LRC Circulation Policies

Welcome to the Legal Research Center at the University of San Diego!

The University of San Diego Legal Research Center serves the law school, the university and the community at large as a legal research facility. Most of the collection, such as reference materials, multi-volume sets, serials (including statutes and reporters), tax materials, periodicals, looseleafs, and microforms, does not circulate.

Patrons are welcome to use these materials in the library. In order to check out materials, patrons must present a current USD Torero ID card at the Circulation Desk or use a self-check kiosk. California Bar Members with offices in San Diego County and all USD Law School Alumni may apply for a Visitor Card. Alumni/Visitor Information USD IDs and visitor cards may only be used by the person to whom they are issued; no one else may check out materials on their behalf.

You may renew all library materials by visiting the library catalog, logging in with your USDOne credentials.

Patrons may request library materials to be put on hold for them if the items are currently available in the stacks or checked out to another patron. To request a hold, find the item in the online catalog and click on the "Request" button. You will be prompted to log in to your USDOne account. Your request will be processed in 1-2 business days (not including weekends and holidays). You will be notified by email a when the item is available on the hold shelf. If we are unable to fulfill your hold request or your hold request is canceled, you can also request the items through interlibrary loan.

Please note: You have 7 days to pick up your materials. After that, the materials will be returned to the shelves or circulate to the next patron.

Depository Collection Information

As a federal depository since 1967, we accept the responsibility to make documents selected for the collection available to the public. The LRC receives a variety of government documents from the U.S. Government Publishing Office as part of the Federal Depository Library Program.

Items selected are approximately 11% of the materials distributed by the U.S. Government Publishing Office. Collection strengths include: law and jurisprudence, legislative and regulatory materials, court and judicial administration, international trade, public finance and taxation. In addition to receiving U.S. documents, the LRC collects state documents as a California selective depository library. The LRC is open to the public for the use of the federal and California documents during our public building hours. Documents chosen for the LRC are cataloged and integrated into the general collection.