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The library recently acquired a collection of books and ebooks on antiracism, diversity in law school and the legal profession, and race issues in law. The books are listed on the library’s Diversity and Anti-Racism in Law guide.
The library recently purchased many new books on intellectual property law, including The History of Intellectual Property, Research Handbook on Trademark Law Reforms, Copyright in the Music Industry and lots more. These titles were hand picked by IP Professor Camilla Hrdy. You can take a look at them on the library’s new book shelf, which is right next to the Keurig coffee maker at the circulation desk. Many of these titles are listed on the library’s Copyright Research Guide or Patent Law Research Guide.
Save 15% plus free shipping on the West Academic Store with code “WAAKRON”. Coursebooks and study aids are available through the store.
This Fall Semester, the library will have coursebooks available for checkout again! We aim to have all the coursebooks available shortly before the start of classes. However, it depends when we are notified of needs, when shipments arrive and when forthcoming books are made available. So, you may want to contact the library before you make a special trip to come and look at a new coursebook. Coursebooks can be checked out for four hours at a time.
For students who will return to school in the Fall, you still have access to these databases:
Summer Access to Lexis
Access to Lexis+ will continue during the summer. As long as you are registered for Lexis+ you do not have to do anything to continue using Lexis+ this summer. You may use Lexis+ for work or school during the summer. In the fall, usage reverts back to academic use only.
Summer Access to Westlaw
You can use Thomson Reuters products, including Westlaw, Practical Law, and the Practice Ready solutions, over the summer for non-commercial research. You can turn to these resources to gain understanding and build confidence in your research skills, but you cannot use them in situations where you are billing a client. Examples of permissible uses for your academic password include the following:
You do not have to do anything to gain access to these tools over the summer. If you have any questions, please contact your Thomson Reuters Academic Account Manager.
Bloomberg Law
Access to Bloomberg Law continues over the summer. You may use your Bloomberg Law password for any purpose during the summer as well as year-round. The court dockets and transactional resources may be particularly useful to those working at law firms over the summer. Be aware of the per-person limits of 15,000 pages for dockets.
Other databases accessible over the summer: