Collections
Collection Development
Faculty members are encouraged to assist the Law Library in developing its collections. Director Tom French would be pleased to schedule a formal review of your subject area and develop an organized approach to collection building in this area.
Titles Purchased From Faculty Research Accounts
The Law Library will assist you in purchasing research materials from your faculty research account. When you make a request for an office copy through your Liaison Librarian, please specify that the item is for your office use and should be charged to your faculty research account.
Selective Dissemination of Information
The Law Library will notify you when titles that you have requested become available. Further, if you have a special interest in particular topics, please ask your Liaison Librarian to notify you about relevant new arrivals related to your interests. You can check the status of any order by searching the online public catalog, SUMMIT, by title. The status of the item can be found under "Call number" in the catalog record.
Casebooks
The Law Library does not purchase casebooks. However, you may request an Examination copy of a casebook by writing to the publisher. In your letter to the publisher, you should include the course(s) you are teaching or plan to teach using the book (courses should be related to the topic of the casebook!). Also, publishers strongly prefer to receive requests on Faculty stationery.
New Acquisitions BulletinA
list of new materials purchased during the past month is available on the Law Library’s website.
About SUMMIT, the University Online Catalog
Our integrated online catalog,
SUMMIT, can be accessed through the Internet without password
or access restrictions at the Law Library’s web site.
SUMMIT indexes licensed and non-licensed electronic sources acquired by the Law Library and the Syracuse University Library. Within the law school, you may access these sources by clicking on the link inside the SUMMIT record. Remote access is also available for most electronic resources. Please see the section on Electronic Resources in this guide for information about remote access or see our
Remote Access to Electronic Resources web page.
SUMMIT instructions may be found below the search template on the search screen and at ‘Catalog Help’ on the top navigation bar at the top of search screen.
See the
SUMMIT FAQ to help you get started using the online catalog. Once you are online, help screens can guide you through the search process. If you have questions or would like individualized training, please contact Wendy Scott, Assistant Director for Faculty & Outreach Services at 443-9569 or
wescott@law.syr.edu.