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| Library Services for U of Toronto Graduate Law Students (LL.M. and S.J.D.) This page sets out the services that the Bora Laskin Law Library provides to graduate law students enrolled at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law for a Masters or Doctoral degree. 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. What are my borrowing privileges?Graduate law students can borrow books from within the campus library system (including the Bora Laskin Law Library) for a 42 day loan period with one 42 day renewal if no holds or recalls have since been placed on the book. More information on graduate 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. You can also place holds electronically via the Library catalogue. Your hold will be processed the next week day. Graduate orientationEvery September, the Law Library offers a library orientation to all graduate students. This orientation includes an introduction to the library and the services we offer, including inter-library loan and research support. After-hours access for SJD StudentsSJD students with carrels inside the Law Library are entitled to access the Law Library 24 hours per day via the "link door" on the 3rd floor in Flavelle. The link door code is changed regularly and you will be notified of the code when it changes. For security reasons, you must never share the link door code with anyone and you must not remove material from the Library via the link door code. 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 trainingThe library staff is moving towards a model of offering computer and research training on a one-to-one basis since we find it is more effective and more meaningful if students approach us with their specific research questions. So, feel free to drop in to arrange a one-on-one meeting with one of our reference staff or simply e-mail one of us with your question or request (please see our online list of e-mail addresses for our staff). We will be offering specific legal research training seminars for graduate students, including such topics as conducting effective journal literature searches. These customized training sessions will be advertised on the graduate law students e-mail listserv. In addition, we regularly offer group training in the computer lab for all law students, including graduate law students. These sessions will be promoted through the e-mail listservs and the law school newsletter (Headnotes, available Monday via e.Community, the law school's intranet). Topics to be covered include training on: Quicklaw, WestlaweCarswell, Lexis, CD-ROMs, Internet research, journal research, and international and foreign law legal research. Where do I find legal research guides?We have a number of online research guides, including a tutorial available on e.legal 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.To locate books held by our library, choose "Law Library (Bora Laskin)" from the pull down menu below the search box. 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 on the top floor. Check our database of journals to see if the print version is available in the librar or if you can get an electronic version of the article. What is my password for e.legal/e.Community?Your password is sent to you prior to 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 from December 1994 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, WestlawCanada 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 facculty. 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 at the graduate student orientation session. 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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