Welcome 2020-2021 students

Welcome UVic law students! While our library buildings remain closed, we’re committed to supporting you this Fall 2020 semester.

We are excited to work with you to facilitate your learning and research in the new academic year.  Here are some of the library services that we are offering:

 Fall 2020 Services:

    • Borrowing items / scanning items (ReQuest service – see a demo of this in the video below)
      • Print items can be requested via the ReQuest service, checked out to students, and picked up outside McPherson library
      • Book chapters and journal articles not available online can be scanned and emailed to students
    • Laptop and equipment bookings (by emailing request@uvic.ca)
    • Bookable study space on campus (including in the Law Library and Bibliocafe at McPherson Library)
    • See Fall 2020 Services for detailed information and updates on all of the above.

 Research Help:

Law librarians are available Monday – Friday from 9am-5pm for help accessing resources and  doing research and citations – contact us at lawref@uvic.ca for assistance via email or Zoom.

 Videos:

Get started with a few quick videos from us:

    • Law Library virtual tour – for an introduction to us and access to key online online resources
    • Searching the library catalogue and Summon and using ReQuest

For full details on Law’s orientation for new students, visit UVic Law’s orientation for new students page.