A Guide to the Arthur W. Diamond Law Library at Columbia Law School

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A GUIDE TO THE ARTHUR W. DIAMOND LAW LIBRARY AT COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL

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August 2012

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Welcome 3

Library Rules 4

Library Schedule, Academic Year 2012-2013 5

General Information 6

Accessing the Library's Collections Pegasus Online Catalog 7 Collection Locations 10

A Brief Tour of the Library Third Floor Circulation Desk 11 Reference Office 11 Electronic Resources 12 Rare Books and Manuscripts Reading Room 12 Reserve Reading Room 12 Second Floor International Law Resources 13 Toshiba Library for Japanese Research 13 Microforms 13 Computer Lab 13 Fourth Floor New York Collection 14 Core Collection 14 Anglo-American Treatises and Looseleaf Services 14 Primary and Secondary Sources from United Kingdom and Ireland 14 International Law Resources 15 Cellar Foreign Law 15 Bound Anglo-American Legal Periodical 15 Bound International Legal Periodicals 16 Congressional Materials 16 Comparative Law 16 Miscellaneous Older Legal Materials 16 Primary and Secondary Sources from Canada, Australia, and New Zealand 16 Offsite Storage 16

Library of Congress Classification System 17 Library of Congress Law (K) Schedule 18 JX-Modified Classification System 19 Schiller Classification System 20 Frequently Used Phone Numbers 21 Floor Maps 22

Dear Colleagues,

Welcome to the Arthur W. Diamond Law Library at Columbia Law School.

The modern library is a melange of terminals and books, electrons and paper. In traditional terms, the Diamond Law Library is quite large, consisting of almost 400,000 titles, making it the second largest academic law library in the country. Measured another way, there are more than 900,000 paper volumes and 250,000 microform volume-equivalents. However, libraries are also assessed by how much digital information they can deliver and how easy it is for their users to access that information. We pride ourselves on the breadth of information available to you on-line, both from sources we maintain and the myriad of materials offered through the University’s LibraryWeb. The Diamond Law Library’s Website is located at www.law.columbia.edu/library. It provides access to our catalog, Pegasus, http://pegasus.law.columbia.edu, and serves as a portal leading to electronic sources, research guides, and other useful information.

Particular strengths, collected in both traditional and electronic formats, are international law, law and economics, arbitration, intellectual property, and Roman law. The Library’s foreign law collection is especially broad with over two hundred jurisdictions represented. The Toshiba Collection of Japanese Law is one of the most comprehensive libraries of Japanese legal materials outside of Japan.

The Library’s reference librarians, all of whom have law degrees, can be consulted about the best systems and sources available amidst the constantly evolving mix of paper and electronic texts. This includes new publications, new electronic features, and old titles undergoing restructuring and conversion to electronic formats.

We strive to provide the best access to these materials through the finest professional guidance. Your courtesy and cooperation play a major part in determining how well we succeed. Please observe the few rules we have and share with us -- in person, through e- mail, or through your student representatives -- any suggestions you have for making the Diamond Law Library a more effective place for legal research and study.

If you have any questions about the Library’s policies, procedures or materials, please do not hesitate to ask the reference or circulation staff or to contact me directly.

Kent McKeever Director of the Library July 2012

LIBRARY RULES

♦ Smoking and eating are prohibited in the Library. Drinks are allowed in the library only in spill-resistant containers.

♦ Please re-shelve case reporters and periodicals.

♦ The use of cellular phones and Skype are prohibited throughout the library, with the sole exception of the 4 th floor photocopy corridor.

♦ All people in the Library must evacuate the building immediately at the sound of the fire alarm. Do not use the elevator.

♦ Please do not leave valuables unattended, and turn in any found materials to the Circulation Desk.

♦ Library services end ten minutes before closing, including circulation, photocopying, and scanning.

ARTHUR W. DIAMOND LAW LIBRARY COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SCHEDULE 2012 BBB 2013

REGULAR SCHEDULE: Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. - Midnight Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. Sunday 10:00 a.m. - Midnight

Fall Semester

Aug. 13 BBB Sept. 2 REGULAR SCHEDULE Sept. 3 (Labor Day) Closed

Sept. 4 BBB Nov. 20 REGULAR SCHEDULE

Nov. 21 8:00 a.m. BBB 7:00 p.m. Nov. 22 (Thanksgiving) Closed Nov. 23 9:00 a.m. BBB 5:00 p.m.

