max planck encyclopedia of public international law tutorial

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FOREIGN & INTERNATIONAL

DATABASES

Max Planck Encyclopedia ofPublic International Law

(MPEPIL)


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MPEPIL Services

On left side of home screen,find Product Selector box tochoose your resource.

Oxford Public International Law (OPIL) the single access point to the entire

database and allows you to searchacross all 3 services.

Oxford Reports on International Law(ORIL) contains public internationalcase law, reporting on internationalcourts, domestic courts and ad hoctribunals.

Max Planck Encyclopedia of PublicInternational Law (MPEPIL) containspeer-reviewed articles, which arewritten and edited by over 800 scholarsand practitioners.

Oxford Scholarly Authorities on

International Law provides full-textonline editions of reference works andtreatises published by Oxford UniversityPress. All titles are searchable andbrowsable by subject matter, title,author & are linked via the Oxford LawCitator to relevant case reports and

articles.

Source: MPEPIL website


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Introducing the Oxford Law Citator

The Citator is you link to all of the online

content belonging to the Oxford UniversityPress. It connects you to content publishedby OUP and includes references within OUPcontent. Specifically, it links you to reliableexternal resources on your topic. Uses forthe Citator include the following:

1. locating a definitive citation for a pieceof legal information;

2. can lead you to cases, legislative and/ortreaty provisions;

3. connect you to other items on yoursubject or in the jurisdiction; and

4. links to reliable and relevant full-textresources within the OUP or the worldwideweb.

The Oxford Law Citator will save you timeand allow you to expand your search. Source: MPEPIL website


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Fact Pattern

On 1/1/2011, John Smith, a U.S. citizen,watched as his wife and 3 year old sonboarded a flight to Madrid, Spain. Mr. Smithswife, a Spanish citizen, was on her way to herhometown to visit with family and friends forseveral weeks. Mr. Smith planned to join

them later. About 2 weeks later, in a phonecall, Mrs. Smith informed her husband that shehad no intention of returning to Miami andwas keeping their son with her. He must, sheexplained, never file criminal kidnappingcharges or seek custody of their son. If he did

so, she would make sure he never saw Junioragain.

Search the MPEPIL regarding Mr. Smiths recourse in

this matter.

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Navigating the MPEPILSearching within OPIL, will bring you to a list of sources from which you

will be able to filter by Product, Content Type, Book Titles and more.



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Narrowing Your Search

Clicking on any of tabsopens a list of subjectheadings and sub-

headings within eachtab. However, if youare unfamiliar with thesubject or issue at

hand, your best optionmay be to filter usingthe Subjecttab.



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Advanced Search

The MPEPIL also has an Advanced Search tool. This tool allowsyou to search by Full Text, ISBN, OUP Reference, Citation, PartyName, Author/Contributor, Date, Title andChapter/Section Heading.It also filters for Subject, Jurisdictions, Content Type and Product.



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Using the Oxford Law CitatorFrom your resultslist, clicking on a document will open the documentand a link to the OLC.

Expanding the OLC, will allow you to search within the document. Also notethat within the document are links to Oxford University Press materials as

well as the internet.



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The OLC Record

The documentalso includes alist ofInstruments

andCases Cited(in full text). Atthe end of thelist, there is alink for the OLCrecord.



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Instruments Cited Cases Cited



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Clicking on a link within the Instrumentsand Cases Cited lists, will open a newpage with additional links to the document, if available.



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To Learn More About The MPEPIL

At the top of the page, click Guided Tour whereyou will be able to download the tour as a

PowerPoint presentation. There are also links tothe Live Demonstrations calendar for customerswithin North and South America as well as outsideNorth and South America.


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