Collections

The College of Law Library’s collections are shelved across the 5th and 6th floors of the College of Law. Researchers can access the 6th floor using either elevators or stairs.

Many of the library’s primary federal sources are located on the 5th floor for convenience to researchers. The library has the three main statutory codes for federal law: United States CodeUnited States Code Annotated, and United States Code Service. The library also has the official sessions laws, published in the United States Statutes at Large.  The Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations make up the library’s collection of federal rules and regulations. The library also has several case reporters, including the United States ReportsSupreme Court ReporterLawyer’s Edition, the Federal Reporter, the Federal Supplement, and all seven of West’s Regional Reporters.

In addition to these primary sources, the library also has several secondary sources that are arranged with the primary federal sources that researchers utilize to find the primary law. These sources include West’s Federal DigestAmerican Law ReportsAmerican Jurisprudence, and Corpus Juris Secundum.

State primary materials, other than Georgia, are located on the 6th floor. Law Reviews & Journals are located on the 5th floor of the library. Books, treatises, and loose-leaf services are located on the 6th floor of the library.

The Georgia Collection is located on the 5th floor. The Georgia Collection contains primary Georgia legal materials, including Georgia Laws, the Official Code of Georgia (O.C.G.A.), Georgia Reports, Georgia Appeals Reports, and the Georgia Digest. The Georgia Collection also contains many Georgia specific secondary sources, such as Georgia practice treatises, conference publications, and CLE materials.
The Reference Collection is also located on the 5th floor of the library, near to the Reference Desk. The Reference Collection includes the Official Code of Georgia (O.C.G.A.), Georgia Jurisprudence, study aids, and various encyclopedias and dictionaries. Included in the Reference Collection are the Georgia Practice Materials. These are the most current Georgia treatises and loose-leaf services on varying topics.
The Leisure Collection is located on the 5th floor of the library near Room 538. The Leisure Collection includes legal and non-legal fiction and the Law Library's DVD collection.
As a participant in the United States Federal Depository Library Program, the College of Law Library is typically open to the general public for United States government information research. Please note that the Law Library is currently closed to the public. The Law Library home page will indicate when the library reopens to the public. 
The Microform Collection is located in the microform room on the 5th floor of the library. The microform room possesses both microfilm and microfiche formats. The fiche reader enables users to make printed copies of either format. Many primary federal and state materials reside in this room, including U.S. Treaties, the U.N. Treaty Series, C.I.S. Serial Set, Congressional Record, English Reports (1220 - 1787), and Georgia Superseded Code (1933 - present).
The Law Library's Rare Book Collection is located on the 5th floor near the elevators. The collection includes books signed by the authors.

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