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Law Library Hours and Contacts

Law Library Circulation Desk Phone  603-513-5130

Fall Semester Law Library Hours - 

Monday – Friday

7:30 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Saturday & Sunday

9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

See also Monthly calendars for more information

Quick Links

 

 

Library Search: Find books, ebooks, articles, databases and more.

Library Search - be sure to sign in with your UNH username and password to get access to all Law Library resources including databases and ebooks. Want some tips on how best to use Library Search?  Check out this video to get started.

Legal and Selected Non-Legal Databases

Current UNH FP Law students, faculty and staff - Check out the full list of databases at the Law Library's A-Z list, you can also access the UNH Libraries A-Z database list for non-legal databases.  These databases are licensed by the Law Library and are governed by the Terms and Conditions of each vendor, the definitions of authorized users and authorized use (see below) as well as the USNH Acceptable Use Policy. Please use these links to access the databases below:

Authorized Users and Authorized Use

Electronic resources made available by the UNH Franklin Pierce Law Library or the UNH Library are restricted to authorized users. The term "Authorized users" includes current UNH Franklin Pierce students, faculty, staff, and other authorized users—or, where permitted by a license agreement, to UNH students, faculty, staff, and other authorized users only.  They are here to support the curricular and scholarship needs of the community. Access to electronic resources through the Law Library is governed by the following:

  • University, Law School, and Law Library rules and policies 
  • Contractual license and terms of service agreements with publishers and vendors
  • Copyright law

When using licensed electronic resources, authorized users are responsible for:

  • familiarizing with and complying with the licensing terms associated with the particular resource.
  • limiting uses to non-commercial, educational, or personal research purposes.
  • not systematic or bulk downloading or printing of content. Please note that downloading an entire issue of a journal or an entire book is usually considered a systematic download.
  • not sharing content with unauthorized users. Sharing content or client software used to search licensed resources to content an unauthorized user may be seen as a violation.
  • not altering content or creating derivative content.
  • avoiding any activity that may infringe the copyright notice or statement associated with the content.
  • not uploading licensed resources to generative AI platforms.

Vendors and publishers of electronic resources may have the technical means to monitor, count, control, and deny access if they suspect improper use. Such activity violates the license agreement and jeopardizes the continued access to and use of any licensed electronic resources by the entire UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law community.

Use of Lexis+AI, Westlaw, or BloombergLaw during an externship is guided by these rules.  Summer associates and new alumni have some additional rules around using your academic passwords, explained in this guide

 

Select Research Guides

Research Guide Index - A full listing of all of the research guides created by the UNH Franklin Pierce Law Librarians.

Technical Support

Technical Support For Library Databases

If you're having trouble accessing an e-book, online journal, database, or streaming media from off-campus, please use our form to report an access problem.

Connecting from Off-campus

Current UNH students, faculty, and staff may access most library resources, including databases, from off-campus:

  1. Navigate to the resource you want on the Library website.
  2. You will be prompted for your UNH IT ID username and password.
  3. Once verified, you will be forwarded to your resource.

Once you have logged in, you can access databases and other electronic resources available through the library website.

The USNH VPN is provided through GlobalProtect. Instructions for installing and configuring the VPN can be found through the USNH Knowledge Base: GlobalProtect VPN

  1. Connect to the USNH VPN through GlobalProtect
  2. Select the UNH Durham gateway: UNH-GW
  3. Click the star icon in GlobalProtect to set UNH-GW as your preferred gateway
  4. Search for resources as usual

Note: in September 2023, the USNH VPN switched from PulseSecure to GlobalProtect. PulseSecure is no longer supported.

USNH IT Systems Status

You can check the status of many major campus IT services (such as Canvas, campus wifi, etc.) on the USNH Systems Status page. There is also a log of recent incidents and upcoming maintenance.

Special instructions for SCC Online - 

Click on the “log-in” button in the upper right-hand corner.  Select “IP Access”.  You will need to enter your UNH Franklin Pierce Law email address as a login ID under "IP Access". If this is the first time you are accessing SCC Online Web Edition using this email id, then click on the  “register here” at the bottom of the popup window. Supply your name and UNH Franklin Pierce Law email address.  If you’ve already registered just login with your email address. No password is required.

Questions? Ask us!

Offered by the Law Library for UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law students, faculty, and staff to help with research questions. 

The chat service is only offered during the Fall and Spring semesters. If the service is unavailable, your question will be answered via email. You can also email any of the law librarians with your question, and we'll get right on it. 

What is that ENORMOUS sign all about?

Questions?  We have answers!

Maybe you noticed our new sign? Monday-Thursday 10-2, You can find Law Librarians at the research desk to help with any research issues. Questions might be complicated "I need to find the legislative history of NH RSA 632-A:3," or, pretty easy, "Does the Law Library have any good study aids for B.A.?" You're welcome to ask them all. If you're off campus, you can chat with a Librarian using Ask Us! We're here for you! 

Mission Statement

The University of New Hampshire School of Law Librarians shall maintain a law library that is a central, active, responsive force in the educational life of the law school by teaching students and patrons to be successful, ethical information seekers; building and facilitating intellectual access to relevant collections vital to the law school’s academic and programmatic mission; delivering information services supporting teaching, research and scholarship; fostering a culture of collaboration within the law school, the university and the legal and law library community; and providing welcoming space conducive to intellectual discovery.