Friday, November 12, 2010

New database on trial

http://heinonline.org/

Please be advised that Tshwane University of Technology has been granted trail access to HeinOnline via IP authentication until the 3rd of December 2010. If you are having any problems gaining access to HeinOnline, please feel free to contact us.

New Labour Law books

1. Corporate law for commerce students: Partnership, companies and close corporations. By A. Haupt and N. J. Malange [5 copies]
2. The law of emergencies. By N. D. Hunter [1 copy]
3. Legal requirements for hospitality businesses (2nd ed.) [1 copy]
4. Criminal evidence: Principles and cases (7th ed.) By T. J. Gardner and T. M. Anderson

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

These cases are available in the short loan section of Soshanguve South library for the Welfare law students

1. Minister of Health & Others v Treatment Action Campaign 2002 10 BCLR 1075 (CC);
2. Khosa & Others v Minister of Social Development & Others 2004 6 BCLR 569 (CC);
3. Soobramoney v Minister of Health (KwaZulu-Natal) 1998 1 SA 765 (CC);
4. Government of the RSA & Others v Grootboom & Others 2000 11 BCLR 1169 (CC).

Some posts on Plagiarism

New York Times columnist, Stanley Fish, " ... a professor of humanities and law at Florida International University, in Miami, and dean emeritus of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago," recently published his most recent NY Times Opinionator column titled >

>>> Plagiarism Is Not a Big Moral Deal <<<

[snip]

Whenever it comes up plagiarism is a hot button topic and essays about it tend to be philosophically and morally inflated. But there are really only two points to make. (1) Plagiarism is a learned sin. (2) Plagiarism is not a philosophical issue.

[snip]

Plagiarism is like that; it’s an insider’s obsession. If you’re a professional journalist, or an academic historian, or a philosopher, or a social scientist or a scientist, the game you play for a living is underwritten by the assumed value of originality and failure properly to credit the work of others is a big and obvious no-no. But if you’re a musician or a novelist, the boundary lines are less clear (although there certainly are some) ... .

[snip]

And if you’re a student, plagiarism will seem to be an annoying guild imposition without a persuasive rationale (who cares?); for students, learning the rules of plagiarism is worse than learning the irregular conjugations of a foreign language. It takes years, and while a knowledge of irregular verbs might conceivably come in handy if you travel, knowledge of what is and is not plagiarism in this or that professional practice is not something that will be of very much use to you unless you end up becoming a member of the profession yourself.

It follows that students who never quite get the concept right are by and large not committing a crime; they are just failing to become acclimated to the conventions of the little insular world they have, often through no choice of their own, wandered into. It’s no big moral deal; which doesn’t mean, I hasten to add, that plagiarism shouldn’t be punished — if you’re in our house, you’ve got to play by our rules — just that what you’re punishing is a breach of disciplinary decorum, not a breach of the moral universe.

[more]

>>>A Ton Of Comments<<<

[snip]

As Some May Know I Have A Different View On The P-Word >

NYTimes > Plagiarism Lines Blur for Students in Digital Age

[ http://bit.ly/bEYvK7 ]

Your Thoughts ? / Please Post As A Comment On The Blog Entry At

[ http://bit.ly/cuHLLG ]

/Gerry

Gerry McKiernan
Associate Professor
Science and Technology Librarian
Iowa State University Library
Ames IA 50011

Follow Me On Twitter > http://twitter.com/GMcKBlogs

"It's Not About Publication; It's About Ideas"

[ http://bit.ly/bb6uW7 ]

Monday, July 12, 2010

New Applied Languages books

Welcome back from the holidays. Hope you had a refreshing recess.

Herewith are the new titles for Applied Languages:
1. Matseka a Malala – Mmila by Janis Ford= 5 copy
2. Pragmatics by George Yule= 3 copy
3. Working with spoken discourse by Deborah Cameron=2 copies
4. Afrikaanse Woordelys and Spelreels by Pharos = 2 copy

Friday, June 4, 2010

Labour Law

By laws from SABINET
Sabinet is excited to announce the launch of our new Sabinet Municipal By-laws product.

SABINET MUNICIPAL BY-LAWS offers access to all By-laws in force and applicable to each individual Municipality in all nine (9) provinces as from 1995 to date. A fully comprehensive index for each province listing all existing and disestablished municipalities is also supplied. The product offers multiple subscription options.

As a Municipal By-law subscriber, you will receive the following:-

» Immediate access to your subscribed province(s).
» Searching capabilities on municipality, By-law title, By-law title phrase, category, commencement date or any keyword.
» An Index of all existing municipalities, Metropolitan, District and Local, under a province together with a list of disestablished municipalities for your ease of reference.

» Links are provided in the full-text between sections of a By-law.
» References to amendments, clearly displayed in the text of each By-law, where applicable.
» Support You have access to a dedicated support person whom you can contact if you have any queries.
» Updates take place as soon as possible after official changes occur.
» Newsletter informing you of the latest By-laws or amendments on a weekly basis.
» Further enhancements will continue to take place.
» Please note : Only NetLaw subscribers will have access to the links created to the specific Sections of Acts referred to in the By-laws.

This item is available from the portal. Please use the ERP link above and log in using your staff number

New Labour Law books

Dispute resolution by Paul Pretorious (ed.)
Dismissal, Discrimination & unfair labour practices 2nd ed. By John Grogan