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Law in Singapore: Library Guides

Locating Materials in the Library

Historical Sources of Singapore Law
Guide to locating historical primary and secondary sources of Singapore law.
Law Library: LINC Location Codes
C J Koh Law Library's location codes explained.
Quick Guide to Legislation, Law Reports & Treatises
Rough guide to call numbers for the major subject areas in the law library.
Singapore Legal Abbreviations
List of abbreviations and corresponding titles for law reports and journals published in Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei. Based on the holdings of the C J Koh Law Library.

Use of Electronic Resources

CambridgeHE ebook Access
Guide to registering for a Cambridge HE account.

Find Full Texts
Access full texts (where NUS Libraries has a subscription) via Google Scholar using the Proxy Bookmarklet, LibKey Nomad or Find It!@NUS Libraries.
(Find Cases in) LawNet
Video on how to do simple searches for cases using LawNet.
(Find) Journals on HeinOnline
Video on how to find journal articles using HeinOnline.
Guide to Electronic Resources Collection
Full listing of law databases subscribed to by NUS Libraries.

Lecture Materials for NUS Law

Powerpoints & videos presented for the following Faculty of Law modules:

LARC
Corporate Deals
Singapore Common Law of Contract.

Lectures for AY 24/25:

LARC Library Orientation 2024
Lecture on 12 Aug 24
LARC Research Module: Secondary Sources of Law
Lecture on 19 Aug 24
LARC Research Module: Singapore Legislation
Lecture on 19 Aug 24
LARC Research Module: Singapore and UK Case Law
Lecture on 26 Aug 24
LARC Research Module: Legal Research
Lecture on 30 Sep 24
LARC Research Module: Researching Legislation
Lecture on 7 Oct 24
Singapore Common Law of Contract
Lectures on 12 & 13 Aug 24

Lectures for AY 23/24:

Corporate Deals: Research
Video lecture (Part I); Sem 2, Wk 4
Corporate Deals: Drafting (Forms & Precedents)
Video lecture (Part II); Sem 2, Wk 4
Corporate Deals: Research & Drafting
Notes for video lecture; Sem 2, wk 4

Other Library Presentations

Current Awareness for Law Reports and Journals
Aug 2023
Researcher Unbound - Finding Singapore Cases
May 2023
Researcher Unbound - Law Made Simple
Sep 2020
Y1 Legal Research Refresher
Jan 2022

Law Library Orientation

Research Librarian

Contact:

C J Koh Law Library
+65 6601 7163
yxchai@nus.edu.sg

Subjects: Citations and References, Law, Singapore Studies

Research Librarian

Contact:

C J Koh Law Library
+65 66017106
llbbi@nus.edu.sg

Subjects: Citations and References, Law, Singapore Studies