

Keywords

legal researchacademic law libraries
Type
Legal Research Skills – Life-long Learning?
Information
Legal Information Management , Volume 10 , Issue 2 , June 2010 , pp. 94 - 97
Copyright
Copyright © The British and Irish Association of Law Librarians 2010

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Footnotes

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2 Solicitors Regulation Authority. (2002) A joint statement issued by the Law Society and the General Council of the Bar on the completion of the initial or academic stage of training by obtaining an undergraduate degree. http://www.sra.org.uk/documents/students/academic-stage/academicjointstage.pdf

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5 Solicitors Regulation Authority. (2010) Information for providers of Legal Practice Courses, Annex13, Legal Practice Course Outcomes. http://www.sra.org.uk/documents/students/lpc/info-pack.pdf

6 Solicitors Regulation Authority. (2007) The Legal Practice course: what you are expected to know before you start. http://www.sra.org.uk/students/student-enrolment.page

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