Bodleian Law Library Welcome to the Law Library St Cross Building Manor Road Oxford OX 3UR Scan here to go direct to our website
Visiting the Law Library Opening Hours Term (weeks -8) Monday to Friday 9.00 to 22.00 Saturday (weeks 0-8) 0.00 to 8.00 Sunday (weeks 0-8).00 to 8.00 Vacation Monday to Friday 9.00 to 9.00 Saturday 0.00 to 6.00 except ug & Sept 0.00 to 3.00 Sunday Closed dmissions Readers require a valid University or Library Card and must bring it with them every time they come to the Library. lumni and nonmembers of Oxford University need to apply for a card at the Central dmissions Office in the Clarendon Building, Broad St, before coming to the Law Library. For details see: http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/using/getting-a-readers-card Day passes are available (a maximum of 2 per year). Visitors are asked to register at the Enquiry Desk. The Collection rrangement The collection is arranged by jurisdiction: statutes, law reports, periodicals and textbooks /monographs are shelved, in that order, within each jurisdiction. Special subjects have their own sections. s well as holding the major law collection for the University of Oxford, the Law Library also houses the European Documentation Centre 2
and the Bodleian s Official Papers Collection. See the floor plans at back of brochure. Course books in heavy demand are kept at the Reserve Desk and may be borrowed for use within the library. Newly received journals are displayed to the right of the library entrance, and the display is changed weekly. New Books Bulletin is posted weekly at http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/law/finding/collections/new Official Papers The Bodleian Collection of Official Papers is on the Ground Floor. Submit your research enquiries to official.papers@bodleian.ox.ac.uk Catalogue SOLO, http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk, can be used to find items held in the Bodleian Law Library and most other academic institutions in Oxford. See the online user guide at http://libguides.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/solo Using the books The BLL is a reference library only - books may not be borrowed or taken out of the library. Most are on open access shelves. Books in heavy demand, such as those on reading lists, may be held at the Reserve Desk, but remain available for consultation to all. Please remember to fill in book slips when you remove a book from the shelves, with your seat number, your name and the book s details. It would be appreciated if you remembered to place books onto a trolley when you have finished with them. The Bodleian Social Science Library This library is located in the Manor Road Building next to the St Cross Building. It holds journals and monographs used for the teaching of criminology and socio-legal studies. http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/ssl 3
Inter library loans If the Bodleian Libraries do not have a title you need, the Law Library may be able to arrange interlibrary loans from other institutions. For further details, please read http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/law/using-this-library/ill/ill Reference and Research Law Library staff have extensive experience in legal research and a good knowledge of the collection. Please feel free to ask any staff member for assistance on any legal research or library related matters. Legal research classes, induction and guides The Law Library holds a range of research classes freely available to all Oxford students. Details are posted on the web site and in the regular email LawBod News. You can sign up for these classes via http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/law/using-thislibrary/classes. Extensive induction for new undergraduate and graduate students is provided at the start of each academic year. There are online guides to various parts of the collection (both print and electronic) at http://libguides.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/lawindex. Legal databases and information services The Law Library provides a wide range of legal databases as well as links to free law-related web sites. full list of the legal databases is available from the Law Library home page at www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/law. Please ask at the Enquiry Desk for further details and help with searching. There is also extensive access to other e-resources such as non-legal databases, catalogues and information services via the Bodleian platform, called OxLIP+. 4
