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Services for U of Toronto Law Students This page sets out the services that the Bora Laskin Law Library provides to law students enrolled at the University of Toronto, including JD, NCA, transfer, exchange and letter of permission students. How do I get a library card?The Bora Laskin Law Library uses the T-Card as its library card. T-Cards are issued by Robarts Library and also act as your photocopying and printing cards at many campus libraries. More information about library cards is available from the T-Card Office at Robarts, including how to get it and how to replace lost or damaged cards. NCA students should present their letter of acceptance to the Reader Registration desk at Robarts Library (130 St. George St.) to obtain a Research Reader card, good at most campus libraries, including the Bora Laskin Law Library. What are my borrowing privileges?U of T law students can borrow books from within the campus library system (including the Bora Laskin Law Library) for one two-week period with one two-week renewal if no holds or recalls have since been placed on the book. More information on undergraduate borrowing privileges is available from Robarts Library. How much are library fines?Fines are charged at the rate of 0.50/day per book; no fines are charged for the first day a book is overdue.
Fines on Short Term Loan books are 0.50/hour to a maximum of $7.50 a day; no fines are charged for the
first 15 minutes a book is late. Fines for recalled books are $2.00/day per book. Library privileges are How do I place holds or recalls?If you wish to place a hold on a book or recall a book within the campus library system, please provide the details to the circulation desk staff at the Bora Laskin Law Library. We can only place holds on books that have been charged or signed out (i.e., if the book is available in the catalogue, we cannot place a hold on the item). When the item has been returned, and if you are next in line for the hold, the system's computer will e-mail you. How do I place inter-library loans?If a book or journal article is available on the downtown campus, you are expected to get the book or article yourself. If the book or article is only available at the Scarborough or Mississauga campus libraries, we can request that the book or article be sent to us on your behalf (see us at the circulation desk). If the book is not held by the University of Toronto or is missing, we can try to obtain the book or article for you (fill out our inter-library loan form at the circulation desk or use the online request form available from e-legal). If we can obtain the item from a Canadian academic law library, there is usually no charge for the transaction, which could take anywhere from one day to one week, depending on where we source the item. If we are required to get the item elsewhere, you may be charged fees (usually ranging from $5.00 to $30.00) and it may take longer for us to get the item for you. If the matter is urgent, you may want to check the York University Library Catalogue (4700 Keele St.) or the Great Library Catalogue (130 Queens St. E., Osgoode Subway station) to see if either of those libraries has your item. You could then go to either library to read or photocopy your material yourself. How do I photocopy and print?Copying is 15 cents per page. All copiers accept T Cards. There is also a laser printer on the main floor for printing from the computers in the Law Commons at a cost of 15 cents per page. There is a high speed laser printer/photocoper in the computer lab (law students only) which prints/copies at a cost of 10 cents per page. Where do I get reference and research help? The reference desk is staffed from Monday to Friday, 10 am to 4 pm. Do not hesitate to ask any of us questions at anytime. We also encourage our law students to e-mail us with their questions. Please see our online list of e-mail addresses for our staff. Legal research trainingThere are numerous legal research training opportunities throughout your law school career at the University of Toronto. In recent years, however, we have been moving towards a model of training students "one-on-one" since we find this is more effective and more meaningful if students come to use with their specific, individual questions at the time they need answers. Students are therefore encouraged to drop in at anytime to arrange a one-one-one training session or simply e-mail one of the reference staff (please see our online list of e-mail addresses for our staff). In addition, we are now taking advantage of "teachable moments" to train students when they are involved in activities that require legal research and writing. We therefore target first-year law students in their small group sections by offering in-library training by small group section when written assignments are distributed (we are also involved in the Academic Orientation program for first-year law students). We also provide research training for other teachable moments including when students work for:
