Using the Library Catalog

You can search for materials held in Course Reserves at the Rains Law Library. Begin your search from the library homepage. Click on the link for Course Reserves: 

You can also access Course Reserves search scope through the drop-down boxes next to or below your search, or by clicking on the tab above the search box: 

EXAMPLE: you need to find out what Prof. Jessica Levinson has placed on Course Reserve for her course Law and Process: Privacy Torts. 

You begin with the following search:

• Your search term is torts
• Your search scope is Course Reserves

Your next step is to use the filters to narrow the results: 

• Expand "Course Instructor" 
• Select Jessica Levinson

Or you could: 

• Expand "Course Name"
• Select Law and Process Privacy Torts

Make sure you click on APPLY FILTERS.

Once you apply the filters, you discover that Prof. Levinson has placed three books on Course Reserve for your class. 

Let's look more closely at the second result, Privacy and the Media.

From the result listing, you can identify the following about this item: 

• It is a book.
• It is Available (not Checked Out).
• It is located at the Rains Law Library (LLS).
• There is a print/physical copy located at Law 1st Floor/Reserve 
  • Research Pro-Tip: Law 1st Floor/Reserve is the Law Library Circulation Desk! If you want to check out the print copy of this book, go to the Circulation Desk and ask a library staff member to check it out to you.
• It is also available online/electronically
  • Research Pro-Tip: you can access most electronic materials from anywhere! Click on "Access Online" to see how/where to access the full text of this book. For more information, see "Accessing Online Materials" in this guide.
• Its call number is KF1263.M43 S65 2021

To access materials online, make sure that you are signed into your account. (For more information, see "Getting Started: Signing In" in this guide)

Primo allows you to filter your results to materials that are available online (vs those available in print in the library). 

Research Pro-Tip: you can access most electronic materials from anywhere!

EXAMPLE: you are researching the reliability of eyewitness testimony and you want to locate books and articles that are available electronically. 

• Enter your search terms
• Select your search scope.  
  • In this example, I've selected the "Everything" scope. (For more information on search scopes see "Search Basics" in this guide). 
• Under "Availability," select Available online.
• Click on APPLY FILTERS

To Locate Articles, utilize the filters:

• Filter by Material Type: Articles
• If you want recent articles, limit the date range
• Don't forget to APPLY FILTERS

After reviewing the results, you decide you want to access Key, Kylie N. et al., High Eyewitness Confidence is Always Compelling: That's a Problem, 29(1) Psychology, Crime & Law 120 (2023). 

• Click on that result to see how to access the article online. 

Research Pro-Tip 1: your active filters are listed in the top left corner of the result screen! 

Research Pro-Tip 2: click on the thumbtack to save a search or an item to "My Favorites" (For more information, see "Saving a Search or Result" in this guide).

• The link to access materials electronically is located under "View Online." if you have issues accessing electronic materials, make sure you're signed in! (For more information, see "Getting Started: Signing In" in this guide)

If the link takes you to the issues/volumes of the journal, rather than directly to the article, use the information you have in the citation to locate the article - Key, Kylie N. et al., High Eyewitness Confidence is Always Compelling: That's a Problem, 29(1) Psychology, Crime & Law 120 (2023).

This article was published in Volume 29, Issue 1 of the journal Psychology, Crime & Law. 

• Click on Volume 29
• Click on Issue 1

• Locate your article
• Click on the link for PDF or full text

To Locate Books (or other electronic resources), utilize the filters.

EXAMPLE: you are researching the reliability of eyewitness testimony and you want to locate books and articles that are available electronically. You've already looked for articles, so now you want to find books that are available online. 

The first few steps are the same: 

• Enter your search terms
• Select your search scope.  
  • In this example, I've selected the "Everything" scope. (For more information on search scopes see "Search Basics" in this guide). 
• Under "Availability," select Available online.

In fact, the only step that's different is one filter - Material Type:

• This time, under "Material Type," select Book Chapters and Books
• Click on APPLY FILTERS

Primo allows you to filter your results to physical materials that are available at the Rains Law Library (LLS Library). 