Reference queries Reference Librarians are available to assist you with research related queries; please make an appointment via the Book a Librarian form: http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/law/using-thislibrary/book-a-librarian or ask for them at the Enquiry Desk. Using the Law Library Seats Please use the seating in the middle of the Main Reading Room on Level 2 unless you are a research student who has been allocated a specific seat or assigned to a block of seats around the perimeter of the room. Seating is also available on Level near the European Union materials, on Level 3 near the international law materials, and on the Ground Floor for those wishing to consult Official Papers. The Graduate Reading Room is located on Level. Seminar and discussion room The Baker & McKenzie Seminar and Discussion Room on Level 2 of the library is used by the Law Faculty for time- tabled seminars. When not in use for seminars it is available to all readers for discussion or quiet study. Books may be taken into the room. Computers and laptops There are catalogue terminals located throughout the Library. General purpose access to databases, the internet and applications such as Word is available on computers in the Level 3 Small Computer Room. There are a further 26 workstations in the Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer IT Room on Level, for use by Law Faculty students and staff. ll these workstations also provide access to the catalogue, 5
general applications such as Word, and the databases provided by the Bodleian Libraries. Work must be saved to a USB memory stick or sent to your email; you cannot save work to a Library computer. You may use laptop computers in any of the seating areas so long as they do not disturb other readers. Wireless access is provided. Please see the leaflet Essential IT Information. We recommend that you secure your laptop with a computer lock. Photocopying, printing and scanning There are five self-service printer/copiers, and a microform reader printer. It is possible to scan documents and email the resulting pdf version to your own email or download it to a USB memory stick. PCS account is needed to pay for all printing, scanning or photocopying done in the Library. See the library leaflet called Printing, Scanning and Photocopying has further details. http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/using/copy. The Printing, Copying & Scanning Room is on Level 2. PCS machines are also available on Level and Level 3. There are copying restrictions. Observation of copyright law is your responsibility. Copyright notices are displayed by each machine. You may not photocopy books from Locked cases, including theses, or any old or fragile volumes, or any looseleaf works. Please ask a member of staff for assistance with these materials. 6
Floor Plans Readers Desks H J K Readers Desks G B F E D C Readers Desks C Catalogue Terminal 0 Stairs Book Stacks Seating 7
K Readers Desks Graduate Reading Room L L M Readers Desks Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer IT Room 2 J J H G N F B E D C B C 2 3 Catalogue Terminal PCS Reader PC s ccessible Toilet Stairs Lift Book Stacks Seating 8
Carrels Research Desks D E F G H J K L M 6 PCS Room C 7 Entrance Readers Desks Enquiry Desk 4 3 5 C B Baker & McKenzie Room Readers Desks 2 3 4 Catalogue Terminal Reader PC s Microfiche Reader & Printer Stairs Lift 5 6 7 New Journal Display Locked Materials Reserve Collection Book Stacks Seating 9
Carrels Gallery Computer Room 2 Carrels Research Desks D D 3 E E E E E Readers Desks E 2 E E C Research Desks C B Carrels 3 2 3 Catalogue Terminal PCS Reader PC s Stairs Lift Book Stacks Seating 0
Floor Plan Index Regions Subjects frica G/J sia & Far East G/J ustralia & New Zealand 2J Canada 2K Caribbean E Commonwealth 2C Commonwealth Europe Countries 3E Europe (Sec Coll) F European Union L India H International Law 3D International Law (Sec Coll) E Middle East J Russia & the CIS J South frica 3C South merica G/J United Kingdom 2 United Kingdom (Sec Coll) B United States 3 United States (Sec Coll) 0C/E ncient 2H Criminology 2D Criminology (Sec Coll) 0H Comparative Law 2G Directories K EDC M General Law 2G International Law 3D IP St Peter s Collection 0J Jurisprudence 2F Legal History 2M Official Papers British 0 Official Papers United Nations & Others 0B/G Roman Law 2E Theses (inc. Oxford) 0D
Jurisdictions a b den fghanistan G lbania 3E lgeria G ncient 2H ncient (Sec Coll) ngola G nguilla J ntigua J rgentina G rgentina rmenia G ustralia 2J ustralia (Sec Coll) 0E ustria 3E ustria (Sec Coll) F zerbaijan G Bahamas G Bahamas Bahrain G Bangladesh G Barbados G Barbados Bay Islands Belarus G Belgium 3G Belgium (Sec Coll) F Belize (inc. British Honduras) G Belize (inc. British Honduras) Bermuda G Bermuda Bolivia G Bosnia 3E Botswana (inc. Bechuanaland) Botswana (inc. Bechuanaland) G Brazil G British ntarctic Territory G British Columbia 2K British Indian Ocean Territory G British Isles 2 Bulgaria 3E Bulgaria (Sec Coll) F Burkina Faso G Burma G Burundi G c d e Cambodia G Cameroon G Canada 2K Canada (Sec Coll) 0E Cayman Islands G Cayman Islands (Sec Coll) 0E Central frican Republic G Chile G China G China (Sec Coll) 0E Colombia G Commonwealth General 2C Commonwealth General