Teaching Support
Presentations by Librarians
Many courses have paper requirements or drafting exercises. Librarians are available to guest lecture to introduce students to class subject-specific resources. Topics we have presented on include:
| administrative law | insurance law | tax law |
| bioethics | intellectual property | |
| fact investigations | international arbitration | |
| family law | international law | |
| immigration law | statutes & legislative history |
Custom Course Subject Guides
Law librarians can create web research guides or handouts that recommend and describe resources related to class assignments. For example, see this guide for the Advanced Insurance Law class. Liaisons can provide further information.
In-Class Streaming of PA Appellate Oral Arguments
The Law Library has access to recorded streams of Pennsylvania Court oral arguments through the Pennsylvania Cable Network. Many oral argument proceedings from the PA Commonwealth, Superior, and Supreme Courts are available for viewing a few days after they occur. Using this resource, faculty can expose their students to actual appellate proceedings as a part of class, or organize a group viewing of a specific argument during a lunch break. If you are interested in exploring how we can set up a stream viewing for you, please contact your library liaison.
Textbooks and Course Materials
Check here for our current list of account reps by publisher.
Due to health concerns with handling quick-turn-around, high-use materials, the Law Library is unable to offer print course reserves at this time, but we will continue to offer electronic reserves through our scanning service and your Blackboard course. Please contact Amy Spare to arrange for scanning of supplemental course materials, consistent with copyright laws.
Faculty may make old exams available to current Villanova Law students electronically. Contact the Richard Wack to add an exam to the exam database.
Copyright Permissions Service
For assistance obtaining permission to use print or electronic materials in course packets or on Blackboard, contact Amy Spare. Resources that may be helpful in doing a ‘fair use” analysis include:
- VU Copyright Policy
- Fair Use Checklist from University of Georgia
- Fair Use Checklist from Columbia University Libraries
Creating Direct Links to Documents in an Online Database
| Database Name | Link Creator |
|---|---|
| Westlaw Edge | Look for the "copy page URL to cliplboard" chain link icon at the top of the page or document that you wish to link to. A dialogue box will appear, click on the blue "copy link" button and then paste as usual. |
| Lexis Advance | Please see Instructions |
| HeinOnline |
Please see Instructions |
| PLI Plus (on law databases page) |
Please see Instructions |
| Falvey Library Databses |
Create permalink using Falvey's Proxy Link Builder |