Nov. 24 BBB Dec. 19 REGULAR SCHEDULE Dec. 20 BBB Dec. 21 9:00 a.m. BBB 5:00 p.m. Dec. 22 BBB Dec. 25 Closed Dec. 26 BBB Dec. 28 9:00 a.m. BBB 5:00 p.m. Dec. 29 BBB Jan. 1 Closed Jan. 2 BBB Jan. 4 9:00 a.m. BBB 5:00 p.m. Jan. 5 – Jan. 6 Closed Jan. 7 – Jan. 11 9:00 a.m. BBB 5:00 p.m. Jan. 12 – Jan. 13 Closed Jan. 14 – Jan. 18 9:00 a.m. BBB 5:00 p.m. Jan. 19 – Jan. 20 Closed

Spring Semester

Jan. 21 BBB Mar. 14 REGULAR SCHEDULE Mar. 15 9:00 a.m. BBB 5:00 p.m. Mar. 16 BBB Mar. 17 Closed Mar. 18 BBB Mar. 22 9:00 a.m. BBB 5:00 p.m. Mar. 23 BBB May 17 REGULAR SCHEDULE

The Law Library remains open on all holidays other than those listed above.

Revised 7/27/12

GENERAL INFORMATION

Borrowing Privileges All current Columbia University students, faculty and staff with valid identification cards may borrow circulating materials for one month, subject to recall after two weeks. Please note, however, that most of the Law Library’s collection, including primary sources of law, periodicals, multi-volume works, materials published prior to 1850, and certain other categories of materials, does not circulate.

Collection Development Suggestions The Law Library welcomes recommendations for materials to be added to the collection. Please forward recommendations to Jody Armstrong, Associate Director, at (212) 854-3108, or via email: [email protected] .

Computers and Internet Access Wireless Internet is available to the law school community throughout the Law Library. In addition, on the Second Floor of the law library there is a computer lab open to Law School students, and in the Reference Office, on the Third Floor, there are public access computer terminals which can be used only for legal research purposes.

Exams Exams from prior years are available in electronic format on the law student network in the Law School computer labs. Also available for some foundation courses are model answers prepared by the faculty. Please ask the Computer Help Desk for assistance in accessing these electronic files. Be aware that not all exams are available.

Lost and Found Personal property found in the Law Library will be held at the Circulation Desk for a few days and then turned over to the Law School’s Information Office.

Scanners, Photocopy Machines, and Copy Cards Scanners are located are located in the copy corridor of the Fourth Floor and in the Reserve Reading Room. Scanners are free to use for up to a half hour at a time. A photocopier is located in the copy corridor. The photocopier is operated by the Law Library’s copy card. These cards may be purchased with cash or a personal check at the Circulation Desk in values from $1 to $60. Copy cards purchased at other libraries will not work in the Law Library’s photocopier and may break the card reader. Please report problems to the Circulation Desk.

Renewals and Returns, Overdue Fines Phone renewals are accepted (if the item is not yet overdue) at (212) 854-3922. It is also possible to renew books online through the Pegasus catalog page. Click on ‘View your Patron Record’. The system will prompt you to enter your Law-School user name (ex: jsmith or jsmith1) and your Law-School password (these are the same credentials you use to access LawNet). Overdue fines are charged at a rate of 50 cents per day. Please take careful note that registration, diplomas and transcripts will be blocked until all materials are returned or replaced and all fines paid. Please return books to the Circulation Desk or the “drop box” located outside the Law Library’s entrance. The Law Library cannot be responsible for Law Library books returned to other Columbia libraries or by campus mail.

Restrooms Restrooms are located on the south end of the Fourth Floor in the copy corridor and at the very south end of the Second Floor.

Shelf Collections The Law Library realizes that students frequently need to gather both circulating and non-circulating books for long- term use. Shelves have been set aside for this purpose and may be reserved at the Circulation Desk. After a location has been assigned, Law Library materials may be checked out to that shelf for the current semester. Please note that some high-demand materials are not available for shelf collection circulation, including case reporters and statutory code volumes. The Law Library does not permit desk collections.

Telephones There are no public telephones inside the Law Library. Campus phones and pay phones are on the ground floor near the 116 th Street entrance. A campus phone is located outside the Law Library entrance at the doorway to the Revson Plaza. Law Library rules prohibit the use of cellular phones and Skype, except in the Fourth Floor copy corridor.

ACCESSING THE LAW LIBRARY’S COLLECTIONS

Most of the Law Library’s collection is shelved in four floors of open stacks. A centrally located elevator provides access to each floor. Stairs to the Second and Fourth Floors are located west of the Circulation Desk on the Third Floor.

