Library Locations

Quick Location Look Up

American Law Reports	3rd Floor
Blue Book	Reserve
Casebooks (First Year only)	Reserve
Federal Case Reporters & Digests	3rd Floor
Regional Case Reporters	Court level
Circulation Assistance	2nd Floor
Copy Machines	2nd Floor
Pacific Digest and Reports	3rd Floor
Encyclopedias	Reference
Exams	Reserve
Law Dictionaries	Reserve, Reference Desk
Law Reviews	Court level
Reference Assistance	2nd Floor
Reserve	2nd Floor
Restrooms	2nd – 4th Floors
Statutes (all 50 states)	Reference
Statutes (federal)	Reference
Study Aids (hornbooks, nutshells, etc.)	Reserve
Treatises (law books)	3rd & 4th Floors
Videos	Reserve
Video/DVD Players	Micromedia Room & 306
Washington Briefs (Supreme/Appellate)	Micromedia Room
Washington Cases	Reference & 3rd Floors
Washington Court Rules	Reserve
Washington Digest	Reference & 3rd Floors
Washington Practice	Reserve
Washington Statutes	Reference, Reserve, & 3rd Floors
WSBA Deskbooks	Reserve

For additional information, consult the Law Library Catalog. Please don’t hesitate to ask for help.

Popular Law Library Locations

The Seattle University Law Library collection is distributed on four floors. You may find that materials are assigned to different locations. The Law Library Catalog will indicate the location of the material. Some of the major locations are:

Reserve

Reserve materials, located on the 2nd floor of the Library in the alcove behind the Circulation Desk, include study aids, faculty course reserves, bound exams, videotapes, multi-volume works, current looseleaf services, ALI Restatements, form books and practice aids (Washington Practice series, Washington Lawyers Practice Manual, deskbooks and court rules).

Reference Desk

The Ready Reference area (shelving behind the Reference Desk) contains general reference material, including indexes, directories and dictionaries. Use of these materials is limited to the Reference Desk area.

Reference

The Reference stacks, located behind the Reference Desk, house a full set of Washington primary materials, frequently used federal materials, including the United States Code, Statutes at Large, and the Code of Federal Regulations, Amjur, CJS, print legal journal indexes, and state codes. Superseded Washington materials are located at the back of the Reference stacks.

Micromedia Room

The Micromedia Room (Room 204 in Reserve) houses the Library's collection of microforms (microfiche and microfilm). Here you will find an extensive collection of current and historic legal materials in microfiche and microfilm. The micromedia format allows the Library to collect and maintain the equivalent of nearly 200,000 volumes in a compact format. Microform holdings include international, federal, and state materials, bar journals, briefs from the U.S. Supreme Court, Washington State Supreme Court, the Washington Appellate Court, UN documents and much more. This room also contains two microformat reader printers (printouts are 10 cents a page) and three DVD/Video viewing stations.

3rd Floor

On the 3rd floor of the library, you will find federal case law and digests, the California Digest and Reports the Pacific Digest and Reports and the ALR. Washington materials are located in Range 3B. The Jerome McCristal Culp Jr., Collection on Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Law and Life is located in Range 3A.

3rd/4th Floor Treatises

Treatises are books which provide substantial treatment and analysis of a broad area of law. Treatises are generally shelved on the 3rd and 4th floors in call number order.

Court Level

The basement Court level, accessible by the elevator, is home to our collection of current and older law reviews and journals, the regional reporters, Commonwealth materials, archival materials, rare books and more.

For additional information, consult the Law Library Catalog. Please don’t hesitate to ask for help.

Washington Locations

Because the library collection is distributed on four floors, you may find that materials are assigned to different locations. The Law Library Catalog will indicate the location of the material. Some of the major Washington locations are:

Statutes

Annotated Revised Code of Washington (ARCW)
- 2nd Floor Reference (Range 2A)
- 3rd Floor (Range 3B)
Revised Code of Washington (RCW)
- 2nd Floor Reference (Range 2A & 2F)
- 3rd Floor (Range 3B)
Revised Code of Washington Annotated (RCWA)
- 2nd Floor Reference (Range 2A)
- 2nd Floor Reserve (East Wall Shelving)
- 3rd Floor (Range 3B)
Session Laws/Laws of Washington
- 2nd Floor Reference (Range 2A)
- 3rd Floor (Range 3B)
Superseded Codes
- 2nd Floor Reference (Range 2G)

Cases

Washington Digest
- 2nd Floor Reference (Range 2A)
- 3rd Floor (Range 3B)
Washington Appellate Reports
- 2nd Floor Reference (Ranges 2A/2B)
- 3rd Floor (Range 3B)
Washington Reports 1st and 2nd
- 2nd Floor Reference (Range 2B)
- 3rd Floor (Range 3B)

Administrative

Attorney General Opinions
- 2nd Floor Reference (Range 2B)
Washington Administrative Code
- 2nd Floor Reference (Range 2A)
- 3rd Floor (Range 3B)
Washington Register
- 2nd Floor Reference (Range 2A)
- 3rd Floor (Range 3B)

Legislative History

Final Legislative Report
- 2nd Floor Reference (Range 2A)
Legislative Digest & History of Bills
- 2nd Floor Reference (Range 2A)
Washington House & Senate Journals
- 2nd Floor Reference (Range 2A)

Court Rules

Washington Court Rules (annotated and unannotated)
- 2nd Floor Reserve (Last Range @ KFW529)
ARCW Court Rules Annotated
- 2nd Floor Reference (Range 2A)
- 3rd Floor (Range 3B)

Practice Materials

Washington Deskbooks
- 2nd Floor Reserve (Check the online catalog for specific titles and call numbers)
Washington Lawyers Practice Manual
- 2nd Floor Reserve (Last Range @ KFW80.W27)
Washington Practice
- 2nd Floor Reserve (Last Range @ KFW80.W32)

Legal Research Guides

Washington Legal Research
- 2nd Floor Reserve (Last Range @ KFW75.H45 2005)
Washington Legal Researchers Deskbook
- 2nd Floor Reserve (Last Range @ KFW75.W373 2002)

Washington Law Reviews

Gonzaga Law Review, Pacific Rim Law Review, SJSJ, Seattle University Law Review, Washington Law Review, Washington State Bar News
- 2nd Floor Reserve (Shelving outside of Micromedia Room)

For additional information, consult the Law Library Catalog. Please don't hesitate to ask for help.

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