Special Webinar on the Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals

Legal publisher HeinOnline is hosting a free webinar next week on the Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals.

It is a great tool to find secondary sources on foreign, comparative, and international law topics in multiple languages.

The HeinOnline website offers expert tips on using the Index as well as a good description of its contents.

It is produced at the Law Library of the University of California at Berkeley on behalf of the American Association of Law Libraries, which owns the copyright. 

The blog of the International Association of Law Libraries published an article this week on the topic:

"As the field of law evolves to become ever more global, legal information professionals employed by law firms and government agencies increasingly support the work of multilingual attorneys whose legal practices are transnational in scope.  Similarly, academic law librarians are often asked to assist faculty members and students in researching comparative law topics involving foreign legal systems, and to provide research instruction for advanced degree students who received their primary legal training in foreign jurisdictions.  Although many of us have some working knowledge of at least one foreign language, our familiarity with foreign legal terminology is often limited.  It can be especially challenging to assist patrons in locating jurisdiction-specific secondary law sources in languages other than English if we are completely unfamiliar with the language of the jurisdiction (...)"

"Established in 1960 as a print resource, the IFLP is now fully integrated with HeinOnline’s electronic research platform.  If your library already subscribes to HeinOnline, the IFLP is available as an affordable, cost-effective add-on to your subscription.  What follows is a brief introduction to the IFLP and an overview of its key features."