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Faculty: Law Library Services: General Information

Tours for New and Visiting Faculty

Law library staff members are available to provide tours of the library to new and visiting faculty. During the tour, faculty will be introduced to the collection, explained library policies, and given some tips for using the online catalog effectively. Contact your liaison directly to schedule a personal tour, or contact the Information Desk at x3332.

After Hours Access for Faculty

Faculty have a key to the law school which allows them to enter the building at any hour. The building is locked each evening at 6:00 p.m.and all weekend. During hours that the building is open, a security guard monitors the Richardson Plaza. Should a faculty member ever forget her building key after hours when the library is open, she can simply press the doorbell on the monitor and present a Northeastern University or other photo I.D.

Keys to the library are not available to faculty members except in extraordinary circumstances and for limited periods only.

Contact and Services

Contact

The InfoDesk is our combined circulation and reference desk, staffed Monday through Friday from 8:30am to 5:00pm.  There are three ways to reach us:

 

Services

Have questions about any of the following?  We would be happy to help.

  • Checking out and renewing materials
  • Course Reserve
  • Databases (including Westlaw, Lexis and Bloomberg):  how to use, access problems, passwords
  • Gifts / book donations
  • Interlibrary loan
  • Library space / events
  • Orientation
  • Posting exams
  • Publishing
  • Proxy borrowing
  • Requests for new books or databases
  • Research help
  • Routing requests
  • Training research assistants
  • Visiting professors / scholars
  • Webpage corrections or suggestions

Research Assistance

Walk-in Research Assistance 
 
Reference librarians are available
Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m–5:00 p.m.  
 
Contact
 
For general research assistance, RA training, and passwords to databases, e-mail LawLibrary@northeastern.edu.
  
For RUSH paging, call the Information Desk (x3332) during regular library hours. Otherwise, send an e-mail to LawLibrary@northeastern.edu and expect a reply the next business day.