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Contents
Introduction
to the Law Library
The J.W. Long Law Library contains a comprehensive law collection
tailored to the law school curriculum. Its 297,000 volumes
and microform equivalents include state and federal primary
law sources, as well as the leading treatises, periodicals
and other secondary sources that are vital to a full understanding
of American law. The Law Library also has special collections
in public international law, tax law and labor law and is
a Selective Federal Government Documents Depository.
The J.W. Long Law Library is housed in a modern building
designed to facilitate student use, convenience and comfort.
A three-story glass facade transmits natural light to carrels,
tables and lounge seating in an aesthetically-pleasing study
environment. A main floor reading lounge offers students a
large selection of popular magazines and newspapers for their
enjoyment. Two quiet reading lounges provide comfortable seating
for study, rest or reflection. Small conference and video
rooms offer additional study options.
The Law Library maintains an honor system that places a special
trust in its students to respect its collection and facilities.
Consistent with a sense of community that is based upon professional
courtesy and responsibility, law and law/management joint
degree students have 24- hour access to the Law Library and
all its resources. Other conveniences include free telephones
for local and 800 number calling, fax machine use, email and
Internet accounts and rules permitting non-alchoholic beverages
in spill-proof containers.
Address
and Directions
J
.W.
Long Law Library
Willamette University
College of Law
245 Winter Street SE
Salem,
Oregon 97301-3916
From I-5, take the Hwy. 22 exit (#253) and turn west
at the end of the off ramp. Follow Mission Street for about
1.5 miles, over the 17th Street railroad overpass (ignore
the Willamette University exit ramp at the top of the overpass)
and past 12th Street.
Three blocks past 12th Street, turn right on Winter Street
and follow it past Bellevue Street (the next light). The Collins
Legal Center will appear on your left at the corner of Ferry
and Winter Streets (just past the Atkinson Graduate School
of Management).
Enter the front of the building. The Law Library is the first
set of doors on the right.
Map
to Willamette University from I-5
From the Coast, Dallas and other parts west, take
Hwy. 22 across the Willamette River bridge toward downtown
Salem. Take the Albany (Hwy. 22) exit at the top of the bridge.
At the bottom of the ramp, merge two lanes to the left and
stay on this curvy road (which becomes Trade Street) past
Commercial, Liberty and Church Streets. At Winter Street (light),
turn left. The Collins Legal Center will appear on your left
at the corner of Ferry and Winter Streets (just past the Atkinson
Graduate School of Management).
Enter the front of the building. The Law Library is the first
set of doors on the right.
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Hours/Access for
Law Students, Undergrads & Public
The Law Library is open to members of the public. Academic
year hours (mid-August to mid-May) for members of the
public are:
Monday - Friday ~ 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday ~ 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Summer hours (mid-May to mid-August) for members of
the public are:
Monday - Friday ~ 8:00 a.m. -4:30 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday - CLOSED
Public hours for the holiday season (mid-December
to early January):
Please call 503-370-6386 for exact times
Cardlock
Access
Law Students: 24-hour cardlock access is available
for all Willamette College of Law students (including joint
degree students), faculty and staff.
Other Students: Limited cardlock access by request
to the Circulation Manager is available for all College of
Liberal Arts, Education and Atkinson students as follows:
Academic Year - 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 midnight
Seven days a week
All other users must check in at the Circulation Desk with
the Circulation Manager or Reference Librarian. Their use
is by permission, seating is limited to tables, and staff
may request identification at any time.
Telephones
and Fax
Law Library telephone number ~ (503) 370-6386
Law Library Business fax number ~ (503) 375-5426
Student fax number ~ (503) 370-6579
Free phones for local and 800 number calls by law students
are located in the student lounge and library photocopy rooms
(first, second and third floors).
Cell phones may be used only in the photocopy rooms and should
be otherwise turned off.
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Photocopiers
Photocopiers are available on each floor of the Law Library
in Rooms 129, 235 and 301 across from the library stairwell.
Catalog
The Willamette University library catalog includes print,
audio, electronic and video entries for the J.W. Long and
Mark O. Hatfield libraries. The Hatfield Library Consortium
catalog includes the Willamette University Libraries, the
Oregon State Library and the State of Oregon Law Library,
all of which are located within a five minute walk of each
other. Other library catalogs, including Summit, the academic
union catalog for the Northwest, may be searched from our
catalog.
