Research Resources
Books
Law Library Collection
Books in Our Collection are listed in the law library catalog.
Faculty may request delivery of a book in our collection by contacting Regina Kozul or their liaison.
To recommend or request new book titles, subscriptions or other
resources for possible acquisition by the Law Library, please contact
Steve Elkins or a liaison librarian.
Villanova University Falvey Library
Law faculty have full borrowing privileges at the university’s Falvey Library
Book borrowing at Falvey may be done in person or by proxy. Faculty may set up a proxy so that their liaison or RA may borrow for them. For details, contact your liaison.
Interlibrary Loan
Materials not available at Villanova can be obtained from another library. Inter-Library Loan requests may be made by using this form or emailing Mary Jo Heacock.
To search for books not currently at Villanova, we recommend WorldCat or Books in Print (Bowker)
WorldCat is accessible by either using the free link above or by connecting via Falvey library's databases link to WorldCat which requires you to first sign in with your Villanova login and password, allowing you to create lists of resources and bibliographies.
- Note: No Villanova Law School holdings information is available after May 2012--be sure to check the date of your resource.
Current Awareness
The law library offers a number of services to keep faculty informed about new publications and developments in their areas of interest.
Monthly Acquisitions List
For a list of new books and government publications added to our collection, see the monthly Acquisitions List.
Alert Services
Many faculty subscribe to email alerts in particular subject areas. The liaison librarians can recommend services to best suit faculty interest. Popular options include:
- SmartCILP – an electronic version of Current Index to Legal Periodicals, subscribers set up a profile in particular subject areas and receive weekly emails announcing newly published law review articles.
Our law library subscription to SmartCILP allows any Villanova U. Law faculty to create a profile. Note that our authorization code is needed to set up a personal profile. Contact your liaison for the code. Faculty will need to use their law.villanova.edu email address and the institution: Villanova Law Library when creating a profile.
From the web page, click “Create or change a SmartCILP profile. Faculty with the authorization code or who already have a profile access SmartCILP here
- Westlaw, Lexis, BloombergBNA, and many other services allow researchers to set up searches to run at regular intervals and to designate an email address to receive the results. Contact your liaison for recommendations and assistance.
- SSRN – Our Law School’s subscription to SSRN allows faculty to sign up to receive notification of new posting in areas of interest to them. The library adds new faculty to our institutional account at the beginning of each semester. For further information, please contact Amy Spare.
Faculty Scholarly Publication Decisions
There are a number of sources that faculty find useful in making decisions about where to submit and publish their scholarship. These sources include:
- Information for Submitting Articles to Law Reviews and Journals (submission preferences/requirements of 205 journals) by Rostron & Levit
- Journal Rankings (by various factors) from Washington & Lee
- Ranking Law Reviews by Author Prominence (2007) by Jarvis & Coleman
- Annotated List of Law Reviews from WashLaw
- List of Academic Law Journals and Law Reviews from FindLaw
- Law Reviews not currently accepting submissions (Expresso)
- ExpressO Submission Guide (Features the Top 100 and Top 10 law reviews in key law disciplines, along with step-by-step submission instructions)
Faculty Working Papers and Publications
Most law faculty post drafts of their papers and links to their publications on SSRN (Social Science Research Network) and SelectedWorks.
- Create or access your SelectedWorks account
- Create or log into your SSRN account
The liaisons assist faculty in creating and updating their SelectedWorks and SSRN sites. Please contact your liaison for further information.
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