Michael E. Moritz Law Library Services

Reference Librarians

The Reference Librarians can assist you in locating information in the collection or outside of the Library. They can help you use specific resources. However, they cannot give you legal advice or provide an interpretation of any legal document. Reference Librarians staff the Reference Desk on the second floor of the Law Library and also may be contacted by telephone at (614) 292-9463 or by e-mail at lawlibref@osu.edu.

Circulation Services

The following patrons may check out books from the Law Library:

• OSU faculty, staff and students with a valid BuckID card;
• Faculty, staff and students from OhioLINK institutions;
• Ohio attorneys and law librarians, College of Law alumni, and OSU President's Club members are eligible for Law Courtesy Cards. Please ask at the Circulation Desk to apply for this card. You may print out a Courtesy Card Application and bring it to the Circulation Desk.

The standard loan period for circulating materials is three weeks. All patrons must be sure to return or renew their materials on time because the Law Library does charge late fines. Some materials, including reporters, statutes, reference materials, looseleaf services, multi-volume sets, periodicals and microforms, may be used only within the Law Library.

Please note: The OSU Main Library Courtesy Card is different from the Law Library Courtesy Card. Holders of the OSU Main Library Courtesy Card may use the Law Library Collection at the Law Library, but are not entitled to check out books from the Law Library.

Reserve Materials

The Reserve Room is located directly behind the Circulation Desk and Reference Office. The Reserve Room contains recent issues of law reviews, newspapers and select current magazines, hornbooks and nutshells, a core collection of books on Ohio law, and audiovisuals. Patrons are welcome to use these materials within the Reserve Room. Patrons wishing to use reserve items in other parts of the Law Library can check them out at the Circulation Desk for a period of two hours. Overdue reserve items are billed $2.00 the first hour past due and $5.00 for each additional hour.

Library Fines

Law Library and OhioLink library fines may be paid in the Law Library Administration office. Fines for other OSU campus libraries must be paid online via OSU Libraries My Record.

Interlibrary Loan

Interlibrary loan is available to other libraries with some exceptions. For policies and charges, please send an email to the Circulation Department. Our OCLC code is OHL.

Online Catalog

OSCAR is the online catalog of the Ohio State University Libraries. Patrons can use the Library Catalog by clicking on the "Library Catalog" icon located on the public access computers. Through the Library Catalog, patrons can locate materials owned by all of the OSU Libraries.

Public Access Computers

Patrons can access the Library Catalog, the OSU Libraries' Databases, and the Internet on the public access computers in the Library. Research sessions are limited to 20 minutes. Limited printing is available from some of these computers with a Buck*ID card at $.10 a page.

Audiovisual Services

The Library has a number of audiocassettes, videocassettes and DVDs in the Reserve Room. Tape recorders are available at the Circulation Desk for patrons wanting to hear the tapes in the Library. There is also a TV/VCR/DVD player in the Reserve Room.

Photocopying

There are two photocopiers in the Law Library. Both copiers take BuckID at $.10 per copy. Visitors may purchase a BuckID card for $1.00 in the Computer Lab (Room 283). The BuckID machine takes $1.00, $5.00, $10.00 and $20.00 bills. Coin copying is no longer available (as of 3/20/2006).

Food and Drink Policy

Food is not allowed in the Library. Beverages are only allowed in library-approved, spill-proof containers. Please see examples of acceptable drink containers in the display case in the outer lobby.

Telephones

Public pay phones are located on the first and third floors of the Library. Delivery of messages to patrons is not possible.

BuckID Cards

The Moritz Library uses the BuckID system for photocopiers and computer printing. Visitors may purchase a BuckID card for $1.00 in the Computer Lab (Room 283). The BuckID machine takes $1.00, $5.00, $10.00 and $20.00 bills. BuckID is a campus system. Library staff can not resolve printing problems due to system wide campus outages. Please direct all inquiries about card refunds to the BuckID office in Ohio Union Room 3040.