What & Where

Updated July 30, 2009.

This quick guide provides information about services and facilities in the Gallagher Law Library and links to more detailed information for selected topics.

AccessLaw	Now called ShareLaw; borrowing option suspended spring 2009..
Alumni services	Library Services for UW School of Law Alumni
ARIEL	The Law Library's address is 128.208.154.11.
Art	A collection of Native American art is found throughout the Library. Map The stainless steel sculpture on the south side of Gates Hall is called "The Department of Forensic Morphology Annex," designed by Chris Bruch, created by Fabrication Specialties Ltd, and commissioned by the Washington State Arts Commission and the UW Public Art Commission.
Bench & Bar Files	The index to the Bench & Bar files is located in catalog drawers located near the Copy Alcove in the Reference Area. Ask a Reference Librarian for assistance.
Bills & invoices	Payment can be made by cash (for the exact amount), check (payable to University of Washington), or credit card (at our secure payment site). Please have your invoice number ready when paying online.
BNA	Bureau of National Affairs (a legal publisher). The Law Library has many print publications and a subscription to online products.
Bookdrops	Two inside Gates Hall: outside the Library entrance on L1 & Room 143, the Garvey Schubert Barer Student Commons. Two outside Gates Hall: at the main entrance, northeast corner near Memorial Way & northwest corner near 15th Ave. NE.
Book Locators	Floors L1 & L2: Attached to posts throughout the Classified Stacks. Useful for locating books with call numbers.
CALR	computer-assisted legal research. See guide on CALR Access by UW Law Students, Faculty, Staff & Librarians
CALR printers	LexisNexis & Westlaw printers for law students are in the Copy Alcove on L2 (near the Group Study Rooms) & the Law School Computer Lab, Room 222.
Campus telephone	Floor L1: Outside the Library, near the central elevators
Carrels	Floors L1 & L2: Shown on the floor plans in purple. Electrical outlets provided for laptops. No ethernet connections; users with laptops should connect to the Internet via the wireless network.
Cascade	Replaced by Summit.
CD-ROM drives	Floor L1: 3 PCs adjacent to the Reference Office & the Circulation Desk.
Change machine	Not available in the building. Check at the Supreme Cup on the first floor of Gates Hall or the Burke Museum Cafe across parking lot N1.
Circulation Desk	Floor L1, (206) 543-4086 Course reserve material shelved here; ask for by call number. Check out books, renew books, place holds, return books.
Class photos	Floor L2: A collection of UW School of Law class photographs.
Classified Stacks	Floors L1 & L2: Library material arranged by call numbers (aka: classification numbers). Items located here may be checked out.
Compact Stacks	Floor L2: Electronically operated moveable stacks, holding approximately 60% of the Law Library's collection. Includes bound volumes of law reviews, regional reporters, old state reporters, treaty series, older volumes of the Congressional Record & the Federal Register, and court briefs. Items located in the Compact Stacks may be checked out.
Computer labs	Law School: Room 222. Available to UW School of Law students only. Floor L2: Legal Research Training Center, Rooms L201 & L202. Available for scheduled training sessions; not a drop-in lab.
Computers	Floors L1 & L2: Access the Law Library's catalog, commercial indexes and databases & the Internet. No word processing. Sign-in with UW NetID or Law Library barcode to access sites outside the UW domain. Users without UW NetIds or barcodes can obtain temporary barcodes at the Circulation Desk. Use of the public area PCs is limited to 1 hour per day. Computers in the Reference Area are limited to legal research use only & 2 hours per day. See also Printing from Computers
Copiers	Floor L1: 2 self-service copiers. Pay with Husky Card or Dawg-Print card. Coins, cash, and Copy Quick Cards no longer accepted. 12 cents per page
Copy card dispenser	Floor L1: Copy alcove, Room L114 (next to the Bogle & Gates Law Student Lounge). Accepts $1 and $5 bills only.
Copy Center	Closed effective April 8, 2005.
Course Reserves	A small collection at the Circulation Desk. Search the Course Reserve section of the Law Library catalog by professor or course name.
Databases	Legal Databases & Indexes Other full-text & index databases are available via the UW Libraries Research Databases page UW School of Law students also have access to LexisNexis, Westlaw & other legal databases; see CALR Access by UW Law Students, Faculty, Staff, and Librarians.
