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Faculty Services

Welcome to the Pardee Legal Research Center (LRC). You will be working in the region's premier legal collection and facility when you enter USD's law library. Various library services are available to facilitate your research and add to your productivity.

Introduction

This guide is designed to help you navigate the many library resources available to USD School of Law faculty. It is intended to be a reference that you, your Faculty Assistants, and your Research Assistants can return to at any time. Please contact the LRC with any questions. We are happy to help.

Circulation

  • Checkouts, renewals and questions about library accounts
  • Course reserves (textbooks and past exams)  

Collection Services

  • Acquisitions for the LRC collection
  • Management of LRC's physical and electronic collections
  • Donations

Reference

  • Research assistance
  • Database access
  • Book or article requests
  • In-class library research training for your students

Publication Services

  • Editing (including cite-checking, proofreading, copyediting, and line editing)
  • SSRN 
  • Scholarship Profiles

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Reference Desk Hours

Fall and spring semester hours

During the fall and spring semesters, the reference desk is typically available for walk-up, email, phone, or chat questions during these hours:

Monday to Thursday
9am–6pm
Friday
9am–5pm
Saturday
CLOSED
Sunday
noon–4pm

Hours vary during finals, intersession, and summer sessions.

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