Closed-stack materials include rare, delicate, or valuable items, designated by the locations “Treasure”, and superseded editions of Anglo-American primary and secondary materials located in “Cellar Storage” or “Technical Services Storage.” Apply at Reference for Treasure materials and at Circulation for items in Cellar and Technical Services Storage.

Materials stored off campus are designated “Offsite” in Pegasus. Requests for these materials can be submitted by clicking on the “REQUEST ” link next to the item’s barcode number in Pegasus. Bring any questions about offsite materials to the Circulation Desk.

Pegasus Online Catalog

Pegasus, the Law Library’s online catalog, offers quick access to not only bibliographic, but also processing and circulation information on all materials held by the Law Library. Pegasus is easy to use and is available as a graphical interface via the web, as well as a character-based interface via a telnet connection.

Please note that while Pegasus includes records for each periodical and serially received title owned by the Library, it does not include records for the individual cases, statutes, treaties, and articles found within these periodicals. Please consult a reference librarian for more information on relevant finding aids. For selected monographs received since 2001, the Pegasus record includes table of contents information.

Pegasus does not provide information on materials held by other Columbia University libraries. To find materials held at one of the non-law libraries on campus, refer first to CLIO, their online catalog, which includes all items cataloged and circulated since approximately 1980. (The holdings of the Teachers College library are not included in CLIO. Please consult a reference librarian for help in accessing their online catalog.) Access to both CLIO and Pegasus is available from all terminals connected to the Law School’s computer network and from offsite, through the web. Remote access to Pegasus is available through the Law Library’s web site at www.law.columbia.edu/library . Remote access to CLIO is available at www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb . For certain remaining materials from the non-law libraries published before 1980 and not later added to CLIO, consult the card catalog in the Butler Library Reference Office.

Searching Pegasus

The initial menu screen of Pegasus offers the user several different fields to search, including by author, title, call number, exact subject heading, and keyword. At each level of the search process, each subsequent screen provides enhanced options. There is also an advanced keyword search option available, which allows for searching in multiple fields. 7

♦ Author: Enter last name, then first name. For corporate authors such as a government body, enter the name of the largest unit, followed by relevant subdivisions. Examples: • Goldstein, Paul • United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary ♦ Title : Enter exact title, omitting initial articles. Examples: • Where the Law Is • Introduction to U.S. Law and Legal Research ♦ Keyword : Enter words that one would expect to find in the title of the work or its subject headings as assigned by a cataloger. Boolean searches are supported, using “and” and “or” as connectors and the asterisk as a truncation symbol. Use parentheses to group synonyms or phrases. Spaces between words are interpreted as “and”.

Examples: japan* ((intellectual property) or copyright) house and judiciary and liberties

When examining these records, note the subject headings assigned by the catalogers according to detailed rules and controlled vocabularies. These subject headings may then be used to execute a Pegasus “subject” search for a more comprehensive search that does not depend on guessing certain words in the book titles or other fields.

♦ Subject : Enter exact Library of Congress or local subject headings. Example: liability for environmental damages - europe, eastern

Understanding Pegasus Search Results

When a search retrieves more than one record, the initial display will provide only partial information about the found items, usually the title and publication year. To view an individual record, it is necessary to select it by clicking on the title link. To navigate through the result list, use the “Result Page” links along the top and bottom of the screen.

One of Pegasus’ most powerful search features is the LIMIT option. If the initial search retrieves a set of records too large to be useful, click on the “modify search” button at the top of the screen. The screen will then provide a menu of variables by which to refine the search such as date, language, publisher, format, and additional search terms in the author, title, or subject heading fields.

Some typical Pegasus records are reproduced below. In addition to the basic bibliographic information provided by the cataloger, an item’s Pegasus record will contain information local to the Law Library, including call number and stack location (which floor the item is on), as well as processing (e.g. “at bindery” or “on order”) and circulation notes. The STATUS field indicates whether an item is checked out, missing, etc.; checked out items may be recalled at the Circulation Desk. The information displayed will vary according to the item’s designated type. Most book (monograph) records look like this: Location 4th Floor Call # KF4757 .G7 1959 Author Greenberg, Jack, 1924- Title Race relations and American law Imprint New York, Columbia University Press, 1959 LOCATION VOLUME/COPY BAR CODE STATUS 4th Floor KF4757 .G7 1959 3 5005 00284 9665 4th Floor c.2 KF4757 .G7 1959 3500500692840% Descript. viii, 481 p. 24 cm Note Bibliography: p. [421]-437. Bibliographical footnotes Subject Race discrimination -- Law and legislation -- United States African Americans -- Civil rights 8

The records of periodicals or serials currently received vary slightly from those of books. Included with most periodical records is volume-specific information on the Law Library’s holdings and receipt of bound and unbound issues. “LIB. HAS:” details the bound volumes in the Law Library’s collection. The circulation status of a particular volume can be seen either on the initial item page or by clicking on the “View additional copies or search for a specific volume/copy” button near the bottom of the screen.

