Attend tomorrow’s (Wednesday’s) 1:00 p.m. or 5:45 p.m. prize drawings (1:00 for 1Ls in the day division and 5:45 for 1Ls in the evening division) where we will select and announce the winning entrants in the Legally Clueless Info Hunt. We’ll be awarding prizes to a total of 3 lucky winners (in each division) and 1 consolation prize (in each division). There will also be sweet treats (for winners and non-winners). The drawing will take place right outside the library entrance. We’re hoping to see you there.
Library Information
Are You Legally Prizeless?
There’s no need to be legally clueless or legally prizeless anymore. All you need to do is turn in your completed Legally Clueless Info Hunt answers at the Library Reference Desk before Thursday, August 25 at 8:30 p.m. (Thursday August 31 for evening students) and you may win one of more than a dozen valuable study aids and texts we will be giving away. Among the titles winners will choose from are:
Reading like a Lawyer – Time-Saving Strategies for Reading Law like an Expert
Questions & Answers: Torts
Understanding Contracts
Property – Examples & Explanations
The Law & Harry Potter
Persuasive Written and Oral Advocacy
A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage
Guide to Legal Writing Style
Legal Writing and other Lawyering Skills
The Process of Legal Research
Foundations of Criminal Law
New York Practice Hornbook
The Legally Clueless Info Hunt form is in the blue folder you received on your library tour. If you can’t find your copy, pick up another one at the Reference Desk. Remember, you can work with a partner or a group and you should always feel free to ask one of the reference librarians for help.
Good luck to all!
New York Law Journal (and other ALM Publications) Moved to Lexis
As of May 1, 2011, you can no longer find the New York Law Journal, the National Law Journal, the American Lawyer, or any other ALM (American Lawyer Media) publication on Westlaw. Lexis has become the exclusive online provider for ALM publications (with the exception of ALM itself, which provides direct online access via subscription).
If you are looking only for the New York Law Journal, the best way to access it from the main directory page is States Legal – U.S. >> New York >> Search News >> New York Law Journal. If you’re looking for content in other ALM publications, go to Secondary Legal on the main directory page and click the link for ALM.
Coverage for the New York Law Journal begins as of August 1, 1991. (We have full coverage in microfilm back to March 26, 1888.) Lexis coverage for the National Law Journal begins as of January 3, 1983. Coverage for other publications varies.
One caveat to keep in mind, courtesy of New York Times Co. v. Tasini, 533 U.S. 483 (2001): Access to certain freelance articles and other features (e.g., photographs, classifieds, etc…) may not be available.
Your Classmates Say: Shhhhhhhh!!
That’s right; it’s not us, but your fellow students, who want the library to remain QUIET during finals. Please do your part. Even if you can study amidst noise and commotion, remember that not everyone else can. At this time of year, even a little noise for a short time around those who are preparing for finals, doing take-home finals, or writing papers, is the height of rude behavior.
Please remember, all reading and stack areas in the Library are QUIET STUDY ZONES. You should avoid conversation and unnecessary noise. Be particularly mindful of the need for quiet as you enter and leave the Library. Voices in the corridors and elevator vestibules carry into the reading areas and disturb those trying to study.
The Library can get crowded, and tensions can mount. The only way to maintain an appropriate study atmosphere is through student cooperation. Please keep this in mind always, and especially at this time of year.
Thanks to everyone for their anticipated cooperation. And best of luck to you all on your exams.
24-hour Library Study Hall
Effective Monday April 11, study areas and computer labs in the Mendik Library at 185 West Broadway will remain open to NYLS students 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This Study Hall schedule will remain in effect through the end of the exams period, except for the holiday week of April 18 – 24.
During the Study Hall period all areas behind the Circulation Desk, including the Reserve Collection and the Reserve Reading Room, will close at 11 p.m. on Monday through Thursday, and 10 p.m. on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The Library opens for business at 8 a.m. on weekdays, and 9 a.m. on weekends.
During overnight Study Hall hours there are no librarians on duty; security guards patrol Library rooms and study areas. All Circulation transactions, including borrowing and return of books, as well as charge-out and charge-in of Reserve materials must be complete by regular closing time. Policies regarding food, drink and quiet study remain in effect.
Overnight Study Hall is for NYLS students only; you’ll need your NYLS OneCard ID to stay at closing time, and to enter the Library after closing. Please have your ID ready to show the guard.
Extended Study Hall hours are suspended for the holiday week, Monday April 18 through Sunday April 24. 24-hour Study Hall resumes at 8 a.m. on Monday morning, April 25.
Change in Borrowing Rules
As of February 24, 2011, students may renew items checked out from the Reserve collection a maximum of two times. The three-hour borrowing periods remain unchanged. If you have any questions about this policy change, please contact Ping Tian, Head of Circulation (ping.tian@nyls.edu).
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
The Library Circulation Desk will be closed at 4:00 PM today.
Library Closed Monday, December 27
Due to weather conditions, the Library will be closed on Monday, December 27, 2010. For study purposes, NYLS students can use the 5th floor student areas of the 185 W. Broadway building, the Broad Student Center, and the Stiefel Reading Room. The Library will reopen on Tuesday, December 28 at 9:00 a.m.
NYLS Portal: Alternative access to Blackboard, Email, and your exam number
OIT has been working to bring back the NYLS portal, which has been offline since yesterday.
Students can access Blackboard through this link:
https://nyls.blackboard.com/webapps/login
Students can access their email through this link:
Login: NYLS email address
Password: your portal password
If you need you exam number, please email registrar@nyls.edu
See Something, Say Something (So We Can Do Something)
Exams are almost here and your easygoing nature probably is diminishing quickly. There is so much studying and outlining to do — on top of reading and classes. Because of that, little things that you ignored last week are a big deal today. So, if it bothers you, say something.
Tell us about the light bulb over your favorite study spot that is out; and about the person who always brings in those delectable garlic fries which are too garlicky and too greasy for the library; and, about the guy in the stairwell talking on his cell phone at full volume.
Tell us about the printers and copiers that are jammed, out of paper, or just plain uncooperative.
And tell us about the person who insists on using the library catalog terminal as a personal computer when you need to look up a resource. And the woman who spilled her coffee all over the table and floor but didn’t clean it up before she walked off. And the “one-person group” complete with contraband pizza that refuses to share a study room.
If you see, hear, or smell something, say something. We can’t address “it” until we know about it. It’s your library and you’re here to study without distractions. Let us help.