Cell phone use is not permitted in the Law Library. Please turn phones or ringers off when entering the Library, and exit the Library to make or receive calls.
Library telephones are for staff use only.
Personal laptops may be used in any area of the Library. Study tables are wired for laptop use, and wireless network access is available on both floors of the Library.
In addition, the Law Library has ten public access computers on the second floor of the Library for student and visitor use. Students should not load software onto these computers, unless specifically permitted to do so. The Library Staff will delete any applications or files found on the hard drive. Any students using these computers should read and follow the Law School policy on computer and network use. Click here to read the computer and network use policy.
Introduction
Library policies are not intended as barriers to the use of the collection but rather to facilitate use by making the collection available to all users without unreasonable delay. Most rules are based on common sense and equitable principles and are derived from a commitment to make the Library an environment suitable for reading, study, and activities in support of student and faculty research.
The Law Library Staff wishes to endure that the Library is a place of quiet study. As such, all patrons are asked to keep their noise to a minimum. It is the responsibility of each law student to maintain a quiet environment for study. A student lounge is available outside of the Library for socializing between classes.
Professionalism
The Library is part of a professional school and part of the University community. Therefore, certain behaviors are not permitted in the Law Library.
Use and Protection of the Collection
- You may not remove or attempt to remove Library materials without proper checkout or authorization by a Law Librarian.
- You must either renew or return Library materials when they are due.
- You may not “squirrel” books in your carrel or in a study room for your exclusive use.
- Do not mutilate or damage Library materials by marking, underlining, removing pages or portions of pages, removing or defacing bindings, or in any other way damage or deface Library materials.
- You may not eat or bring food into the Library. Drinks in spill-proof cups or bottles are allowed.
- You must adhere to copyright laws by not systematically downloading, printing, or disseminating content from Campbell Law School licensed electronic resources in violation of copyright laws.
Use of the Library and Library equipment
- You are forbidden to go in unauthorized areas of the Library, remain in the Library after closing or when requested to leave during emergency situations or drills.
- Do not open emergency exits except in emergency situations.
- Do not vandalize or deface Library furniture or equipment.
The Library environment
- You should be respectful and courteous to the Library staff and other Library patrons.
- This is a professional school and you should dress accordingly. Shoes and shirts are required.
- You should not sleep on or otherwise inappropriately use Library furniture.
- You should not cause a disturbance or engage in any behavior which interferes with Library activities.
Personal Copying
The Copyright Revision Act of 1978 regulates photocopying of Library materials. Persons making copies of copyrighted material are responsible for adhering to the provisions of the Act.
Photocopying by Library Staff
The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material.
Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specific conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be “used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship or research.” If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of “fair use,” that user may be liable for copyright infringement.
This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law.
In order to maintain the cleanliness and usefulness of the facility, eating is not permitted in the law library or computer labs. Drinks in spill-proof cups or capped bottles may be brought into the Library. If you spill your drink, please clean up your mess.
The Reference Librarians can help Library patrons, including members of the general public, locate specific titles and identify and use appropriate legal sources. They can provide a general overview of the Library's information systems, services and collection, and can advise you on appropriate research strategies, including the use of electronic resources. The Reference Librarians cannot provide legal advice, or discuss legal theories or strategies regarding a case.
Reference assistance by e-mail is not available, and telephone reference assistance is available for brief questions only, and as time permits. Priority is always given to patrons who are in the Library. If you need someone who will research and interpret the law for you, you should consider talking to an attorney.
Types of Materials
The Law Library collection is divided into primary sources, secondary sources, and finding tools. Primary sources do not circulate; some secondary sources do circulate with certain exceptions. Finding tools do not circulate.
Primary Sources
Primary sources of the law are legally binding, rather than merely descriptive or analytical materials provided by secondary sources. Primary sources include court opinions (published in official or commercial reporters), legislation (published in general codes and session laws), and administrative law (published as official regulations or administrative adjudications). Primary sources do not circulate.
