Due to safety concerns around COVID-19 developments, UNH Law LIbrary will NOT offer physical course reserve services -including casebooks- for the 20/21 year.
Faculty may borrow books from any UNH Library for a semester at a time. Books borrowed from other UNH Libraries may be charged a fee for overdue materials. The law library reserves the right to recall materials.
If you need materials from another library, contact Kathy Fletcher or use this form. Acquiring a book or article from another library can take anywhere from several days to a month depending on the policies and procedures of the lending library. Once borrowed, any photocopy becomes the property of the faculty member. Any book borrowed from another library is subject to the lending policies of that library. Some books can be renewed provided the request is made by the library in advance of the due date and the lending library agrees. Otherwise, books borrowed through inter-library loan should be returned to Kathy Fletcher by the due date specified.
Faculty members are paired with a Law Librarian who serves as the primary contact for faculty library needs. Your liaison can assist you with:
Questions about the Scholars' Repository should be referred to Sue Zago
Questions about the new Library Search should be referred to Melanie Cornell
Find Your Liaison
Faculty-Librarian Liaisons
Adjunct Faculty
Emeritus Faculty - KF
Others
Zotero is a great tool for organizing sources that you find on the open web or in library databases. It is "free, easy to use tool to help you collect, organize, cite and share research. Zotero allows you to easily save bibliographic details, comments, indexing terms, and direct links to webpages, word documents, and even articles that are in library subscription databases. It is compatible with Windows and Mac OS. You will also need a connector (like an add-on or extension) for your browser. All the major browsers are supported.
Zotero: Quick Start Guide - How to download Zotero 5.0. Handout courtesy Jason Puckett at Georgia State University Library.
UNH Law participates in two services for faculty to submit manuscripts to law reviews in bulk, Scholastica and ExpressO. Prior to using these services, contact Jon Cavicchi to be sure that you are included on the list. Please review each law review's requirements prior to submission. For training contact your Liaison.
Legal Scholarship Network provides access to working papers and abstracts of articles accepted for publication as well as announcements of professional meetings, calls for papers and professional job listings. LSN database and paper downloads are free open-source.
In addition - the Law Library subscribes to the alert service that sends email notices of new papers in your legal areas of interest. The best way to get on the list is to ask Sue Zago to e-mail SSRN to sign you up. Once subscribed, you can customize your email subscription to reflect your research interests.
The Law Library maintains the School of Law Collection on the University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository. The repository is designed to preserve, promote and disseminate the scholarship and activities of law school faculty in accordance with UNH’s commitment to open access. Items in the repository are indexed by search engines such as Google, making them accessible to a wide audience. The Scholars’ Repository, a BePress hosted Institutional Repository (IR), provides a central location for archiving UNH scholarship for long-term access, promotes the rights of authors to control their intellectual property, and furthers the concept of open access to research.
ORCID provides a persistent digital identifier that distinguishes you from other researchers. It is also used to provide automated links to your work that is used by services like Elements. Authors with an ORCID iD automatically have a profile page where they can list all their publications, grant awards, and other research outputs. Law reviews are starting to utilize the ORCiD around submissions. Register for your ORCiD at https://orcid.org/register
ORCID provides a persistent digital identifier that distinguishes you from every other researcher and, through integration in key research workflows such as manuscript and grant submission, supports automated linkages between you and your professional activities ensuring that your work is recognized. Find out more
ORCID is a non-profit organization supported by a global community of organizational members, including research organizations, publishers, funders, professional associations, and other stakeholders in the research ecosystem.
Below are the websites that will help you order review copies of casebooks. Please visit the various legal publisher’s websites, view their catalogs of materials and then use the electronic tools (registering, digital copies, etc.) to get complimentary copies (print and/or digital).
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.
Law Library Circulation Desk Phone 603-513-5130
Law Library Hours
The Law Library is closed June 18 and 19th for Juneteenth. See our Jury Notes Blog post here.
Regular Summer Schedule:
Monday - Friday – 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Sat/Sun – 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
See also Monthly calendars
Ask Us! is a chat service offered by the Law Library for the UNH Franklin Pierce Law School students, faculty and staff.
New Research help hours:
Monday, Wednesday, Friday - 12p.m. to 3p.m. EST
Tuesday, Thursday - 10a.m. to 2p.m. EST
Enter your question here if a Law Librarian is not able to chat with you.
Law Library Circulation Desk Phone 603-513-5130
Law Library Hours
The Law Library is closed June 18 and 19th for Juneteenth. See our Jury Notes Blog post here.
Regular Summer Schedule:
Monday - Friday – 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Sat/Sun – 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
See also Monthly calendars
Learn the latest - read the Law Library's blog - Jury Notes!
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.
The UNH Law Library, following the best practices defined by the American Library Association and the Northeast Document Conservatory, which states that "time is the best disinfectant." The Conservatory recommends, "a minimum 3-day quarantine of the following collection items: plain paper pages inside a book, paperback and hardback book covers, DVD cases, archival folders, and plastic book coverings."
So, if a book is returned on the 10th of the month, it will be "in quarantine" the 11th, 12th, and 13th. On the 14th, it can be checked out again.
Current UNH students, faculty, and staff may access most library resources, including databases, from off-campus:
Once you have logged in, you can access databases and other electronic resources available through the library web site.
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.
Ask Us! is a chat service offered by the Law Library for the UNH Franklin Pierce Law School students, faculty and staff.
New Research help hours:
Monday, Wednesday, Friday - 12p.m. to 3p.m. EST
Tuesday, Thursday - 10a.m. to 2p.m. EST
Enter your question here if a Law Librarian is not able to chat with you.
