Law Research Assistant Guide to the Law Library

When researching your article and/or pulling sources, look at the following:

• Check to see if someone has written a research guide on the topic!  See our research guides at  http://guides.libraries.uc.edu/lawlibrary. Some useful general guides:
  • Federal Administrative Law
  • Federal Legislative History
  • Ohio Legal Research
  • Secondary Sources
  • Statutes
• For interdisciplinary subjects, check one of the UC Library Subject Guides, http://guides.libraries.uc.edu. The subject guides are developed by UC librarians who specialize in that subject in order to find applicable indexes and full-text sources that you will then need to search. Remember that not everything is electronic!  Each subject guide will also have the contact information of the subject specialist who developed that guide.
• Check to see if someone has written a bibliography for the particular topic.  This could be in book or article form.  For example, Susan M. Boland & Therese Clarke Arado, O Brave New World - Electronic Voting Machines and Internet Voting: An Annotated Bibliography, 27 N. Ill. U. L. Rev. 313 (2007).

Always check UCLID first to see if a book is available in our library or another UC library. Note that even if checking out a book for a faculty member, YOU and not the faculty member are responsible for that book unless you have checked out that book as an authorized faculty borrower under the faculty member's account.  Be sure and renew and return your books as needed.

When you find a title through UCLID, the online catalog, that is owned by another library:

• Click on the Request button. 
• Enter your username and password
• Select Law Library as your pick-up library
• Click on the Submit button.

The book will be delivered to the Law Library and you will receive an email in your UC email account when it comes. Be aware that it may take 3 or more days to arrive. Note that if your pick-up location and request location are the same, the request is not processed. In other words, if a book is available in the law library, do not request it. Instead retrieve the book yourself and check it out.

 If a book you want is not available at UC, you may be able to find and borrow it through the OhioLINK.  Be sure and check UCLID first.  OhioLINK is also accessible through UCLID (click the search OhioLINK button)

 

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Note that even if checking out a book for a faculty member, YOU and not the faculty member are responsible for that book unless you have checked out that book as an authorized faculty borrower under the faculty member's account.  Be sure and renew and return your books as needed.  Renew books or check due dates.

The book will be delivered to the Law Library and you will be notified when it comes.  Please remember that all library communications are sent to your UC email account so be sure and check it regularly or forward it to an email account that you do check regularly.  Be aware that it may take 5 or more days to arrive.

If a book you want is not available in UCLID or OhioLINK, you will need to submit an Interlibrary Loan Request.

• Find the book in WorldCat (use the box below for a simple search, use the WorldCat Advanced Search for more search options).
  • To access advanced WorldCat from Off-Campus, you will need to use VPN. 
• Fill out an ILL form with the information you found in WorldCat. Note that the Law Library does not use ILLiad at this time.

How Long Can You Keep Something Checked Out?

Note that periodicals and reference materials do not circulate.

Paying Fines

The Law Library does not have the authority to waive fines from other libraries. Renew books at My Library Record.  Please note that for books where a replacement charge has been billed (30 days overdue), even if the book is later returned there will be a $50 billing fee.

The Fine Appeal Committee (for the entire UC library system) reviews fine charges that patrons wish to appeal. To appeal a fine, complete the Fine Appeal Form. The fine appeal form can be e-mailed to the Circulation and Multimedia Services Department at uclibcirc@ucmail.uc.edu.

Payments of library fines may be made by check or money order (payable to the University of Cincinnati) at Langsam Library and the Health Sciences Library. Payments by Bearcat Campus Card (UC ID) may be made at Langsam Library and the Health Sciences Library. To pay by mail, send your check or money order to: Interlibrary Services and Access, ATTN: John Stork, Langsam Library, PO Box 210033, Cincinnati OH 45221-0033. Payments can also be made with a Bearcat Card by phone at (513) 556-1424. They do not accept cash or credit. Payments by credit card can be made online.

There are many treatises available through Lexis, Westlaw, and Bloomberg Law.

Some books may be available via Google Books.  Primarily, these are books within the public domain.  Limited previews may be offered for other books.  If you need a copy of a book found through Google Books, please check WorldCat and fill out an Interlibrary Loan Request.