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Faculty Services

A guide to services for Faculty at Texas Tech University School of Law Library

Teaching & Curriculum Support

In addition to presenting on materials available in the Law Library, the Law Librarians are available to provide classroom presentations on effective, efficient legal research techniques. Law Librarians can also assist faculty members with Teaching and Curriculum Support by:

  • Teaching specific legal or scholarly research to seminar courses
  • Developing bibliographies or research guides for specific topics
  • Giving customized library tours to students
 

Document Delivery & Pick-Up

Faculty can request for document delivery by contacting your Library Information Consultant. Individual faculty may also request resources from other libraries through interlibrary loan (ILL) services





The Law Library can also schedule to pick up books or other library materials that need to be returned. Books or library items checked-out through the University Library are returned via campus mail. In instances where you need main University Library materials returned, please provide notice three (3) business days before the due date to ensure your items are returned and processed by the due date.

Book Purchase & Collection Development

The Law Library performs monthly monograph review to  strengthen and enhance the Law Library's collection.
If there is an item that you would like the Law Library to purchase and add to the collection, please submit your request through your Library Information Consultant
If the Law Library cannot purchase the requested item, you will be contacted immediately and your Library Information Consultant will suggest that you request the item through interlibrary loan (ILL)

 

Faculty Research Trainings

The Law Library facilitates multiple training programs per semester to keep faculty up to date on new developments in research. For more information, please check your email, see the Law Library's blog, The Reporter, or the Law Library monthly newsletter.

 

Westlaw, Lexis +, Bloomberg Law Registration

Faculty who need to register for Westlaw, Lexis +, or Bloomberg Law usernames and passwords, please contact Electronic & Digital Services Librarian Dajiang Nie at Dajiang.Nie@ttu.edu or  806-834-6028

Research Support

Law Librarians are ready to assist faculty with their research endeavors. The following research support
services are provided to faculty:

  • Finding books and articles
  • Compiling bibliographies on any topic
  • Assistance with database research
  • Individual training sessions on particular databases
  • Developing research guides, pathfinders, or other materials for a specific area of law
  • Monitoring and informing faculty of current developments in news, technology, databases, etc.
  • Tutoring faculty research assistants in legal research
  • Answering any reference or research questions

Annual Faculty Account Reconciliation

Each spring the Law Library works with faculty to reconcile and renew checked-out items. A Law Library Circulation staff member will send faculty members a list of items found on their Law Library account. Faculty are encouraged to advise Circulation staff on whether to renew the item or pick-up the item to be returned to the Law Library. Circulation staff will work with faculty regarding items on the faculty member’s account that cannot be located.

Please contact the Circulation Desk at circulation.law@ttu.edu or by calling 806-742-3957