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UW Law WorldCat   

Updated June 10, 2010.

On Sept. 28, 2009, a new catalog search box appeared on the Gallagher Law Library homepage. This page describes the new catalog option, called UW Law WorldCat.

UW Law WorldCat is a great tool to use when your research needs cannot be met with the material in the Gallagher Law Library. Give it a try!

What Library Collections Does UW Law WorldCat Include?

Materials located at:

  • UW Gallagher Law Library
  • UW Libraries
  • Summit (a consortium of 30+ academic libraries in Washington and Oregon)
  • Libraries worldwide

Searchers can select the category that best suits their needs by using the pull-down menu.

What Types of Library Material Does UW Law WorldCat Include?

Libraries contain more than books (although books continue to be major resources offered by libraries).

  • Books, journals, government publications, microfiche, and media formats (CD’s, DVD’s, etc.)
  • Electronic resources to which the UW Law Library provides access (BNA, CCH, HeinOnline, LegalTrac, LexisNexis Academic, etc.)
  • Articles from several collections, including:
    • NLM Medline (medicine and health)
    • ERIC (education)
    • GPO (U.S. government publications)
    • ArticleFirst (16,000+ sources from 1990 to date)
    • British Library serials (articles from a wide range of international journals in all subjects)

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What Library Information & Material Are Not Included in UW Law WorldCat?

  • Materials that are on order or in the process of being added to the collection
  • Individual volume information for large serial publications
  • Local notes and serial holdings information
  • Articles that are included in sources such as HeinOnline, LexisNexis, Westlaw (etc.) UNLESS they are also included in ArticleFirst, British Library serials, ERIC, GPO, or NLM

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What Advantages Does UW Law WorldCat Offer?

  • It is easy to request materials from local and regional sources (UW collections, Summit) plus link to interlibrary loan to request items from other libraries
  • Users can limit searches by format, date, author, language, or subject
  • Users can limit searches to specific library groups (for example, Summit only)
  • Abstracts, tables of contents, book jackets, and Google Books previews are available
  • User-contributed reviews, ratings, and related subject lists are also available
  • Users can choose the language of the search page: Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, or Spanish
  • Citation information for a wide variety of style manuals along with record export options to RefWorks and EndNote make it easy for users to capture information for bibliographies and footnotes

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