Library Services for Students

If you have questions about law library services, please contact the Law Library Administration office at (405) 325-4311.

Borrowing Policy

The University of Oklahoma Law Library serves both the university community and the citizens of Oklahoma. Persons with proper identification may check out materials at the circulation desk. Registration at the circulation desk is required of all patrons to check out materials. OU faculty, students and staff must show their registered university ID card. Members of the general public who are at least 18 years of age must show their Oklahoma driver's license with a current address and photograph. The ID card will be held while reserve materials are in use. A military ID will be accepted. Proxy privileges may be extended by Law faculty to research assistant.

Loan Periods

• Undergraduates/Graduates/Honors - 60 days, 2 renewals

• Staff - 30 days, 5 renewals

• Faculty - 1 year, 1 renewal

• Public Patrons - 30 days, 2 renewals

Reserve items have a limited circulation as defined in the section about the reserve collection. Reserve items must be returned to the circulation desk. Non-reserve items may be returned either to the circulation desk, the outside book drop on the south side of the building or at the main campus library. We will renew 30-day materials by phone for a total of two renewal periods. Patrons may also renew their own books through the library's online catalog.

Loan Periods

• Undergraduates/Graduates/Honors - 60 days, 2 renewals

• Staff - 30 days, 5 renewals

• Faculty - 1 year, 1 renewal

• Public Patrons - 30 days, 2 renewals

Reserve items have a limited circulation as defined in the section about the reserve collection. Reserve items must be returned to the circulation desk. Non-reserve items may be returned either to the circulation desk, the outside book drop on the south side of the building or at the main campus library. We will renew 30-day materials by phone for a total of two renewal periods. Patrons may also renew their own books through the library's online catalog.

Reserve Collection

The reserve collection consists of course materials that professors have put on reserve (i.e., tests, books, photocopies and journals) and items in high demand such as Siegel's, Q&A, and Examples and Explanations . 

Reserve items may be checked-out for four hours. Reserve files and red-stickered reserve books may not leave the library. Yellow-stickered reserve books may be taken out of the library and can be used overnight if checked out within four hours of closing. They are due back one hour after the library opens the following day. No more than three reserve items may be checked out at one time. Please feel free to ask a library staff member for assistance in locating these materials. 

Study Aids

The Law Library provides access to a wide variety of online study aids for student use at no charge.   West Academic study aids, including Nutshells, Hornbooks, Law Stories, etc. are available on lawschool.westlaw.com.  Wolters Kluwer Online Study Aid Library is located at ebooks.aspenlaw.com/librarycard/login. For more information, please see a reference librarian at Law-LibraryReference@ou.edu, 325-5268 or the Reference Desk.

Interlibrary Loan

Interlibrary Loan Services, available only to currently enrolled OU law students, faculty and staff, are for materials not in the collection of the Law Library or other libraries on campus. We can usually borrow materials from other libraries free of charge, but occasionally there may be a charge imposed by the lending library. The amount of time it takes to receive a book borrowed from another library varies, but it usually takes from two to four weeks. Request forms for interlibrary loans are available at the circulation counter and must be made in person.

Missing Materials

Please contact the staff at the circulation counter for assistance in locating a book not found on the shelf. It may be on reserve, checked-out, or misshelved. Please give the attendant the call number of the item you can't find. The circulation counter attendant can put a hold on an item that has been checked-out. If an item is not checked-out, please complete a search form. You will be notified when the item is found.

Lost and Found

Please check at both the circulation counter and student services if you misplace anything. All other items are kept at the Circulation Desk until the end of the day and then transferred to the Office of Student Engagement.

Photocopying

Photocopiers with scanning and emailing features are provided by the Law Library.   Photocopiers are located near the Circulation Desk, on the east side of the main floor, and on the west side of the third floor.

Student Faxing

Law students may send faxes of up to 10 pages including a cover sheet within the United States at no charge.  Please see the Circulation Desk for assistance. 

Test Files

Select past exams are located on the OU Law Courtyard.  Please check with your individual professors for additional information.

Rare Book Collection

The Rare Book Room is not open to the public because of the fragile nature of many of the items housed there. Materials in the Rare Book Room can be used only on weekdays between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. When the Online Public Access Catalog indicates that an item is located in the Rare Book Room, please place a request to use it at the information desk or the circulation counter. Give the call number of the work you want to see and a librarian will retrieve it for you at an arranged time. You must use the rare book in the administrative office in the Law Library.

Federal Depository Library

The Law Library is a Federal Depository Library.  The library provides free access to select U.S. Government documents and publications.

Federal Depository Library Program

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