Students may access the online catalog from any campus terminal
and from off-campus or over the interenet. http://catalog.willamette.edu/search/X
Circulation
Periods
Reserve Materials - 1 day
Software/Disks - 2 hours, unless otherwise specified
Treatises and Periodicals - 30 days
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Circulation
Privileges
An Orbis Cascade Alliance member institution identification
or Law Library borrower's card is required to check out materials.
Willamette alumni, members of the Bench and Bar, State of
Oregon employees, and law clerks may obtain a free Willamette
Law Library borrower's card. Other borrowers must obtain a
Willamette University Community Borrower's card from the Mark
O. Hatfield library upon payment of the current fee. All borrowers
are responsible for the replacement of lost books.
Reserve Materials
Materials placed on 24 hour reserve are located in the Reserve
Room behind the Circulation Desk. Lists of titles organized
by faculty member and course are maintained at the Circulation
Desk.
Audio Equipment
Headphones and tape players may be signed out at the Circulation
Desk.
Carrels and Conference
Rooms
All law students may share an assigned study carrel during
the academic year. The carrel policy and procedure can
be found at www.willamette.edu/wucl/longlib/carrels/floorplan.html.
Conference rooms are Restricted to law and joint degree students
for group study and may be reserved for periods not to exceed
two class period time blocks. A vacant conference room may
be used by a single student, subject to polite displacement
by a group. In general, the solitary student should avail
themselves of tables, comfortable seating, or their assigned
carrel if it is available.
DVD and VCR players are located in conference rooms 239 and
240.
Reference Services
Professional reference librarians are available to assist
law students with all aspects of manual and electronic legal
research, including the use of the Internet, Lexis, Westlaw
and other research applications on the law school network.
The reference librarians are also available to assist others
with all aspects of manual legal research.
The reference librarians offer hands-on legal research workshops
to law students covering manual and electronic research strategies,
as well as classes on Lexis, Westlaw and Internet research.
Research Guides
A collection of Research Guides and answers to frequently
asked questions (FAQ) are located at http://www.willamette.edu/wucl/longlib/index_research_guides.html.
On-line
Legal Research
Lexis/Nexis and Westlaw databases may be used only for academic
purposes and by contract are limited to law faculty, law and
joint degree students. Obtain personal passwords from the
Lexis and Westlaw student representatives.
Access the law library home page at http://www.willamette.edu/law/longlib
for links to "Topical Law"and "Other Resources"
to selected law web sites.
Practice
Aids
"How to do it" practice aids compiled by the library staff
are located at http://www.willamette.edu/wucl/longlib/practiceaids.html
Study
Aids
Selected explanatory texts on legal subjects, research and
wrting are availalbe at http://www.willamette.edu/wucl/longlib/howtoaids.html
Computer Services
and Resources
Networked personal computers and printers are available to
law students and law/management joint degree students in the
Law Library computer labs in Rooms 126, 236, 238 and 304.
Each networked PC offers access to WordPerfect X3, Microsoft
Office 2003 including Excel, Powerpoint and Word, email, the
Internet via Firefox, Lexis, Westlaw, LegalTrac, the library
catalog, Computer Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) programs,
Current Index to Legal Periodicals (CILP) and other applications.
Other web research programs are available through the library
web page. Library computers are restricted to law and joint
degree students by login and password requirements.
Law students are asked to store all documents on the A:,
D: or H: drives. Flash USB high density drives are available
for sale at the bookstore. Files left on the C: drive (the
hard drive) are accessible by anyone who uses the terminal,
and therefore they may be viewed, changed or printed by anyone.
The Law Library staff will delete files left on the C: drive
on a regular basis.
Library computers are provided for academic purposes and
are restricted through login and password requirements to
law and joint degree students. A written exception not to
exceed one day may be made for Willamette undergraduate students
and alumni. Use of library computers for viewing or sending
materials that other users, applying community standards,
find offensive is prohibited. Access to the campus network
is a privilege subject to University policies and may be revoked
at any time.
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Interlibrary Loan Services
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Staff-Initiated: Interlibrary loans
for academic purposes are available to law students, law/management
joint degree students and law faculty for materials that
are not available through Willamette University or Orbis
Cascade libraries.
