We have recently added a subscription to TRACfed, “a unique web-based service for understandable, authoritative and complete information about the federal government – how it enforces the law, where it assigns its employees, and how it spends our money.” This resource is produced by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University.
TRACfed: For Information About the Federal Government
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May 2015 New Library Resources
Check out our May lists of over 200 new library resources at: https://www.law.northwestern.edu/library/secure/collections/newacquisitions/.
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Restricted Access during Finals
On Tuesday, April 21, the Pritzker Legal Research Center began enforcing a restricted access policy, which lasts through Thursday, May 7. The library is closed to patrons other than NU Law students, NU faculty and staff, those in the legal profession, and pre-approved researchers. There are more detailed guidelines posted at the circulation and reference desks.
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Extended Hours
The Law Library has extended its hours for the Law School’s Reading and Finals’ periods.
Through Wednesday, May 6, the hours are:
Monday-Friday: 7.30am-midnight
Saturday-Sunday: 9am-midnight
See the Law Library’s calendar here: http://www.law.northwestern.edu/library/aboutus/hours/
Happy studying!
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PLRC on the Web
You may spot this guy hanging out in the Library, but do you ever wonder just who he is?
PORTRAIT OF KURT SCHWERIN
Check out this recent article by Kaitlin Gaffney for more on Kurt Schwerin, former Head Librarian of the Pritzker Legal Research Center. The Spring Edition of the Chicago Association of Law Libraries (CALL) Bulletin features this and two other stories about PLRC staff. For more, head over to the Bulletin website.
April 2015 New Library Resources
Check out our April lists of over 150 new library resources at: https://www.law.northwestern.edu/library/secure/collections/newacquisitions/.
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Today Marks the Start of Spring!
The Vernal Equinox occurs today at 5:45pm CDT and the Law School begins its Spring Break tomorrow.
Here are the Law Library’s Spring Break hours:
Saturday, March 21: 9am-5pm
Sunday, March 22: CLOSED
Monday, March 23 – Saturday, March 28: 9am-5pm
Regular academic year hours will resume on March 29.
Happy Spring Break!
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New SSRN RSS feed
RSS feeds are now available for Northwestern University School of Law’s SSRN Research Papers:
Clicking on the links above will bring you to the RSS feed for each Series.
Subscribing to the RSS feed allows you to be instantly alerted to the availability of new papers in the Series. You can subscribe to a RSS feed using Microsoft Outlook (more on that here), or using the feed reader of your choice (such as Feedly). You could also use a browser extension (versions for Chrome, Firefox; or subscribe using Internet Explorer).
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Law360 has more than 40 practice area, industry, and state sections that cover litigation, legislation and regulation, corporate deals, major personnel moves, and legal industry news and trends. Stop by the Reference Desk to learn more.
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March 2015 New Library Resources
Check out our March list of almost 100 new library resources at: https://www.law.northwestern.edu/library/secure/collections/newacquisitions/.
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