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Guiding Away from Google: Finding Ways to Engage Law Students with Academic Databases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2025

Catherine Parkin  and
Aarti Sehgal
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Abstract

Catherine Parkin is a librarian at Leeds Beckett University (LBU), while Aarti Sehgal is a librarian at the University of Sheffield (TUoS). These institutions both have around 1200 students registered on a taught Law course. Against the background of an increased need to prove academic libraries are obtaining ‘value for money’ from subscription resources, alongside the desire for law students to be effective and critical users of information, this article explores database engagement activities carried out at the authors’ institutions. It considers the impact of teaching and online tutorials created to engage students with resources, and discusses tools used to check resource usage.

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legal educationuser educationonline databasesacademic law libraries
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Information
Legal Information Management , Volume 24 , Issue 4 , December 2024 , pp. 237 - 242
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s), 2025. Published by British and Irish Association of Law Librarians

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