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Robert Crown Law Library | Stanford Law School

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Summer 2022 hours are listed on the USC Libraries Hours page.

Please check the hours listed on the USC Libraries Hours page before coming to the library, so you are aware of shorter hours or closures during holidays, breaks, and weekends.

The USC Libraries main page is regularly updated with current information on library collections, programs, and services.

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All electronic library resources for research and teaching remain available and are accessible from off campus. For subscription databases and journals, please go to USC Libraries and log in using your USC account username and password.

USC library account holders can request physical items from our circulating collections using the Interlibrary Loan platform. For more information, see Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery.

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Location

651 West 35th St.
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-2571

email: lvy@usc.edu
Campus map code: LVL

Circulation (213) 740-4350
Administration(213) 740-0049
ITS Customer Support(213) 740-5555

About the Library

The Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Library provides a state-of-the-art learning environment for students and faculty at the University of Southern California. Leavey's print and electronic collections, services, and technology are designed to facilitate coursework, studying, and research. Experts are available 24 hours a day to provide assistance with research and computing. Leavey's technology-enhanced spaces support teaching and individual or group study-as well as film screenings, multimedia production and viewing, presentations, and videoconferencing.

For a self-guided tour of Leavey Library, click here.

Hours and Services

Please check the hours listed on the USC Libraries Hours page before coming to the library, so you are aware of shorter hours or closures. During normal Fall and Spring semesters Leavey is generally open 24 hours Monday through Thursday with shorter hours Friday-Sunday. During finals the library is open continuously 24 hours. Hours during holidays and summer vary and are generally shorter.

All library services stop 15 minutes before closing, and all patrons are asked to leave before closing time.

Leavey offers a core research and reference collection, a film library of more than 7000 DVDs, and a selection of the most requested academic journals, magazines, and newspapers. You can browse Leavey's featured collections of plays, classic works of literature and philosophy, recent bestsellers, and new books. The USC Libraries also provide a wealth of online resources, including full-text journals, dictionaries, encyclopedias, and photographic databases.

Research and Computing Help

Reference librarians provide individual research assistance by consultation appointment and online at Ask-A-Librarian.

Computing and printing help is available 24 hours a day on the 1st and 2nd floors during the fall and spring semesters

The Ahmanson Information Commons (Leavey Lower Level) houses the USC ITS (Information Technology Services) Learning Environment. Printing, laptop checkout, individual and collaborative study spaces, and software/computer support are available.

Librarians teach a variety of classes about research basics and critical strategies for finding, evaluating, and using print and online information effectively.

Circulation Desk: Your USCard is also your library card. Present it at the circulation desk on the first floor to borrow or renew materials, and to obtain information about your account. You can also pay fines and report lost items or library cards.

Course Reserves: Undergraduate and graduate course reserves are available at the Leavey circulation desk. The USC Libraries' online catalog shows a complete list of reserves materials arranged by professors' names and course numbers. Electronic course reserves are available at reserves.usc.edu.

Directions

Leavey Library is situated in the northeast corner of campus. For general questions regarding parking, see the Parking Services Web site. The closest 24-hour entrance to campus near Leavey Library is at USC McCarthy Way, accessible off of Figueroa Street. Parking availability may change due to special events.

Please note: All visitors are required to show a photo ID to enter the library at all times. Only USC students, faculty, and staff may be present in libraries open after 9:00 p.m. or before 7:00 a.m.

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Summer 2022 hours are listed on the USC Libraries Hours page. Please check the hours listed on the USC Libraries Hours page before coming to the library, so you are aware of shorter hours or closures during holidays, breaks, and weekends. The USC Libraries main page is regularly updated with current information on library collections, programs, and services.

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The features of this library is that it has a very wide circulation desk and multiple computers around the library. Also they have a lot of different seating choices from desks to couches to little booths and single chair coaches. The workers situation is that there are only 2 workers all around and a couple of kid workers I think every period. The activities and programs they have a website that most of the other schools have that you can find on their homepage website. The hours they are open are from 8:15 to 4:30 from Monday to Friday. The resources that they have are extra computers if any kid needs one and their online resources is a website where you can look at all the books that they have in and are out. Also you can see where the books can be located in the library.

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The appearance of the library is very open and big from the outside and the inside. There are about 10 workers at the library but they are all doing different parts in the library.  The hours of the library are Monday thru Thursday it is open 24 hours, Friday it is open until Midnight, Saturday is 9am to 9pm, and Sunday is from 9am to 24 hours.

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The appearance of the library is pretty open for the book part and there is a very good open space for the computer lab. Also it has multiple floors and different types of rooms and empty spaces for students to do their work quietly and peacefully. The employees and worker arrangement is there are an amount of 25 workers and staff combined working in the library. The programs that can be accessed are law with science, technology, business, international studies, and any other areas of opportunity that prepare students to lead into their chosen fields. The library schedules are Monday-Thursday at 8:30am-7:00pm, Friday is from 8:30am-5:00pm, and Saturday & Sunday are from 9:00am-5:00pm. The online resources that are accessible are obviously there library website to find what people would want to know and different types of news sources and online articles for different classes.

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Things that can be accessed quickly are books obviously but other things that can be accessed quickly are computers, textbooks, and some chromebooks. Their online engine would be their website where kids can access to see what's in and what's out and it is where the workers check out books at the circulation desk.

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For their online resources they have their own website that can be accessed by going to the school website and they have another app or website that is only for ebooks and can be accessed whenever. The website is called SORA and it allows kids to check out books without getting the book in person and it can be an audio book. The website also has a feature where it can be used for kids that have dyslexia as well.

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The things that can be accessed physically in the library would be books and they have a section in the library where it's just computers so a computer lab and those can be accessed physically if needed. Other materials that can be accessed physically would be desks so that if students need to use one to do their work so the desk can be easily accessed if needed. Another material that can be accessed easily would be the printing, scanning, and coping machines that are located on the 1st and 2nd floor of the library.

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The online resources would be their own library website where you can find a certain type of Book, Articles, Databases, Jornels, and Newspaper Articles. Other resources would be some of the Journal resources and the Database resources like "News - Visual Computing Report. English Edition. Online resource" and that is from a Journal resource. Another example would be "Resources and energy (Online)" which has the option of being available online and in hand.

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The things that can be physically accessed are the books, desktop computers, print and copy machines, textbooks, and staff at the circulation desk if help is needed. Other online search options are that there are multiple types of textbooks and books that can be accessed online through a desktop computer.

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The online resources that students can have access to are books and textbooks from just the Stanford Law Library website. Also there are articles that can be accessed just online and a couple or databases that have multiple online resources for those who want to use the database source.

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The people that visit the library the most often would be the students because it is where they go to check out books or need help with something that has to do with the library. Also there are a couple of adults that work at the school that visit as well but not as much as the students.

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The users that can use the library are the general public, so basically anyone if its a student at the school or just a regular person that doesn't attend the school. Anyone can go and visit the library but mostly the people that use the library would be the students for the things that they need or want to find out about.

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The people that can use the library are everyone because it is open to the public. Most of the people that use it are students though and at some times the library is closed to the public so only students that are attending Stanford can have access to the library but only for a certain amount of time.