Individual Advice Sessions at the IALS Library

Postgraduate researchers can book a 30-minute information advice session with a member of the Academic Services team at IALS Library. In the information advice session, we aim to:

• discuss the researcher's information needs, for example for the dissertation
• help the researcher to identify useful words and phrases to include in their search
• help the researcher to find useful material in print and electronic form
• demonstrate some search and browse techniques for literature searching

You can book an appointment for an individual advice session at the Library Enquiry Desk, or by phoning us on 020 7862 5790, or by sending us an e-mail to ials@sas.ac.uk Appointments can be booked for Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursday afternoons or Friday mornings. When you book an appointment, please ensure to give your full name, e-mail address, course of study (masters or PhD) and your university and college. And, please, remember to make a note of the appointment in your diary or phone, so that you don't forget it!!

Electronic Information Training Sessions: Autumn Term 2011

Event	Date	Time* and Venue+
Introduction to Lexis and Westlaw	In October on the remaining days	All in the Electronic Legal Research Unit on the Library Concourse
	Monday 24th at 18:00 pm
	Tuesday 25th at 18:00 pm
	Wednesday 26th at 10:30 am
	Thursday 27th at 18:00 pm
Evening sessions are offered on October 24th, 25th, and 27th.

Sign-up early for hands-on sessions to avoid disappointment! Booking opens on Friday 30th September. Places are limited to 18 per session. The venue is the Electronic Legal Research Unit on the Library Concourse, 4th floor. To reserve a place you can:

• sign up at the Library Issue & Enquiry Desk on 4th floor, or
• email us at: ials@sas.ac.uk
• phone us on: 020 7862 5821

Download a PDF copy of our Electronic Information Training Hands-on Sessions timetable.

Event	Date	Time* and Venue+
Advanced Use of Databases at IALS	In November and December on the following days	All in the Electronic Legal Research Unit on the Library Concourse
This workshop aims to identify and use some of the advanced search and browse techniques which are possible when you use databases on the IALS Electronic Law Library. Objectives: •  to analyse a topic of your choice to identify words and phrases for searching. Bring your own topic! •  to outline, illustrate and practise Boolean searching techniques •  to analyse a database in detail in order to identify its advanced features: field searching, content descriptions, help files, etc. Outcomes: by the end of this session, students will •  be able to analyse a topic to identify suitable keywords and phrases for searching •  have a basic understanding of Boolean search techniques •  be able to analyse and assess one or more databases on the Electronic Law Library	Monday 7th November 10:30 am - 12:00 (Duration 1.5 hours)
	Tuesday 15th November 10:30 am - 12:00 (Duration 1.5 hours)
	Tuesday 22nd November 10:30 am - 12:00 (Duration 1.5 hours)
	Friday 2nd December 10:30am - 12:00 (Duration 1.5 hours)
Please note that this session is not introductory and assumes that you already have a basic knowledge of Lexis Library and Westlaw UK.

Please sign up if you would like to come to an advanced session in the morning. Places are limited to 18 per session. The venue is the Electronic Legal Research Unit on the Library Concourse, 4th floor. To reserve a place you can:

• sign up at the Library Issue & Enquiry Desk on 4th floor, or
• email us at: ials@sas.ac.uk
• phone us on: 020 7862 5821

Download a PDF copy of our Advanced Use of Databases at IALS Hands-on Sessions timetable.

Event	Date	Time* and Venue+
Using Microsoft Word for Dissertations	In November on the following days	All in the Electronic Legal Research Unit on the Library Concourse
	Thursday 3rd at 10:30 am
	Thursday 17th at 10:30 am
Evening sessions are offered on November 10th and 24th at 6:00 pm.

Sign-up early for hands-on sessions to avoid disappointment! Places are limited to 18 per session. The venue is the Electronic Legal Research Unit on the Library Concourse, 4th floor. To reserve a place you can:

• sign up at the Library Issue & Enquiry Desk on 4th floor, or
• email us at: ials@sas.ac.uk
• phone us on: 020 7862 5790

Download a PDF copy of our Using Word for Dissertations poster.

* All sessions last approximately one and a half hours
+ Key to venues (All are in the IALS building, 17 Russell Square):

• Library Concourse = Electronic Legal Research Unit near the IALS Library Enquiry Desk, 4th floor, IALS

Getting to the IALS