Where Do I Find That
On this floor, you will find the Construction collection of library materials.
What is the 9th floor?
Before you take a book from the library, you must do this thing to ensure others are aware of its whereabouts
What is Check Out the Book?
Your local research librarian goes by this first and last name
Who is Chelsea Merkl?
This free service offers access to Canadian case law, legislation, and commentary
What is CanLII?
This style of search string construction is a must-know for complex research questions
What is Boolean?
On this floor, you can find the majority of current Tax and Securities materials
What is the 14th floor?
If an item is not available in the BLG collections, library staff can often assist in borrowing the material using this service
What are Interlibrary Loans/ILLs?
If you are trying to track down a specific resource or case, you will most often ask this library team member
Who is Bri?
This number should be used in Lexis and Westlaw when you do not want clients to be charged for searches
What is the non-billable number?
This hard-to-navigate online database is the UK equivalent to CanLII
What is BAILII?
Our historical collection of English law reports is found in this area, near your library team
What is the 11th Floor Hallway?
Using the self-checkout machine in the library requires you to remember this unique, five digit identifier
What is a Timekeeper?
The best way to contact the library for assistance is by emailing this inbox
What is Library Request?
This subscription service provides access to case law from jurisdictions throughout the commonwealth, and the US, as well as texts and other secondary sources. It also offers an integrated AI research tool to start (BUT NEVER FINISH!!!!) your legal research journey
What is Westlaw?
Last year, you competed for this library training trophy
What is the Triceratops of Knowledge?
To determine whether we have an item in our collections and where it is located, you would first check this resource
What is the Catalogue?
This K&M/Library-managed, internal BLG database contains decades of the firm members' research, organized into areas of law
What is the Memos Database (aka NRD)?
These are the hours your national library team is typically available to respond to requests M-F (PST)
What is 530am - 5pm Pacific?
In Lexis, a green plus sign in a case headnote indicates this
LexisNexis hosts a digital version of this legal encyclopedia, which was started in 1907 and has physical copies lining the walls of the 11th floor
What is Halsbury's?
You need to access the White Book, which can be found in the library on this shelf
What is The Reference Shelf?
The link to sign up for current awareness services including case digests and media alerts is located on this Uno-hosted page
What is the Library and Information Services homepage?
If we don't have a book in the BLG collections, the library team's first stop will often be this downtown-Vancouver library that offers free access to vLex for Law Society members and students
What is the Courthouse Library?
This tool is an great resource for locating B.C.-specific statutes and regs, including historic consolidations and related Hansard
What is Quickscribe?
This is the name of the classification scheme used by BLG Vancouver for print books
What is Moys?