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Ebrary has created a publicly available research center featuring a highly interactive, searchable database of documents pertaining to the H1N1 influenza pandemic.  This resource is available at http://h1n1.ebrary.com and contains reports, papers, newsletters, posters, and other important materials from government agencies and other trusted sources.

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Go to ALA Library Fact Sheet 22 to view information about the 100 largest libraries in the U.S.  U of O is #99.

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]]> http://blogs.georgefox.edu/library/?feed=rss2&p=391 0 Legal Docs On Google Scholar http://blogs.georgefox.edu/library/?p=827 http://blogs.georgefox.edu/library/?p=827#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:52:02 +0000 kcoronado http://blogs.georgefox.edu/library/?p=827 If you go to Google Scholar you will notice that it is now sporting a new button below the search box titled “Legal opinions and journals”.  Google has made full text legal opinions from U.S. federal and state district, appellate and supreme courts available on Google Scholar.  Select the button to search for a specific legal case or for cases by keyword.  Once you run your search three advanced search or limiters appear at the top of the page in the form of drop down menus which allow you some other options such as focusing the time period or narrowing your search to a federal case.  If you click on the advanced menu option in the first drop down or use the “Advanced Scholar Search” link that is next to the main search box you can narrow your search to court opinions from any of the fifty states.  Of course, you can also use the “Advanced Scholar Search” to further specify the terms of your search as well just like you would with a typical search in Google Scholar.

If legal research is what you need, remember that GFU Libraries subscribe to:

LegalTrac
Provides indexing for hundreds of titles including major law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and international legal journals. Each title included in LegalTrac™ is selected on the basis of criteria provided by a special advisory committee of the American Association of Law Libraries. LegalTrac™ also contains law-related articles from over 1,000 additional business and general interest titles.

LexisNexis Academic
Comprehensive news, business, and legal information, entirely full-text.

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