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Library Policies for Visitors

Although the primary mission of the Daniel F. Cracchiolo Law Library is to support the curricular, scholarship, and research needs of the James E. Rogers College of Law’s students and faculty, the Law Library also provides access to legal materials to the University of Arizona community and members of the general public. 

View our Law Library policies page for general information about the library and our policies related to access, circulation, collection development, conduct, and special collections.

 Visit our directions page for information about the library's location.

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Legal Research Guides

The librarians at the College of Law have prepared useful legal research guides to assist our visitors with legal research. Before you begin your research, take a look at our LibGuides page.

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Reference Services

Reference Librarians, Law Library Fellows, and Circulation staff are available to assist campus faculty, staff, and students, members of the local bar, and the general public with legal research. While the Reference Librarians and others can assist you with locating and using print and online sources available in the Law Library, they cannot provide legal advice on specific legal problems. 

Before making a trip to the Law Library, please examine our list of free electronic resources to see if the information you need is available freely on the Internet. You may also wish to examine our research LibGuides before coming in. Also, please check our hours and contact information for circulation and reference services

The Circulation Desk is located on the main level near the north entrance. During fall and spring semester it is staffed Monday through Friday from 8:00am to 5:00pm, holidays excepted. The Circulation Desk phone is 520-626-8023. You may also email the Circulation Desk at: circulation@law-arizona.libanswers.com. The circulation email account is monitored during regular business hours Monday-Friday.

Reference services are available by appointment only. Please email the Reference Team at: reference@law-arizona.libanswers.com to schedule an appointment. The Reference email account is monitored Monday through Friday from 12:00pm to 2:00pm.

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Circulation of Library Materials

Members of the general public do not have circulation privileges but are welcome to use materials in the Law Library for their legal research needs.

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Computers & Printing

The Law Library has two public-use kiosks with free Internet access located on the main level. 

  • There is no capability to save to a flash drive on the public computer kiosks. Follow instructions at the computer table which explains how to use cloud-based services to save materials.
  • There are no word processing programs available on the public computer kiosks. However, visitors can access any personal cloud-based software (Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, etc.) via the Internet.  
  • Ask Circulation staff if you need assistance using the computers.

Legal Databases

  • The Law Library does not have public access to Westlaw or Lexis available on the public computer kiosks. If you require access to these databases, consider visiting the Pima County Superior Court Law Library and Resource Center.
  • Nexis Uni is available at the Law Library for researching case law and statutes; it also offers the Shepard's citator, allowing users to update cases and statutes.
  • Other legal resources such as the legal encyclopedia American Jurisprudence and law review articles are also available.

Scanning:

  • The library has 4 ScannX touch screen scanners. Two overhead scanners and one flat book scanner on the main level and one flat book scanner on the lower level. All scanners provide options to save to a flash drive or email to your personal email account.
  • There is no charge to use the scanners.
  • Ask Circulation staff if you need assistance using the scanners.

Printing:

  • Visitors can print from any of the public computer kiosks on the main level of the library. Print jobs can be collected from the CatPrints (WEPA) kiosk located near the computers.
  • Printing requires using a credit/debit card. There is no cash option.
  • Instructions on how to use and information on the cost of printing are located next to the printer.
  • Ask Circulation staff if you need assistance using the printer.

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