Getting Started
About this guide
This guide will help you with:
- Studying online - using the technology (including Blackboard Collaborate / Zoom), and staying connected.
- Your assignment research - this guide provides links to key legal databases, tutorials for those databases, and other useful assignment resources - see the 'Legislation', 'Cases' and 'Law Topic Resources' pages.
- Getting further help - find links to workshops on this page, and information about referencing and assignment support.
The Law Librarian is Kate Hewit. Please feel free to contact Kate via library@ecu.edu.au, or to ask any member of Library staff for help with your research needs.
5 things to get you started...
On-campus assignment support is available to all Business and Law students (drop in, no appointment needed):
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3-13 |
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(not held during Mid-Semester Break)
Online (MS Teams) / phone / face-to-face appointments: You can book a 30-minute appointment with a Learning Adviser / Librarian - ensure you have your Unit Plan, any other assignment instructions, and your specific queries ready:
- Book a Learning Adviser appointment, or email learningadviser@ecu.edu.au, for assistance with unpacking assignments, assignment structure and writing advice.
- Book a Librarian appointment, or email library@ecu.edu.au for assistance with assignment research, finding credible academic resources, using databases and referencing.
Law students should email to request a Librarian appointment, rather than use the booking system.
- Academic Skills Workshops covering Researching your Assignment, Referencing (APA / AGLC4) and Using EndNote. (These will be held on campus and online).
- South West Library Workshops
- Peer Assistants - just-in-time assistance when you need to know what to do, or where to click, in order to solve any online learning issues as they arise and let you get on with your work.
- SLIDE: Accessing your learning online - how to use the learning technologies (Blackboard, Pebblepad, Panopto, Turnitin, and more...)
- Online communication & collaboration - online classrooms/group work, using discussion boards, online netiquette and more...
- VEEPS: Virtual Peer Support for online learning - just-in-time assistance when you need to know what to do, or where to click, to solve online learning issues and get on with your work.
- ECU Learning Online (Canvas) - watch the video below:
Upcoming Webinars
- ECU Library Workshop - AGLC4 Referencing for Law (2022)
In this workshop you will learn how to reference using AGLC4, the legal referencing style in common use in Australia. You will also learn how to locate AGLC referencing materials and assistance.
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2 March |
Wednesday |
1.30 – 2.30pm |
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31 March |
Thursday |
3.00 – 4.00pm |
Register |
- Lexis Advance - webinars
Register to attend the upcoming training sessions (Semester 1, 2022 schedule coming soon):
| Date (Semester 2, 2021) | Time | Session |
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| Weds, 15 September | 4.00 - 5.00pm | Level 1 - Foundations of Research |
| Thurs, 16 September | 2.00 - 3.00pm | Level 2 - Developing Research Efficiency |
| Fri, 17 September | 2.00 - 3.00pm | Level 3 - Strategic Research Skills |
- Westlaw - videos / webinars
Watch short video clips or register to attend free online webinars and improve your legal research skills (ongoing).
- CCH IntelliConnect - Platform Introduction Webinars
Register for a free training session to get started with CCH IntelliConnect. These introductory sessions will introduce the wide range of practical tools and functionality available. Choose a date from the options below:
- Wednesday 10th November - 2pm - 2:30pm AEST
- Friday 12th November - 2pm - 2:30pm AEST
- Wednesday 17th November - 2pm - 2:30pm AEST
- Friday 19th November - 2pm - 2:30pm AEST
- Wednesday 24th November - 2pm - 2:30pm AEST
- Friday 26th November - 2pm - 2:30pm AEST
- Wednesday 1st December - 2pm - 2:30pm AEST
- Friday 3rd December - 2pm - 2:30pm AEST
NEWS
- The Conversation (2021, February 4) : Can my boss make me get a COVID vaccination? Yes, but it depends on the job. (Cecilia Anthony Das & Kenneth Yin)
- Melbourne Law School Academic Research Service has created a bibliography of worldwide COVID-19 legal literature and made it available on open access via the Melbourne Law School's website.
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New Series of the Queensland Reports (QR)
Please see the attached PDF letter regarding a change to the Queensland Reports series, from end March 2020.
The new series will carry the citation abbreviation QR, rather than the current Qd R.
Legal Advice
Northern Suburbs Community Legal Centre - Joondalup Office
Edith Cowan University
Building 1, 270 Joondalup Drive, Joondalup WA 6027
Phone: (08) 9301 4413
Fax: (08) 9301 4426
Findlaw (Australia)
Thomson Reuters directory of lawyers, solicitors and barristers, plus articles and news.