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American Indian Law – Overview

Part One of a Four part Series.

The American Indian Law Collection with HeinOnline is a comprehensive group of documents and sources to help researches study this unique field of law. Most notably included is Title 25 of the U.S. Code and the American Indian Law Review.

Listed at the top of the homepage is a search tool to find resources using a variety of sources such as; “Full Text,” “Citation,” “Catalog,” and “Case Law.”

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Also included at the top of the home page is a series of tabs relating to the various forms of sources HeinOnline offers for American Indian Law.

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This collection features over 1,000 different titles on a wide variety of topics related to American Indian Law. This includes Scholarly Articles, Committee of Indian Affairs Hearings, and External Links.

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HeinOnline provides a thorough list of sources that are curtailed specifically towards American Indian Law research.

Access to HeinOnline: American Indian Law Collection database is available through the Texas Tech Law Library website under the Electronic Databases tab.

HeinOnline: http://www.heinonline.org/HOL/Index?index=alpha/A_amindian&collection=amindian

CCH Secured Transactions Guide Featured Spotlight: Guide Forms

This is the fourth and final post in a four-part series spotlighting CCH Secured Transactions Guide.

CCH Secured Transactions Guide provides model versions of the primary forms used for filing and maintaining financing statements as required by UCC Article 9. The forms are accessible through the main Secured Transactions page.

Select “Specimen Forms,” and then choose from a UCC financing statement, financing statement amendment, information statement, or information request. If we select “UCC Financing Statement,” we are directed to a model form of a financing statement.

Access to CCH Secured Transactions Guide database is available through the Texas Tech Law Library website under the Electronic Databases tab. You must register and create an individual user ID using a TTU email address as your user ID. You choose your own password. Please contact a Law Librarian if you have any questions.

CCH Secured Transactions Guide Featured Spotlight: Annotated Explanations

This is the third post in a four-part series spotlighting CCH Secured Transactions Guide.

CCH Secured Transactions Guide provides annotated explanations of state’s variations of the rules governing secured transactions. These explanations are available through the “Charts, explanations, UCC provisions, state and federal laws and regulation, & other material, organized by topic” link on the main Secured Transactions page.

For example, if you wanted to find Texas variations on the UCC regarding secured transactions involving crops you can select “Texas” from the list of states.

After selecting “Explanations Annotated,” the database provides you with a topically organized list of Texas-specific secured transactions rules. Next, select “Agricultural Transactions” to see rules concerning agriculture.

Select “Crops” and the database will display annotated provisions that deal with crops on the right-hand side of the screen.

CCH Secured Transactions Guide Featured Spotlight: Report Summary

This is the second post in a four-part series spotlighting CCH Secured Transactions Guide.

CCH Secured Transactions Guide’s Report Summary is the current awareness component of the resource. Report summaries are issued biweekly, and provide “highlights of legislative, regulatory, judicial, and industry developments affecting the law of secured transactions.” They can be access through the main Secured Transactions page.

The guides are organized by issue date. If we click the issue No. 1233, we are taken to the most recent issue and the stories included are displayed on the right-hand side of the screen.

Improved West Academic Study Aids

Some of you are already familiar with the electronic resource for accessing West Academic Study Aids. This resource allows you to access as many different series and/or subjects as you need without any restrictions. This, along with other study aid resources were discussed in a previous blog post.

As a reminder, you can access this resource while on the Law School network at https://subscription.westacademic.com/, using a guest account. You are also able to create a personal login using your Texas Tech email that will allow you to personalize your experience as well as access the resource when not on the University network. You are able to make notes, keep track of often used titles, etc.

The newest exciting feature that has just been introduced is the addition of two audio series: the Law School Legends and the Sum and Substance Audio Series.

A couple of other handy features of the website is the Most Popular At Your School and the Authored By Faculty At Your School sections.

If you need assistance or have questions about using this electronic resource, please stop by the Law Library or contact one of the Law Librarians. We would be happy to assist you!