The Law Library's current hours for summer are Mondays through Thursdays from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. and Fridays from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. We are closed on Saturdays and Sundays.
For more information, please see the following links:
If you have any questions about the Law Library’s access policies, please email law-library@luc.edu.
If you have any reference/research questions, please email LoyolaLawReference@luc.edu.
Loyola University Chicago Coronavirus Website and Updates
Reference services are available:
Monday 8:30 am-5:00 pm
Tuesday 8:30 am-8:00 pm
Wednesday 8:30 am-5:00 pm
Thursday 8:30 am-8:00 pm (5:00 pm-8:00 pm is remote only. Please email LoyolaLawReference@luc.edu)
Friday 8:30 am-5:00 pm
Saturday 9:00 am-4:00pm
Sunday Closed
If you have any reference/research questions, please stop by the Reference Desk on the 3rd floor of the Law Library during business hours or email LoyolaLawReference@luc.edu.
The sections below provide access to many important resources.
The Law Library provides access to online study aids from West Academic and from Wolters Kluwer. In addition, students have access to CALI lessons and tutorials.
We have heard reports of students who are having issues accessing the audiobooks in the Wolters Kluwer Online Study Aids Library. If you are experiencing this problem, please follow these steps:
Most of the Law Library's electronic resources are available to current Loyola Law students, faculty, and staff remotely, whether through individual user name/password access (e.g. Westlaw, Lexis, Bloomberg Law) or through IP/Proxy access (e.g. HeinOnline, Gale, ProQuest).
In addition to having 24/7 availability for most our online resources, each Loyola Law faculty member is assigned a professional librarian as a liaison. Even remotely, your library liaison can assist you with locating resources or with special research projects.
If you're not sure who your liaison is, or have lost their contact information, please check the Faculty Liaison List, or contact LoyolaLawReference@luc.edu.
Returning:
If you currently have a physical book through ILL, which is about to be due or is overdue, we are currently asking you to hold onto it until returns can be arranged. Please email Shane Peterson at speterson4@luc.edu with any questions.
Borrowing:
Beyond Loyola, library closures worldwide have also meant that staff everywhere are unable to access their physical collections. Due to this, and the uncertainty involved in circulating materials through the mail in these conditions, Interlibrary Loans for physical items, or for scans of physical items (including books, journals and media), are suspended until further notice.
Law students, law faculty and law staff can still request scans of items available online, but because different libraries will have different ability to provide these resources during closure, and/or limited service, delays should still be expected.We are working with libraries around the country to fill as many requests as we can.
Check your ILLiad account here.
Questions about ILL can be directed Shane Peterson speterson4@luc.edu.
Google Scholar can be synched with the content of the Loyola Libraries' journal databases by following these steps:
1) From the Google Scholar homepage, go to the pull-down menu in the upper left-hand corner.
2) From the pull-down menu, choose "Settings."
3) Under "Settings," select "Library Links."
4) In the search bar, type in "Loyola University Chicago," and search. Your search should be matched to "Loyola University Chicago Libraries," which will then be added to a list below the search box. Click on the small box next to "Loyola University Chicago Libraries," and then save your settings.
Now, when you search in Google Scholar, you should see the option "Find it at Loyola" on the right-hand side of your results, if the article is available via Loyola. Click on "Find it at Loyola," and follow the steps to access the article. Note that you will need to log in with your LUC credentials (LOCUS login/password) to remotely access the full texts of articles from any of the LUC Libraries' databases.
In addition to the following resources, note that both Westlaw and Lexis have added collections specific to COVID-19.