Five photocopiers are available for library users, four of which are located in the copy room on the first floor and one is located on the second floor of the Law Library. If you wish to photocopy and charge to a State Agency or pay by check, check out an auditron from the Circulation Desk, make your copies, and return the photocopying utensil to the Circulation Desk. Also, you may feed $1 bills, $5 bills, or coins directly into the copiers, or VendaMat cards for photocopying may be purchased from the dispenser in the copy room. The card cost is $1.00. Value may be added to the card with cash only. (We can not accept checks to add value to cards). Court personnel are not charged for copies made in the course of their work. Copies of library materials may also be requested by phone at (334)242-4953, (334)242-4957, or 1-800-236-4069, fax at (334)242-4484, or e-mail at reference@alalinc.net. Charges for these services are as follows:

Two microfiche and microfilm reader printers are available for library users. If you need help, the Public Services Staff can assist you.

The law library provides borrowing services to users requesting materials not owned by the library. Requestor must provide specific information. Some lending libraries may charge for loaning books, etc. The requestor is responsible for payment, hence, a max cost can be stated.

Lighted carrels and study tables are available for use on both floors of the Library. If you wish to leave materials in a carrel or on a table overnight, please fill out a "do not disturb these books" slip so that your books will not be reshelved by the Library staff. Confidential material should not be left in the Law Library.

Three conference rooms are available on the second floor of the Law Library. These rooms may be reserved for a limited time.

• Agricultural Statistics
• Alabama Law on Disc (Michie)
• Budget of U.S. Government
• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
• Committee on Commerce - U.S. House of Representatives
• Crossroads America's Fiscal Future
• Department of Health and Human Services
• Domestic Violence
• Employee Conflict Management
• Law Desk - Alabama Reporter & Code of Alabama
• Law Desk - A L R 3d, 4th, 5th
• Legal Information Institute
• Monthly Catalog
• National Criminal Justice Reference Service
• Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
• SSA
• United States Code
• U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census
• U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics
• West's Alabama Reporter
• West's Legal Directory

The CD Rom products may be checked out at the Circulation Desk and must be used in the Law Library.

• WestLaw
• Lexis/Nexis

List of recent cases of the Alabama Supreme Court, the Court of Criminal Appeals, and the Court of Civil Appeals with citations to the Southern Reporter. Updated weekly. To access: M:\ drive (court public)

For information concerning particular titles, consult the Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC). The catalog can be searched through several access points, the most common of which are author, title and subject. Instruction screens make the OPAC easy to access. If you need help, the Public Services staff is available to assist you. The Law Library uses the Library of Congress classification system.

CD-Rom index to Legal Periodicals that can be most commonly searched by author and subject. The database covers 1980 to present.

• Research Guides: Guides to sources of information on selected legal topics.