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Schoenecker Law Library

Services for Students and Faculty

Student and Faculty Services

Our knowledgeable librarians offer both general and specialized services to the St. Thomas Law community. Whether it’s a deep dive into scholarly research or compiling a list of helpful resources for students, the law school’s librarians are here to help.

LibrarySearch

In LibrarySearch you can search for books, articles, digital materials, media,and other library resources, as well as request interlibrary loans. You can also save searches, view the status of your requests and renew borrowed materials.

Patrons must login with their St. Thomas credentials to fully access LibrarySearch results and place requests for materials. Please visit the law library service desk if you need assistance locating items in our print collection.

Research and Study Aids

Legal Research Guides

The law library has a range of resources for use in your legal research. Legal research guides summarize specific legal subjects. The law lbrary also provides students with access to study aids relevant to their law school courses.

Legal Research Guides provide quick and concise summaries of the research tools available for a specific legal subject area or class. Written by St. Thomas law librarians, they are geared toward relevant topics for the St. Thomas community.

See Legal Research Guides

Law Study Aids

These resources clarify the more complex questions discussed in class and presented on law school exams. The study aids point the St. Thomas Law community to available resources, both in print and online.
See Study Aids
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Reference Services

The law librarians at the service desk are available to help students, faculty and alumni engaged in legal research to locate materials, use legal resources effectively and answer questions about the collection.

Contact a law librarian:

  • In Person: The law library service desk is located on the second floor.
  • Email: lawreference@stthomas.edu
  • Phone: (651) 962-4902
  • Chat: via OneStThomas

Technology

  • WiFi
  • Printing
  • Scanning & Copying
  • Software
  • Technology Support
  • WiFi

    Wireless network access is available throughout campus. Faculty, staff and students are able to automatically join the network.

    Printing

    Networked printers are available to students on all levels of the library.

    Scanning & Copying

    For photocopying, printing and scanning needs, the law library has three multi-functional printers.

    Software

    St. Thomas provides the full Microsoft Office suite for students to download on up to 5 personal devices (including both Mac and PC). We also are part of Office 365, giving students access to cloud-based versions of Microsoft's apps like Outlook (for your university email), Word, Excel, and PowerPoint so you can communicate and work on class assignments from any web browser on any computer. Office 365 also includes 1TB of personal file storage in the cloud to save documents and share files for group projects.

    Technology Support

    Get support for your technology problems by contacting the university's Tech Desk. Tech team representatives are available via chat, email, phone, though the online searchable database Tommie Tech Services or by visiting one of their walk-up locations.

    651-962-6230 | techdesk@stthomas.edu | Terrence Murphy Hall, 203B
    More About St. Thomas Technology Resources

    WiFi

    Wireless network access is available throughout campus. Faculty, staff and students are able to automatically join the network.

    Printing

    Networked printers are available to students on all levels of the library.

    Scanning & Copying

    For photocopying, printing and scanning needs, the law library has three multi-functional printers.

    Software

    St. Thomas provides the full Microsoft Office suite for students to download on up to 5 personal devices (including both Mac and PC). We also are part of Office 365, giving students access to cloud-based versions of Microsoft's apps like Outlook (for your university email), Word, Excel, and PowerPoint so you can communicate and work on class assignments from any web browser on any computer. Office 365 also includes 1TB of personal file storage in the cloud to save documents and share files for group projects.

    Technology Support

    Get support for your technology problems by contacting the university's Tech Desk. Tech team representatives are available via chat, email, phone, though the online searchable database Tommie Tech Services or by visiting one of their walk-up locations.

    651-962-6230 | techdesk@stthomas.edu | Terrence Murphy Hall, 203B
    More About St. Thomas Technology Resources

    Study Spaces

    students studying

    Group Study Rooms

    During regular law school hours, the law library is where you will find law students studying, working on group projects, researching upper-level writing papers and more. With group and individual study rooms available, there is a space for everyone. Law students can also reserve the law library’s FLEX space, for collaborative group study, student organization meetings and presentations, with access to the Smart Board.  
      
    Study rooms are reserved through OneStThomas (intranet).

    Reserve a Study Room
    Study carrels

    Study Carrels

    Study carrels are available throughout the library for the St. Thomas Law community on a first-come, first-serve basis.