Secondary Sources
Secondary sources provide non-authoritative, descriptive or analytical commentary on the law. Some secondary sources do circulate. One- and two-volume treatises may be checked out, including those treatises which are updated with pocket parts and supplements. Periodicals (law reviews and other journals), legal encyclopedias, legal newspapers, records and briefs, general formbooks, and legal dictionaries do not circulate. In addition, looseleaf services and multivolume sets of more than two volumes do not circulate.
Finding Tools
Finding tools are the means for locating primary and secondary sources. Examples are case digests, citators, indexes, topical looseleaf services, and special subject digests. Finding tools do not circulate.
What Circulates?
How can you tell whether certain materials circulate? It's very simple. Only one- and two-volume treatises may be borrowed for use outside the Library by faculty, staff, and students. This applies to those treatises that are updated with pocket parts and supplements but does not include one- or two-volume looseleaf materials. Most of these materials are located on the second level of the Library.
Loan Periods
Faculty, students, and staff members may borrow non-reserve circulating materials for use outside the Library. Loan periods are for one month, but the materials are subject to recall if the item is to be placed on Reserve. All loans may be renewed unless there has been a request for the item.
Fines for Overdue Materials
Fines will automatically be charged for overdue materials when the materials are returned to the Library. The fine for overdue Reserve materials is 25 cents per hour or a fraction thereof. Fines will not be calculated for the hours the Library is closed.
A fine of 25 cents per day or fraction thereof is charged for overdue material which has been checked out for one month. Three overdue notices will be sent. If the material is not returned after the third notice, the material will be considered lost, and the borrower will be billed for the total fines owed, the cost of the material, and a reacquisition and processing fee.
Borrowers with overdue books will not be allowed to borrow anything from the Law Library until the overdue items are returned and fines are paid. At the end of each week, the names of the students and the amounts due for delinquent Library fines will be forwarded to the University Business Office for collection.
Reserve books are shelved directly behind the Circulation Desk on the second floor. Included in the Reserve Collection are the latest editions of hornbooks, treatises, nutshells, and other frequently used materials. The library does not keep copies of casebooks, textbooks, or commercial outlines on Reserve.
Reserve materials may be checked out for Library use only and have a two-hour time limit. An overdue fine of twenty-five cents per hour is charged for overdue Reserve materials.
During the course of a semester, professors will place law review articles or cases on Reserve. If a professor frequently places material on Reserve, a notebook is created to store these materials. The notebooks may be checked out as any other Reserve book. In the event a professor places only a few articles or cases on Reserve, copies of these materials will be kept in the Reserve file, and may be checked out for use within the Library. In addition to the traditional Reserve materials, bar review outlines are available at the Circulation Desk.
Copies of previous North Carolina Bar Exams dating from 1986 to the present are kept on Reserve and are compiled in notebooks that may be checked out for use in the Library. Also available are the Annual Compilation of Bar Examinations dating from 1972 to the present. Included in the compilations are copies of bar exams from states other than North Carolina.
Students are expected to reshelve all non-circulating materials after using them as a courtesy to other students. Other materials should be returned to the Circulation Desk.
Personal items should not be left in carrels or tables. Items left unattended are subject to theft and the Law Library encourages students not to leave handbags, wallets, or laptops unattended. The Library will not be liable for any personal items that are stolen.
Personal articles are often turned in at the Circulation Desk. Check with the Student Library Assistant on duty if you have lost property in the Library.
Use of the study rooms is restricted to current Campbell Law School faculty, staff, and students. Five study rooms are located on the second level of the Library and three study rooms are located on the first level. These rooms must be reserved using the reservation sheet located at each study room. There is a two-hour time limit; rooms can be reserved up to 24 hours in advance.
The Attorney Resource room located on the first floor is for Attorney use only and must be reserved through Billie Hurley, Circulation Supervisor, at hurley@law.campbell.edu. The Library Conference Room is located on the second floor and must be reserved through Olivia Weeks, Library Director, at weeks@law.campbell.edu.
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