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Classes & Orientation for Tax Law LL.Ms

The library offers extensive orientation and training programs, as well as research guides for Tax Law LL.M. students.

The reference librarians offer Library Tours and Introductions to Law School Computing and opportunities for LexisNexis and Westlaw training.

LexisNexis and Westlaw passwords, provided in orientation packets, may be used for all law school related research. Students also receive access to BU's computing resources, and options for printing, scanning and copying documents.

All BU Law students have access to research guides for U.S., international, and foreign law research. Students in the Graduate Tax Program may find Tax Law Research Guide, the subject guide to electronic resources for Tax research, and the Tax Law Research Portal especially helpful.

Beyond our research guides, an experienced reference staff is available to assist you seven days a week.

Tours and Training

• Library Information for Tax LLM Students
  • Tours and classes provided for Banking LLM students in Room 323 are available for interested GTP students.
  • For Spring 2012, see Steve Donweber (donweber@bu.edu) or David Bachman (dbachman@bu.edu) for a tour of the library, or research guidance.
• Lexis and Westlaw Training: Hands on training will help you learn how to use these resources in a time and cost effective manner. An information sheet was distributed with your Westlaw and Lexis passwords; this contains contact information for the law school's Lexis and Westlaw representatives, who are available for hands-on training and instruction.

LexisNexis and Westlaw Passwords and Registration

Distribution: Your passwords were distributed with your registration materials. Please take a moment to locate these documents.

Registration: You must register your LexisNexis and Westlaw passwords. The passwords will not work unless you register them! Registration takes only a few minutes. If you have questions about the registration process, please stop by the reference desk in the Reading Room, 2nd floor of the Law Tower, for assistance.

• LexisNexis password registration page
• Westlaw password registration page

Usage Guidelines: Passwords may be used for any law school related research. Passwords may not be used for research for law firms, government organizations, internships, externships, public interest, pro-bono, or other purposes unrelated to law school coursework.

• Lexis Terms and Conditions
• Westlaw User Agreement for Law Students
• Important LexisNexis and Westlaw Information for Tax LLM Students (PDF)

Computers and Email at BU Law

Check out the general information about Computer Services at BULaw.

Also, refer to BU's IT Help Center, including information about accessing your BU e-mail account via the web with Horde and connecting into the BU network from home.

For more information on how to set up your BU e-mail account, click here.

You can also access BU licensed databases from off-campus or via the wireless network.

Printing, Scanning & Copying

There several ways to print at the law school:

• MyPrint: All BU Law students receive a 1000 sheet allotment per semester that may be used at any MyPrint location throughout the campus. In the law school, these are located in room 320. We recommend that you select double-sided printing whenever possible to maximize your MyPrint allotment.
  • Click here to access your MyPrint Account, release jobs or view your Myprint balance
• Wireless Printing: Students may use either their MyPrint account to send jobs to any MyPrint location or the library copy card printers.
  • Instructions for setting up MyPrint on your laptop.  You need to add the law school printers which are not included on the Instructions.
  • Instructions for setting up Library Printers on your laptop.
• Copy card printing: Students may purchase a card for printing at library printers and copying. Library printers are located in the Pappas and Annex reading rooms, and in rooms 320 and 370 of the law tower.

Scanners are available in the Pappas copy room and the Annex. There is a document scanner in room 320.

Copiers are available in the Pappas Copy Room and the Annex.

For more details on these services, please visit our pages on Computer Services: Printing and Circulation Services: Copy, Print & Scan.

Research and Reference Services

The reference librarians have law degrees as well as library school degrees. Our reference desk is staffed 7 days a week, 7 or more hours a day. Reference assistance is available in person, by phone, email, chat, or by scheduling a reference appointment.

Reference librarians can help you navigate our collection and will answer questions about the many legal and non-legal resources at your disposal. We look forward to meeting and working with you!

The law school and the university subscribe to hundreds of databases that provide legal and non-legal information. We invite you to explore the large collection of databases and research guides provided by the Pappas Law Library. Most of the databases are available for home use.

Page maintained by David Bachman
Last updated: January 2012