Student Legal Services

Finding books

Law books are for the most part shelved in the K section on the 6th floor of the library. To locate books, videos and other material in the Five College libraries use the links below. If you don't find the material you are seeking in any of these catalogs, search WorldCat and submit requests through interlibrary loan.

Discovery Search This link opens in a new window
Find articles across a large number of library resources with just one search! Begin your generalized research here.
Free to use for anyone to find records. Some results, and detailed information such as PDFs and full text links, are available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
WorldCat This link opens in a new window
The combined catalogs of most U.S. libraries.
Content is freely available for use by all.

Subject search

In addition to keyword searching, you may also search by subject. Example subject headings in legal studies are listed below:

Brown v. Board of Education
Capital Punishment
Civil Rights Arab Americans
Dispute Resolution
Judicial Power
Jury
Law and Politics
Natural Law History
Prisoners Legal Status
Right to Die
Terrorism

For a complete list of Library of Congress subject headings used in the catalogs, consult the five volume set in Reference on the main floor of Du Bois at Ref Z695 L695. There is also a limited search function available at the Library of Congress web site.