Dawg-Prints	One of two "cashless" methods for paying for photocopies & printouts from Library computers. UW Husky Cards (to which value has been added) may also be used. Purchase a $5 Dawg-Print card from the dispenser in L1 Copy Alcove next to the Bogle & Gates Law Student Lounge (machine accepts only $1 and $5 bills. Dawg Print cards can also be purchased with a credit card (not cash) at the Circulation Desk (various demoninations available). Add value to a Dawg-Print card online or in person at several locations on campus (but NOT at the Law Library). Get a refund or transfer value from an old Copy Quick Card to a Dawg-Prints or Husky Card.
Dictionaries	Floor L1: Reference Area: Legal (Black's) on dictionary stands & at KF156.B53 2004. General (Webster's): KF1625-KF1628 at Reference Area. Chinese: PL1455 at Reference Area Japanese: PL679 at Reference Area Korean: PL937 at Reference Area See also the Gallagher guide on Legal Dictionaries.
Directories	Law Library staff UW School of Law faculty & staff UW faculty, staff & students UW departments & offices See also the Gallagher guide on People-Finding.
DVD viewing	Floor L1: 3 computers adjacent to the Reference Office. Insert DVD, click on Start > DVD Viewer. Check out headphones from the Circulation Desk.
East Asian Law Dep't	Floor L1: Room L138, (206) 543-7447 Legal material & reference assistance for China, Japan & Korea. Ask for assistance at the Reference Office, floor L1, Room L110.
E-Journals	A database that identifies online sources for law reviews & other legal journals. Sources include Hein Online, LexisNexis, LexisNexis Academic & Westlaw
Emergency exits map
Exams	UW School of Law exams, arranged by faculty members' names. Access limited to UW School of Law students. Login with UW NetID.
Food & drink	Food allowed only in the Bogle & Gates Law Student Lounge (Room L113) & group study rooms. Beverages must be in covered containers.
Gallagher, Marian Gould	Former director for whom the Law Library is named.
Gates Hall, William H.	The building in which the UW School of Law & the Gallagher Law Library are housed. Named after William H. Gates, Sr., a graduate of the UW School of Law. For more information about the building see the Law School's page on William H. Gates Hall & the Columns article Return from Exile: William H. Gates Hall.
Good Reads	Floor L1: outside of the Bogle & Gates Law Student Lounge (Room L113) A collection of biographies, fiction, histories, quotation books & other books for the casual reader.
Group study rooms	Floor L2, Rooms L244 - L255. UW law students only; use your Husky card to enter. Priority given to groups. No reservations required.
HeinOnline	A web-based collection of law materials, including law reviews; government publications (Code of Federal Regulations, Statutes at Large, U.S. Reports, and others); and many other sources. A commercial source, available to Law Library visitors.
Hours	Recorded message: (206) 543-4086.
Husky Cards	University of Washington faculty/student/staff identification card. Add value & the card may be used to pay for photocopying & printing from Library computers & pay for campus parking. Restaurants and other merchants also accept Husky Cards.
Interlibrary Loan	Available only to UW School of Law students & faculty for academic purposes only; for material not available through Summit or ShareLaw.
Internet Legal Resources	Links to free sources of statutes, cases, regulations, administrative decisions & other primary legal materials for Washington & U.S.
John Jay letter	A 1782 letter from John Jay to New York Governor Clinton on display in the Reference Area.
Law Books on Demand	A service offered only to UW School of Law alumni.
Law reviews & periodicals	Current issues on display shelves in Reference Area, Floor L1 [map]. Bound volumes shelved by title in Compact Stacks, Floor L2 [map]. Some journals are shelved by call number; consult the Law Library catalog. E-Journals list identifies online sources. See also Periodical Indexes.
LexisNexis	Available to UW School of Law faculty, students & staff for law school course-related research only. For more information, see CALR Access for UW Law Students, Faculty, Staff & Librarians. Printers are located in the Copy Alcove on L2 (next to the Group Study Rooms) & in the Law School Computer Lab, Room 222. Other UW faculty & students have access through the UW Libraries Research Databases to LexisNexis Academic.
Library staff	Floor L1. See also the Gallagher Law Library Staff Directory.
Loan periods	Vary depending on material & borrower's status
Loislaw	A commercial database of federal & state court opinions, statutes, administrative material, court rules. Available to UW School of Law faculty & students; registration required. See CALR Access by UW Law Students, Faculty, Staff & Librarians.
