Library Guide for VU Law Journals

Borrow from VU using the Journal account or to the carrel using these resources:

• The Library Catalog will search Vanderbilt holdings.
• Search for journals/periodicals by title through the library's Journal Search page.
• Request items from the Annex to be delivered to the law library.
• Visit other campus libraries to access their physical holdings.
• VU items can be renewed via Library Catalog, at the circulation desk, or through an email request to your journal liaison (see the box to the left for your librarian liaison).
• If you pick up a book that another person has requested, then be sure to communicate that to the other cite checkers and to the managing editor.

ILL borrowing for cite checking assignments:

• Each journal has one designated interlibrary loan account to request items for cite checking assignments.
• Log-in information and passwords are communicated to managing editors through the journal’s liaison librarian.
• ILL requests should always be made through these journal-specific accounts, not the individual student's account.
• When requesting items, the individual student must provide their name and email address in the notes field of the request form. Without this information, the request cannot be processed.
• Check Vanderbilt holdings before placing requests for ILL; if VU has an item requested via ILL, then your request will be canceled.
• Required fields for online ILL requests are loan type; title (for periodicals, journal and article titles); page range; publication date/edition; deadline (if relevant). Requests can be sent via email if you experience difficulty.
• Include page ranges whenever you only need to see a portion of a publication.  Entire volumes must be shipped, but lending libraries can scan and send chapters or passages quickly via email. 
• Most lenders will loan for 1 month, but the loan period can vary. Renewal requests must be sent at least one week in advance of due date or item must be returned. 
• Any questions regarding interlibrary loan can be answered by contacting law.library.illiad@vanderbilt.edu.

Perma

• Perma helps cite checkers to create permanent records of web sources.
• A link is created for each new source and that link will never break, preventing link rot.
• https://perma.cc/ and https://perma.cc/docs#overview.
• Registrars are the law librarian journal liaisons.
• Journals are Organizations and individual students are organizational users.
• Organizations can add new users.
• Each Journal maintains its own users.

Study Carrels

• Reserved for all journals annually.
• Items should be checked out to the appropriate journal when cite checkers intend to leave the item on the carrel.
• Report unauthorized use of your carrels or other concerns to the circulation desk or to your liaison.