G EORGETOWN L AW L IBRARY
L IBRARY B ASICS
W ELCOME
The entire staff of the
Georgetown University
Law Library welcomes
you. As one of the
premier legal research
facilities in the United
States, we have created a
learning environment that
will support all of your
research and studying
needs.
L IBRARY S URVIVAL T IPS
Tutorials
Learn more about
researching cases, statutes,
regulations, legislative
history, and secondary
sources from our tutorials
at:
www.ll.georgetown.edu/
tutorials/
Live Chat
Chat with a Georgetown
Law librarian whenever the
reference desks are open.
Ask questions about
research, the Library, Lexis
& Westlaw.
Past Exams
Electronic access to your
professors’ past exams and
feedback are available at
http://
gull.georgetown.edu.
Reference Desks
Ask any questions you have
We have two library
locations on opposite sides
of the campus. The
Williams Library collects
U.S. law and
interdisciplinary material as
well as special collections.
The Wolff Library focuses
on foreign, comparative,
and international law.
Both locations have
reference desks and provide
comfortable seating and
FOR
at the Reference Desk in the
Williams Library Reading
Room or the Wolff Library
main level.
Go Green
Recycling bins are located
throughout
the Library.
In an effort to
use less paper,
the default on
the
photocopiers
is set to make double sided
copies. Consider using the
free scanners to save
money, paper, and toner.
Reading Room Reserve
Many current casebooks,
other class material, and
study aids are available in
the Reading Room Reserve
section on the second
(main) floor of Williams
Library.
group study rooms for D ID YOU KNOW ?
studying.
Our collections, both
print and online, will give  The Law Library is the
fourth largest academic
you quick and easy access
law library in the U.S.
to a sophisticated and
nuanced examinations of  The Williams Reading
legal issues. Room is open 24 hours
around exam time.
In this newsletter we hope
you will find tips that will  The Library’s research
enhance your Georgetown tutorials won a national
experience. award in 2008.
 There are free scanners in
the Libraries. (Wolff
1L S Circulation Desk, Wil-
liams Reading Room, and
Williams Computer Lab).
Course Reserves
Your professors may place
materials on reserve in the
Library. Items that are on
course reserve are available I NSIDE THIS ISSUE :
at the Williams Library
Circulation Desk. T ECH TIPS 2
GULLiver
GULLiver is the library
catalog. It will connect you S EMINAR R E- 2
to our print collection as SOURCES
well as electronic materials
in Lexis, Westlaw, and S PECIAL 3
other databases. COLLECTIONS
Treatise Finder
Lost in your course? W OLFF L IBRARY 3
Consider using the Treatise
Finder to locate treatises on P REPARING FOR 4
over 50 practice areas. Each E XAMS
guide points researchers to
the preeminent treatises on
a topic as well as quick L ISTEN U P !: 4
study aids. A UDIO S TUDY -
www.ll.georgetown.edu/ A IDS
guides/treatisefinder.cfm
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T ECHNOLOGY T IPS

Expanded tips at: www.ll.georgetown.edu/students/techtips.cfm

CALI Lessons documents and presentations Wireless Computer

As part of the Law Library’s
membership in the Center for
Computer-Assisted Legal
Instruction (CALI), all law
students have access to
hundreds of free interactive
lessons. Topics cover Torts to
Tax and Contracts to
Constitutional Law. Each
The Library has over
student can receive a copy of
200 Research Guides
a DVD containing all lessons,
– all written
and passwords will be
specifically for
distributed to download the
Georgetown Law
lessons online here: http://
students by
lessons.cali.org
Georgetown Law
Librarians Study Room: Wireless
Projectors
Several study rooms in each
law library location have
wireless projectors intended
for use as a collaborative
study tool. This specialized
projector allows students to
wirelessly share notes,
by displaying them on the
wall. Download access
software (for Mac and
Windows) on the Tech Tips
web page.
Student Technology
Assistance
The Information Systems
Technology (IST)
Department has a Technology
Reference Desk in room 304
of the Williams Library where
students can get technology
assistance. Hours are 9:00
AM - 6:00 PM, Monday
through Friday. You may also
contact the help desk by email
at:
helpdesk@law.georgetown.edu
Access
The entire Law Center has a
wireless network that should
provide coverage in all
buildings on campus.
Wireless connection
information is available on
this password-protected page:
www.law.georgetown.edu/
ist/wireless/
connectwireless.cfm.
Georgetown Law Library
Browser Toolbar
The Law Library has a
browser toolbar for use in
Internet Explorer and Mozilla
Firefox. The toolbar includes
links to numerous databases
and web pages for our library
services. Database links work
on and off campus. Download
the toolbar here: http://
georgetownlawlibrary.mylibr
arytoolbar.com.

