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Library Access and Resources in Response to COVID-19: Home

This guide will update the University of Maine School of Law community on Library Services during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Library Hours

The Law Library is open to current law school faculty, staff and students but  remains closed to the public.  The library staff is working on site and remotely and here to respond to your requests.  Email is the preferred method of communication.  Law Library Administration can be reached at lawlibrary@maine.edu.  The Reference Staff can be reached at lawref@maine.edu.  The Circulation/ILL Staff can be reached at lawill@maine.edu.

Online Study Aids

The Law Library subscribes to West Academic Study Aids, LexisNexis Digital Library and CALI for our faculty staff and students.   

The West Academic Study Aids library contains a variety of study aids and outlines.  This library also contains hornbooks and nutshells on many topics.

The LexisNexis Digital Library contains a variety of study aids as well as e-book versions of the Law Library's LexisNexis print collection.  You will need your library barcode, located at the bottom of you law school ID, in order to access this collection.

CALI offers exercises on a variety of legal topics and are a great resource for reviewing material taught in your classes.  You will need an authorization code to create your CALI account before you can access the lessons. Please contact the Reference Staff for a code. 

Garbrecht Law Library Virtual Reference Room

Garbrecht Virtual Reference Desk (via zoom)is available 9am-11am on Monday & Tuesday and 1:30pm-3:30pm on Wednesday and Thursday or by appointment. Single sign-on (SSO) authentication is required. 

Requesting Material and Renewing Your Books

You can request materials from the Law Library ILL Department. We are not able to fill print requests at this time but we can fill requests for journal and periodical material. All requests can be made to the ILL Department.

All material checked out has been automatically renewed to May 15, 2020.  You can review your library record and renew material online in My Library Account.  You will need to have your library barcode to do this.  It is located at the bottom of your law school ID.

Curbside Pick Up of Materials

Online Carrel Reservation System