IALSInstitute of Advanced Legal Studies

School of Advanced Study, University of London

Leading Research Facilitation in Law

IALS Global Law Library

2012

Resources, Expertise, Training and Innovation

IALS

17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DR

Open Monday - Friday 09:00 – 23:00,

Saturday10:00 – 17:30, Sunday 12:30 – 18:30

IALS

Role of IALS:Founded 1947

National remit

Promotes and facilitates advanced study and research in law for the benefit of persons and institutions in the UK and abroad.

Member institute of the School of Advanced Study, University of London

Funded by HEFCE

• Expertise• Resources• Higher Degrees• Innovation• Research• Global Law Library

IALS Library collections

• 300,786 + volumes

• 2,950 + serials

• 16,000 non-book volumes

• 100 + e-journals

• 50 + databases

Collection Priorities

Primary materialUK, Europe, EUUnited StatesCommonwealthForeign lawPublic and private

international lawLegal systemsJurisprudence

Example:Canada • Statutes and

regulations

• Law reports

• Digests and indexes

• Journals

• Books

• Research guides

• Print and electronic

Legal databases include:Lexis Library Westlaw UKJustisHein OnlineIndexes to articlesForeign and international materials: ORIL, LNJC,

Beck, et al.See a list of databases on the IALS Electronic Law

Library http://ials.sas.ac.uk/library/eservice/elibrary.htm

Expertise and Services:

Ask a Librarian!• Enquiry desk• Phone and e-mail

enquiries

Book an appointment:• Reference advice

session• Sign up for some

training

Visit the IALS website

www.ials.sas.ac.uk

Use IALS Library from your own PC

See the Electronic Law Library.

List which resources are available “offsite”.

http://ials.sas.ac.uk/library/eservice/remote.htm

Information Skills Training

http://ials.sas.ac.uk/library/llm/llmtraining.htm

User comments

From our UK researcher and annual user surveys:

• Would like more material available in digitised form.

• IALS website helpful and easy to navigate.

• A great range of stuff!

• Friendly and helpful staff.

Our users rate us highly for:

✓ quality of computing facilities

✓ helpful staff

✓ range of journals

✓ easy to use catalogue

✓ electronic training sessions