Working Remotely
The Law Library has many services available to support your academic success at a distance.
Get ready for finals using West Academic Library Study Aids, and the Wolters Kluwer online study aid library (available through the end of June).
Find eBooks in the Library catalog by selecting Available Online from the filters on the left sidebar. The HathiTrust Emergency Temporary Access Service now provides short-term page-image full-text access to approximately 40% of the Duke University Libraries’ print collection. Learn more about how to access this service. Electronic access to articles can be found through the article search. The Law Library also subscribes to various topical legal databases to that you can use from home by clicking on their link in our Legal Databases and Links page.
Our temporary access codes for the Bluebook, designed to help students complete the spring semester, are no longer available. The new 21st edition is available for purchase through Hein and through The Bluebook website.
To comply with the Durham Stay-at-Home Order, the Law Library is suspending the GoodScan service effective March 26, 2020. We will try to fill interlibrary loan requests for items available electronically. The requests run through ILLIAD, which is the same platform used for Interlibrary Loan. If you have not used ILLIAD before, you will have to create an account briefly before reaching the request page.
Email ill@law.duke.edu with any questions about interlibrary loans.
Get answers to your research, citation, and other questions from home! Email ref@law.duke.edu for research help.
Schedule a Consultation
For more complex research help, request a phone or Zoom consultation with a reference librarian by emailing ref@law.duke.edu.
Email cir@law.duke.edu for questions about loans or your library account.