Mabie Law Library
Contact
Reference desk: 752-0210
Email: lawlibref@ucdavis.edu
Interim Director:
Judy Janes - 752-3328, jcjanes@ucdavis.edu
Reference Librarians:
Peg Durkin - 752-3340, mmdurkin@ucdavis.edu
Erin Murphy - 752-5122, eemurphy@ucdavis.edu
Elisabeth McKechnie - 752-3329, emckechnie@ucdavis.edu
Marissa Andrea - 752-3330, meandrea@ucdavis.edu
Susan Llano - 752-3330, skllano@ucdavis.edu
Acquisition, Delivery of Materials and Borrowing
Purchase Requests
Faculty purchase requests should be directed to Judy Janes at jcjanes@ucdavis.edu.
Document Delivery
Faculty may request books, articles, reports etc. through their liaison or by sending a request to lawlibref@ucdavis.edu. Materials will be delivered to you in whatever format you request.
ILL Requests
Materials that are not available on campus can be borrowed elsewhere through Interlibrary Loan. Faculty may make direct requests through Request Melvyl online or direct ILL questions/requests to your library liaison or Aaron Dailey at afdailey@ucdavis.edu.
Borrowing from Law Library
Law faculty may borrow Mabie Law Library materials for an entire school year.
Borrowing from Shields/Campus Libraries
Faculty may borrow items from other campus libraries. You must activate your library privileges at Shields Library in person using your employee I.D. Once you have activated your account, the law library can set up a proxy account which will allow the library staff to check items out in your name. RAs and TAs can also set up proxy accounts for faculty. Proxy forms are available at the Circulation/Reserve desk.
New Books
Each month the new books list is posted on the library's webpage and a link is sent to all faculty.
Archives and Faculty Display Cases
The library maintains a collection of faculty writings. Exhibits of recent faculty scholarship are located in display cases in the hallway outside the library lobby. To help maintain the currency of the collection, please send two print copies of each of your publications to Susan Llano in the library. Due to lack of space, faculty will be asked to choose a limited number of items for display.
Course Reserve
Please furnish items for Course Reserve 24 hours in advance of notifying your class. Upon request, the library will pull items from the stacks for Reserves. Photocopying should be handled by Faculty Support Staff with a minimum of 4 copies furnished to the Library. Non-library materials will be returned to faculty at the end of the semester along with usage statistics.
Current-Awareness Services
Set-up email alerts to receive current awareness updates on specific topics of interest. For assistance in setting up alerts, contact your librarian liaison or send a request to lawlibref@ucdavis.edu.
Lexis Alerts & Westlaw WestClip
Customized searches in Lexis and Westlaw which run at regular intervals with results delivered to your email.
SmartCilp
Receive email alerts identifying journal articles in specific journals or special areas of interest, with links to the full-text of the article in Lexis, Westlaw, or HeinOnline.
BNA/CCH/Knowledge Mosaic
Create customized email alerts as new information is added to these databases.
SSRN and BePRESS
Receive alerts for faculty working papers in your areas of interest. For posting articles, contact Glenda McGlashan, Faculty Support at glmcglashan@ucdavis.edu.
New Books
To keep up with new publications in your areas of interest, consult the monthly list of New Books on the Library's home page and visit the "highlighted books" page updated regularly.
The Library exhibits selected recent acquisitions in an exhibit case north of the Mabie Library entrance. New books on exhibit may be requested at the Circulation/Reserve desk.
Contact: 752.0210 or lawlibref@ucdavis.edu
Databases
Selected library databases are listed below. A full list is also available. Remote access from home or off-campus to databases is available via: https://vpn.law.ucdavis.edu
. If not connecting via VPN, some databases provide remote access using a separate login and password. Please consult librarians for assistance.
CDL (California Digital Library)
Provides access to social science, political science, health, and biological databases, including EconLit, PsychINFO, MEDLINE, Business Source Complete, and others.
HeinOnline
Includes full-text back files of major law reviews. Access also is available to C.F.R., Federal Register, U.S. Statutes at Large, select federal legislative histories, U.S. Reports, English Reports, Legal Classics treatises, and more.
Lexis/Westlaw
Have unlimited access, however, some databases are not available with the library's academic library subscription.
BNA
BNA treatises online include Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Criminal Law, Environment, Intellectual Property, Trusts, Securities Regulation, Antitrust, Tax Management Portfolios and others.
CCH
CCH treatises online include Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Banking,Corporate Governance, Intellectual Property, Products Liability, Securities, and other business law topics.
CEB OnLaw
Contains a complete file of CEB treatises, including forms.
RIA/Checkpoint
Contains federal and state tax cases, statutes, Internal Revenue Code, tax regulations, revenue and letter rulings, procedures, tax alerts.
U.S. Supreme Court Records & Briefs (1832-1978)
Includes briefs, applications for writ, oral transcripts, petitions, etc. for both argued and cert denied cases.
Knowledge Mosaic
Provides resources on securities, communications, energy, and litigation, and includes law firm memos, staff comment letters, SEC filings, and legislative and regulatory tracking services.
Exam Files
The library maintains an online database of past exams/answers. Access to this database is password protected. Please furnish the library with electronic copies of exams that can be uploaded to the database. E-mail exam files to lawlibref@ucdavis.edu.
Interlibrary Loans
Materials that are not available on campus can be borrowed elsewhere through Interlibrary Loan. Faculty may make direct requests through Request Melvyl online or direct ILL questions/requests to your liaison or Aaron Dailey at afdailey@ucdavis.edu.
Reference Assistance
Faculty Research Support
Reference librarians provide a wide variety of services, including locating materials, compiling bibliographies and legislative histories, performing computer searches in both legal and non-legal databases. The Reference Librarians are also available to provide training to faculty in the use of all electronic resources.
RA Training and Support
Reference librarians are available to meet with and advise faculty Research Assistants on research projects and to set up training sessions utilizing legal and non-legal sources. Group training sessions for research assistants are offered several times a year.
Services
Library Liaison Program
Each law school faculty member is assigned a reference librarian who can provide individualized assistance with research projects and services. At any time, however, any available member of the library staff can assist as needed. Email requests can be sent to lawlibref@ucdavis.edu.
Adjunct faculty are not assigned a particular librarian liaison. Questions concerning services such as Course Reserves or sample exams should be directed to Peg Durkin, Head of Public Services at 752-3340 or mmdurkin@ucdavis.edu or to lawlibref@ucdavis.edu.
