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Introducing: Regulations Research Refresher!

You asked, we listened! Following the success of the Great Library’s annual Legislative Research Refreshers (now accredited), the librarians developed another instructional session focusing on how to research regulations.

Extra! Extra! The Great Library has a new Research Guide for Self-Represented Litigants

Three years ago, the reference librarians here at the Great Library published a master list of organizations offering free or subsidized legal information and services in Toronto and around Ontario. Dubbed the Self-Represented Litigants Resource, it was designed to guide individuals encountering legal difficulties to affordable assistance, and to empower them to make informed decisions about their case. Since then, the resource has helped innumerable people do just that, and today we have the pleasure of announcing the new & improved online version of this tool: Resources for Self-Represented Litigants.

For the Love of Indexes!

Like many seasoned researchers, we at the Great Library are strong advocates of the use of indexes. A good index is like a GPS: you can get where you’re going without it but it’s probable that you’ll take several unnecessary twists and turns along the way. In this blog post we share some reasons why indexes still matter, why we love them, and most importantly, why they are not just another table of contents.