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Self-Initiated: Willamette students
and faculty may borrow through the Orbis Cascade Alliance,
a library consortium of Northwest academic institutions.
You may initiate a request while using the Summit
catalog. Once you have identified an item that you wish
to borrow, simply follow the on-screen instructions, starting
with "REQUEST SUMMIT ITEM". Available materials
will be delivered to the Mark O. Hatfield
Library, usually within two working days, and you
will be notified by e-mail.
New Law Titles
Monthly lists of new titles added to the Law Library and
Hatfield collections are available at http://catalog.willamette.edu/search/ftlist
Reading Lists
Reading Lists compiled by library staff are available at
http://www.willamette.edu/wucl/longlib/readingindex.html
Location Guide
Library resources and corresponding floor locations are listed
at http://www.willamette.edu/wucl/longlib/location.htm.
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Floor Plans
Library floor plans may be viewed at http://www.willamette.edu/wucl/longlib/floorplan.htm.
Local Research
Resources
Students are fortunate to have available to them, within
several blocks, the collections of Willamette University's
Mark O. Hatfield Library, the State of Oregon Law Library,
the Oregon State Library and the Oregon State Archives. The
Mark O. Hatfield Library maintains a strong liberal arts and
graduate business collection. The State of Oregon Law Library
collection houses the briefs of the Oregon Supreme Court and
the Oregon Court of Appeals and contains rare historical English
Commonwealth materials. The Oregon State Library is the official
state government documents depository and the Oregon State
Archives house all historical Oregon legislative documents.
Reciprocity
with Area Law Libraries
Willamette University law students with IDs may use and check
out materials from the State of Oregon Law Library and Orbis
Cascade Alliance member institution librarires in accordance
with their rules.
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Exams
Sample examinations authorized for publication by faculty
members as study aids are posted to the Law Library website
at www.willamette.edu/wucl/longlib/Exams.
A student password is required for access.
Honor Code
Stealing and converting library materials to one's own use
is an academic violation under the College of Law Honor Code.
Miscellaneous
Rules
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There is no library paging service.
Messages will be posted adjacent to the Circulation Desk
for 24 hours.
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Noise, smoking, tobacco chewing, food, alcohol, bicycles
and pets are prohibited in the library.
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Non-alcoholic beverages are allowed in the library only
if they are in a spill-proof container. No soda cans.
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Please remove all personal trash.
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Inquire at the Circulation Desk regarding audio, microform
and video equipment.
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Please do not place power cords across aisles
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Lost & Found - inquire
at the Circulation Desk.
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Security
An after-dark escort service is available by calling 6911
from anywhere on campus. Please report all emergencies
(fire, medical, theft, etc.) and suspicious individuals to
Campus Safety at 6911. Students should not admit unknown
persons to the Law Library or to the law building after the
doors have been locked. Students should not leave valuables
unattended.
Staff
Library staff and email addresses
are listed at http://www.willamette.edu/wucl/longlib/staff.htm.
Organization Chart
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Children in the Library
Our policy regarding use of library facilities by minor
children is that the library is a resource for law students,
faculty and others who are engaged in legal research. Children
who accompany their parent(s) are expected to be supervised
by an adult and to not disturb other library users.
The six conference rooms (two of which have video equipment)
and computer workstations represent a limited resource made
available for student use for purposes of study, writing and
legal research and are not available for use by children.
Pets
With the exception of guide dogs, no pets are allowed in
the library.
Bicycles
Bicycles are not allowed in the library.
Library Circulars,
Fund Raising & Notices Policy
In order to maintain a quiet, petition-free and non-disruptive
study and research environment, distribution of circulars,
fund raising and posting notices in the library are prohibited
with the following exceptions:
• Official University announcements
• Official Library announcements
Bulletin boards for student use are located in the building
south entrance area.
Private parties wishing to post notices on general purpose
bulletin boards should obtain permission from Student Services.
Chairs
and Donations
To see a listing of chair donations and their benefactors,
see http://www.willamette.edu/wucl/longlib/chair.htm.
Views
of the Library and Views of Campus
Views
of the Law Library
Views
of the Campus
Library Art
To view a selection of library original artwork, see http://www.willamette.edu/wucl/longlib/library_art.htm
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