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Library ResourcesSpecial legal reference materials available on the Second Floor are Shepard's Citators, indexes to legal periodical literature, and directories of attorneys and law firms. The collection also includes dictionaries, bibliographies, a few local telephone books and other finding aids of both a legal and general nature. There is also a selection of reference materials available on the Web.
These materials are kept behind the Circulation Desk and can be checked out for four hours. A library staff member will retrieve the item you need. Included are: Titles in heavy demand, Faculty reserve items, Prior Law School exams, and current Kansas bills and session laws. A list of materials on reserve may be accessed in the KU Libraries Online Catalog.
Located on the Third Floor in Room 300A, the magazine rack holds current newspapers and both popular and legal magazines. Browsers are welcome.
A dictionary stand is located on Floors One, Three, Four, and Five. Each stand includes:
Political, economic and historical maps of Kansas, the United States, and the world are found on the atlas stand on the 3rd floor in Room 300A.
Computers in the library provide access to the CD-ROM titles, indexes and online (non-Westlaw and Lexis) databases. Some of the CDs and databases are only indexes; others provide bibliographic information or actual data including statutes, regulations and cases. Please see a reference librarian for assistance with any of these services. Some require special passwords or installation of a CD for access, while others are easily accessed without assistance.
The KU Libraries have subscriptions to a wide variety of web-accessible databases which can be used by all KU students and staff connecting to the Internet.
The Law Library subscribes to the LEXIS/NEXIS and WESTLAW computerized legal information retrieval systems that include in their databases statutes, reports from federal and state courts, selected administrative materials, law review articles, and other legal and related sources. Training is necessary and required for all law students taking the Appellate Advocacy course. Instructional sessions for other law students are also available by reservation. Training sessions are conducted regularly in Room 306D.
LEXIS and WESTLAW are accessible over the Internet and from computers in Room 306D and the carrels outside of Suite 306. Students with passwords can also gain access anywhere through their websites. LEXIS and WESTLAW may be used by the KU Law School community for educational purposes only. Any other us is prohibited under the terms of our contracts.
Other computerized research and reference tools the Library provides include various CD-ROM titles and indexes. Some of the CDs and databases are only indexes; other provide bibliographic information or actual data including statutes, regulations and cases. Some of the CDs available are: 1) Index to Legal Periodicals, 2) GPO Monthly Catalog, and 3) Some GPO titles.
In addition the library provides free access to many government and legal databases by linking these databases to our webpage. Our webpage is regularly updated by our Outreach Services Librarian. Please check it out periodically for new and updated information.
Please see a reference librarian for assistance with any of these services.
Suite 306D houses computers and printers exclusively for the convenience of law students. There are desktops and Ethernet connections outside of Suite 306. Law students can access the wireless network within the Law School. Computers for law students provide word processing, web browsing, and Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI), Interactive Video Software exercises, and Multi-State Bar Exam Drills.
Students with personal laptops are encouraged to use their computers and can connect to the Internet by wireless LAN adapters throughout the building after initial check-in with the Law School Technology Manager, Altaf Uddin, or the Technology Support Technician, Jesse Kaufman.
The Law Library is a selective depository for U.S. Government Publications. The collection is shelved on the Fourth Floor according to the U.S. Superintendent of Documents classification order. Some items have been integrated into the regular collections and are shelved in LC classification order. Documents issued in microform are stored in the Microform Collection cabinets on the fourth floor. The collection focuses mainly on judicial and Congressional materials.
Pamela Tull is the Documents Librarian and may be contacted at 785-864-9264 for further information, or check out our GovDocs Department web site.
This collection on Floor 4 contains selected U.S. Government Publications and legislative histories, Congressional bills and resolutions (1979 to date), Supreme Court records and briefs (1939 to date) , Federal Register (1936 to date), Code of Federal Regulations (1939 to 1995), selected legal newspapers and state session laws (1981 to date; prior years are in book form and are shelved on the first floor.) A microforms reader/printer is located in the Reference Area; copies are free.
The Raymond F. Rice Room and Collection, located on the Fifth Floor, have been provided by the late Raymond F. Rice, Class of '08 and a former member of the School of Law Faculty, for the use of the faculty, judges, members of the practicing bar and visiting scholars.
The Rice Collection includes selected United States and Kansas primary materials, selected primary search materials and major law reviews. Some treatises and dictionaries are also provided for use in the Rice Room.
Authorized users are requested to sign the Rice Room guest register at the Circulation Desk.
