Immigration Law & Policy Now in HeinOnline

The Goodson Law Library has recently added Immigration Law & Policy in the U.S. to its collection of libraries in HeinOnline. This library includes more than 2,600 primary and secondary sources related to immigration law in America, including historical editions of the U.S. Code and Code of Federal Regulations, legislative history materials, administrative law decisions, U.S. Supreme Court briefs, scholarly articles, and books. Topics covered include the history of immigration law and international extradition policy.

A particularly useful feature of this library is the index to BIA Precedent Decisions, which provides quick subject access to Board of Immigration Appeals decisions. The decisions themselves are available here as full-text PDF scans from 1940-present.

This Hein library joins other Duke Law Library resources pertaining to immigration, such as the AILALink database and the seminal treatise by Gordon & Mailman, Immigration Law and Procedure (KF4815 .G663 & online in Lexis Advance). For help with using the new Hein library or locating additional research resources for immigration law, be sure to Ask a Librarian.

Elgar Advanced Introductions Now Available Online

The Goodson Law Library has subscribed to e-book versions of the Elgar Advanced Introductions to Law. This series balances accessible introductions to a particular topic with expert commentary.

Currently, the Elgar Advanced Introductions online library includes 15 e-book titles, with dozens of additional titles to be added over the next two years. Subjects skew heavily toward comparative and international law topics, and recent publications in the online library include:

• Mark Tushnet, Advanced Introduction to Comparative Constitutional Law (also available in print)
• Reuven S. Avi-Yonah, Advanced Introduction to International Tax Law (also available in print)
• Jaakko Husa, Advanced Introduction to Law and Globalisation

The Duke University Libraries have additional Elgar Advanced Introduction titles in print, both at the Law Library and across campus. You can locate the e-book series link as well as available print titles in the Duke Libraries Catalog with a search for "Elgar Advanced Introductions."

For additional scholarly overviews of legal topics in electronic format, you might also be interested in Oxford Handbooks in Law Online or the Concepts & Insights and Hornbook series on West Academic Library Study Aids. The Law Library has still more scholarly overviews and study aids in print format, as well. For help finding the perfect depth of treatment for your topic area, be sure to Ask a Librarian.

CourtLink Now on Lexis Advance

Effective August 1, Lexis Advance accounts at the Law School now include access to CourtLink, a service that includes state and federal court records. Current members of the Law School community can access CourtLink via the product-switcher icon in the top left corner of any Lexis Advance screen.

The search screen allows users to locate names or search terms within docket sheets and/or within available full-text documents within CourtLink. Note that while the main CourtLink search box allows for Boolean/Terms &Connectors searching, the name fields (such as for Party, Attorney, and Judge) will not recognize connectors such as "/2" between a first and last name. In those fields, simply type the names using natural language.

Documents available to educational accounts within CourtLink will be labeled Free, with a link to the full text. For commercial Lexis Advance accounts, there are three CourtLink statuses: Free, Online (available to download by request), and Runner (requires courier to be dispatched to court). Educational accounts are not eligible for runner services, or to download documents that are not already available in CourtLink. However, the Free documents include some historical filings from legacy court docket products that cannot be found on other platforms.

CourtLink also allows users to set up alerts for searches or particular dockets. This brief instructional video demonstrates the steps for searching and setting up alerts. A Quick Reference Guide is also available.

For help with searching for dockets and/or court filings, check out the library's Court Records and Briefs research guide or Ask a Librarian.