I S W RITING A S EMINAR P APER IN Y OUR F UTURE ?

Most students will write a
seminar paper or journal note
during their time at George-
town Law. The Library has
many resources available to
help you find a topic and
conduct your research.
The seminar paper re-
search guide provides guid-
ance on doing scholarly re-
search. It’s available at
www.ll.georgetown.edu/
guides/seminar_papers.cfm.
We also provide research
consultations, where you
can meet with a Georgetown
Law librarian who specializes
in your research area about
your specific research needs.
Request a consultation at
www.ll.georgetown.edu/
services/ref_appoint.cfm.
There also may be an in-depth
research guide on your
topic. These guides will give
you tips on which sources to
consult and how to conduct
your research. Access the
research guides at
www.ll.georgetown.edu/
research.
Most importantly, be aware
that there’s more to scholarly
research than Westlaw and
Lexis. Through the library,
you have access to hundreds
of databases to help with
your research.
Once you’ve finished your
paper, why not publish it?
Consult our Guide to Pub-
lishing Articles in Law
Reviews & Journals at
www.ll.georgetown.edu/
guides/Publishing.cfm.

W OLFF I NTERNATIONAL AND C OMPARATIVE L AW L IBRARY
The John Wolff
International and
Comparative Law Library is a
collection of resources for
international and comparative
law and a comfortable place
to study.
There are two desks in the
Wolff Library where you can
obtain information. The
reference desk is your first
stop for stress free help with
legal research. The
circulation desk is staffed
by people who are available
to answer directional
questions and troubleshoot
technical challenges at all
S PECIAL C OLLECTIONS
The Special
Collections Department
houses the Library’s rare
book, manuscript and art
collections, as well as the Law
Center Archives and the
National Equal Justice Library
(NEJL). These collections
mark some of the Library’s
rarest and most historically
significant materials.
Highlights of the collection
include a fifteenth century
copy of Justinian’s
Pandectorum – one of the first
generation of texts produced
by the printing press – and
late nineteenth century
American state reports and
codes. It’s also home to the
trial notes and books from the
library of John Scott, Lord
hours that the Library is
open. Students can reserve
one of the study rooms on the
upper level of the Wolff
library. Walk-up computers
provide quick access to e-
mail, the library catalog,
courseware, and more.
The third floor covers
international law materials,
such as major treaty
collections, the classic works
of public international law,
and treatises on sub-topics of
international law such as
human rights, international
trade, and international
environmental law.
Eldon and the personal papers
of Judge Oliver Gasch.
The Archives serves as the
institutional memory of
Georgetown Law and traces
its activities, decisions,
policies and programs since
its founding in 1870. The
collection includes such items
as photographs of historic
Georgetown Law buildings,
video recordings of
Georgetown Law Gilbert and
Sullivan productions and
copies of the Law Weekly
dating to the mid 1960s.
The NEJL documents the
legal profession’s history of
providing representation to
those unable to afford
counsel. Created in the late
1980s, the collection is
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The staircase leads to the
library’s collections of the
major foreign legal systems
such as: France, Germany,
Mexico, China and Japan with
accompanying English
translation, Great Britain, and
former Commonwealth
countries such as Canada,
Australia, New Zealand,
South Africa, and some east
African jurisdictions. There
are also bound international
law journals and materials for
the European Union and
some other regional
organizations.
The Newe Greate
Abredgement (1551)
is one of the first
publications that
organized statutes
by subject matter.
comprised of books, personal
papers, oral histories and
other materials related to the
history of the legal services
movement. The collection
maintains the records of the
Legal Aid Society of New
York – the first legal aid
organization in the United
States – an oral history of the
pro bono Gideon v. Wainwright
defense team, and over 2,000
books and publications about
legal aid.
The department is open
Monday through Friday from
9 am to 5 pm, although
appointments outside of
standard business hours are
available upon request.
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O RGANIZING YOUR R ESEARCH
It’s easy to become
overwhelmed by the wealth of
resources available at the
Library. To help keep your
research organized, we offer
several tools.
RefWorks is an online
research management, writing,
and collaboration tool. Our
guide for getting started in
RefWorks is available at
gull.georgetown.edu/screens/
refworks_guide_gull.pdf.
Your RefWorks account will
work on any computer.
Zotero is a free Firefox
extension that is designed to
help you collect, manage, and
cite research sources on a
single computer. Learn more
at www.zotero.org.
S TUDYING I N
Our libraries are a popular
place to study. Here are a few
tips to help you best use our
space.
When you’d like to have a
group study session, please use
one of the many group study
rooms (sign up at the
circulation desk). Some of
these rooms have a wireless
projector to facilitate
collaboration.
The library is a tobacco free
zone, so there is no smoking or
other use of tobacco products.
Only drinks in containers with
a lid are allowed, mugs and
soda cans should not be
brought into the library.
P REPARING
CaseMap is a tool litigators
use to keep track of key facts,
issues, and people. LexisNexis
offers a free trial of this
software to law students for 36
months. Get more
information at:
www.lexisnexis.com/
lawschool/content.aspx?
articleid=125&topicid=32.
You’ll need to sign into
Lexis.com to view the article.
You can also save pages on the
Library website and
from the Library
Catalog, GULLiver to your
account in places such as
delicious, Facebook or Digg by
using our bookmark tool. You
can also save catalog search
results in MyGULLiver.
THE L IBRARY
Please turn off your cell phone
ringers when entering the
libraries. Hold all cell phone
conversations outside of the
Wolff Library. In the
Williams Library, we allow
cell phone conversation only in
the Atrium (on any floor).
No food is allowed in the
libraries; however, Williams
Library has a canteen on the
ground floor with vending
machines, tables, chairs, and a
microwave oven. It’s a great
place to have lunch or take a
study break! You can get
there by turning left at the
guard desk and going down the
stairs -- it’s on your left.
L IBRARY B ASICS
FOR E XAMS
The Library has many
resources to help you prepare
for exams.
Past Exams
Past exams can give you a
sense of what law school exams
are like and how your
professor has written exams.
Our online exam collection
starts in 1998. Older exams
are kept in the copy room at
the end of the tall Reference
Collection shelves in the
Oakley Reading Room.
Study Aids
Current editions of some study
aids are available in Reading
Room Reserve.
Use the online treatise finder
to locate study guides available
for your courses and many
other topics.
Study Space
The library has a variety of
settings for the serious
studying exams require.
Group study rooms are
available for study sessions.
Wireless projectors (available
in select study rooms) can help
you collaborate on outlines and
other projects.
During the weeks leading up to
exams and during exams, the
Reading Room stays open 24
hours a day.
Coffee
Each evening during exams,
the Friends of the Library
group provides free coffee in
the Williams Library.
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C HANGE IN THE L IBRARY

