Please feel free to contact your Liaison for more information about any of these services.
Books may be checked-out in person at the Law Library’s Circulation Desk located on the first floor or by sending a request to your library liaison. You may also borrow materials from the other GMU campus libraries. Your library liaison will ask you to sign a Library Book Charges Proxy Form, so that he/she may check out GMU library materials on your behalf.
The Law Library subscribes to the complete package of BNA reference and news titles. To sign-up to receive email highlights from one of these titles, please go to BNA E-Mail Preferences and choose either “BNA news services” or “BNA reference libraries”. Please note that if you are off-campus you will need the GMU ID to access this service. Please contact Iva Futrell for this information (ifutrell@gmu.edu).
Faculty members may sign-up for a customized weekly e-mail edition of the Current Index to Legal Periodicals (CILP) published by the University of Washington Law Library. This index provides current indexing of articles from major law reviews and journals. The customized version (SmartCILP) lets you choose to receive a table of contents from individual law reviews and/or items based on selected subject areas.
To set up your customized profile, go to http://depts.washington.edu/scilp/scilp3.cgi. Your affiliation is George Mason University. You will need to obtain your authorization code from your liaison. Also, please contact your library liaison if you need print copies of articles from CILP.
Materials not available in the Law Library may be obtained from libraries outside GMU through interlibrary loan. Please send your interlibrary loan requests to your library liaison.
In addition to the public web site, the Law Library maintains the Law School’s Intranet which includes a document sharing program called DocuShare. To access the Intranet, go to http://www.law.gmu.edu/intranet. For account information, please contact Deborah Keene (dkeene@gmu.edu).
The Law Library subscribes to both LEXIS and WESTLAW. For questions about your passwords, contact Iva Futrell (ifutrell@gmu.edu).
The Law Library shares an online library catalog with the other GMU libraries as well as access to hundreds of research indexes and databases. In addition to LEXIS and WESTLAW, the Law Library subscribes to a number of services including BNA Core Plus, CALI, HeinOnline, Index to Legal Periodicals, Law Library Microform Consortium Digital Collection, LexisNexis US Serial Set Digital Collection, Making of Modern Law (Legal Treatises 1800-1926), and RIA Checkpoint.
For a complete list of databases and electronic journals, see the Mason Law Library Catalog. If you are off-campus, you will be prompted to enter your GMU email userid and password.
Faculty members are encouraged to recommend material for the collection. Please email or send your recommendations to your library liaison.
The library staff will provide photocopies of cases, articles, and other library materials upon request. Please contact your library liaison for assistance.
The Law Library's reference staff is available to assist faculty with locating print materials or providing assistance in the use of all electronic resources. Please call 993-8076 for general reference assistance or contact your library liaison.
To place materials on Reserve in the Law Library, please contact your library liaison for assistance. For complete information on reserve guidelines and copyright requirements, see http://www.law.gmu.edu/libtech/reserve.html.
The University requires that all course syllabi be placed on the web. Please email your syllabi and other course information to Paul Haas (phaas@gmu.edu) by the first day of classes.
The library subscribes to the Social Science Research Network (SSRN), which is composed of a number of specialized research networks in selected areas of the social sciences. Faculty may sign up to receive electronic journals from SSRN. To subscribe, contact Paul Haas (phaas@gmu.edu).
The School of Law publishes a SSRN Working Papers Series on Law & Economics. To post a working paper on SSRN, contact Paul Haas (phaas@gmu.edu).
Many faculty use TWEN (The West Education Network) for posting course material and communicating with students. Contact Iva Futrell (ifutrell@gmu.edu) for information on setting up a TWEN page for your class.
The Law School's Computing Services department provides support for all computer hardware and software. Call 993-4855 for help or send e-mail to lawsupport@gmu.edu.
Most of the Law School’s classrooms have built-in computers, projectors, DVD players and sound equipment for use with your classes. This equipment is supported by the University’s AV staff (DoIT). For more information, contact DoIT at 993-8226.
Each faculty is provided with a Faculty Research Account that can be used for purchasing personal computers, peripherals, or specialized software. For price quotes or to make a purchase, please contact Deborah Keene (dkeene@gmu.edu).
Each faculty member has an email account with 300MB of space provided by the University’s IT department. GMU email may be accessed on the web at https://mail.gmu.edu or by using a client like Outlook or Mozilla Thunderbird. For more information, contact Law Support.
The Law School provides faculty with the option to allow their students to take essay exams on a personal laptop using the software program ExamSoft. For more information, contact Deborah Keene (dkeene@gmu.edu).
The Law School currently uses a Novell server, supported by the University, for desktop login and file storage. Access to the file server is also available from home using Citrix. The University plans to move the Law School to a new system in the next six months. For more information, contact Jose Coradin (jcoradin@gmu.edu).
The University provides faculty and staff with a free license to use Microsoft Office Professional on home computers. In addition, the Law Library has a site license for home use of WordPerfect. Please contact Law Support to obtain copies of this software. The University also offers a free copy of Norton AntiVirus which can be used on home computers. To download, see http://itusupport.gmu.edu/downloads/nortonAV.asp.
The University provides an automatic spam filter for all users on the GMU email system. To raise or lower the spam settings or view your spam, go to https://antispam.gmu.edu and login using your GMU email userid and password.
For information on creating a personal homepage, contact Deborah Keene (dkeene@gmu.edu).
The Law School provides a wireless network in most areas of the building. In order to login to the network, go to a website outside of GMU (e.g. google.com). From the login screen, enter your GMU email userid and password.
DoIT - Classroom AV Support
LeAnn Pittman, Classroom Support Manager
993-8226
arlclass@gmu.edu
Law School Computing Support
Jose Coradin, Computing Services Specialist
Andy Tiea, Computing Services Technician
993-4855
lawsupport@gmu.edu
