NCCU Law Library Director

NCCU School of Law is proud to announce that Lauren M Collins has been named the Director of the Law Library. Professor Collins joined the law school in October of 2009. Prior to that, she was the Head of Reference Services at the J. Michael Goodson Law Library at Duke University. She has held positions as a reference librarian at Duke, Wayne State University and the University of Miami. Professor Collins received a Master of Science in Information from the University of Michigan (2003), J.D. from the University of North Carolina (1994) and a B.A. in Communications from Howard University (1991). After graduating from law school, Professor Collins practiced employment and labor law in North Carolina and Michigan and provided anti-harassment training to union employees for a national law firm.

Professor Collins serves on the Publications Committee of the North Carolina State Bar. She is active in the American Association of Law Libraries, having served on national committees and as an officer at the local and national levels. Her work includes articles in AALL Spectrum and the North Carolina State Bar Journal. She has developed legal research lessons for the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) on international legal research topics and cost effective legal research.

CALI Lessons

The clock is officially ticking. It is time to get ready for final exams. Have you been studying, and want to test your knowledge of the material? If you answered yes to this question, then you should take advantage of CALI exercises. CALI is an online tutorial that will help you prepare for your final exams. You can review a lesson by topic, author, or course information.

The website to access CALI is www.cali.org.

You will need to create a login account and type in the school code. The school code can be obtained by contacting a reference librarian.

Lunchtime Refresher Series

Traffic Tickets and Library Resources.
Guess What?
Your very first case will most likely be a traffic ticket.
Don't you want to get ahead of the game...
Join Us:
Date: 10/21/2009
Time: 12:00-12:50
Where: The Library Conference Room
(Signup Sheet at the Front Desk)

Special Thank You

The law library would like to thank everyone who participated in the Lunchtime Refresher Series. Please be on the lookout for more upcoming and exciting events.

Oxford Scholarship Online

NCCU School of Law Library is proud to announce that it has acquired Oxford Scholarship Online.
Oxford Scholarship Online is a vast and rapidly expanding cross-searchable library, offering quick and easy access to the full text of over 1,900 Oxford scholarly monographs. In addition to Economics and Finance, Philosophy, Political Science, and Religion, Oxford Scholarship Online now offers access to new Oxford books in Biology, Business and Management, Classical Studies, History, Linguistics, Literature, Mathematics, Physics, Psychology, and Music. Specially-commissioned abstracts and keywords are available at book and chapter level, and up to 400 new and recently-published books are added each year.

Law Library Hours

School of Law - Library Hours
Fall 2009
August 17 - January 6, 2010

Mon. - Thursday 7A.M. - Midnight
Friday 7A.M. - 9:00 P.M.
Saturday 9 A.M. - 6 P.M.
Sunday 1 P.M. - 10 P.M.

Public Access Hours
Monday - Friday 8 A.M. - 5 P.M.
Saturday Closed
Sunday Closed

EXCEPTIONS
Closed Monday, September 7
Labor Day Observance

EXAM SCHEDULE
December 1st -11th
Monday-Thursday 7 a.m.-2 a.m.
Friday 7a.m. - 9 p.m.
Saturday 9 a.m.-9 p.m.
Sunday 10 a.m.-Midnight
24 HOUR CARD ACCESS

INTERCESSION
December 14 - January 3

Monday - Friday
8a.m.-5 p.m.

Saturday - Sunday Closed

Lunchtime Refresher Series

NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF LAW LIBRARY


REFRESHER SERIES PART ONE: HORNBOOKS AND SUPPLEMENTS

What is a Hornbook?
When do I use a Hornbook?
Want answers to these Questions?
Join Us !!!
Date and Time:
Sept 23, 2009
(11:00-11:50am)

Where: Library Conference Room
(signup sheet at the front desk)