Journal Staff Guide

Guide listing resources for staff members of law journals and listing librarian liaisons

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  • On Westlaw
  • On Lexis
  • On Bloomberg
  • PDF
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  • Preeminent Treatise
  • Study Aid

Use 'Advanced Search' to Find a Book

Selecting the Advanced Search option on the front page of the Law Library website will take you to a page where you can customize your search of the Law Library catalog (and even search the catalogs of other local academic libraries).

The Advanced Search catalog feature.

The box at the top, Search For, allows you to set the scope of your search to look for items in specific library collections.

  • Law Library Catalog + Articles: Search the law library's collection and for articles in law and non-law journals.
  • Law Library Catalog: Search the law library's collection, including books, journals, government documents, and more.
  • Articles: Search for articles in law and non-law journals.
  • Georgetown Univ. + Local Academic Libraries: Search across all Georgetown libraries and other local academic libraries.

To pull a book, search using Law Library Catalog first.  If you do not find the book you are looking for, expand the search by changing the search scope to Georgetown Univ. + Local Academic Libraries.

Just below these options are the additional search fields.  You can select a field (like title, author/creator, or subject) to focus your search on that specific field rather than performing a full-text search of everything available. 

The catalog Search Fields.

Once You Find the Book

If you see the book you want at the Georgetown Law Library, click on it to open its catalog entry.  This catalog entry has a Locate feature to pinpoint the book's location in the library.

The Locate icon in the library catalog.

Clicking on the Locate icon from a catalog record will take you to a map of the floor of the library where the book is located.

If you find the book, but it is located at a local academic library rather than the Georgetown Law Library, select the Request book from a Local Academic Library option.

The option to request a local book loan.

 

If You Don't Find the Book

If the book is not available at the Georgetown Law Library or at a local academic library, submit an Interlibrary Loan request to have it borrowed from another library.