1. LAW 1999
LIBRARY SKILLS
Catherine Funnell
Liaison librarian( Law and Marketing)
Sheppard Library
c.funnell@mdx.ac.uk

2. Welcome to the Sheppard Library
 My name is Catherine and I am the Liaison
Librarian for Law and Marketing&Enterprise
 If you need assistance with locating
materials, using the resources or anything to do
with the library you can contact me at :
c.funnell@mdx.ac.uk

3. Logging in to UniHub
By now most
of you are
probably
aware how to
log in to the
Network. Use
your
Username:IT
ID and
Password

4. My Study
You can find basic
information about
Learning Resources
here.

5. Learning Resources/Library
Do check the times the library
is open to avoid making a trip
in only to find we are closed!
Remember we are open Sat
and Sun but NO library staff
just Security You will need to
Self Service

6. Scroll Down for IT/Computing
Support
The IT
Expert
Advice
team is
available on
the Ground
Floor of the
Library
Monday-

7. Let’s Look at the Library Catalogue
We’ll start by searching
for a book using the
default General
Keyword option

8. General Keyward Search

9. Results-In Ascending Order
By sorting in
Ascending
Order the
newest
edition is at
the top of the
List

10. Where, What and When
In order to locate the
books on the shelf you
need to be able to
understand what the
catalogue details mean

11. Request a Book

12. Borrower ID
PIN
Your Borrower ID is your
student number(front of
your library card) and
your PIN is your Date of
Birth

13. Click on Request

14. Click on Logout

15. Your Library Account
You will need to
type in your
Borrower ID and
Password again to
access you library
account details

16. Catherine’s details

17. My UniHub
To get the best from our
resources........always log in to My
UniHub
Allows you to access E
resources, Ebooks, databases, Ejour
nals and much more.....

18. From My UniHub.....to..My Study

19. From My Study.....to My Library
From this point you
can now access the
various EResources

20. Ejournals for Law
You can type in
the Title if you
know it OR
choose from the
alphabetical list

21. Results
Coverage
dates from
1937-2006
electronically.
Click on the
link

22. Journal- Modern Law Review
Choose
ADVANCED
SEARCH

23. Heinonline Database
Click on 2005 to View Electronic Coverage
No
access
from
2007-
2010 but
we have
these
dates
available
in Print in
the Law

24. Heinonline
Subject Keyword Search

25. Results

26. Abstract
Usually you
can highlight
the
paragraph in
which your
search
keywords
appear by
clicking on
View
Matching

27. Full Text of Article
Can save the
article or send
to print

28. From UniHub Searching Legal
Databases
We’ll
start by
searchin
g
Westlaw
first

29. Choose Westlaw From the List Below

30. Logging In Procedures

31. Choose Alternative Login

32. Type in Middlesex

33. Click on Middlesex

34. Log in Using Your Network Username
and Password

35. Start Searching!
Legislation
If you are sure
of the exact
name of the
Act you can
type it in Title
Box
If you are
unsure of
the exact
Title use the
Browse By
Title feature
below

36. Click on Arrangement of Act

37. Act Arranged By Sections
Is It in Force?-Or Repealed?

38. Cases
Party Names

39. Results
Click on Case Cases are
Analysis for a reported in
brief Digest of Law Reports
the Case

40. Case Analysis

41. Full Text of the Case

42. Search by Citation

43. Results
In all likelihood
you will also have
the Party Names
so you will know
which case to
choose

44. Case-Full Text

45. Journals by Subject
Type in
Subject
Keywords

46. Results

47. Lexis Library
To access Library
from
Westlaw, click on
the Logout and
click on the return
to My Athens
option

48. Cases
Search by Subject Keyword

49. Results
Party Names, Court in which
the Case was heard, Date
Judgement handed down and
Source---where the case was
reported

50. Journal Search
Type in Search
keywords and
enclose in
Quote Marks

51. Results

52. Full Text
The Search
Keywords you
typed in are
highlighted in
RED

53. Finally................
For further help please email
Catherine at....c.funnell@mdx.ac.uk
Also refer to my Subject Guide
which you can access from
UNIHUB....

54. UniHub
Subject Guides

55. Subject Guides for Middlesex

56. Law and Legal Research