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The Judicial Branch of Arizona, Maricopa County

The Judicial Branch of Arizona, Maricopa County

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Guide to Law Library Collections
Arizona Legal Materials The Arizona collection includes current and retrospective revised statutes, codes and session laws; House and Senate bills and journals; case law reports, including advance sheets; current and retrospective court rules and administrative orders; current and retrospective administrative agency regulations; attorney general opinions; selected state agency documents; municipal and county codes and ordinances; State Bar of Arizona ethics opinions; State Bar of Arizona and Maricopa County Bar Association CLE publications; practice manuals and legal forms; Native American tribal codes and ordinances.
Court Administration Court administration profession; court management topics including caseflow management, budgeting, facilities planning, technical assistance reports, ADR, jury reform, pro se service programs, and court technologies; court and judicial histories and biographies; Superior Court seminar materials; statistics.
Federal Legal Materials Federal materials include current and retrospective official and annotated US codes; Congressional Record and congressional committee hearings and reports; case law reporters and advance sheets; general and local court rules; U.S. Supreme Court briefs and oral arguments; current and retrospective administrative agency regulations; selected federal documents.
Foreign and International Materials Foreign and international materials include United States treaties and United Nations treaty series; treatises and monographs on international trade, business transactions, intellectual property, international litigation and dispute resolution, public and private international law, international organizations, and other subjects; selected English-language foreign country codes and comparative law.
General Legal Resources General and topical legal treatises; looseleaf services; newsletters; form books; uniform laws and model codes; legal reference tools such as dictionaries, thesaurus, directories, abbreviations, quotations, statistics; general and selected topical law journals; general reference tools.
Self Help Collections The Law Library has a collection of materials for non-attorneys, including books on various legal topics written in non-legal terms, forms, court and procedure guides. The collection is located on the second floor next to the Reference Collection at the Main Library.
State Legal Materials For states other than Arizona, collections may include session laws (available on microfiche); regional case law reporters; West's American Digest System; court rules; attorney general opinions; bar association ethics opinions; selected state bar CLE publications and practice manuals; jury instructions; state and local bar association journals (available on microfiche).
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Cooperative Collections and Agreements
Law and Research Library Division Under an agreement with the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records, the Library and Archives' Law and Research Library Division provides print access to current and retrospective statutes, reporters and digests from other states. As part of the agreement, the Superior Court Law Library provides access to an expanded collection of treatises, looseleafs and general legal resources, including some titles previously housed at the Law and Research Library.
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Electronic Resources
Computer Services The Law Library has 22 computers available for public use. Twelve computers are housed in the Online Room on the second floor. Use of the Online Room computers is reserved for legal research. Additional computers are located around the central core and near the Reference Desk. Print jobs are $0.05 per page and may be retrieved from the Print Release Station located near the Reference Desk. You are also welcome to download materials to disk or USB drive. You may either bring in your own 3.5" diskettes or purchase one from the Circulation Desk for $1.00.
Microfiche Reader/Printer A microfiche reader/printer computer is located in the Southwest part of the library. Library patrons can use the computer to read microfiche, print pages (at $0.05 per page) or e-mail the document to themselves (in a variety of document types). Patrons may also request documents on microfiche be e-mailed to them by contacting the Reference Desk staff. Library staff is available to assist patrons with access to the microfiche collection. Please inquire at the Reference Desk.
Online Catalog The Law Library uses Dynix's Horizon as its integrated online library system. The Horizon catalog may be accessed from any of the computers located in the Library and via the Web.
Internet Access The Law Library provides access to the Internet on its public-access computers. The Law Library offers Internet Explorer. Internet access is provided subject to our Internet Use Policy. The Law Library also provides wireless remote access to the Internet. Instructions for accessing the wireless system may be obtained from the Reference Desk.
Research Databases The library has a wide range of legal resources available on its network. Some traditional legal resources, such as citators, are now maintained in electronic format only. See our listing of Research Databases for descriptions of available online resources. Remote access is provided for certain databases. A Law Library card is necessary in order to utilize this service.
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