Re: Making of Modern Law

[Suzanne Lorimer <suzanne.lorimer@YALE.EDU>]

Thanks so much for announcing the availability of this great resource.  
And it's a wonderful opportunity to ask that all selectors announce new
electronic resources when they're licensed -- there's just no other way
for public services folks to keep up with what's now available to us and
our readers.

-Sue

On Tue, 25 Jan 2005, Fred Shapiro wrote:

> 
> I thought it was worth pointing out that the Law Library has purchased
> Gale's Making of Modern Law, a database consisting of the facsimile images
> and searchable text of over 21,000 American and British law-related books
> from 1800 to 1926.  Pretty much all American and British law books from
> this period are covered.  Making of Modern Law is accessible to the entire
> University, and has been added to the University Library list of
> databases.
> 
> Although our Lexis and Westlaw subscriptions are unfortunately restricted 
> by contract to Law users, we continue to subscribe to other databases and 
> make them available to the University.  Some of the other examples of this 
> are Hein Online, Oceana Online and the Index to Legal Periodicals.
> 
> Fred Shapiro 
> Associate Librarian for Collections and Access
> Lillian Goldman Library
> Yale Law School
> 

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