Research
Key Research Tools
Discovery Search
Search books, scholarly articles, journals databases, and more.
Julius (Classic Catalog)
Access our classic catalog to locate Law Library materials, renew print materials and locate readings on course reserve.
A-Z Legal Databases
Find and search legal databases alphabetically, search for a database by content, or sort by subject, type, or vendor.
Interlibrary Loan
Use our interlibrary loan service for materials unavailable at the Law Library or NYU Libraries.
NYU Law Library Videos
Sharpen your research skills with our videos, including tutorials on Law Library resources and recordings of instructional sessions.
NYU Libraries
Search for interdisciplinary and legal materials available at Bobst Library.
Research Guides
Federal Tax Research
This guide provides information on federal tax law and identifies pertinent print and online resources available through the NYU Law Library.
Case Law Research
This guide provides information on Case Law Research, and identifies pertinent print and online resources available through the NYU Law Library.
International Law: General Sources
This guide lists essential sources for researching general aspects of international law. For specialized topics, such as human rights and international arbitration, see the guide International Law: Specialized Sources.
Foreign Law by Jurisdiction
This guide lists essential print and online sources for researching foreign law. NOTE: First 4 tabs list important general sources that might not be repeated in the dropdown tabs.
Westlaw, Lexis & Bloomberg Law Access
Westlaw, Lexis and Bloomberg Law are available to NYU Law students, faculty members, and staff members.
- NYU Law Faculty & Staff
Law School faculty and staff should contact Linda Ramsingh to request an account or to schedule training or for assistance with other administrative issues.
- NYU Law Students
- Follow "Register for Academic Account" and fill in the requested information.
- A Bloomberg Law student representative is available most Mondays (11:30am-1:30pm) either in the Library or near the base of the staircase in Vanderbilt Hall.
- NYU's Bloomberg Law account representative is Warda Khan and Bloomberg Law's customer helpline is 1-888-560-BLAW.
- Obtain Lexis's law school registration code from a Lexis student representative, who is in the Library on Tuesdays (12:00-4:00pm).
- Go to the Lexis Registration page. Fill in the form including the registration code and follow on-screen instructions to create your custom ID and password.
- Alternatively, you may contact a reference librarian to obtain the activation code. Be prepared to show your NYU Law ID.
- NYU Law School's Lexis representative is Najdia Bailey and the Lexis customer helpline is 1-800-543-6862.
- Personal passwords are on a one-page contract, which you can obtain from a Westlaw student representative on most Mondays (1:30-3:30pm) and Wednesdays (12-2pm) in the Library or contact a reference librarian. Be prepared to show your NYU Law ID.
- NYU Law School's Westlaw account representative is Shawn Lopez and Westlaw's customer helpline is 1-800-850-9378
- Summer and New Graduate Access
Click on this research guide for the current information on summer and new graduate access to the databases.
- Non-Law School members of the NYU Community
Access to Bloomberg Law, Lexis and Westlaw is not available to non-law faculty, students, and staff, a policy mandated by the databases. These versions of Lexis Advance and Thomson Reuters Westlaw Campus are available for non-law NYU faculty and students.
Connecting to Electronic Resources
To report an unexpected problem while using a Law Library resource, please submit a ticket to the Law Library Technology Portal.
- Types of Access
IP Address
Most library resources require you to authenticate via IP address. When you are off-campus, this means that you have to use your NYU Login credentials (netID) to sign in through the NYU Libraries EZ Proxy Server.
You must access the resource through a URL that has the proxy server prefix
- To ensure this is the case use a link from the Law Library’s Julius Catalog or the NYU Libraries' catalog.
When you click on the link, you should be prompted to sign in with your NYU Login credentials (if you have already logged in, it may remember your credentials for a period of time).
Tips
Some resources will not permit you to access if you are connecting through a VPN, so if you are having trouble connecting, make sure you try disconnecting from your VPN. If the link you are using does not have a proxy prefix (for example, links from email alerts), use these instructions to set up a bookmarklet to access them though the proxy server.
Individual Accounts
Some library resources require that you create an individual account in order to access the resource. Please follow the instructions included in the resource description to create your account. You can log in to your account both on-campus and off-campus.
Tips
Some resources require that you authenticate by IP address for the account creation process, although it may not be required to access the resource content.
If you need help with the account creation process, please email account-support@mercury.law.nyu.edu.
Passwords
Some library resources are password-protected. Resource descriptions will include instructions on how to access the resource. You can access these from both on and off campus in the same way.
Open Access
Open access resources require no authentication and should be easily available from anywhere.
- Tips for Accessing Electronic Resources
Access to subscription-based resources is provided:
from computers physically located in Law School or other university locations, and to current Law School Faculty and currently-enrolled Law School students from any location
- who have active NetIDs and passwords
- and when they follow links from Julius or other Law Library webpages, Bobst Library webpages or NYU Home