If you need an item that is not available on campus, the Law Library will borrow it for you from another library using Interlibrary Loan (ILL). Requests for books generally take two weeks to fill (materials are usually sent via US mail), so please plan ahead. Article requests are usually received more quickly.
The Consortium Loan Service (CLS) allows CUA students to borrow materials that are not available at the Catholic University Libraries, but are available in a library that is part of the local consortium of university libraries. See the link below for more information.
Llibraries generally loan materials for about three weeks. Due dates are determined by the lending library and must be honored in order to remain in good standing with other libraries. Failure to return ILLs promptly jeopardizes our relationship with lending libraries and could cause our borrowing privileges to be suspended. ILL service is intended only for short-term access to materials.
Renewals are at the discretion of the lending library. Most libraries will renew an item if the renewal request is submitted before the due date. Materials may not be renewed online. Please contact Dawn Sobol to request a renewal. Only one renewal request per item is permitted.
Borrowers who have overdue ILLs will not be permitted to request ILLs or to borrow books from CUA’s law library. Borrowers are also responsible for paying for lost or damaged ILL books. Failure to return an ILL may result in a hold on the borrower’s academic record.
WorldCat allows users to search thousands of libraries at once for an item and then locate it in a library nearby. This catalog of library collections from around the world is one of the largest bibliographic databases in existence. Note: The most current information about whether the Law Library has a book or resource is found in the Law Library Catalog.
Enter a journal title in the search box or use the Journals by category option to browse journals by category. If you are off-campus enter your Catholic University Network login to access.
The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code), governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photo- copy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement.