An example of a periodical record is: Location Cellar Sub-locatn /Latest UNBOUND issues in 3rd Fl Reserve/ Call # P C7182 Title Columbia journal of gender and law Imprint New York, N.Y. : Colu mbia University School of Law, 1991- Location Cellar LIB. HAS /BOUND/ v.1(1991)-12(2003)- /BOUND/ c.2: v.6(1996)-11(2002)- Latest Received : 2005 Vol. 14 No. 1

LOCATION VOLUME/COPY BAR CODE STATUS Cellar 1-3 1991-1992 P C7182 3500500812030R Cellar 4 1994 P C7182 3500500812031S Cellar 5 1995-1996 P C7182 3500500812032T Cellar 6 1996 P C7182 3500500812034V

View additional copies or search for a specific volume/copy

Information on unbound issues is accessible by clicking the words “Latest Received”. From this screen it is possible to determine which issues of the current volume have arrived and when the next issues are expected. Other messages can include “To Bind” (i.e., sent to the bindery) and “Claimed” (i.e., publisher notified by Library that issue was not received on time).

The latest received screen for the journal listed above is:

Title Columbia journal of gender and law Call # P C7182 Location Cellar LIB. HAS /BOUND/ v.1(1991)-14(2005)- /BOUND/ c.2: v.6(1996)-14(2005)-

Current Receipts

Are: 2006 2006 ARRIVED ARRIVED EXPECTED EXPECTED EXPECTED EXPECTED on 03-30-06 on 05-08-06 on 02-26-07 on 08-26-07 on 02-26-08 on 08-26-08 15:1 15:2 16:1 16:2 17:1 17:2 w/dup. EXPECTED EXPECTED EXPECTED on 02-26-09 on 08-26-09 on 02-26-10 18:1 18:2

Collection Locations

Pegasus will indicate one or more locations for all items cataloged by the Law Library. Most common are floor designations such as Cellar , 2nd Floor or 4th Floor , i.e., open shelving on the floor indicated. Other designations are more specific such as 3rd Fl Reference (Reference Office); 3rd Fl Reserve (Reserve Reading Room); Treasure (closed stacks); Technical Services Storage (closed stacks); Cellar Storage (closed stacks); and Offsite (materials stored off campus).

Because the Law Library has found it necessary to adopt different classification schemes to organize its collections effectively, all materials addressing the same subject may not be shelved together. For this reason, it is important that the researcher consult Pegasus to ensure a comprehensive search of Law Library holdings.

Shelf browsing can be made more productive with some understanding of the classification, or call number, systems in use. They are known as Library of Congress (“LC”), Hicks, Schiller, and JX-modified:

♦ LC, adopted by the Law Library in February 1979, is used for Anglo-American legal treatises, books and periodicals on non-law subjects (e.g. economics, criminology, science and technology); and all legal materials of selected non-U.S. common law jurisdictions (e.g. England, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand). Since August 2005, international materials are being cataloged in Library of Congress K classifications (rather than the JX-modified described below).

♦ Hicks-classified materials include U.S. primary legal materials (e.g. statutes and case reporters) and some secondary materials (e.g. Anglo-American legal periodicals and some Anglo-American legal treatises cataloged prior to 1979.) Originally organized by Frederick Hicks, Columbia Law Librarian from 1910-1920, this system is in use in other law libraries, particularly those with older collections.

♦ Schiller is used to organize materials of most foreign law jurisdictions as well as the ancient, medieval, Roman, comparative and religious law collections. Its great strength is that the same classification number is used for the same material in each country, which assists in comparative law research.

♦ JX-modified, a locally expanded version of the original Library of Congress JX classification, is used for the Library’s collections in international law, international organizations and politics, international business, treaties, and human rights. This classification applies to materials received prior to August 2005 and to international law periodicals.

An outline of each system is included at the end of this Guide.

A BRIEF TOUR OF THE LAW LIBRARY

Third Floor

As you enter the Law Library, the large U-shaped counter ahead to your right is the Circulation Desk.

Circulation Desk

Please consult the Circulation staff for assistance with

♦ Call number locations ♦ Circulation status of materials ♦ Missing books ♦ Recall or hold of books checked out to others. ♦ Rush processing for books indicated in Pegasus as “in process” ♦ Shelf collection locations and assignments ♦ Copy cards and photocopier problems ♦ Print cards for the public-access computers in the Reference Office ♦ The Martindale-Hubbell Directory ♦ Enabling electronic alerts to BNA resources.

