Services for Law Faculty: Electronic Resources
Lexis, Westlaw & Bloomberg Law * Other Databases * B.U. Catalog *eJournals * CALI Lessons * Research Guides
Steven Ellis (sgellis@bu.edu, x8-6748 ) provides faculty support for Lexis, Westlaw and Bloomberg Law, such as assisting with custom logins, adding a shortcut to the services to your computer, and troubleshooting any access or printing issues. All faculty members are automatically connected to the high speed Lexis and Westlaw printers located in the Pappas Copy Room. Printouts are delivered on weekdays to faculty mailboxes.
Licensed Databases
The library licenses resources from hundreds of providers. The majority of these resources may be accessed locally or remotely by using the customized links on the library web pages and authenticating using your BU login name and Kerberos password.
An alphabetical list of databases and subject guides to electronic resources provide access to products licensed by the law school. For non-legal materials, the University library maintains a similar alphabetical list of databases at their website. Subject access to materials in non-law academic disciplines is best accomplished using BU library research guides.
B.U. Catalog
The University’s library catalog may be used to identify materials in the law library collection and at other campus libraries. Expedited borrowing is available through BU WorldCat Local where you can find material and initiate delivery requests from local member institutions. This is handled through the library’s interlibrary loan service, so you may either initiate the request yourself, or send it to lawcirc@bu.edu. The library is moving to a new discovery tool PRIMO. With Primo, you can search almost all materials held and licensed by the University in one combined search.
Electronic Journals
The University licenses over 45,000 electronic journals, many in PDF format. Approximately 4000 of these e-journals are law-related. Most e-journals may be accessed from any location using your BU login name and Kerberos password.
CALI Lessons
As a member of the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction, the library offers the complete CALI library of research exercises to complement classroom instruction. Please contact the reference desk for the faculty authorization code.
Pappas Law Library Research Guides
The legal information librarians have compiled online guides for topical legal research. For a complete listing see research guides.
updated: August 2012