LLAGNY’s Graphic Novel Book Group will meet via Zoom on Thursday Oct 22nd at noon to discuss Physics for cats by Tom Gauld, winner of the 2026 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award for best humor publication (available at NYPL). Please see our LibGuide for past and upcoming titles. Please contact, Eileen Dolan at edolan@NYLI.org to be added to the...
When an attorney asks what Congress intended when it enacted a law, where do you begin? This 30-minute session will demonstrate how to use ProQuest Congressional to conduct practical legislative history research—from identifying the legislation to locating the congressional materials that can help illuminate its development, purpose, and intent. Using real research examples, we'll explore...
The New York Law Institute offers members a variety of resources and services including two eBooks collections providing access to over 250,000 eBook titles. We offer the entire West Academic Nutshells series in eBook format, hundreds of ABA titles, and Mathew Bender legal treatises. We also offer access to valuable electronic resources such as Proquest...
What can a dictionary tell you beyond the definition of a word? This 30-minute session will explore how the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) can support legal research by tracing the origins, meanings, and historical use of language. Using real examples, we'll explore how to discover when words entered the English language, how their meanings have...
When legal research takes you beyond Westlaw, Lexis, and other familiar legal databases, where do you go next? WorldCat Discovery can help you uncover books, historical materials, foreign and comparative...