Reference Office

Across from the Circulation Desk, and to your right as you enter the Law Library, is the Reference Office. It is staffed by professional librarians who have earned both law and information science/library science degrees. The Reference Desk’s academic year schedule is:

Monday - Thursday 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. Friday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday 12 p.m. - 6 p.m. Sunday 12 p.m. - 6 p.m.

Please consult the Reference Librarians with questions regarding the Law Library’s collections, services, policies and procedures. Reference Librarians will not conduct research nor provide legal advice to readers, but will suggest and discuss appropriate resources and research strategies, and assist in locating resources not available on campus.

Columbia Law School students, staff and faculty may place interlibrary loan requests with a Reference Librarian for materials not available at the Law Library or other Morningside Campus Columbia libraries. (Non-law Columbia students, faculty and staff should contact the Interlibrary Loan Office in Butler Library, Room 307 with these requests.)

There are 'Pegasus' PCs in the Reference Office, as well as immediately outside of it. These provide access to Pegasus and to CLIO (the catalog for the other Columbia libraries) and offer free printing of catalog records. Public access terminals designated for legal research purposes are also located in the Reference Office. They provide access to the databases on both the Law Library webpage and the Columbia Libraries’ webpage, as well as access to the Internet for research purposes. Fee-based printing is available on the public access computers with print cards purchased at the Circulation Desk. In addition, there is a Bloomberg terminal in the Reference Office for business and financial information and legal research.

Materials with the Pegasus location 3rd Fl Reference are shelved in the Reference Office.

Electronic Resources

Our collection of Electronic Resources covers a wide range of U.S. and foreign databases, looseleafs, and e-journals, including Hein Online, BNA publications, and the UN Treaty Collection. Our Electronic Resources can be accessed directly from Pegasus [http://pegasus.law.columbia.edu/] and from the Law Library Electronic Resources page [http://www.law.columbia.edu/library/electronic]. Offsite (remote) access is available for current law school students, faculty and staff. To access offsite, you will need to login with your Law-School user name (ex: jsmith or jsmith1) and your Law-School password (these are the same credentials you use to access LawNet).

In addition, a wide range of web-based resources are available through the University Library’s database page [www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eresources/databases ]. These include general and subject-specific periodical indexes, full-text journal databases and electronic encyclopedias. For information about accessing these databases remotely, see the library's FAQ page [www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/help/faq/libraryweb/index.html ].

Professor Milton Handler Rare Books and Manuscript Reading Room

The Law Library’s Special Collections, with over 30,000 rare and valuable items, are among the finest in the country. Remarkable items include a thirteenth-century manuscript of Bracton’s De Legibus ; volumes belonging to John Jay and James Kent; and the papers of influential scholars. Records for all the books in Special Collections are in Pegasus and can be searched through any terminal. These closed-stack materials, designated Treasure and SIPA1 in Pegasus, are paged weekdays at 2 p.m. Submit paging requests for Treasure and SIPA1 materials at the Reference Desk. Exhibit cases in the Rare Book and Manuscript Reading Room offer the opportunity to view some items from the collections. The Rare Book Room is designated for the use of those using manuscripts or rare books and for viewing exhibits.

Reserve Reading Room

The Law Library’s Reserve Collection is located on open shelving in the Third Floor’s Reserve Reading Room. A turnstile entrance, keyed to accept the identification cards of Columbia Law School affiliates only, allows access to this area. Other patrons wishing to use materials within this area should consult Circulation Desk staff. Reserve materials generally may not be checked out; however, two scanners are located within the area, in a room near its entrance.

On the west side of this room are the statutory and administrative codes of the fifty U.S. states and dependencies case reporters, arranged in alphabetical order (other session laws and superseded codes are available on microfiche on the Second Floor), and a copy of the United States Code Congressional and Administrative News (USCCAN). Also on this side are a copy of the United States Reports, the Federal Appendix , and a copy of the New York Supplement (and New York Supplement, 2d Series )..

On the east side of the room, the collection includes current hornbooks, nutshells, and foreign language dictionaries, as well as selected treatises and the Code of Federal Regulations, Federal Register, and the Administrative Code and Charter of the City of New York. “Temporary Reserve” items, including collateral course readings and materials for Moot Court are also shelved here. Consult the “Reserve Lists” option on Pegasus’s main menu. The east side of the room also contains current unbound periodical issues, including law reviews and legal newspapers and newsletters, shelved in call number order. Legal periodical indexes, including the Index to Legal Periodicals (1789 to 2006), Current Law Index (current volumes only), and European Legal Journals Index (1993 to 1999), are located in the shelves near the end of the periodicals.

