Category: Law Library

You still have access to these great databases for some time after graduation!

LexisNexis

• Access: Winter graduates have access to Lexis Advance via their law school IDs through June 30, 2016. This ID also grants  access to the Graduate Home Page (detailed below).
• LexisNexis Rewards Point Expiration: Winter graduates have until January 31, 2016 to redeem their LexisNexis Rewards points.
• Graduate Home Page: On February 1^st the winter graduates’ view of the Law School Home Page will switch from the current view to the graduate view. This new view will provide helpful information for your career and job search. It will also award you 10,000 Graduate Rewards points that can be redeemed for LexisNexis eBooks and online subscriptions for Lexis Practice Advisor, Lexis for Microsoft Office, and Law360.
• Aspire Program:  Graduates conducting verifiable 501(c)(3) public interest work may sign up for the Lexis ASPIRE Program for extended access to some items.  Please contact our Lexis Account Representative, Jennifer Durkin, at jennifer.durkin@lexisnexis.com, if you have any questions.

Westlaw

Graduating students can extend access for 6 months after graduation by registering for Grad Elite at https://lawschool.westlaw.com/registration/gradelite.aspx.  Registered graduates will retain full Westlaw access for 60 hours.  If you fail to extend your password you are restricted to 10 hours per month and it will expire earlier.  All graduates will also automatically retain access to lawschool.westlaw.com and a number of career-related databases for 18 months following graduation.  Please contact our West Academic Account Manager, Brooke Stokke, at brooke.stokke@thomsonreuters.com, if you have any questions.

Bloomberg Law

Graduates automatically keep full access to Bloomberg Law through their individual account for six months following graduation.  Please contact our Bloomberg Law School Relationship Manager, Chris Bartkowski, at cbartkowski@bna.com, if you have any questions.

 

 

 

The circulation period and overdue fines for OASP materials and Sum and Substance audio materials will change for the Reading/Exam Period. Starting on Friday, December 4, these materials will circulate for only 1 day (instead of 72 hours) and no renewals will be allowed. Overdue fines for these materials will increase from $1.00 per day to $5.00 per day.

If you have questions regarding these changes please stop by the Circulation Desk and ask to speak with Ms. Nevins or a librarian.

And don’t forget about the online West Academic Study Aids , which provides you with 24/7 online access to Gilbert’s Law Summaries, Black Letter Outlines, and other useful study aids.  And no worries about fines!

Did you return a book a little late? Forget what time your laptop was due? Your chance to pay off those charges and help a good cause is here! Starting Monday, Nov. 16, and running through Dec. 5, University Libraries and the Law Library will sponsor their semiannual Food for Fines drive for the Akron-Canton Food Bank. You can bring in nonperishable food items to pay for your fines.

One food item = one dollar toward your fines!

There is no limit on the number of items you may bring in. This offer cannot be used to pay for billed or lost items.

The food is donated to the Akron-Canton Food Bank. Food may be dropped off at the Law Library Circulation Desk, the Bierce Library Circulation Desk or the Science and Technology Library.

Lexis Advance:  All Students – All Access – All Summer

Lexis offers law students unlimited use of Lexis Advance for any research purpose, educational or commercial/job related. No additional steps are necessary for summer access.  You do not have to register for this access.  Summer access is available from the date spring classes end through the date fall classes begin.  Please contact our Lexis Account Representative, Jennifer Durkin, at jennifer.durkin@lexisnexis.com, if you have any questions.

 

WestlawNext – Summer Restrictions Apply

WestlawNext accounts will automatically remain active over the summer for a limited number of hours of research each month. Students can get full access over the summer if they have a valid educational need under one of the following provisions:

• Summer School
• School-Related Research Assignment
• Moot Court Research
• Law Review or Journal Research
• Working as a Professor’s Research Assistant
• Non-Profit Externship (receiving academic credit AND unpaid)
• Unpaid Internship/Externship (receiving academic credit AND unpaid)

If one of the above describes your summer activities, please apply to extend your full access at Westlaw’s Password Extension page. If you take no action, your account will remain active but limited in the number of hours for June and July.  Please contact our West Academic Account Manager, Brooke Stokke, at brooke.stokke@thomsonreuters.com, if you have any questions.

Bloomberg Law – Unlimited Summer Access 

Student Bloomberg Law accounts remain fully active over the summer for registered law students, including access for research conducted during summer employment.  Students can use their Bloomberg Law accounts anywhere, anytime, and for any purpose.  There are no academic use restrictions associated with law student Bloomberg Law accounts. Please contact our Bloomberg Law School Relationship Manager, Chris Bartkowski, at cbartkowski@bna.com, if you have any questions.