welcome back – The Blackacre Times

At the library, the beginning of the academic year is always an exciting time. Everyone is eager to meet our amazing new students and welcome back our amazing returning students, so do make sure to come visit.

New students should have met their Personal Librarian during orientation this week. Along with your Research Methods professor, your personal librarian is a great resource when learning how to navigate law school. Don’t hesitate to reach out to them if you need help with anything library-related.

Returning students should come by and let us know about any exciting legal research you did this summer. We are also always trying to provide a better environment for the law school community, so don’t hesitate to let us know how we can help you have a successful year.

Law students are usually pretty busy, so here’s a very short guide to some of our most popular services:

Study rooms. Law students, get your study group together and book one of the library’s study rooms.
Study aids. Online study aids are increasingly popular, and this year we’ve added Lexis Digital Library to our offerings in this category. If you prefer print, our collection of study aids is on the 5^th floor.
ALERT. Get a head start on legal research (and other topics) by attending an ALERT session. The first topic is “Approaching Your Research Problem” on Monday, 8/21 at 5:45pm (Room 345), or Wednesday, 8/23 at 3:15pm (Room 242).
Social media. Did you know that the library is active on social media? Indeed, we just started an Instagram account, and we would love for you to follow us there for all of the latest news from the library.

If you have any questions, let us know. Here’s to an exciting and fulfilling semester! We’re so glad you’re here.

The library staff and librarians want to extend a warm welcome back to returning students. Now that you’ve made it through the spring (and summer) semester, you’re now trying to prepare yourself for the unknowns of fall. We in the library wanted to send you some helpful information and let you know what fall will look like for us.

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We have a lot of helpful information on the Reopening Guide that the Law Librarians prepared for you. It will provide you up to date information about Circulation (including library hours), Reference, Study Aids, Accessing the Library’s Databases, Using the Library’s Catalog, and Other Student Services. Unfortunately, we are not able to provide study rooms for the fall semester due to the pandemic. We hope to be able to reopen them soon!

Law school can be challenging under normal circumstances. Below are some helpful links and information about library resources for the upcoming semester.

You can find and keep up with our hours on our Calendar webpage.
Get help with your research needs during our virtual reference hours. Questions can be submitted through chat reference, emailed to lawreference@gsu.edu, or you can call us at 404-413-9102.
Search our Catalog to locate materials within the library on our homepage. You can find the materials that were previously available on reserve within the general collection with a new availability of 1 week at a time.
Learn things and earn your digital badge with the ALERT Program, which starts on August 26th.
Supplement your studies with our online study aids from Wolters Kluwer and West Academic, now available on our Databases webpage. Don’t forget the CALI lessons!
Check out our Research Guides which provide resources for specific subjects.
Learn time management and productivity tips on our blog: Time Management Suggestions For 2Ls+ and Productivity Tips for The Upcoming Academic Year.