Second Floor

The Second Floor may be reached by the stairs just inside the entrance to the Law Library or by the stack elevator.

International Law Resources

The greater part of this floor is occupied by the Law Library’s international law collection. The Law Library has an outstanding collection of treatises covering all aspects of international law such as law of the sea, law of war and peace, human rights, and conflicts of laws. International law materials received prior to August 2005 are arranged according to a modified JX call number system and are available on the Second Floor. International law materials received after August 2005 are arranged according to the Library of Congress K classification system and are available on the Fourth Floor. The Law Library is also a United Nations depository and features one of the best collections of United Nations legal documents in the country.

Toshiba Library for Japanese Legal Research

The collection of the Toshiba Library contains approximately 26,000 volumes, including 14,000 monographic titles and 258 current periodical subscriptions. Materials on Japanese law, regardless of the language, are housed in the Toshiba Library on the Second Floor. Materials on topics other than Japanese law are shelved elsewhere in the library even if they are in Japanese. Older materials and materials with historical value are housed in closed stack areas. Questions about the Japanese collection can be addressed to the main reference desk on the Third Floor or, if further assistance is required, to the curator of the Toshiba Library in Room 216C. The computer terminal at the south end of the Toshiba Library is set up for use by law school students who need Japanese language programs. Two legal databases, Daiichi Hoki’s D1-Law.com and LexisNexis JP are available at this terminal.

Microforms

Most of the Law Library’s large collection of microforms is stored in metal cabinets in the northwest corner of the Second Floor. Items from this collection must be paged by Library staff. Please visit the Reference or Circulation Desk for assistance with this collection. Readers/printers that use the Law Library’s copy cards are available near the foot of the stairs and along the north wall.

Microfiche and microfilm materials are cataloged and classified in Pegasus in the same manner as books. Records of microform materials in Pegasus also include the cabinet numbers where the fiche can be found.

Computer Lab

In the southwest corner of the Second Floor is the Law School’s computer lab. Open to Law School students only, it is composed of networked Windows-equipped terminals with access to a number of applications, including word processing, Westlaw, Lexis, and the Internet. It is staffed by a Lab Consultant during Law Library hours. At the north end of the computer lab (at the base of the stairs), there is a Bloomberg terminal for business and financial information and legal research.

Fourth Floor The Fourth Floor, reached by stairs or the stack elevator, holds some of the most commonly used materials in the Library, including recent monographic and multi-volume legal treatises and loose-leaf services; a collection of New York legal materials; and a core collection of federal statutes and regulations, case reporters and digests, Shepard’s citators, and major sets of secondary materials.

Across the north end of the Fourth Floor is a Student Reading Room, with readers’ shelf collections along its south wall. The George Soll Reading Area is located in the southeast corner of the floor. There are study carrels, scanners, a photocopier, and restrooms on the Fourth Floor.

New York Collection In the northwest corner of the floor (and continuing south of the stairway from the Third Floor) is a selection of New York state primary legal materials, including the official case reports, New York Supplement , session laws, statutory codes (McKinney’s and CLS), and the New York case digests. Secondary materials such as New York Jurisprudence 2d and McKinney’s New York Forms are located on the Fourth Floor, but in the central portion of the northern part of the floor, within the call number range of KFN5000 and KFN6189. New York’s state administrative code, Official Compilation of Codes, Rules and Regulations (N.Y.C.R.R. ) and a second copy of McKinney’s New York Statutes are shelved in the Reserve Reading Room, on the Third Floor. A third copy of McKinney’s is kept in the Reference Office.

Core Collection In the southeastern portion of the Fourth Floor, the Law Library has gathered copies of the most heavily used U.S. (state and federal) primary and secondary legal materials, including the United States Code (USC), United States Code Annotated (USCA), United States Code Service (USCS), United States Statutes at Large (Stat.), United States Code Congressional and Administrative News (USCCAN), the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), selected U.S. Supreme Court reporters, the regional and federal digests, and selected Shepard’s citators.

Note that state primary materials (other than New York materials) are located elsewhere: statutory and administrative codes in the Reserve Reading Room on the Third Floor, and official case reports offsite and in microfilm. An additional copy of the Code of Federal Regulations is in the Reserve Reading Room; a second copy of the United States Code Annotated is in the Reference Office.

