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 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 and Legal Forms Library (under Law Digest) searchers can find current and historical legal content.

LegalTrac 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 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.

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Eunice

Eunice C. Borrelli

Michigan eLibrary Internet Librarian

Library of Michigan/Michigan Dept. of Education

517-241-4996

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