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Explore the Lexis+ Pleadings, Motions & Facta collection at the Great Library

Readers of this blog will already know that the Great Library houses a vast and diverse collection of print resources for use by Ontario licensees and their agents, licensing candidates, self-represented litigants, and members of the public conducting legal research. Did you know, however, that the Great Library also subscribes to a number of databases and other eResources that licensees and licensing candidates can access at any of the Great Library’s computer terminals? Or that one of these eResources contains within it a growing collection of court documents that can support your legal research and writing with judicially recognized precedential material? Read on to learn more about the Lexis+ Pleading, Motions and Facta database, now available at the Great Library.

Finding Ontario Orders in Council

Last year, we shared a blog post highlighting the sources and tools for finding current and historical federal orders in council – but what about Ontario? This blog post, together with a previous post – Finding Ontario OICs– will provide a checklist for where to look when searching for Ontario Orders in Council. A task that often leaves researchers empty-handed.

The Future (of Legal Citation in Canada) is Now

If you’re a member of, or work anywhere adjacent to, the Canadian legal information community, you’ll have heard by now that there is a new citation guide on the scene: the Canadian Open Access Legal (COAL) Citation Guide. Published in early June 2024, the COAL Citation Guide represents 2 years’ worth of energy and effort by a collective of law librarians and legal professionals across the country, and encompasses input from students, educators, and practitioners throughout the field of Canadian law. Read on if you, like me, might benefit from more context about how and why to use the COAL Guide in your legal research and writing.