Comparative Law 2H Congo G Congo, Democratic Republic G Congo, Republic of G Costa Rica G Criminology 2D Criminology (Sec Coll) 0H Croatia 3E Cuba G Cyprus 3E Czech Republic 3E Czech Republic (Sec Coll) F Denmark 3E Denmark (Sec Coll) F Dominica Leeward Islands G Dominican Republic G East frica East frica G Ecuador G Egypt G Egypt England & Wales 2 Estonia 3E Ethiopia G European Documentation Centre (EDC) M European Community L European Community (Sec Coll) F European Countries 3E f g h Falkland Islands G Farrar Collection 0K Fiji G Fiji Finland 3E Finland (Sec Coll) F Foreign Dissertations 974 N Foreign Theses (Pre-940) 0D France 3E France (Sec Coll) F Gambia G Gambia General (Sec Coll) General & Comparative Law 2H German Dem. Rep. 3E Germany 3E Germany (Sec Coll) F Ghana G Ghana Gibraltar 3E Gibraltar Gilbert & Ellice Islands G Gilbert & Ellice Islands Greece 3E Greece (Sec Coll) F Guatemala G Guernsey (Sec Coll) B Guyana (inc. British Guiana) Guyana (inc. British Guiana) G Haiti G Hansard 2B Hansard (Sec Coll) C High Commission Territories G Hindu Law G Honduras G Hong Kong G Hong Kong Hungary 3E Hungary (Sec Coll) F c 2
i j k l m Iceland 3E India H India Indonesia J Inland Revenue Board Intellectual Property OIPRC 0J International Law (Sec Coll) E International Law 3D Iran J Iraq J Ireland 2 Ireland (Sec Coll) B Islamic Isle of Man 2 Isle of Man (Sec Coll) B Israel J Israel Italy 3E Italy (Sec Coll) F Ivory Coast J Jamaica J Jamaica Japan J Japan Jersey 2 Jersey (Sec Coll) B Jerusalem J Jewish Law Jordan J Jurisprudence 2F Jurisprudence (Sec Coll) Kahn-Freund 0H Kazakhstan J Kenya J Kenya Kiribati J Korea (N & S) Korea, S J Kuwait J Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyz Republic) J Laos J Latvia 3E Lebanon J Leeward Islands J Leeward Islands Legal History 2M Legal History (Sec Coll) F Lesotho (inc. Basutoland) Lesotho (inc. Basutoland) J Liberia J Libya J Liechtenstein 3E Lithuania 3E Luxembourg 3E Luxembourg (Sec Coll) F m n o p q Macao J Macedonia J Madagascar J Malawi (inc. Nyasaland) J Malawi (inc. Nyasaland) Malaysia J Malaysia (inc. Brunei) Malta 3E Malta Mauritius J Mauritius Mexico J Moldova J Monaco 3E Mongolia J Montenegro 3E Morocco J Mozambique J Namibia J Nepal J Netherlands 3E Netherlands (Sec Coll) F Netherlands ntilles J New Zealand 2L New Zealand Nicaragua J Nicaragua Nigeria J Nigeria Northern Ireland 2 Northern Ireland (Sec Coll) B Norway 3E Official Papers 0 Pakistan J Palestine J Panama J Papua New Guinea J Papua New Guinea Paraguay J Parliamentary Papers 0 Peru J Philippines J Pitcairn Island J Poland 3E Poland (Sec Coll) F Portugal 3E Portugal (Sec Coll) F Primitive (Sec Coll) Primitive & ncient Law 2H Private International (Sec Coll) E Private International Law 3D Public International Law 3D q r s t Qatar J Reference (Sec Coll) Reference: Bibliography 2B Reference: Law Directories 2C Rhodesia & Nyasaland J Roman 2E Roman (Sec Coll) Roman Dutch Roman 2E Roman-Dutch (Sec Coll) F Romania 3E Romania (Sec Coll) F Russia J Russia Rwanda J Salvador J Samoa J San Marino 3E Saudi rabia J Saudi rabia Scotland 2 Scotland (Sec Coll) B Senegal J Serbia 3E Seychelles J Seychelles Sierra Leone J Sierra Leone Singapore J Singapore Slovakia 3E Slovenia 3E Slovenia (Sec Coll) F Solomon Islands Solomon Islands (inc. British Solomon Islands) J Somalia J South frica 3C South frica (Sec Coll) F Spain 3E Spain (Sec Coll) F Sri Lanka (inc. Ceylon) J Sri Lanka (inc. Ceylon) St Helena J St Helena Sudan J Swaziland J Swaziland Sweden 3E Sweden (Sec Coll) F Switzerland 3E Switzerland (Sec Coll) F Syria J 3
t u v w y z Taiwan J Tajikistan (Tadzhikistan) J Tanganyika J Tanganyika Tanzania J Tanzania Thailand J Tonga J Trinidad & Tobago J Trinidad & Tobago Tunisia J Turkey F Turkmenistan J Turks & Caicos Islands J Turks & Caicos Islands Tuvalu J Tuvalu Uganda J Uganda United rab Emirates J United Kingdom 2 United Kingdom (Sec Coll) B United Nations Off. Papers 0G United States 3 United States (Sec Coll) D United States State Codes (Sec Coll) 0E United States National Reporter System 3 Uruguay J USSR J USSR Uzbekistan J Vanuatu J Venezuela J Vietnam J Virgin Islands J Wales 2 Wales (Sec Coll) B West frica J West Indies J West Indies Windward Islands J Windward Islands Yemen J Yugoslavia Zaire See Congo G Zambia (inc. Northern Rhodesia) Zambia (inc. Northern Rhodesia) J Zanzibar Zimbabwe (inc. Southern Rhodesia) 4
Contact Details The Law Librarian is Ruth Bird ruth.bird@bodleian.ox.ac.uk St Cross Building Manor Rd Oxford OX 3UR Tel: 0865 27462 Fax: 0865 27475 Web: Blog: http://bodleian.ox.ac.uk/law http://lawbod.wordpress.com/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lawbod Twitter: @thelawbod Online library guides: http://libguides.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/lawindex General Email: law.library@bodleian.ox.ac.uk If you require this guide in Braille or audio, please contact aracu@bodleian.ox.ac.uk 5