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Essential tools for Advanced Research Methodology course LLAW6022.
Updated on Feb 03, 10
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Catalogues
Use this to help you track the publications profile of particular authors.
Union catalogue for searching across 5 law collections in Hong Kong (HKU, CUHK, CityU, Judiciary, Legislative Council). Use with caution.
Additional research materials for HKU eligible borrowers via interlibrary loan. Check out if you need their specialized resources.
Evaluating tools
Use the Social Sciences edition 2008 to search for "impact factors" of law journals. Caution: mostly US journals, also not exhaustive.
Excellent site for checking journal ranking. Includes both US and non-US law journals. Also useful as a tool to search journal titles by broad subjects or countries.
Use cited reference search to check the citation counts of articles or works of authors.
Alerting tools
Use alerting tools to keep track of your research
Use this to set up regular alerts on specific topics or table of contents from law journals. More than 1438 journals to choose from.
Citation styles
Citation formats for legal writing
See the Introduction, and view the 15th ed. (1991) to have an idea of this US based citaiton system.
A widely used citation manual in law schools and for journals and books in the UK, developed by the Oxford Law Faculty.
This is now in 2nd edition but try this to get a free download of the first edition.
Social bookmarking
Take advantage of sharing, discussion and collaborative annotations online to help build up your research.
Short & education introduction to "social bookmarking" using Delicious as an example.
Published by EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative, May 2005. This may appear to be dated but if you need a succinct introduction to "social bookmarking", this is it.
32 items | 19 visits
Essential tools for Advanced Research Methodology course LLAW6022.
Updated on Feb 03, 10
Created on Jan 14, 10
Category: Others
URL: