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Add Readings - Legal Material
The Educator Metadata Guidelines for Journals are an important resource to use when adding Legal material to eReserve Plus.
The table below summarises the eReserve Plus field names alongside the corresponding AGLC term for adding Legal or Legislative material as Readings in eReserve Plus.
| eReserve Field | AGLC Term |
|---|---|
| Reading Title | Case Title |
| Year | Year |
| Volume | Volume |
| Short Title | Law Report Series |
| Pages* | Starting Page |
| Section | PinPoint |
| Jurisdiction | Jurisdiction |
The samples below illustrate how citations may be rendered using the fields in eReserve Plus.
| Citation Example 1 | Citation Example 2 |
|---|---|
| Citation: R v Faithfull (2004) 6 A Crim R 5 | Citation: Rowe v McCartney [1976] 2 NSWLR 72 |
| Journal Title: Australian Criminal Reports | Journal Title: New South Wales Law Reports |
| Volume: 6 | Volume: |
| Year Published: 2004 | Year Published: 1976 |
| Jurisdiction: | Jurisdiction: |
| Number: | Number: 2 |
| Short Title: A Crim R | Short Title: NSWLR |
| Reading Title: R v Faithfull | Reading Title: Rowe v McCartney |
| Kind: | Kind: |
| Pages: 5 | Pages: 72 |
| Section: | Section: |
| Citation Example 3 | Citation Example 4 |
|---|---|
| Citation: Criminal Procedure Act 2009 (Vic) s 3 | Citation: Streetscape Projects (Australia) Pty Ltd v City of Sydney [2013] NSWCA 2 |
| Journal Title: Criminal Procedure Act | Journal Title: New South Wales Court of Appeal |
| Volume: | Volume: |
| Year Published: 2009 | Year Published: 2013 |
| Jurisdiction: Vic | Jurisdiction: |
| Number: | Number: |
| Short Title: | Short Title: NSWCA |
| Reading Title: Criminal Procedure Act | Reading Title: Streetscape Projects (Australia) Pty Ltd v City of Sydney |
| Kind: | Kind: |
| Pages: | Pages: 2 |
| Section: s 3 | Section: |
Tip: You will note that leaving the Volume field blank will result in square brackets around the Year Published rather than round brackets