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60 Law Libr. Lights 1 (2016-2017)

handle is hein.journals/lll60 and id is 1 raw text is: How Library Discovery Platforms Have Changed Teaching Interdisciplinary Research Margaret Krause Special Projects Librarian, Georgetown University Law Center mmaher07@law.georgetown.edu As many OPACs are being replaced, or at least supplemented, by a discovery platform for searching the library's integrated collection, patrons can now do one search and find it all. In some instances, this can be overwhelming for the legal researcher, but for interdisciplinary research, the discovery layer can be a godsend. Once legal researchers are introduced to Lexis, Westlaw, and Bloomberg Law in law school, they seem to forget other databases that they may have used as undergrads, such as Academic Search Premier, ProQuest, or Web of Science. Come time to write a seminar paper in an interdisciplinary course, such as Bioethics and the Law, Economics and the Law, or The Internet and International Trade, they seem unable to find scholarly articles on point. In the past, academic librarians often prepared one period research sessions for many writing-intensive seminar classes outlining the best resources for students to use for their research. Since all databases have their idiosyncrasies, librarians would How Library Discovery 1 Platforms Have Changed Teaching Interdisciplinary Research Margaret Krause Editor's Column 4 Shannon Roddy ILTACON: An Opportunity 5 for Information Professionals Emily Florio President's Column 8 Andrew Martin Member Spotlight 10 Andrew Lang Tech Talk 14 Matt Zimmerman Book Review 16 Andrew Lang iw Library Lights Volume 60, Number I Fal 2016

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