Lexis Advance CLE @ HCLL

On Thursday, Feb. 18, the Law Library will host a free training session titled Introducing Lexis Advance. The session carries 1.0 hour of CLE credit for Texas attorneys and is conveniently scheduled during the lunch hour, from noon to 1 p.m.

The Law Library hosts Lexis Advance training sessions quarterly. For more information about CLEs and training sessions at the Harris County Law Library, visit our Events page.

All of the databases covered during training sessions are accessible for free on the Law Library’s legal research computers, which are open to the public for legal research. Visit Our Services page for more information about the digital resources available for your legal research needs.

 

Latest and Greatest - Attorney's Illustrated Medical Dictionary

Attorney’s Illustrated Medical Dictionary

By Ira G. Dox, et al.

West Publishing Company, 1997 (& Supplement 2015)

R 121 .A8 1997

New on the library shelves is Attorney’s Illustrated Medical Dictionary. Written for attorneys, researchers, and anyone looking to understand medical terminology, this dictionary has over 30,000 terms, defined using simple rather than overly technical words that would require an additional resource to decipher. The illustrations are well-delineated with defined terms highlighted with red ink and arrows and lines indicating important aspects of the drawings.  Appendices provide useful information such as abbreviations and symbols commonly used in medicine, reference values for laboratory tests of clinical importance, and an index to the illustrations. Various tables and illustrative plates are peppered throughout the book, offering the reader even more assistance with wading through complex medical concepts and terms.

Latest and Greatest - American Law Institute Library on HeinOnline

We are proud to announce our most recent addition to the HeinOnline family: the American Law Institute Library. This collection features ALI’s most well-known publications, including:

  • Restatements & Principles of the Law
  • Uniform Commercial Code
  • ALI Annual Reports
  • Proceedings of ALI Annual Meetings
  • ALI Reporter

Plus, you can find model penal codes, other ALI-CLE Publications, and links to other scholarly articles found on HeinOnline.

Searching the ALI materials couldn't be easier. Simply connect to HeinOnline in the Law Library and choose the American Law Institute Library from Hein’s database home page. From there, you can browse through the alphabetized title lists or do a simple keyword search. Another option is to select the Advanced Search option and refine and limit your search to section titles, text, document type, and date. On the Results page, search terms are highlighted in yellow for easy viewing. In addition, all highlighted citations to the Restatements and cases are actually hyperlinks so all you have to do is click. How easy is that? Also, HeinOnline features a ScholarCheck tool that keeps track of the number of times a Restatement section has been cited.

So, come on over to the Library and be sure to take a look at the American Law Institute Library.

Looking Back - The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

February 2, 1848 – On this day, representatives from the United States and Mexico, including Nicholas Philip Trist, on behalf of President Polk, signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, officially bringing an end to the Mexican-American War. Named for the Mexican city in which the peace agreement was signed, the treaty established the Rio Grande as the southern boundary of the United States and required Mexico to relinquish and surrender all claims to Texas. The treaty also compelled Mexico to cede Arizona, New Mexico and California and parts of Colorado, Utah and Nevada to the United States. In exchange, the United States agreed to pay $15 million for damage caused to Mexican property during the war and agreed to protect the civil rights of Mexican nationals living within its borders.

If you would like to read more about the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and view some copies of the manuscripts, visit the Library of Congress’ online collection.

First page of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

From the Nicholas Philip Trist Papers, 1795-1873,  Manuscript Division, Library of Congress