Quick Access Guide: Links to Law Library Research Guides/Pathfinders

This guide contains links to ABA accredited and provisionally credited law school libraries that have access to their research guides electronically either on the library’s website or through LibGuides. Some court and public law library guides are also included. Schools marked with an asterisk (*) did not have a link to electronic guides readily available and the link listed is the library home page. This does not mean that these schools do not offer research guides, just that I did not have access to their guides electronically at the time of this guide. The list of schools appears in the same order as it does on the ABA website. Please send any suggestions or corrections to mcosby@nccu.edu.

To access the guide click here.

SSRN Guide

I recently created a guide to help our faculty members sign up for and use SSRN. You can access the guide here.

LibGuides

Here at the University of Kentucky, I am a member of the LibGuides Working Group. Since I am a member of the group, I thought I should actually create a LibGuide. My group had a training session last week that I attended. It was a mixture of group teaching and one on one training, and I have to say, I think I like LibGuides.

Creating a LibGuide was similar to creating a Wiki. LibGuides allows you to set up as many or as few tabs as you like. You can also create a tab that will link directly to a web page. Adding links isn't too hard, either.

LibGuides allows you to add tags to allow for easier searching. Additionally, LibGuides allows you to keep statistics, which is good for knowing how often your patrons access your guide.

LibGuides also has features like adding the picture of a book, adding video, and adding chat options.

The other nice thing is that it gives some uniformity to research guides across the library system.

I'm not sure how many Law Libraries are currently using LibGuides, but if you or your campus subscribe to this product, transfer a few of your existing guides over and see if this helps you reach your patrons.

Links of Interest
University of Kentucky LibGuides

My LibGuide - Using Citation Tools: With Emphasis on the Bluebook

Examples of LibGuides from Springshare

LibGuides Community

Boston College - LibGuides for Guide Authors

Pathfinders/Research Guides

How do you go about marketing your Pathfinders and Research Guides? We put a lot of hard work into these, and sometimes they can go unnoticed by our patrons. I have started to let certain patrons know when I have completed guides that would be of interest to them. For example, I will send completed guides directly to faculty members who would benefit from them and hopefully they will share the info with their students. Also, I recently told the editor of a Law Journal about a citation guide that we have when he told me that they were doing a bluebooking training. I offered to make as many copies as he needed for his training.

What are you doing in your libraries to market your pathfinders and research guides?