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Printing from Westlaw, WLNext, and Lexis

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Westlaw has finally made printing from WestlawNext seamless and free, just like printing from Westlaw.com. Unfortunately, Westlaw’s printer in the microforms room (Library 1st floor) is out of order right now. We will post letting you know when it is fixed.

In the meantime, you can still print for free from Lexis in the microforms room and Lab 351. You can print from Westlaw.com and WestlawNext in Lab 351.

Whether or not you have configured your laptop to print to the GMU pay-for-print systems, you can direct your Westlaw and Lexis print jobs to the Westlaw and Lexis printers from your laptop.

First Floor Re-opened Today

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We have re-opened the first floor of the Library. Pardon our mess today as workers put on the last touches and we tidy up. Copy services is open. The Reference Office and Circulation Desk are both open in their usual places on the First Floor.

First Floor’s Progress

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The guys working on re-carpeting the Library’s first floor have been hard at work, but the first floor remains closed for now. We will keep you updated. In the meantime, enter the Library on the second floor from the stairwell on the Kirkwood side of the building. Reference and Circulation staff are available in study room 248. Here is a link to a map with the temporary entrance points and offices.

Spading Guide

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If you are working on a journal spading assignment, you might like the assistance of the Library’s Scholarly Writing & Spading Guide, which is linked from the Library’s homepage. The second half of the guide is designed to help you find materials for your spading assignment. Of course, don’t hesitate to ask a law librarian for help. Our contact information is here.

Library Entrance on 2nd Floor from Jul. 26 to Aug. 11

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We are having new carpet installed on the first floor of the Library beginning Tuesday, July 26. The installers tell us that they should be done by August 11, possibly sooner. A company is coming to move the book stacks so that the installer can carpet underneath them. They have specialized equipment that can lift up fully loaded stacks and move them around. This will provide the best result but means that we will need to close the first floor while this work is being done. There will be a temporary entrance into the Library from the 2nd floor stairwell on the Kirkwood side. Reference and Circulation services will be set up in Study Room number 248. For a map with details, click here.

Westlaw and Lexis Summer Access

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If you meet the criteria outlined by Westlaw and Lexis for continuous access this summer (e.g., you are in classes, are an RA, or are working for a non-profit under certain conditions), you must sign up for summer access before June 1. When you log-on, you should see a news blurb in the main section of the pages providing instructions.

Summertime Access to Loislaw

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The law school has an agreement with Loislaw to provide students complimentary access to Loislaw online research, which includes searchable primary materials for all 50 states and federal jurisdictions. Unlike Lexis and Westlaw, Loislaw is offered on a year-round basis, and students are encouraged to use Loislaw for part-time and summer positions. Students also have free access for six months after graduation.

To obtain the GMUSL access code for Loislaw, please email Melanie Oberlin at moberlin@gmu.edu or drop-by the Reference Office. To obtain a copy of the Loislaw Subscriber Handbook, please drop by the Reference Office. For more information on Loislaw, click here.

Treatises on Reserve for Trial Ad Students

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The Library has acquired and put on Reserve three treatises for use by students in a trial advocacy course. Trial ad students can check-out any of these treatises for 72-hours to use in on- or off-campus mock trials. The titles are: Michie’s Jurisprudence – Evidence volume 7B; Friend’s Virginia Practice and Pleading; and Friend’s – The Law of Evidence in Virginia.

Reminder: April 1 deadline to Bridge the Gap (Legal Research Workshop)

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The Law Librarians’ Society of DC and the Young Lawyers Section of the Bar Association of DC are co-hosting a legal research workshop to prepare students for summer work. The workshop will be held on Friday, April 8 at Georgetown Law Center. Registration is $30, including lunch. You must register by April 1, 2011. Details and registration are available here.