Attorney's Book Shelf  

We are here to assist you!  Please visit or call us for assistance with your research needs, document delivery or checking out library materials. Check out this home page for more informaiton!

Important numbers:

Circulation: 324-9444

Reference: 324-9970

Document Delivery/Interlibrary Loans:324-9991

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Reference

Attorneys may now reserve a private carrel with a computer equipped with word processing.  The public terminals behind the Reference desk do not have word or wordperfect.  Call the Circulation Desk at 324-9982 to reserve your time slot. Attorneys may use these databases at no charge!

• WESTLAW: Over 2000 titles of primary and secondary authority including ALR's, Encyclopedias, Restatements, Forms and selected treatises.
• Shepards and Key Cite
• BNA-ALL: Titles include U.S. Law Week, Tax management portfolios and ABA/BNA Lawyers Manual on Professional Responsibility. Other subject areas covered include titles in labor, environment and health.

Click on Other Databases for a list of titles that you can use while in the Law Library.  There is no charge for using these databases!

Click on Legal Internet databases for other links to state and federal sites.

Circulation

Circulating materials include most treatises, government documents and audio and video materials. Circulating materials can be checked out for two weeks and renewed for an additional two weeks. See our Circulation Policy for information on non-circulating materials.

Attorneys and judges within the six-county area of Pulaski, Faulkner, Jefferson, Lonoke, Perry and Saline counties can check out circulating and overnight materials. Arkansas attorneys and judges outside the six-county area who obtain a library card can check out circulating materials (but not overnight materials.) Attorneys will be asked to show identification and provide an Arkansas Bar number before receiving circulation privileges

Call the Circulation Dest at 501-324-9444 for assistance.

Document Delivery

Document Delivery is a not-for-profit service which provides photocopies of material owned by the library to patrons, primarily to the central Arkansas legal community. Document Delivery requests will be filled, subject to any copyright restrictions, within two business days Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., except on staff holidays. Copyright permission must be obtained by the library before the request may be filled. If a significant delay is expected, the requestor will be notified concerning the status of the request.

Documents may be delivered by postal mail, fax, e-mail (if a PDF version of the document is available), or may be picked up in person at the Circulation Desk. There is a charge of $12 per citation on all requests, plus possible delivery charges and any copyright fees requested by the publisher for the document. Delivery charges are as follows: $0.10 per page for copies extending beyond 20 pages for library pick-up and $0.25 per page for copies extending beyond 20 pages for items that are delivered. Patrons may request a price quote prior to making a request.

Please contact Jeff Woodmansee to place a request or for more information regarding this service.

Interlibrary Loan

If the Library does not own a book or periodical, or if an item is otherwise unavailable, we can attempt to borrow it or have copied pages sent from another library upon your request via ILL. Pulaski County attorneys and judges can usually borrow a book or obtain a copy of an article from another library free of charge. Occasionally, the lending library charges a fee. If this is the case, the charge is passed on to borrowers. Please contact Professor Jeff Woodmansee (501.324.9991) to request an item.