Research Pro-Tip: if you're looking for an item that's been placed on Course Reserves, see "Searching Course Reserves" in this guide.

EXAMPLE: you are researching a topic for your Intellectual Property seminar. You wonder if the library has any books that are relevant to your research. 

• Enter your search terms
• Select your search scope.  
  • In this example, I've selected the "LLS Catalog" scope. (For more information on search scopes see "Search Basics" in this guide). 
• Under "Availability," select Held by library
• Click on APPLY FILTERS

If necessary, add additional filters to narrow your results. 

• Library: this filter indicates which library holds the item. 
  • In this example, LLS Catalog has been selected as the search scope, so you may expect all of the results to be held by Rains Law Library (LLS). However, some results are listed under Hannon Library (LMU). This will happen when an item is held by both libraries (e.g. both LLS and LMU subscribe to the Journal of World Intellectual Property). 
• Date: use this filter to specify a publication date range. 
• Material Type: use this filter to limit your results to books or journals, etc. 
• Author/Creator: this filter is useful if you're looking for a book with a common title and you know the author (e.g. a textbook!).

Research Pro-Tip: your active filters are listed in the top left corner of the result screen.

After reviewing the results, you decide you want to access Kolo, Lacy, ed., Intellectual Property and Technology Due Diligence (American Bar Assoc. 2018).

• From the result listing, you can tell where the item is located in the library. 
  • In this example, you can identify the following about this item: 
    • It is a book.
    • It is Available (not Checked Out).
    • It is located at the Rains Law Library (LLS).
    • It is located in the Law Main Stacks.
    • Its call number is KF2979 .K65 2018

Research Pro-Tip 1: click on the thumbtack to save a search or an item to "My Favorites" (For more information, see "Saving a Search or Result" in this guide). 

Research Pro-Tip 2: click into the record to access additional information and functionality (For more information, see "Sharing a Search or Result" in this guide).

Primo lets you save your searches and items that you've located while searching the catalog in "My Favorites" so that you can access them later. 

To access this functionality, make sure that you are signed into your account. (For more information, see "Getting Started: Signing In" in this guide)

EXAMPLE: you are researching the reliability of eyewitness testimony and you want to locate books and articles that are available electronically. You constructed a search that you think yielded relevant results.

Now you want to save your search. (To see how this search was constructed, see "Accessing Online Materials" in this guide). 

• Click on "Save Search" at the top of the page. 

Alternatively, you can save individual items in the result list. 

• To select an item, click its thumbtack image. 
  • Selected items are shown below highlighted in yellow, with a line through their thumbtack image.

There are two ways to access "My Favorites": 

• Click on the floating thumbtack image (as seen in the screenshot above)
• Click on your name on the upper right hand corner of the screen. Select "My Favorites" from the drop-down box.

Once in "My Favorites," you can access your saved records and searches, as well as your search history.

Research Pro-Tip: for additional ways to save/share your search or results, see "Sharing Your Search or Result" in this guide.

Primo lets you share your searches and items that you've located while searching the catalog.  

To access this functionality, make sure that you are signed into your account. (For more information, see "Getting Started: Signing In" in this guide)

EXAMPLE: you are researching the reliability of eyewitness testimony and you want to locate books and articles that are available electronically. You constructed a search that you think yielded relevant results.

Now you want to share your search results. (To see how this search was constructed, see "Accessing Online Materials" in this guide). 

• Click on the QR Code at the top of the page
  • This also creates a link that you can copy and paste into a message or document.

There are multiple ways to share or save an individual item: 

• My Favorites: click on the thumbtack icon to save the item to "My Favorites" (for more information about My Favorites, see "Saving a Search or Result" in this guide). 
• Citation: copy the item's citation. While multiple citation formats are available, unfortunately, the Bluebook is not. 
• Email: send the item record via email. 
• EndNote, Excel, Mendeley: export the citation to any of these management tools.
• Permalink: copy/paste the item's permalink.
• Print: print the item's record.
• QR: create a QR code or link to the item.