Today I’m 
kicking off a short series of posts on things that first year students will find helpful about the library. Our first piece of “stuff” first years like is study aids.
The library has a great collection of study aids located in the room right behind the reference desk. Study aids can be checked out for 3 days. Please return them on time as your fellow students will be waiting for them!
Some of the most popular study aids we have are the Examples and Explanations series and the Understanding series.
A new study guide series we received last year that proved popular with students is the Glannon Guide series. Glannon Guides contain sample multiple choice questions with explanations of why each answer choice is right or wrong.
The library staff would like to welcome all our new first year students. If you have any questions or need any help please stop by the library. Or just use the chat box on our library web page.
Important Announcement —
Due to a power outage on campus, the Delaware campus library will be closed from Friday July 30th through Sunday August 1st. We will reopen Monday August 2nd.
We are open shorter hours for the summer. Summer hours vary, so be sure to check the hours page on our website or call 302-477-2114 to check our hours before you come in.
The Library is a resource we all share and we hope and expect that the individuals who use it will use common courtesy in the way they conduct themselves. Like anything else in a facility that many people share, it is a matter of courtesy to others to remember where you are and to keep the noise down.
Cell phones use in the Library has been controversial. Some would like to see cell phones banned from the library altogether, others have a need to be reachable to family, work or friends. The Library response has been to try and isolate cell phone conversations to a designated area in the lounge between the Avin’s Special Collections room and the group study rooms. People should keep their voices down when using cell phones in this area- long conversations should be taken outside the library.
We understand that the Law Library is much more than a study area, it has many uses. Classes are held on the third floor and in the Special Collections Room, students are given research assignments that anticipate they will work in groups, librarians and others lead groups and instruct students in the use of research tools. Students and researchers make use of copiers and printers.
These activities are vital parts of student education and the research work that is critically important to the work of the Law School. Most of us realize this work should be conducted with low voices wherever possible. If someone is being too loud you should bring this to their attention or to the attention of the Library staff.
As a shared use space, courtesy requires the use of common sense in how one conducts his or herself when using the Law Library. We sincerely hope these reminders will help folks recognize what is appropriate and what is inappropriate behavior and in a sense of community everyone will do what is right.
Shana Connell Noyes & Henry S Noyes. Acing Your First Year of Law School: The Ten Steps to Success You Won’t Learn in Class. Buffalo, NY: William S. Hein & Co., 2008. KF283 .N69 2008
This is one of the new books in our study aids collection. All study aids are located in the room behind the reference desk on the Delaware campus in the lobby area of the Harrisburg library.
