The University of Toledo LaValley Law Library is located on three floors of the Law Center with the entrance to the law library on the third floor of the building. The law library maintains a rapidly growing collection of Anglo-American materials in print, digital, microform and video-cassette formats comprising over 314,100 volumes and volume equivalents. The Law Library has significant electronic collections, including access to the research database collection for members of the OhioLINK consortium and a variety of specialized electronic legal research sources.

Most of the collection is in open stacks readily accessible to patrons. The general American law collection is arranged according to the Library of Congress classification system and is located on the third floor of the Law Center. All current Ohio materials are also shelved on the third floor. A separate reference area containing directories, dictionaries, encyclopedias, indexes, digests, Shepard's Citations, and other reference sets is located on the south side of the third floor. The microform collection is located near the reference area. The law library is a selective U.S. Government Depository Library; most of these documents are integrated into the general collection.

Periodicals are arranged alphabetically by title and are shelved on the mezzanine level of the law library. International Legal materials and legal materials for all states except Ohio (see above) are shelved on the second floor of the law library. Materials which are chiefly of historical interest and have been designated "inactive" are shelved on the first floor of the law library.

Reference Assistance: (419) 530-2946
If you need help using sources, print or electronic, or if you need help with research strategies, please see one of the public services librarians.

Circulation: (419) 530-2733
To check out materials from the law library please go to the Circulation Desk. Materials will be checked out according to the following policy:

1. University of Toledo Law Faculty : No restrictions on item types that can be checked out, and no time limit on how long materials can be borrowed.
   
   
2. University of Toledo Law Students : May check out books that normally circulate. Such materials are due in four weeks, except for reserve books, which are due in two hours. Materials that do not circulate outside the library include reporters, code volumes, multi-volume sets or any parts thereof, books in the reference collection, looseleaf materials, periodicals, serials, microfiche, microfilm, A/V materials (video recordings, sound recordings, devices to record or display A/V media, etc.), electronic media (computer disks, etc.), flash cards, or any material not specifically mentioned that has been assigned an item type other than 006 in the loan rule determiner tables of the library's online catalog. (Non-circulating materials make up the majority of the law library's collection.) Must show UT ID.
   
   
3. University of Toledo Undergraduate Students : See law student policy. Four-week time limit on circulating materials. Must show UT ID.
   
   
4. Attorneys-Ohio and Michigan Only: See law student policy. Four-week time limit on circulating materials. Must show bar card.
   
   
5. University of Toledo Law Staff Patrons : See law student policy. Four-week time limit on circulating materials. Must show UT ID.
   
   
6. University of Toledo Faculty from Other Departments: See law student policy. Four-week time limit on circulating materials. Must show UT ID.
   
   
7. Patrons from Other Universities: If OhioLINK members, each may check out items using their University ID card. If not OhioLINK members, may not check out any item.
   
   
8. Public Patrons: May not check out any item. Public patrons may photocopy the relevant portion, conforming to copyright laws, using one of the photocopiers available in the law library.

You may call the library (419-530-2733) to renew your books or you may renew them via UTMOST on the web.

Reserves: To check out reserve items for two-hour loan in the library, go to the Circulation Desk, where the attendant will retrieve the item you request.  Please bring your UT ID, or Michigan or Ohio bar card so that the items may be properly checked out to you.

Instructional Technology: The library has video, audio, computer, projection, and interactive media which may be used by law school faculty and students. Request equipment at least 24 hours in advance at the Circulation Desk or by contacting Colleen Adler ((419) 530-2144 or colleen.adler@utoledo.edu .

Interlibrary Loan: This service is available to law faculty, law students and law staff only. We will attempt to obtain books and articles which are not available in our collection or through the OhioLINK system. There may be a charge for obtaining the items requested. Please see one of the public services librarians for more information about this service.

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