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How to do research at the Peace Palace Library
Hague Academy version
A brief introduction to all the resources available at the Library
Overview of this presentation
• General visiting information• Our collection• How to find books, articles, etc.• Recueil des Cours• Other E-resources • Stay alert
General visiting information• Reading room opening hours
– Monday to Friday (9.00–21.00)– Saturday (10.00-14.00)– The library is closed on Sundays
• How to get to the Reading Room– Bring a valid ID (passport, driving license)– Bring your Academy Badge.
Peace Palace Library Collection• Public international law
– E.g. law of State responsibility, human rights, international humanitarian law, international criminal law, law of international organizations, European law, etc.
• Private international law– Private international law, international commercial law,
international bankruptcy law, international law of procedure
• National law– Comparative law in general, public and constitutional law,
criminal law and criminal procedure, private law, commercial law, law of civil procedure
• Special collections– Grotius collection, peace movement collection.
Where to find our materials• Materials on display in the
Reading Room– Most important books, handbooks,
bibliographies per subject– Our selection of new titles– Latest issues of most influential journals– Recueil des cours
• Materials in the stacks– All other books and materials
Library’s Policy • Books
– Published after 1950: consultation inside the Reading Room and borrowing for one day
– Published between 1850-1950: consultation only– Published before 1850: please ask at the main desk.
• Articles in Journals, E-journals, Yearbooks, etc.– Paper versions: consultation inside the Reading Room and borrowing for one
day – Electronic versions: consultation only and/or print* and download**
• Case law, primary documents, etc.– Paper versions: ask at the main desk– Electronic versions: use our extensive collection of Databases
• Recueil des cours, eBooks– Available for download and printing inside
Reading Room *Copy request Printing cards can be purchased at the Library’s main desk**Restrictions apply; please ask at the main desk.
How to find books, articles, etc.
• Initial search– Use catalogue – Use Wiki Research Guides– Look at
book shelves of the reading room
Wiki Research Guides•Relevant keyword/topic•Subject introduction•See also•Selective bibliography
•Bibliographies•Periodicals and Serial Publications•Books and Articles•Databases•Documents
•External links
The Catalogue
Different search strategiesMost relevant:• title words• author• all words• subject heading• systematic code
Search results
How to request books, articles
Use Plinklet-icon
– Select the publication of your choice in the catalogue. – Click on the ‘Plinklet’ button (link resolver). – If the article is available online, a link will appear on
the top of this new window which leads you to the appropriate database.
– Directly underneath that link, you will find a link ‘borrow,’ which brings you directly to the request/reserve-page for the relevant volume of the periodical.
Search Result
Plinklet Page
Request an article (I)
• Log in with your card number and password.
•Initially, the password consists of the first three letters of your last name (‘nev’).
Request an Article (II)
• Mark the checkbox and click request/reserve
Difference between ‘request’ and ‘reserve’• Request
– If a book is available, you can ‘request’ it.– You can collect it at the Library’s main desk after
approximately 45 minutes.
• Reserve– If a book is borrowed by someone else, you can
‘reserve’ it. – You will be notified by email when the book has
been returned.– You can then collect it at the Library’s main desk.
Borrower Information•Use the tab ‘Borrower Information’ to:
–Check your personal details–Check the status of your loans and reservations.–Renew your loans
–Cancel your reservations
Overview of Library’s E-Resources
Recueil des Cours
Recueil des Cours II
Other databases–Use databases to look for case law, legislation, primary docs, journals and e-books–Use our categorization of the databases to find the relevant database
Our collection of databasesAnnotated leading cases of int’l criminal tribunals ArbitrationLaw Online Artemis Beck-onlineCAIRNCaselex CIAO, Columbia International Affairs Online Constitutions of the Countries of the World Constitutions of Dependencies and Territories Constitutions of the United States: national and state
Dalloz DeJure Droit UE OnlineEleven OnlineElnet Foreign Law GuideHein Online Foreign & International Law Resources
Hein Legal Classics Hein Online United Nations Law CollectionHein World Trials HUDOC HukukTürk Investor-State Law GuideJura.be Justis
JUTA Law Kluwer: Arbitration OnlineKluwer: Competition Law Kluwer LooseleafsLawinfoChinaMax Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law Nijhoff: Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Nijhoff: International Law OGEL OJ OnlinePlus Oxford Reports on International LawRDB Rechtsdatenbank Rechtsorde Recueil des cours SabinetSpringer Strad@SwissLEXTradeLawGuideUnited Nations Treaty SeriesWestlaw International Westlaw China Westlaw ES World Trade Law
Stay Alert• RSS alerts
– Table of contents electronic journals– New titles– Any keywords (subject heading)
• Email– Newsletter for new titles
• Blogs– Peace Palace Library blog– Other blogs
any questions? just ask us!
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