| The law collection is designed to encourage and support teaching, study, and scholarly research. The more than 420,000 volumes and microform equivalents in the library include statutes, reporters, periodicals and other serial publications, treatises, and audio/visual materials. The library has reported cases from all state and federal courts and the session laws and codes of the states and the United States. The treatise and topical reporter collections support the range of scholarly interests of the law school community. The library subscribes to more than 1400 Anglo-American law and law-related journals and newsletters, broadly representing the legal scholarship of law schools and organizations in the United States and abroad.
The extensive microform holdings include Congressional materials, New York State and Federal legislative history materials, selected records and briefs of the United States Supreme Court, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, and New York State, Law Books Recommended for Libraries, archival materials from various legal organizations, legal periodicals, English reports, and many other materials.
The library is both a selective United States Government Depository and a selective New York State Depository, providing users with law-related legislative and administrative materials.
The Judaica Collection is an extensive research collection, providing scholars with valuable materials focusing on Jewish law. The collection supports the work of the Law Center's Jewish Law Institute, the courses in Jewish law, and the research needs of scholars from the United States and abroad.
The Reserve and Extended Reserve collections directly support the academic program, providing faculty course materials, model examinations, and supplementary reading materials.
Other collections include the Reference Collection, Audio/Visual Collection, Foreign and International Law Collection and the Scholars' Collection. The latter contains rare English, American, and foreign legal works of significant historical importance.
Further strengthening research capabilities are computerized research systems. LexisNexis, Westlaw, and CALI are available to all students and faculty, as is the internet. In addition, the library subscribes to a number of online databases and CD-ROM products.
Most primary source materials are unclassified. The treatise collection is organized by the Library of Congress Classification Scheme. This is an alphanumeric scheme that arranges materials in order by subject. The initial letters indicate subject and jurisdiction. The numbers indicate subject subdivisions. The decimal letter/number combinations may further break the subject by form or other subdivision and/or represent the entity responsible for the work. The Touro Libraries Catalog will indicate any classification numbers and designate any special locations. Most of the United States Government Depository materials are integrated into the main collection, but some are arranged by the Superintendent of Documents classification scheme. The catalog, the charts available as Quick Reference Guide #6, and the library maps should be used for locating library materials. If necessary, consult a staff member in the Public Services Department for further assistance.
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