Library Guide for VU Law Journals

Library liaisons can help with:

  • Cite checking
  • Selecting note topics 
  • Note research
  • Identifying and navigating lesser accessed databases and resources
  • General journal & research questions
Law Review: Katie Hanschke
katie.hanschke@vanderbilt.edu
615-343-1290
Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law: Emily Pavuluri
emily.mccutcheon@vanderbilt.edu
615-343-3529
Journal of Transnational Law: Keri Stophel
keri.b.stophel@vanderbilt.edu 
615-343-4785
Environmental Law & Policy Annual Review: Clanitra Nejdl
clanitra.s.nejdl@Vanderbilt.Edu
615-343-5902

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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. 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.