Saturday, August 28, 2010

Using the New Books List

A list of new books at Cornell Law Library is posted on our web site twice a month.  I wanted to point out a few features of our New Books List, which is always linked from our home page, which will help you use the list to its fullest.


When looking at the web page with the New Books List, you can click on the book title in red, to go to the Cornell Library Catalog.  There you will see more information about the book, sometimes the Table of Contents or a Summary.  From there you can also request holds, recalls, and delivery from another library.


When you click on the image of the book cover, you go to its record on Amazon.com, where you can read reviews and purchase the book if you’d like.


Our list of new books also includes books about legal topics that are added at other libraries on campus, usually at Olin, Industrial and Labor Relations, Management, or Kroch Asia libraries.  The titles are found throughout the list, which is arranged by subject call number.


If you want to see what other new books have been added by libraries all across campus, you can click on Search and Browse New Books at Cornell University Library, a link found at the top left of each of our New Books List.  Select from broad topics such as political science, technology, history, and social sciences.


Feel free to contact your librarian liaison if you would like any of these books checked out and delivered to your office.   We love to get books into your hands!


Pat Court

Associate Law Librarian

pgc1@cornell.edu