COVID-19 arrangements

Northampton Square Library

A book return facility, click and collect for available items and a limited number of pre-booked study spaces are available at Northampton Square Library from Tuesday 14 July. Our Returning to campus guide provides full details about these services.

Appointments

We are not currently offering face to face appointments however, you can still arrange an online meeting with a Librarian. You can book via our Appointments page.

Free access to online content

A number of academic publishers have made their content temporarily free to access in response to the Covid-19 crisis. Our Temporary access to free resources guide provides details and further information about which resources are now available to you.

Law Library guides

Use Law Library Guides to find relevant resources for your work and improve your marks.

If you need more help, please contact your librarian or use Ask Us for a quick answer.

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Finding cases and legislation

Learn about finding cases and legislation in the library and electronically

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Finding books and journal articles

Find out how to use the library catalogue and databases to find books and journal articles

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EU and International Law

Explore sources, including cases, legislation and journal articles, for EU and international legal research

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Practical legal research

Learn how to conduct legal research for the profession

Researching your dissertation

Explore sources for planning, researching and writing your dissertation

Citing and referencing

Learn about the essential tools you’ll need to store, manage and create references and citations.

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News and current awareness

Stay up to date with the library's collection of newspapers and current awareness sources

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Becoming a lawyer

Explore resources on securing training contracts, pupillages and entering the legal profession

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Induction and getting started

Learn about the resources and services the law library provides, through our interactive induction tutorial

Contact your subject librarian

We support students, researchers and staff with:

research enquiries
finding legal information and using the library’s online resources.
OSCOLA citing and referencing

Contact us by phone or email if you have a question, or make an appointment to book training or guidance. Use the contact links below for contact details or to book an appointment.