Gibson Publishes Second Edition of Award-Winning New York Legal Reference Guide

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Ellen M. Gibson, associate dean for legal information services in the University at Buffalo Law School and director of its Charles B. Sears Law Library, has published the first comprehensive legal-research guide on New York State, New York City and Indian law in New York State.

The new book, "New York Legal Research Guide 2d" (William S. Hein & Co., Inc., Buffalo) is a complete revision of Gibson's first edition, "New York Legal Research Guide," which won the American Association of Law Libraries' Joseph L. Andrews Bibliographical Award for best legal reference book of 1988.

The new edition includes an extensive chapter on major electronic sources for New York lawyers, including the best Internet sites, databases, subscription databases, online library catalogues, and CD-ROM and diskette products, as well as an updated chapter on treatises, practice books and other sources.

In addition, a new 250-page section on New York City legal research by William Manz, assistant law librarian at St. John's University School of Law, includes "the wide variety of both current and historical materials which document the often contentious and colorful events making up the city's legal and governmental existence."

A new section on Indian law in New York State by Karen Spencer, reference librarian in the UB Law Library, covers the intricate pattern of treaty, state and native law that governs relations between Indians -- whose past or present lands are within the boundaries of New York State -- and the state and federal governments.

great advantages to attorneys and 2) knowledge of the methods of accessing traditional sources (books and microforms) can similarly provide an edge in litigation."

Gibson, who also is professor of law at UB, teaches Environmental Legal Research in the UB Law School. She was named Environmentalist of the Year by the Buffalo Audubon Society in 1996.

Her professional affiliations include the American Association of Law Libraries and the Association of Law Libraries of Upstate New York.

Gibson received her law degree from UB and holds a bachelor's degree from Denison University and a master's degree in library science from the University of Michigan.

She is a resident of Buffalo.