26 March 2013
USB Flash Drives for Sale
The Law Library is now selling 2 GB USB Flash Drives at the circulation desk for $5 each. We hope selling these flash drives will be useful for those of you using our …
11 March 2013
U.S. Statistics
If you're looking for statistics from the United States the Statistical Abstract has always been a great place to go. Since 1878 the Statistical Abstract was published annually by the government and contained …
11 February 2013
Litigation Practice Materials
When you think about legal research, it's likely things like cases, statutes, and regulations come to mind. That's good because that's what we focus on in a basic legal research course in law …
28 January 2013
New KIC Scanner
As some of you may have noticed, the Law Library recently purchased and installed a new KIC Scanner near the 2nd floor reference desk. This state of the art, face-up scanner has already …
10 January 2013
Congress and the Courts
The Law Library recently added a new HeinOnline library - Congress and the Courts. This library provides access to legislative materials dealing with the composition and structure of Article III courts. If you're …
08 January 2013
Welcome Back and New Search Bar
Welcome back! We hope you enjoyed your time off. I certainly did--enough so that I was nonexistent on this blog over the break. As you ease back into school, you may have noticed …
15 November 2012
More Finals Help
I've already blogged a bit about some of the resources we have to help with finals prep - CALI, Sample Exams, and Flash Cards. Here are a few other things that might help …
13 November 2012
Flash Cards
Our Law in a Flash, Flash Cards are a big hit around finals time. Last year we purchased extra sets because of the high demand. Flash cards can be checked out at the …
11 September 2012
Dennis Sears Honored
Law librarian Dennis Sears was recently awarded the Daniel L. Wade Outstanding Service Award at the American Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting in Boston. Dennis has served in various capacities within the …
06 September 2012
Goodbye Westlaw Printers in 2013
Last summer we got word that beginning in the summer of 2013 Westlaw would no longer support the Westlaw printers many of our students have grown accustomed to using. While we still have …
15 August 2012
Welcome Class of 2015!
It's the first day of orientation and we want to welcome our new 1Ls and LLMs. We're excited that you're here and we look forward to getting to know you and work with …
13 August 2012
Website Redesign
As you may have noticed the Law Library's website got a facelift recently. Much of the content is still the same, but we hope you'll like the cleaner look and some of the …
19 July 2012
New Multipage Scanner
The Law Library has recently added a new multipage scanner on the 2nd floor of the library. If you have documents that are not bound together, this is the scanner for you. Rather …
06 July 2012
5 Years of Hunter’s Query
On July 6, 2007 this blog was officially born. It's hard to believe it's been 5 years. The goal of the blog has always been to keep those interested in the BYU Hunter …
19 June 2012
Google Books to Library Books
Searching Google Books can often be an important part of research as it allows researchers to search the full-text of many books. However, researchers can only view portions of books that are still …
24 May 2012
Library Catalog Enhancements
The Law Library catalog is the place to go to find books (both print and electronic) in our collection. Recently a few more features were added to the catalog to make it more …
22 May 2012
State AG Opinions
The Law Library has recently acquired access to the State Attorney General Reports & Opinions database on HeinOnline. This database has the AG reports and opinions for all 50 states as well as …
18 May 2012
Congrats to Dale Swensen!
The Law Library's own Dale Swensen, Head of Technical Services and Digital Access, recently won the Utah Library Association's Special Recognition Award. The Law School has a nice piece up about Dale and …
