Welcome to the Robert S. Marx Law Library. This guide is designed to present a brief overview of the library. More details about the library, its operation, our staff and the services they provide, and the resouces we have can be found in various web pages listed at www.law.uc.edu/library/.
If you have any suggestions to promote our objective of providing an environment conducive to research and study for our students, please feel free to contact me.
Ken HirshLibrary Hours
The Law Library is normally open from 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM on weekdays,
from 9:00 AM to 10:00 PM on Saturdays, and 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM on Sundays.
Hours are extended during law school exam periods.
After-Hours Access
The Law Library extends 24-hour key-card access to all student at the
College of Law. Your UC photo I.D. authorizes you to remain in the
library after closing, or enter the library when it is closed. To enter
the library when it is closed, swipe your I.D. card through the key-card
reader mounted outside the library entrance located across from Classroom
302.
To report unauthorized persons in the Law Library after hours, or to report any personal or facility-related emergency, please call UC Public Safety at 556-1111. Feel free to use the telephones at the Information Desk (dial 6-1111). Report any problem you experience with the key-card access function of your I.D. card to Victoria Fleischer , Head of Access Services.
Circulation & Reserves
Circulation and Reserves services are available at the Information Desk which is immediately on right as you enter the library. Victoria Fleischer is our Head of Access Services. Her office is located
behind the Information Desk, next to the reserve room, and her phone number
is 556-1332.
Reserves are located in a room behind the Information Desk, and may be checked out for a two-hour period. A computer for ready access to UCLID, our online library catalog, is located at the Information Desk. Other UCLID stations are located near the Ohio Forms collection and on the library's second floor near the bottom of the stairs.
Much of the law library collection does not circulate because it consists of multi-volume sets, looseleaf services, or other materials that must be regularly updated and readily available to all library users. For those materials that do circulate, primarily treatises, the lending period runs until the end of the semester (or quarter for non-law students). Renewals may be made in person or by telephone at 556-3016.
If a book you want is not available at UC, you may be able to find and borrow it through the OhioLINK system. OhioLINK is accessible through UCLID, and enables you to request books (not periodicals) from other Ohio academic libraries with delivery to our circulation desk normally within three or four business days. Materials from OhioLINK may be borrowed for three weeks, with one renewal allowed.
If the item you seek is not available at UC or via OhioLINK, please consult a reference librarian.
Reference
Reference assistance is available at the Library's Information Desk. The desk is staffed from 9 AM until 5 PM Monday - Friday. If no reference librarian
is available at the desk, please let a circulation assistant know
you need reference help. Reference librarians can help you with formulating
research strategies and using reference tools. Our educational goal is to
help you find the answers for yourself, not to tell you what the answers
are!
Computer Services
In general, computing facilities in the Law Library are reserved for UC College
of Law students. There are two computer labs, one on the library's third
floor and the other on the library's second floor, mezzanine level. Computing
assistance is available in the third floor computer lab. Network, e-mail
and other computing guides are available in the third floor computer lab
and on the Law Library's website.
Photocopiers, Change, Restrooms
Two photocopiers are available for your use. They are located across from the
administrative offices, to your right beyond the Information Desk as you
enter the library.
Copies are 10 cents each, and the machines accept coins and one dollar and five dollar bills. Photocopy cards, available for $1.00 at the Information Desk, reduce the per-copy cost to 7 cents. The cards are issued with a zero balance, and value may be added at any copier. Our cards do not work in any other UC library, and cards from other UC libraries will not work in our copiers.
Change may be available at the Information Desk. There is also a change machine in the vending area on the ground floor of the building.
The only public restrooms within the ibrary are located at the far end of the second floor international room: across the bridge, downstairs, down the ramp, around the corner to the right, and - you get the idea. The nearest restrooms outside the library are on the third floor of the building, across from the Moot Court office (Room 304).
Food & Beverages
Food is not allowed in the public areas of the Law Library. Beverages are permitted
if they are in spill-proof containers. Smoking is not allowed within the
building.
Security
We do try to provide a safe and secure environment for research and study.
However, we cannot be responsible for books and personal belongings left
unattended. Library materials left unattended for any length of time without
special arrangements (see Victoria Fleischer) may be reshelved or
placed in lost & found at the library staff's discretion.
Lost & Found
The library maintains a lost and found area at the Information Desk. After
a reasonable period of time, unclaimed tems are turned over to the UC Department
of Public Safety.
Noise
Please avoid loud or lengthy conversations in open areas of the Law Library,
and any other conduct that disturbs others or disrupts their work.
Revised 08/2009