Law Library

Albany Law School

https://www.albanylaw.edu/

Vision and Mission

Our Vision

An independent law school with a national reputation for excellence.

Our Mission

Albany Law School educates and empowers tomorrow’s leaders, engaged professionals, committed public
servants, inspiring community change-agents, and creative problem solvers.

We connect the classroom to the profession, government, and the community through experienced-based
learning, engaged scholarship, and a robust network of alumni and supporters. Our students develop a
sophisticated understanding of legal policy and doctrine, a broad range of professional competencies, and a
deep commitment to justice and ethical values.

Law Library

Schaffer Law Library

Staff of Library
Services Offered

• Access

They are open seven days a week with a schedule of:

o Sunday: 10:00 am to midnight.

o Monday to Thursday: 7:30 am to midnight.

o Friday: 7:30 am to 10:00 pm

o Saturday: 9:00 am to 9:00 pm

• Library Maps

https://libguides.albanylaw.edu/ld.php?content_id=62231205

• Quiet Study

Lower levels of the library are designated as quiet to do not disturb other students. Cellphones aren’t allowed
and users must speak quietly. There is also disposable ear plugs are available at the library

• Reserves

To access reserve items, ask at the services desk. In addition to books, they also provide blankets, laptop and
phone chargers, chess sets, and other games.

• Student Employment

Students may apply to provide circulation assistance and other services at the library. To apply, fill out an
application form and scheduling form.

• Printing, Copying, Faxing, Scanning

Each floor there are available multi-function unit (MFU), they are for printing, copying, and scanning. There is
also a Lexis printer on the upper level MFU room. For facsimiles, go to the school’s print shop.

• Reference

They provide services I person at the libaray service desk and through email @albanylaw.edu.

o Reference Hours

▪ Monday-Thursday: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.; 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

▪ Friday: 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

▪ Sunday: 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

o Virtual Reference Hours

 ▪ Monday-Thursday: 4:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. (during the academic year)

Contact Information: email: reference@albanylaw.edu, phone: 518-445-2390

• Group Study

You can reserve a room for group study for a four-hour block. A student ID is required to access the room key.

• Serenity Room

It is a room, Room L017 available for quiet contemplation, meditation, calming sensory overload, reflection,
and/or prayer.

• Westlaw, Lexis, Bloomberg Law

They provide access for databases like Westlaw, LexisNexis, And Bloomberg Law. They all require individual
registration.

Circulation

• Interlibrary loan

They can be accessed through the software used by the library, ILLiad.

• Renewals & Holds

Items borrowed can be renew in person or by accessing this https://alba.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/lair.

• Account Holds

Holds will be placed when your account have ten or more overdue items or you have accrued $10.00 fines in
the library.

Online Resources

They have the following:

• Some of its Databases:

o American Bench - Forster-Long, LLC

o Bloomberg Law
o Catalog of Government Publications
o Court PASS
o Congress.gov

• Some of its E-Books:

o EBSCO ebooks
o Elgar ebooks
o Gale eBooks
 o LexisNexis Digital Library
o Westlaw Proview

• E-Journals

• Bill Jackets

• Research Guides can be access through https://libguides.albanylaw.edu/

• Instruction

o Introduction & Library Help

They have email support
▪ Reference@albanylaw.edu
▪ Professor David Walker: dwalk@albanylaw.edu
▪ Professor William Gaskill: wgask@albanylaw.edu
▪ Mr. Tom Hemstock: thems@albanylaw.edu

Links
▪ Library Website: https://alba.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/lair
▪ Library Databases: https://libguides.albanylaw.edu/databaselist
▪ Westlaw:
https://signon.thomsonreuters.com/?productid=LSC&returnto=https%3a%2f%2flawschool.westlaw
.com%2fauthentication%2ftoken%3ffwdURL%3d%252f&bhcp=1
▪ LexisNexis:
https://signin.lexisnexis.com/lnaccess/app/signin?aci=ls&back=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lexisnexis.
com%3A443%2Flawschool

o Statutory Research Workshop

o Citators (Keycite and Shepards)

o Legal Research Workshop: Secondary Sources

o AI & Analytics

o Legislative History

o Advanced Boolean Searching

o Legal Research Workshop: Bloomberg Law Bonanza

o Legal Research Workshops West Topic & Keynumber System

o Admin Law Research

• Reference Chat