Magnifying reader	Floor L2: Carrel next to the elevator
Maps	Floors L1 & L2. Detailed call number maps: Floor L1, Reference Area & Floor L2.
MARIAN	The Law Library's online catalog
Microfiche	Floor L1: Reference Area Microfiche. Ask Circulation staff for assistance.
Microfilm	Floor L1: Reference Area Microfilm. Ask Circulation staff for assistance.
Microfiche/film reader/printer/scanner	Floor L1, Reference Area Coin-operated copiers, 25 cents per page. Use quarters or $1 bills. Ask Circulation staff for assistance. Scanner located in carrel opposite Circulation Desk.
Newspapers	Current issues of general, foreign & legal newspapers are found on L1.
Pencil sharpener	Floor L1: Reference Office
Periodical indexes	Current Index to Legal Periodicals, LegalTrac (1980-date), Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals (1984-date) & Hein Online (1887-date) available through the Legal Databases & Indexes page. Index to Legal Periodicals (1908-date), K33.I5 at Reference Area.
Phone numbers	Circulation: (206) 543-4086. Press 0 to exit the message & speak to a human. Library Hours: (206) 543-4086. Recorded message Reference Office: (206) 543-6794 Library Administration: (206) 543-4089
Phones, Public	Floor L1: Outside the Library, near the central elevators
Printing from library computers	The Library uses a "pay-to-print" system called Pharos When you want to print an item that is displayed on the computer monitor: Click on the Print icon at the top of the screen. Type in your name and the name of the document (any name you choose) in the pop-up screen. Go to one of the two "Pharos" printers, located in both of the Copy Alcoves on L1. Swipe your Husky Card or Dawg-Print card through the card reader & select your print job from the list. Printouts cost 12 cents per side (23 cents both sides). Logout. Need assistance? Ask the Circulation Desk attendant. Refunds, complaints? UW Copy Services, uwcshelp@u.washington.edu or 206/221-7263. Users may download software onto their laptops to send print requests to the Pharos printers. See the School of Law's page on Printing on the Wireless Network.
Recycling	Floor L1: outside the Bogle & Gates Law Student Lounge (Room L113)
Reference Area	Floor L1: enter between the Circulation Desk & the Reference Office
Reference services	Floor L1: Reference Office, Room L110 Assistance in finding all types of legal information & materials. Instruction in searching the Library catalog, other databases & the Internet. Email reference service available to UW law students, other members of the UW community & the public.
Restrooms	Floors L1 & L2
RIA Checkpoint	A web-based tax law research service. Available to people who visit the Law Library.
ShareLaw	The combined catalog of 6 major law school libraries. More about ShareLaw
Staplers & hole punches	Floors L1 & L2: Copy alcoves
Study rooms	Floor L2, Rooms L232-255. UW law students only; use your Husky card to enter. Priority given to groups. No reservations required.
Summit	The combined catalog of more than 30 college & university libraries in Oregon & Washington. More about Summit
U.S. legal materials	Floor L1: Reference Area & Classified Stacks Floor L2: Compact Stacks (older Congressional Record, Federal Register, etc.)
VersusLaw	A commercial database of federal, state & tribal court opinions. Available to Law School faculty & students; registration required. See CALR Access for UW Law Students, Faculty, Staff & Librarians.
Videotapes	The Law Library's collection includes many videotapes, all of which are represented in the Law Library catalog. Search by title or keyword, then modify the search by selecting "videos/films" from the "material type" list. UW Law students can view videotapes in the group study rooms.
Washington State legal materials	Floor L1: Reference Area: cases, deskbooks, digests, law reviews, legislative material, practice material, statutes, regulations. Floor L1: Classified Stacks: books, continuing legal education materials, older statutes & regulations. Floor L1: Special Collections / Washington Floor L2: Compact Stacks & law reviews
Westlaw	Available only to UW Law students & faculty for course-related research. Printers located in the Copy Alcove on L2 (near the Group Study Rooms) & in the Law School Computer Lab, Room 222. See CALR Access for UW Law Students, Faculty, Staff & Librarians.
Wireless computing	Throughout Gates Hall
Word processing	UW Law School students should use the Computer Lab, Room 222, or the PCs in the Law Student Lounge. Most Seattle Public Library branches have computers with word processing software. See Off-Campus Labs for a list of commercial business that rent computer time.

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