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Books in Our Collection are listed in the��.��

Faculty should request delivery of books in our collection by completing our��Law Library Book Concierge form.

Please contact Mary Jo Heacock or a liaison librarian to recommend or request new book titles, subscriptions or other resources for possible acquisition by the Law Library.

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Law faculty have full borrowing privileges at the university’s��.

Book borrowing at Falvey may be done in person using����service.��Faculty can also set up a proxy so their liaison or RA can borrow for them. Contact your liaison��for more information.
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Inter-Library Loan

Materials not available at ����ר�� can be obtained from another library. Please use the to make a request or contact your liaison. ��

Faculty Scholarly Publication Decisions

There are a number of sources that faculty find useful in making decisions about where to submit and publish their scholarship. These sources include:

• (submission preferences/requirements by 205 journals) by Rostron & Levit
• ��(by various factors) from Washington & Lee
• ��(2007) by Jarvis & Coleman
• Annotated����from WashLaw
• List of����from FindLaw
• Scholastica - contact the��Associate Dean for Faculty Research & Development for access.

Faculty Working Papers and Publications

Most law faculty post drafts of their papers and links to their publications on SSRN (Social Science Research Network) and SelectedWorks.

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The liaisons assist faculty in creating and updating their SelectedWorks and SSRN sites. Please contact your��liaison��for further information.

The Law Library also maintains a repository of and assists with updating publications in the faculty's Activity Insight account. Published something recently? Please send it to Michael Pratt for inclusion in the repository and Activity Insight.

Librarians are available for research and consultation Monday–Friday during the school year and summer. Contact your faculty liaison or reference@law.villanova.edu��to set up an appointment.

A library orientation is offered to all new faculty and staff. To schedule an orientation, please contact��John Cannan.

New faculty will automatically receive account access information for Bloomberg Law, Lexis, and Westlaw via email. Staff who would like accounts for these services should contact reference@law.villanova.edu

Library RA Pool

The library has a pool of RAs to assist faculty with short-term research projects, usually requiring less than 8-10 hours. For these projects, the RA reports directly to the professor and may consult with a professional librarian. To inquire about the availability of a library RA, please contact��John Cannan.

Faculty RA Orientation and Training

Faculty are encouraged to inform��John Cannan��when a new RA is hired. We provide new RAs with information on library services and review the work habits of a successful RA. A group RA orientation is held at the beginning of the summer and individual sessions are provided in the fall and spring semesters. The orientation includes materials in these readings:

• Mark E. Wojcik, Student Lawyer, Vol. 36, No. 1, p. 35, September 2007

Law faculty have access to a number of databases through individual accounts or links on our��. In addition, we have access to all the databases provided through the��.

Liaison librarians��can recommend databases that may be useful for a particular research project AND offer individual training on particular databases.

The ����ר�� Law Library scanning service is available to ����ר�� Law faculty and staff. Scanned items are delivered electronically in PDF format within two business days of the request.�� Please contact Mary Jo Heacock with your request. ��The following limitations apply:

Copyright:��

• 1 article per issue
• 1 chapter per book��or��10% of a publication -whichever has fewer pages

Articles are provided for academic purposes, including private study or research. Permission of the copyright owner may be required for other uses. It is the requestor's responsibility to comply with all applicable copyright laws.

Other:

The ����ר�� Law Library is unable to provide archival-quality scans.

The ����ר�� Law Library reserves the right to decline to scan an item from our collection that is fragile or brittle.

To request photocopies or printouts of statutes, cases, articles or other materials available in the Law Library or the University’s Falvey Library, contact your��liaison. Note that for large requests, the liaison will assist administrative support staff in locating the materials and will review options for self-printing or use of the Copy and Distribution Center. Large requests typically take a few days to complete.

Teaching Materials Guide

We've compiled a guide on��! Our guide offers ideas, information and links to more information on to consider using in your courses.

Textbook Exam Copies

Please see our�� for our current list of account reps by publisher.

Course Packets

We can assist in seeking permission for copyrighted materials. See the ����ר�� copyright policy. Contact Amy Spare for assistance and more information.

Course Reserves

Books in our collection may be placed on Reserve for short-term check-out, in-library use only. Please let your liaison know your reserve requests for the upcoming semester and confirm the availability of any Reserve titles currently mentioned in your syllabus.

Past Exams

Faculty may make old exams available electronically to current ����ר�� Law students. Contact Richard Wack��to add an exam to the��.��

Many courses have paper requirements or drafting exercises. Librarians are available to guest lecture to introduce students to class subject-specific resources. Topics we have presented on include:

• administrative law
• bioethics
• business ethics
• fact investigations
• family law
• immigration law
• insurance law
• intellectual property
• international arbitration
• international law
• medical malpractice
• statutes and legislative history
• tax law

Law librarians can create web research guides or handouts that recommend and describe resources related to class assignments. For example, the ��class guide.��Liaisons��can provide further information.

For assistance obtaining permission to use print or electronic materials in course packets or on Blackboard, contact��reference@law.villanova.edu. Resources that may be helpful in doing a ‘fair use” analysis include:

• VU Copyright Policy

The Law Library has access to recorded streams of Pennsylvania Court oral arguments through the��. Many oral argument proceedings from the PA Commonwealth, Superior and Supreme Courts are available for viewing a few days after they occur. Using this resource, faculty can expose their students to actual appellate proceedings as a part of class or organize a group viewing of a specific argument during a lunch break. If you are interested in exploring how we can set up a stream viewing for you, please contact your��library liaison.