New Library Acquisitions

Cambridge Law collection 2022 Frontlist Ebook package
The 2022 ebook collection contains the most recent, award winning publishing from Cambridge University Press. Within the last year alone our books have received 220 awards, 40 of which were selected as Choice Outstanding Academic Titles.

The Elgaronline ebook platform includes scholarly research monographs, Research Handbooks, companions, dictionaries, encyclopedia and journals. The title list encompasses a wide range of legal areas including: international and comparative law, intellectual property, trade, finance and commercial law, information and technology, antitrust, environmental and energy law, European law, corporate and financial law, and law and economics. Many of the titles are interdisciplinary and cut across our public policy, environment, development, economics or international politics lists – reflecting the current nature of much academic debate. It includes access to approximately 869 monographs, 254 Research Handbooks, 6 Reference Dictionaries and 4 Encyclopedias published between 2017 and 2023.   Also included is the UN Sustainable Development Goals Collection and Elgar Law frontlist titles for 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.

Foreign Law Guide (FLG) is an essential database offering relevant information on sources of foreign law, including complete bibliographic citations to legislation, the existence of English translations and selected references to secondary sources in one virtual destination. Broad in content and global in scope, the FLG is an indispensable resource for comparative law research and a fundamental tool for developing a foreign and comparative law collection. Approximately 190 jurisdictions are systemically covered and updated by a global team of experts.

Newly added resource Multinational Sources Compared: A Subject and Jurisdiction Index, 2nd ed. is a finding aid designed to direct researchers to sources that compare multiple jurisdictions on focused subjects. This print and online resource contains full-text legislation, statutory citation, and other references to primary law.
https://heinonline-org.ezproxy.lib.ryerson.ca/HOL/Index?collection=mustcomp&set_as_cursor=clear
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The Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals is the preeminent multilingual legal journal index to articles and book reviews appearing in more than 750 legal journals published worldwide.

IFLP also analyzes the contents of selected individually published collections of legal essays, Festschriften, Mélanges, and congress reports each year.

Thomson Reuters - McGill Guide, O’Brien’s, Westlaw Litigator, TTA

McGill Guide: Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation (9th ed.) (Oct 21)
The Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation provides a straightforward, uniform approach to citation of government documents, case law, legislation, periodicals, monographs, online sources, and other secondary materials across all jurisdictions. This guide has been officially adopted by various courts and major law reviews across the country, establishing itself as an important tool for legal research and writing. The McGill Guide is a bilingual and bijuridical guide to citation of legal materials.

O’Brien’s Encyclopedia of Forms provides a comprehensive collection of forms and precedents covering a broad range of legal subjects including: Leases, Wills and Trusts, Ontario Family Law, Labour Relations and Employment, and Ontario Court Forms.

Westlaw Litigator:
Litigation research on WestlawNext Canada connects with practical tools for evaluation, pleading preparation, arguing motions, trial preparation and more.

Topical Texts and Annotations Collection (TTA) delivered through Westlaw provides access to over 134+ texts across a variety of legal topics.
(Access is limited to Faculty of Law instructors, staff and students)