Grab Your Devices — We’ve Got New eBooks!
It’s always an exciting time when we get new books here in the law library. It’s especially exciting when we can offer those titles as part of our LexisNexis Digital Library eBook Collection. This post will introduce you to the latest books we’ve added to our electronic library. But first…what do we mean by eBooks?
eBooks are electronic versions of library books, which you can check out through our library catalog and read on your computer, phone, or tablet — all from the comfort of your home or office. The key here is that like print books, they still need to be checked out. And like print books in the library, we only have so many electronic copies to go around. No worries, though — you can also place a hold on the book if it’s checked out so that you can guarantee an eventual checkout. All you need to access our eBooks library is a library account. This previous blog post explains everything you need to know about creating an account, searching for titles, and checking out books.
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The law library now has 115 titles in our LexisNexis Digital Library eBook Collection and we’re adding more all the time. This includes selected books from the very popular Nutshell series, the Washington State Bar Association Deskbook series, and many other legal treatises published by LexisNexis and others.
Now, without further ado, here’s a look at a few of the newest additions to our eBook library.
Braiding Sweetgrass (2016) by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Publisher’s Summary: As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowledge together to take us on “a journey that is every bit as mythic as it is scientific, as sacred as it is historical, as clever as it is wise” (Elizabeth Gilbert). Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings (asters and goldenrod, strawberries and squash, salamanders, algae, and sweetgrass) offer us gifts and lessons, even if we’ve forgotten how to hear their voices. This book is also available in audio!
Legislation and Statutory Interpretation (2022) by William N. Eskridge, Jr., et al.
Publisher’s Summary: Suitable for students or practitioners, this authoritative overview of the legislative process and statutory interpretation moves smoothly and understandably between the theoretical and the practical. You’ll find in-depth discussion of such topics as theories of legislation and representation, electoral and legislative structures, the role of text and precedent in statutory interpretation, substantive canons, legislative history, and agency interpretations.
The All-Inclusive Guide to Judicial Clerking (2017) by Abigail Perdue
Publisher’s Summary: The book explores the purpose and function of a law clerk, the nature and structure of the judiciary, how to apply for and obtain a clerkship, and most importantly, how to perform it well. Among other things, the book explains how to draft judicial opinions, bench memos, orders, and chambers correspondence as well as how to prepare for oral argument, hearings, and trials. It also discusses judicial ethics, professionalism, confidentiality, courtroom decorum, docket management, and other issues that law clerks commonly encounter.
Principles of Legal Research (2020) by Kent Olson, et al.
Publisher’s Summary: In this expanded and reorganized edition, an introductory survey of research strategies is followed by discussion of major secondary sources, treatment of the sources of U.S. law created by each branch of government, chapters on specialized resources for litigation and transactional practice, and an overview of international and foreign law. Other new features include a deeper look at search algorithms and executive branch lawmaking.
Tough Cases: Judges Tell the Stories of Some of the Hardest Decisions They’ve Ever Made (2018) edited by Russell F. Canan, et al.
Publisher’s Summary: In Tough Cases, judges from different kinds of courts in different parts of the country write about the case that proved most difficult for them to decide.
To view the entire list of eBooks in our collection, click here. We are happy to help you get started with the LexisNexis Digital Library eBook Collection. Email or call us with your eBook questions at library.requests@courts.wa.gov or 360–357–2136. Happy eReading!
Just in case you missed it, we recently blogged about our new books for legal professionals, books about criminal justice reform, books focusing on social justice topics, and books on miscellaneous topics. To find out what’s new in our print collection visit our catalog and use the LISTS feature to find lists of new items. (LE)