Over the summer, we’ve made
many changes to the libraries.
We recently relocated the
Wolff Reference Desk to a
more central location across
from the Wolff Circulation
Desk. Past library surveys
indicated that some students
were distracted from their
studies by reference desk
interactions at the previous
location. Now that area will
be quieter and the reference
desk will be more convenient
to our patrons!
You’ll also notice that we have
new Reading Room chairs.
We’ve also added several more
free scanners. The scanners
are available in the third-floor
computer lab and in the
Reading Room Reserve area in
Williams and at the circulation
desk in Wolff. Georgetown
students can use the scanners
free of charge. The files will
be sent to your Georgetown
Law email.
Many of the improvements to
the library are based upon
feedback from our students. If
you have a comment or
suggestion, please use the
online suggestion form at
www.ll.georgetown.edu/
forms/suggestion.cfm.
We’re also making room for
some new offices on the third
floor of the Williams Library.
Over the summer, we’ve
marked books that will be
recycled with a green X .
We’ll soon remove these
books from the library and
start shifting the remaining
books to create room for them
in our remaining stacks. Keep
up with the state of the move
on our Library Feedback Blog.

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Sum & Substance
Sum & Substance is a series of
lectures on fundamental legal
topics, such as contracts or
property, recorded in CD
format. The lectures offer a
condensed summary of each
topic, and are delivered by
prominent law professors. The
law library has purchased
lectures covering most first-
year courses.
Sum & Substance CDs are on
reserve at the circulation desk.
AudioCaseFiles
Many of the cases you will be
reading for class have been
recorded as MP3 files. These
cases are in the AudioCaseFiles
collection and are available for
use by all Georgetown Law
students. Once the files are
downloaded, they can be
played on a PC, burned to a
CD, or transferred to your
iPod or other portable audio
player.
AudioCaseFiles also provides
videos of actual courtroom
proceedings, designed to help
teach litigation and evidentiary
skills.
There are hundreds of videos
in over 25 practice areas, and
users can browse by practice
area, case name, or
jurisdiction. After installing a
free program (Microsoft
Silverlight), users can stream
videos to their desktop.
To use AudioCaseFiles:
Go to
www.audiocasefiles.com. Be
sure to register with your
Georgetown Law email
address. Your account will be
set to unlimited status, which
means you will be able to use
any audio or video file that
AudioCaseFiles offers.
(For more detailed
instructions, visit the Library’s
student portal
www.ll.georgetown.edu/
students).

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Keep up with Library news through our Twitter feed at
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Learn more about legal research and information trends through
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Submit through the “Suggestion” link on the bottom of the
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