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New to Husker Law during COVID-19: Resources

Introduction

Expanded Access to Law Resources

Many publishers are providing FREE access to their resources for a limited time; many include study aids and textbooks. To avoid cluttering your inbox with unnecessary emails, the law librarians have created this LibGuide to provide a centralized location to access those new materials. We will continue to update this LibGuide as we receive notifications from publishers, so please check back frequently. If you find you have any questions about the resources and/or content, please reach out to us at lawref@unl.edu and we'll be happy to provide assistance.

Other Resources from Love Library

In addition to the law related resources we're complying here, we encourage you to consult the LibGuide Love Library has created for other resources.

West Academic Digital Study Aids and Course Materials

Available until June 1, this resource contains selected casebooks and study aids.

Access through the Law Library's proxy server.

Study Aids

  • Nutshells
  • titles in the Concise Hornbook series
  • Concepts & Insights series
  • Acing the Law series (like Professor Medill's Acing Property)
  • Black Letter Outlines
  • Gilbert Law Summaries
  • titles in the Short & Happy Guide series
  • other study aids

Audio Lectures

  • Sum and Substance series
  • Law School Legends series

Practical Skills

  • titles in the Bridge to Practice series
  • titles in the Building Skills series
  • titles in the Developing Professional Skills series

Interactive Practice Questions through the Exam Pro Series.

The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation

For electronic access to the current edition of The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation please contact Sandy Placzek at splaczek2@unl.edu. The editors of The Bluebook are offering free trial access until June 1, 2020.

Wolters Kluwer Casebook Connect

Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory is offering free access to up to five currently available Connected Casebooks from now through May 31, 2020.

For courses where a Connected Casebook has been adopted, Wolters Kluwer provides access to the e-book, learning tools, and study center for the textbook on CasebookConnect.com. Access will include:

  • Digital e-textbooks with search, highlighting, and note-taking capabilities
  • Additional learning materials and practice questions from leading study aids such as Examples & Explanations and Glannon Guides, including:
  • Video explanations
  • Flashcards
  • Multiple-choice
  • Hypothetical short answer
  • Essays
  • Issue-spotting exercises
  • Outlining and Case-briefing tools to help students work more efficiently

To access the Connected Casebooks, visit CasebookConnect.com/free and follow the steps provided to log in or create an account.

Carolina Academic Press

Carolina Academic Press is offering access to their Study Aids and Casebooks until the end of the semester.

Access Casebooks by title, author, practice area, or browse through the selection offered.

Access Study Aids by title, author, practice area, or browse through the selection offered. Carolina Academic Press publishes, and is offering access to, titles in these series:

  • Understanding the Law
  • Q & A (Questions & Answers)
  • Mastering the Law
  • Skills & Values

HathiTrust

HathiTrust contains millions of items covering both public domain and copyrighted material, as well as both full-text and restricted content. Responding to the challenges resulting from the COVID-19 emergency, HathiTrust is expanding access to encompass full-text access to nearly 50% of the University Libraries' print materials. To learn more about this resource and review a basic guide to using this resource collection, see the information provided in Love Library's COVID-19 LibGuide at HathiTrust.