ProQuest e-Book Central Lunchtime Webinars

ProQuest ebook Central is a collection of ebooks on a wide range of subjects from many publishers. This platform allows users to sign up for their own account, after which users can save books for later under their "Bookshelf", download books, take notes and highlight material in the ebooks, and more.  The Library has a selection of owned titles on this lending platform. If the Library does not own a title, you may view it for 5 minutes. Any requests to purchase a title will be considered by the library.

Session times:

• 7th April 2022 1.00 - 1.30
• 24th May 2022 1.00 - 1.30
• 21st June 2022 1.00 - 1.30

The session will cover:

• The difference between full download and chapter download
• Annotations
• Bookshelf

1/2 CPD point can be earned by participating in this webinar. 

RSVP and we will organise access to your preferred session

Lexis Red Training Webinars

The Tasmanian Law Library is offering monthly 30 minute webinar sessions as an introduction to the Lexis Red Digital Library platform. The sessions will cover all the basics such as accessing, borrowing, browsing, and searching content downloaded to the Lexis Red app. In addition, you will learn how to create annotations to documents and share content with work colleagues.  The Digital Library contains a huge range of titles ranging from reference sources such as Halsbury’s Laws of Australia, loose-leaf services such as Civil Procedure Tasmania, and an excellent selection of LexisNexis texts covering a broad range of topics. 1/2 CPD point can be earned by participating in this webinar.

Session times:

• 12th April 2022 1.00 - 1.30
• 5th May 2022 1.00 - 1.30
• 10th May 2022 1.00 - 1.30
• 16th June 2022 1.00 - 1.30

1/2 CPD point can be earned by participating in this webinar.

RSVP to: library@justice.tas.gov.au

Australian and New Zealand Newsstream Lunchtime Webinars

Australia & New Zealand Newsstream offers access to leading Australian and New Zealand newspapers as well as regional news. Combining content from:

• Fairfax Australia and Fairfax New Zealand
• News Limited
• the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and
• AAP Newswire.

Session times:

29th March 2022 1.00 - 1.30
28th April 2022 1.00 - 1.30
30th May 2022 1.00 - 1.30
28th June 2022 1.00 - 1.30

The sessions will cover:

• Advanced searching
• Searching a publication
• Saving searches
• Creating alerts

1/2 CPD point can be earned by participating in this webinar. 

RSVP and we will organise access to your preferred session

Westlaw Practitioner Training Webinars

The Tasmanian Law Library is offering 45 minute webinar sessions as an introduction to the Westlaw Practitioner service. These sessions will provide an overview to searching Firstpoint, Laws of Australia, Commonwealth Law Report,  Tasmanian Reports, Unreported Judgments and Commercial Precedents.

The next session will be in February 2022.

1/2 CPD point can be earned by participating in this webinar.

RSVP to: library@justice.tas.gov.au

Library News - New Database for Practitioners

Practitioner members can now access over 1,800 law books on the Oxford Scholarship Online : Law : Practitioner access database. Links can be found via the Legal Commentary portal on the library website.  Use your library password to authenticate.  Contact the library for additional information or assistance.