Anglo-American Treatises and Loose-leaf Services

The Law Library’s collection of monographs, multi-volume legal treatises and loose-leaf services occupies most of the floor. This collection generally contains only the most recent editions of Anglo-American treatises. Duplicate copies and earlier editions of treatises shelved here may be either in Cellar Storage or in the Law Library’s Offsite storage facility, so you may want to check our catalog, Pegasus, for location.

A chart listing LC call numbers used for treatises relating to law is included at the end of the Guide. Use Pegasus to find call numbers for specific works.

Primary and Secondary Sources from the United Kingdom and Ireland Materials from the United Kingdom and Ireland have been assigned call numbers that begin with KD. The KD collection is located on the east side of the Fourth Floor. Bound periodicals from these countries are shelved in the Cellar; current issues are shelved in the Reserve Reading Room on the Third Floor.

International Law Resources Since August 2005, new materials on international law are being cataloged using the LC K classifications. These resources are located on the Fourth Floor in call number order.

Cellar

The Cellar houses a significant portion of the Law Library’s bound volume collection, including non-law material arranged according to the LC classification system (A-I and L-Z). Access is available only by the stack elevator.

Foreign Law

Primary and secondary legal materials from many countries of the world are located to your right as you step from the elevator. These materials occupy the largest portion of the Cellar. The few exceptions are materials on the law of the United Kingdom and Ireland (Fourth Floor until January 2011, Fifth Floor thereafter), and China, Japan and Korea (Second Floor). For more precise location information on a country’s collection, please consult the guide and map posted near the elevator. For more information about the organization of these collections, see the Schiller call number outline at the end of this Guide.

Bound Anglo-American Legal Periodicals

The recent bound volumes of these journals are arranged, roughly in alphabetical order, by periodical title. Assigned P call numbers, the collection begins in the northeast corner of the cellar (to the left as you step from the elevator). Earlier volumes of the journals are located offsite and can be requested using the “REQUEST ” link from the individual catalog record.

These earlier volumes can also be found electronically through Hein Online.

The full date range of bound volumes for all Columbia Law School journals are located in the Cellar regardless of whether they are in Hein Online.

Bound International Legal Periodicals

The bound volumes of these journals are assigned JX1 call numbers. These titles begin in the shelves located southeast of the stack elevator (to the left, as you step from the elevator).

Congressional Materials

The collection of Congressional and related publications is located on the shelves immediately behind the elevator. This collection includes the Law Library’s print copies of the Congressional Record , bound U.S. Congress House and Senate documents and reports (the “Serial Set”), and CCH’s Congressional Index (current year in the Reference Office). Please consult a reference librarian for pre-1900 and post-1992 Congressional reports and documents not on the shelves.

Comparative Law

In the area immediately in front of the elevator is the Law Library’s collection of materials which compare the legal systems and laws of two or more countries. Materials in this collection have been assigned a “ Comp ” call number.

Miscellaneous Older Legal Materials

Bar association publications ( BA ) are located on compact shelving within Room B-8 in the Cellar. Directories ( Dir ), biographies ( Biog ), state attorney general opinions ( AG ), philosophy of law and jurisprudence ( G, GH , GJ ), reports of major trials ( Trials ), religious law (e.g. Hin ), ancient law (e.g. A.Gr ), medieval law (e.g. M.Fr. ), and Roman law (Rom ) collections previously housed in the Cellar are now located in our offsite storage facility, and can be requested via Pegasus (see “Offsite Storage,” below).

Primary and Secondary Sources from Canada, Australia, and New Zealand

Compact shelving in Room B-8 in the Cellar contains Canadian primary and secondary legal materials that have been assigned KE call numbers. Canadian bound periodicals are in the Cellar; current issues are in the Reserve Reading Room. Materials from Australia have been assigned call numbers that begin with KU, and those from New Zealand have call numbers that begin with KUQ. The KU and KUQ collections are also located on compact shelving in Room B-8 in the Cellar.

Offsite Storage

About 15% of the Law Library collection (over 150,000 volumes) has been moved to an offsite storage facility. These items include older treatises and monographs, early volumes of many legal periodicals, and superseded materials. These resources are designated in Pegasus as “Offsite” and can be obtained within a day or two by submitting a request using the REQUEST link located next to the item’s barcode number in Pegasus. Generally, items requested before 2:30 p.m. are delivered to the Law Library the next business day.

THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM

A General Works B Philosophy, Psychology, Religion C Auxiliary Sciences of History D History: (General) and History of Europe E-F History: America G Geography, anthropology, recreation H Social Sciences J Political Science JX International Law (older materials only) K Law: general and comparative L Education M Music and Books on Music N Fine Arts P Language and Literature Q Science R Medicine S Agriculture T Technology U Military Science V Naval Science Z Bibliography, Library Science, and Information Resources (General)

LEGAL MATERIALS IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM

K Law (General) KD Law of the United Kingdom KDK Law of Ireland KDZ Law of the Americas KE Law of Canada KF Law of the United States 165 Uniform State Laws 240-247 Legal Research 350-374 History 410-418 Conflict of Laws 501-553 Domestic Relations. Family Law 560-720 Property 566-698 Real Property. Land Law 701-720 Personal Property 726-745 Trusts and Trustees 746-750 Estate Planning 753-780 Succession upon Death 801-1241 Contracts 1146-1238 Insurance 1246-1327 Torts 1355-1480 Associations 1384-1480 Corporations 1600-2940 Regulation of Industry, Trade & Commerce 1601-1668 Trade Regulation 2971-3192 Intellectual Property 3301-3580 Labor Law 4501-5130 Constitutional Law 5300-5332 Local Government 5336-5398 Civil Service. Government Employees 5500-5865 Public Property 6200-6795 Public Finance 7201-7755 National Defense. Military Law 8201-8228 Indians 8700-9075 Courts. Procedure 9201-9479 Criminal Law 9601-9760 Criminal Procedure KFA-KFW Law of the U.S. states ( e.g. , KFN 5000-6199 = New York) KFX Law of U.S. cities KGV Puerto Rico KGZ U.S. Virgin Islands KJC Europe (jurisprudence and uniform law) KJE Europe (regional organization and integration) KU Law of Australia KUQ Law of New Zealand KZ Law of nations (Public international law) KZA Law of the sea KZD Space law

THE JX-MODIFIED SYSTEM FOR INTERNATIONAL LAW Please note that this classification system is not currently in use. Materials with these call numbers are shelved on the Second Floor. For recent public international law sources, see the KZ materials on the Fourth Floor.

1 Periodicals 24-38 Proceedings of Societies 60-1195 Collections of Documents, Cases, and Treaties 1226 Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, etc. 1301-1395.4 Foreign Relations (History, Comprehensive Works, Treatises) 1395.5 War Crimes - Trials and Treatises 1395.7-1403 Foreign Relations (20 th Century) 1404-1595 Foreign Relations (by country) 1600-1900 Diplomacy 1901-1974 International Arbitration 1975.A League of Nations Material 1975.B International Labor Organizations 1976.A U.N. Documents & Publications 1976.B-1976.T U.N. Specialized Agencies Documents & Publications 1977 Works on the U.N., GATT/WTO 1980-1989 Regional Organizations (EEC, OAS, etc.) 1990-2000 Treatises on International Law in general 4000-6000 Treatises on specific topics in International Law

THE SCHILLER CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM

A call number in the Schiller classification system is comprised of an abbreviation to designate a legal system, followed by a number indicating the specific subject area within the system. The legal systems covered by Schiller include the following:

A - Ancient Law ( e.g. , A.Ch) Buddh – Buddhist Law Comp - Comparative Law Eccl - Canon Law Hin - Hindu Law GH - History of Law GJ - Legal Philosophy & Jurisprudence Islam - Islamic Law Jew - Biblical, Talmudic & Rabbinical Law of the Jews M - Medieval Law ( e.g. , M.Fr) Pr - Preliterate Law Rom - Roman Law

Foreign legal systems are also assigned Schiller call numbers .

Examples: Af.Gam - Law of Gambia It - Law of Italy Thai - Law of Thailand Jpn - Law of Japan Sp.Mex - Law of Mexico

The subject divisions within these legal systems are shown below:

0-99 Reference 200-299 Jurisprudence 100-199 Sources of Law 300-399 Law of Persons 110 Statutes 400-499 Property 120 Codes 450 Succession 130 Custom 500-599 Obligations 140 Jurists (Contracts & Torts) 150 Court Reports & Digests 600-699 Commercial Law 160 Public Documents 700-799 Civil Procedure 170 Non-Legal Sources 800-899 Crim. Law & Proc. 180 Local Sources 900-999 Public Law 190 History 910 Constitutional Law 930 Administrative Law

FREQUENTLY USED LAW LIBRARY TELEPHONE NUMBERS

Kent McKeever, Director of the Law Library (212)854-4228

Jody Armstrong, Associate Director (212)854-3108

Carissa Vogel, Head of Public Services (212)854-1772

Circulation (212)854-3922

Reference (212)854-3743

Sabrina Sondhi, Special Collections Librarian (212)854-5244

Administrative Office (212)854-1404

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