April 2011 National Library Month

 ALA's slogan for National Library Week this year worked perfectly with a law theme.

Why I need my library? because of 
Codes

 Reporters

Government Documents

United Nations Documents

Journals
New York State Documents
Dictionaries
Treatises
Hornbooks
Legal Encyclopedias

We listed these on big signs on the table along with some examples.

Our Bulletin Board had to large  pages with a list of definitions. 

Statute [stăch'ūt]  –noun

A law enacted by a legislature/A decree or edict, as of a ruler/An established law or rule, as of a corporation

Code [kōd]  –noun

A systematically arranged and comprehensive collection of laws/A systematic collection of regulations and rules of procedure or conduct: a traffic code

Regulation [rĕg'yə-lā'shən] –noun

The act of regulating or the state of being regulated. /A principle, rule, or law designed to control or govern conduct/A governmental order having the force of law. Also called executive order

Rule [rūl] –noun

An authoritative, prescribed direction for conduct, especially one of the regulations governing procedure in a legislative body /A court order limited in application to a specific case /A subordinate regulation governing a particular matter

charter  [chärtr]  –noun

A document issued by a sovereign, legislature, or other authority, creating a public or private corporation, such as a city, college, or bank, and defining its privileges and purposes /  A written grant from the sovereign power of a country conferring certain rights and privileges on a person, a corporation, or the people  /  A document outlining the principles, functions, and organization of a corporate body; a constitution /  A written instrument given as evidence of agreement, transfer, or contract; a deed

abstract    [/ab-strakt] –noun

a summary of a text, scientific article, document, speech, etc.; epitome

bibliography  / / [bib-lee-og-ruh-fee] –noun

a complete or selective list of works compiled upon some common principle, as authorship, subject, place of publication, or printer / a list of source materials that are used or consulted in the  preparation of a work or that are referred to in the text.  / a branch of library science dealing with the history, physical description, comparison, and classification of books and other works

citation / [sahy-tey-shuhn]   –noun

a summons, especially to appear in court/ a document containing such a summons/ the act of citing or quoting a reference to an authority or a precedent/ a passage cited; quotation/a quotation showing a particular word or phrase in context

Index  [in-deks] -   noun

in a nonfiction book, monograph, etc. a more or less detailed alphabetical listing of names, places, and topics along with the numbers of the pages on which they are mentioned or discussed, usually included in or constituting the back matter

Journal   [jur-nl]–noun

a newspaper, especially a daily one.   / a periodical or magazine, especially one published for a special group, learned society, or profession or a record, usually daily, of the proceedings and transactions of a legislative body, an organization, etc.

microfiche   [mahy-kruh-feesh] –noun

a flat sheet of microfilm in a form suitable for filing, typically measuring 4 by 6 inches (10 by 15 cm) and containing microreproductions, as of printed or graphic matter, in a grid pattern

Monograph [mon-uh-graf, -grahf]–noun

a treatise on a particular subject, as a biographical study or study of the works of one artist/a highly detailed and thoroughly documented study or paper written about a limited area of a subject or field of inquiry

periodical [peer-ee-od-i-kuhl] –noun

a magazine or other journal that is issued at regularly recurring intervals