Materials Requests
Document Delivery
If you would likeprint material delivered to you or online resources emailed to you, contact lawfacultyservices@colorado.edu to request the material.
Don't hesitate to contact a law librarian at lawfacultyservices@colorado.edu, whether it's for help finding a source, to request a training for yourself or for your class, or for guidance using different library services. We're here to help!
Law Library and University Library Books
Searching library materials generally:
For a quick overview of searching for library materials.
Searching for books:
You can search the Law Library catalog. The main search bar defaults to searching Lawbooks, but you can search all university materials by removing the "Law Library" as the location limitation. See this tutorial for catalogs.
You can request print materials from the Law Library or University Librariesto be delivered to your mailbox, using the "Place a hold" link. See this for instructions.
Searching for Articles
If you need to search for articles you can search all materials (articles, books, and other publications) via OneSearch. Sometimes it makes more sense to use OneSearch to find articles, but in other situations it may make more sense to search within specific databases. Law databases are available , and University databases are available . View .
The library welcomes your recommendations for addition to the collection! Email lawfacultyservices@colorado.edu with your purchase suggestions or fill out .
Interlibrary Loan Materials
If a resource is not available fromthe ǰٳ University Libraries, you can ordermaterials through interlibrary loan (ILL). We do not order via ILL any materials which are currently held by a library on the CU Boulder campus.
The following links and instructions should be used to submit ILL borrowing requests. Please note that new releases and current editions of legal casebooks are often difficult to obtain in a timely fashion. Whenever possible, we recommend requesting scans of articles, chapters or specific pages instead of requesting book loans. Scans often arrive much faster than loans and do not have due dates to worry about.
FirstSearch
: a catalog containing the records of thousands of libraries across the United States and worldwide (if off-campus, use the CU VPN). You can use FirstSearch to locate and request books or articles from participating libraries and have them delivered to your campus mailbox. Fees associated with the use of this service will usually be covered by the Law Library but in extreme cases faculty may be asked to cover part of the cost from their development accounts. To search for and order books or articles through FirstSearch:
1. Always search for the book in thebefore requesting the item via FirstSearch. If no match is found or none are available, then use FirstSearch to request the material. Please note that in order to use the FirstSearch database you will need to be on the university’s network or logged in to the CU VPN. Ourpage has more information.
2. Once you have located the item you wish to request in, click on the icon above “ILL” at the top left.
3. Next, you must enter your first name, last name, and CU email address. You may also enter comments. Please use this field to indicate:
- If you need a scan of an article, chapter or specific pages, list the cite information here. Include author, article/chapter title, volume/date, and pagination if known.
- If a campus library owns the item you are requesting, but it is unavailable, list that
4.Click on "Submit.” The next screen will confirm that your request was successfully received or alert you to an error.
5. When the item is received by the Law Library, a notice will be emailed to you. Books will be delivered to your faculty mailbox.
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