Circulation & Access

For more information about any of the services described below, please contact the Circulation Department at circ@law.syr.edu.

Access to the Law Library
You are welcome to use the Law Library outside of scheduled hours; however, Reference and Circulation services are not available when the library is closed. 

For security purposes, please access the Law Library via the loading dock on Floor 2 or through the Floor 5 door of E.I. White Hall during non-business hours. 

If you wish to borrow materials during non-business hours, please leave the title of the item, call number, and volume (if appropriate) together with your name, on the Circulation Desk. The Circulation Staff will check the material out to you.

Loan Policy
The normal Faculty loan periods for Law Library items are listed in the chart below. We encourage you to use Westlaw, Lexis, Hein Online, and/or the Internet from your office. 

The library can also photocopy articles for you.  If you would like a copy of an article from our periodical collection, e-mail your request to the Circulation Staff at circ@law.syr.edu or use the Faculty Copy Request Form.  We will deliver the article to you in a timely manner using our Faculty Courier Service.

Faculty Loan Periods for Law Library Items

Routing
Faculty may request that the Law Library's copy of current materials be routed to them automatically. To request routing, please contact your Liaison Librarian. Materials that you request for routing will be automatically charged to your library account for the standard loan period of twenty-eight days and delivered to your College of Law mailbox. 

We encourage you to return routed materials to the Circulation Desk as soon as possible to ensure that current issues are available to other Law Library users. Courtesy notices will be generated by the automated Circulation system should your routed items become overdue. We will evaluate the new routing service after a trial period. We welcome your ideas and suggestions.

Research Assistants
For your convenience, your research assistant (RA) can charge out books to your account using their SUID card.  Please have your RA obtain a "Permission Form" available at the Circulation desk.  Sign and return the form. Your faculty account number will be added to the RA’s SUID card.  Please bear in mind that you are responsible for items borrowed by your RA.

Overdues
As a courtesy, the Law Library emails overdue notices for items not returned by the due date.  If you discover an error in an overdue notice, please let us know as soon as possible.  Please note that failure to renew or return items in a timely manner may cause an automatic block of your borrowing privileges by the automated Circulation system. If this occurs, please contact Circulation at circ@law.syr.edu.

Recalls
Circulating items may be recalled for use by another patron. The new due date for recalled items is indicated on the recall notice. If you fail to respond to a recall notice, the automated Circulation system may automatically block your borrowing privileges until the recalled item has been returned to the Law Library.

Reserves
The Law Library accepts books, AV materials and other personal materials for placement in our Reserves Room. Please fill out a Reserve Form at the Circulation Desk or use the web form. 
Note: Books belonging to the Syracuse University Library cannot be placed on Law Library Reserves.

• The Law Library does not own the item or provide electronic access to the item
• The item is owned by the Law Library, but it is lost or missing

College of Law Faculty  may submit an ILL book or periodical request by completing a print form available at the Circulation Desk or by submitting an electronic request using the Interlibrary Loan Form - Books or Interlibrary Loan Form - Articles.