In addition, every Spring we offer "boot camps" in legal research training for students going off to work in law firms or other organizations as articling or summer students. Where do I find legal research guides?We have a number of online research guides, including the full-text of our library's Guide to Doing Legal Research and online guides for international law, topical research and other matters. In addition, we keep the leading textbooks on legal research and writing in short-term loan at the circulation desk. How do I find books on legal topics?Use the online U of T catalogue to look for books in our library. There is no separate catalogue for just the Bora Laskin Law Library; the catalogue shows the listings of all campus libraries. It is therefore important to make note of the 3 or 4-letter library code at the end of the call number. Our books are shown with the following codes:
If there is no code at the end of the call number click on the Holdings link for location information (i.e. stacks, short term loan) LAWC or Short Term Loan.Short-term loan books ("LAWC" or LAW STL) are located at the circulation/reserve desk. These books can be signed out for a 3-hour in library loan period. How do I find law journal articles?See "Locating Journals" on our library's home page. You can use various online law-related journal indexes to find articles by keyword. You can then locate journal articles in our print journals on the top floor. Ccheck our list of journals available online to see if you can get an electronic version of the article or find the print version in the library.. What is e.legal?The Law Library intranet is called e.legal and is available only to current law students registered at the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto. It contains links to online exams, course material, study guides, electronic subscriptions and a number of useful Internet shortcuts and links. What is my password for e.legal/e.Community?Your password is given to you at registration. If you have any password problems, please e-mail Susan Barker or drop in during normal office hours to see her. Where are the online law school exams?Law school exams are available online to registered law students only in e.legal. In addition, a fairly complete history of all law school exams from the law school is available in print in the basement/1st floor stacks at KF 292 T64 U54 LAW. How do I get Quicklaw, Lexis, Westlaw, eCarswell and CCH iWorks passwords?Law students currently registered at the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto are eligible for (free) passwords to Quicklaw, Lexis, Westlaw, eCarswell and CCH iWorks for academic research. Quicklaw/Lexis: All Students must register for their password from a wired computer at the library or in the faculty. Students will not be able to register via the wireless network. Registration information is available at http://www.lexisnexis.ca/lawschools/lawschools.php?section=register Westlaw/eCarswell Passwords will be handed out in first year small group classes. CCH iWorks: For a CCH iWorks password please contact a reference librarian for details. In addition, through e.legal, law students have access by subscription to a number of online Internet services, including the English Reports, the Law Reports (U.K.), Halsbury's Laws of England and a number of international and foreign law databases. What sort of computer should I buy?We do not recommend specific brands of computers. Any questions you have, however, can likely be answered from our online Computer Services pages. How can I get onto the wireless network on my laptop?You will need to make an appointment with Gian Medves (tel: 416-978-5537), or Susan Barker (tel: 416-978-5799), Who will to configure your laptop.You will also need to have your own wireless card for your laptop or borrow 1 of 12 wireless cards that we lend out to law students only at our circulation desk. Students can also set their computers up for wireless by following the online instructions at http://www.wireless.utoronto.ca/ How do I create my "@utoronto.ca" e-mail account?All students registered at the University of Toronto are eligible to create their own free "@utoronto.ca" e-mail account. Robarts Library has information on how to set up your e-mail account (called UTORmail). The law school is making increasing use of a listserv to send important messages to all law students. It is therefore in your interest to make sure that the law school has your current e-mail address. How can I access my e-mail remotely?If you have an "@utoronto.ca" e-mail account, you can access this account over the Internet through Webmail (you will need your UTORid and your password). Problems with your UTORid and password can only be handled by the help desk of the Information Commons (we do not have the details of your e-mail passwords). University ResourcesThere are a large number of resources at the University and at the law school that are available to students to access from both on and off campus. These resources include e-books, e-journals, online journal indexes and online newspapers. Some of these resources, such as the Index to Canadian Legal Literature, are fairly heavily used by law students. These online resources are available on all campus computers (and including some on campus residences). When accessing these central resources from off campus, however, it is ordinarily necessary to "dial in" via UTORdial the UofT's dial-in Internet Service or through the "my.access" service if you use a commercial ISP (Internet Service Provider) to prove that you are a U of T student. my.accessmy.access allows UofT students, staff and faculty with external internet connections to use these restricted resources.
For more information go to:http://www.library.utoronto.ca/services/myaccess/. |
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