Take a break already!

Finals have started and tension levels are high. While the free coffee and cookies offered by the library are keeping you awake and buzzing with energy, we librarians want to help with your stress levels too!

Even though you can't check out a therapy dog like the students at some other law school libraries, you can check out these sites to help you relax and destress in minutes!

Soothe Yourself with Sound
Rainy Mood: The website provides sounds of heavy rain, thunder, and chirping birds.
Relaxing Nature: Listen to Birds & Forest, Water & Waves, Rain, and Night.
GetRelaxed: Reduce your stress levels with a combination of tranquil sounds with visually appealing images.

Loosen Up with Laughter
Huffington Post Comedy: Specializing in "can't miss" comedy videos from Conan, Jimmy Fallon, SNL, The Daily Show, and the Colbert Report.
The Daily What: A fantastic aggregator of the best of the web.
Know Your Meme: A site dedicated to cataloging hilarious Internet content gems.
Unshelved: For your inner library geek - you know you have one!

Calm Down with Cuteness
Too Cute: Videos of three adorable litters of puppies and kittens.
Cute Overload: Get your daily dose of delightful

Do Nothing Delight
Do Nothing for 2 Minutes: This website is the ultimate challenge. Don't do anything for two minutes - don't check your email, Facebook, or even move your mouse. Just enjoy the relaxing sounds of the ocean. It's harder than you might think.

Catharsis
Devastating Explosions: The title says it all.

Studying for finals is important, but keep your sanity and take some time for you!

Need an article? Use "Journals @ Hamline"

You want to find an article and you have the citation - where do you look first?  It's very tempting to start with Westlaw, or even Lexis, but there is a simpler solution.

The Law Library has included all of the journals from major legal databases like Westlaw, Lexis, and HeinOnline in the "Journals @ Hamline" tool.  There are also many journals that we have electronic access to, due to a print subscription, whose links are included as well.   Basically everything that you can access as a Hamline student is available through this powerful tool.

To get started, go to our library home page and click on Journals @ Hamline in the Research box.

Search for the journal name.   Consider this citation:

Dan L. Burk & Julie E. Cohen, Fair Use Infrastructure for Rights Management Systems, 15 Harv. J.L. & Tech. 41 (2001)

Sometimes it is difficult to ascertain the name of the journal.   In this case, you can use the option to search for all words in the title (but not necessarily the exact title).

After clicking search, you will see the possible journals and where to access them. In this case, a single journal was found with my access options:

Since our citation is from 2001, we have many options.  If I wanted a PDF version of the article, to see it as though it was from the printed journal, I would pick the HeinOnline link.   You may also wish to access the article in Westlaw, Lexis and a few other platforms.  

If you still need help finding your article, check with a Librarian or put in a request via Interlibrary Loan.