This page describes The different areas of the library.
This is a talking floor, perfect for group study or just to hang out!
Primary sources may be found on this floor. Massachusetts statutes and reporters for all regions are located here. Our encyclopedias, and reference material are also housed in this area. Other materials of interest include: Digests, topical index to caselaw; Reporters, full text published court opinions; Mass Practice and MCLE, intended to clarify areas of the law for practitioners in Massachusetts.
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This is a silent floor, perfect for solo study!
This floor houses the main treatise collection. We follow the Library of Congress classification system for our collection, and all books on the second floor have call numbers that start with K;This means that books with call numbers that start with a "K" are about American Law.
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This is a silent floor, perfect for solo study!
If you are seeking any books that are not K, they may be found on this floor. The non K books that we own are topics that are parallel or related to law such as criminal justice, sociology, and history. Our law reviews are also located on the basement level and they are shelved alphabetically by title.
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