User Identification

Members of the Duquesne University community must present valid university identification cards to borrow material(s).  Holders of valid Allegheny County Law Library cards must present them to borrow Center material(s).

What Circulates at DCLI?

In general everything in the Center circulates except for the following locations/ material types.  The status column in SOLCAT for non-circulating materials says LIB USE ONLY. Please ask at the Circulation Desk if you have questions.

Checking Out Books

Please bring the desired materials to the Circulation Desk for check out.  Proper ID is required.  The Circulation Desk is located at the entrance to the Center on the second floor.  Students and Allegheny County Law Library card holders have the privilege of checking out books from DCLI and ACLL.  A total of fifteen (15) items may be checked out at a time with a maximum of seven (7) ACLL items at a time.  DCLI materials circulate to students and ACLL card holders for two (2) weeks and may be renewed once.

Reserve Materials

Reserve materials generally consist of materials placed by faculty members for the use of students in a particular class.  Additionally, Pennsylvania Bar Institute titles, Restatements of the Law, Nutshells, and Hornbooks are held as reserve materials.  Materials on reserve may be checked out for a period of two (2) hours only.  Proper ID is required.

Faculty members interested in placing materials on reserve should contact Ms. Jean McBride, Circulation Supervisor, 412-396-4016, mcbride@duq.edu

Past Exams

The Center holds a limited number of past exams for various subject areas.  The exams held are at the complete discretion of law school faculty members.  Exams may be checked out for a period of two (2) hours only.  Proper ID is required. 

Overdue Notices

Fines are 50¢ per item/per day for overdue materials.  Fines for overdue reserve materials are 50¢ per item/per day.  An overdue notice will be sent the first day after an item becomes overdue.  A second overdue notice will be generated seven days from the day the first overdue notice was sent.  If an item is overdue for more than 21 days, a replacement bill will be generated.  Please notify the Circulation Desk immediately if you have lost materials.  The replacement bill will include the following costs: