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Book Check-out
Books may be checked out in person at the Law Library’s Circulation Desk or by emailing Document Delivery. You may also request materials from the other VU campus libraries through the Law Library’s document delivery services.
Book Return
You may drop off books, including those belonging to another VU library or borrowed through interlibrary loan, at the Law Library’s Circulation Desk or place them in the Library’s box in the mailroom.
CALI
The Law Library is a member of CALI (The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction) which provides access to over 600 interactive, computer-based tutorials available in 32 different legal subject areas, useful for both students and faculty. For more information, go to http://cali.org. In order to set-up a new account, faculty must enter the law school’s authorization code. Contact your library liaison for this authorization code.
Collection Development and Faculty Orders
Faculty members are encouraged to recommend purchases for the collection. Please e-mail the Book Purchases Listserv or send your recommendations to your liaison.
Course Reserves
To place materials on Reserve, please e-mail the Law Library Circulation Listserv.
Current Index to Legal Periodicals
Faculty members may sign up for a customized weekly e-mail edition of the Current Index to Legal Periodicals (CILP) published by the University of Washington Law Library. This index provides current indexing of articles from major law reviews and journals. The customized version (SmartCILP) lets you choose to receive a table of contents from individual law reviews and/or items based on selected subject areas. To set up a customized profile, go to http://depts.washington.edu/scilp/scilp3.cgi. Your affiliation is Vanderbilt University. Please contact your library liaison for Vanderbilt’s authorization code.
Databases
The law library provides an A-Z list of databases relevant to legal and interdisciplinary research. When accessing the library databases off campus through the Law Library’s website, you will be routed through the proxy server, which will request your VUnetID and password.
Document Delivery
Library staff will provide photocopies of cases, articles, and other library materials. Please e-mail requests to Document Delivery.
Faculty Research Carrels
To reserve a carrel, please e-mail the Law Library Circulation Listserv.
Instructional Support
For assistance with course reserves, exam archives, or librarian research instruction for courses, please contact your liaison.
Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
Materials not available in the VU Libraries may be obtained through interlibrary loan. Please submit interlibrary loan requests by e-mail to Document Delivery.
Lexis, Westlaw and Bloomberg Law
The Law Library subscribes to Lexis, Westlaw, and Bloomberg Law For questions about your passwords, call or e-mail Mark Williams (875.3337).
Library Catalog
The Law Library shares an online library catalog with the other VU libraries.
Research Assistant Training
For research assistant training, please contact your liaison.
Reference Assistance
For reference assistance, please contact your liaison or e-mail the Law Library Reference Listserv.
Routing Services
To request journal and/or new book routings, please call or e-mail Mark Williams, Associate Director for Collections and Innovation (345.3337).
LIBRARIANS
Larry Reeves, Associate Dean and Director, Associate Professor of Law (322.0020)
Katie Hanschke, Associate Director of Public Services and Head of Instruction and Access Services (343.1290)
Clanitra Nejdl, Head of Faculty Services and Professional Development and Research Services Librarian (343.5902)
Emily Pavuluri, Law Librarian for Research Services; Lecture in Law (343.3529)
Keri Stophel, Law Librarian for Research Services; Lecture in Law (343.4785)
Kyle Turner, Librarian for Emerging Technology and Digital Initiatives (343.1824)
Mark Williams, Co-Director, Vanderbilt AI Law Lab (VAILL); Associate Director for Collections and Innovation (345.3337)
OTHER CONTACTS
Circulation Desk 343.8731
Reference Desk 343.8737
For a full list of Law School Listservs, see this page: https://law.vanderbilt.edu/resources-for-staff/listserv.php.