Library Guides: Faculty Services: Current Awareness

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If you have any difficulties setting up your subscription, call AJC Customer Service at (404) 522-4141.

Library Contacts

Circulation & Reference Desk

(478) 301-2612
lawlibrary@mercer.edu

Reference Services are available via email. You can meet with a librarian by appointment for research support or training in-person Zoom.

Law Library Website

LAWCAT online catalog

Mercer University Libraries

Law Library Director

Michelle Hook Dewey

dewey_ma@mercer.edu
(478) 301-2665

Law Librarians

Ismael Gullon

gullon_i@mercer.edu
(478) 301-5904

Savanna Nolan

nolan_s@mercer.edu
(478) 301-2638

Hamaseh Roozbeh

roozbeh_h@mercer.edu
(478) 301-5905

Law Library Staff

Amberly Cole

cole_ad@mercer.edu
(478) 301-2982

Jaelynn Gillis

gillis_jd@mercer.edu
(478) 301-2614

Julie Register

register_jk@mercer.edu
(478) 301-2613

Current Awareness Tools & Resources

SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES

Bloomberg/BNA
- Newsletters - My Work (upper right) > Alerts > Manage Alerts > Newsletter Subscriptions
- Saved Searches and Alerts
Current Index to Legal Periodicals (CILP) - CILP covers the table of contents of 650 legal publications and is available through HeinOnline.
- When faculty are added to the email distribution list, they will begin receiving the weekly CILP editions.
- SmartCILP provides personalized email delivery of the table of contents of newly-published law reviews and legal journals, organized by topic, with links to Lexis and Westlaw.
- Start your SmartCILP
  - Go to the Electronic CILP Download Page
  - Click on Create New SmartCILP User (upper right)
  - Select the topics or journals you wish to follow
- Guide to using CILP
HeinOnline
- Author Profile Email Alerts
  - Receive an alert when articles are added to HeinOnline that are similar to those written by a specific author.
  - How to Set Up an Email Alert
- HeinOnline eTOC Alerts
LAW.com - a global news platform
- First create your account
  - Self-registration link
- Then go to My Law.com to personalize your account
Law360
- Available through your Lexis+ account
Lexis/Shepard's Alerts
- Creating Alerts on Lexis+
- Look under the bell icon (upper right corner) for all Alerts.
LLRX
- Law and technology resources for legal professionals
- Browse by Subject
SSRN eJournal Alerts
- Go to the Journal Subscription Manager
- We subscribe to the Legal Scholarship Network, scroll down and click on Click here to subscribe
- Make your selection
Westlaw
- Westlaw Today newsletter, how to subscribe
- There are a number of alert options, all require you first run a search then create the alert (bell icon on right).
- WestClip: runs a saved search and notifies you of new search results.
- KeyCite: monitors the status of cases, statutes, and regulations.
- Docket Alert: tracks when new cases are filed that meet your specifications for jurisdiction, case type, etc.
- Publication Alert: sends you new issues of publications as they become available on Westlaw.
Look under Notifications (upper right corner) for all Alerts

NEWSPAPERS

New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Georgia Newspapers Online
  - Coverage varies, but most newspapers listed on this site provide current issues only.
Atlanta Journal Constitution
- Also available in Lexis Plus

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