[Michlib-l] MeL Minute - Current Affairs, Legal Perspective

[Borrelli, Eunice (MDE)]

Hi all,

Anticipating the MCLS/LM databases webinar next week that focuses on MeL Legal resources, I was reminded that the MeL.org legal resources<http://mel.org/legal> can be used to provide background, analysis, and perspective on issues and conflicts that are just as significant in today's society as they were when they were first identified.  Specifically I was reading about Brown v. Board of Education (relative to Black History Money), Roe v. Wade, water rights, national health care, human trafficking, and whistleblowing.  In both LegalTrac<http://www.galesupport.com/migeoipcheck/migeoipcheck-gale.php?database=LT> and Legal Forms Library<http://www.galesupport.com/migeoipcheck/migeoipcheck-gale.php?database=TGLF> (under Law Digest) searchers can find current and historical legal content.

LegalTrac<http://www.galesupport.com/migeoipcheck/migeoipcheck-gale.php?database=LT> is a comprehensive collection of major legal publications, law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and specialty publications.  Results are from peer reviewed, full text sources. Curious about topics related to your specific terms?  Run the Topic Finder and get a broader perspective. For example, Topic Finder for "water rights" includes related content in Instream Flow, Human Rights, and Supreme Court.

Maybe surprisingly, the Law Digest section of Legal Forms Library<http://www.galesupport.com/migeoipcheck/migeoipcheck-gale.php?database=TGLF> contains background materials, further readings suggestions, and cross references on  searched topics.  Want to know who the "Brown" in Brown v. Board of Education was?  A lengthy article  explains who Mr. Oliver Brown was and why the NAACP choose him as a plaintiff.  Search national health care and learn about it how it has been the subject of discussion in the United States for decades.  Michigan residents or Michigan library access only.

MeL Minutes are brought to you by the Library of Michigan.  Want more information on MeL?  Stay tuned for the next MeL Minute available on many Michigan library listservs, email us at contact at mel.org<mailto:contact at mel.org>,  visit http://mel.org<http://mel.org/>, or Sign up for the MeL Minute and other Library of Michigan e-mail lists via GovDelivery<https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/MILOM/subscriber/new>. We encourage you to share MeL Minutes with your colleagues and networks.

Want to let your patrons/followers know about this great resource? Feel free to use this 140 character message: @meldotorg legal resources can provide background, analysis & perspective on today's issues. http://mel.org/legal

Registration is now open for the next MCLS/MeL databases webinar. Please join us on February 22, at 3:30pm<x-apple-data-detectors://6> for a 30-minute webinar focused on the legal resources you can use to help your community. Read more and register for this webinar<http://mcls.org/training-events/training-events-list/training-event/?ref_cID=198&bID=0&dd_asId=7521>.

Eunice

Eunice C. Borrelli
Michigan eLibrary Internet Librarian
Library of Michigan/Michigan Dept. of Education
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