Law Library
Myron Taylor Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853

tel.: (607) 255-7236
fax: (607) 255-7193
e-mail: library@law.mail.cornell.edu
www: http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/library/

Library Hours

Campus map showing the Law Library location.

Founded in 1887, and located in the heart of the Law School, the Cornell Law Library combines the strengths of a large collection of printed legal research materials and computer-based information resources accessible from numerous computer terminals. In addition to comprehensive coverage of Anglo-American law sources, the library holds substantial research collections in international, foreign, and comparative law that focus on the former British Commonwealth and European countries, as well as public international law and international trade law. These holdings include the laws and court decisions of the United States and many other nations, as well as a large number of legal journals, treatises, digests, and indexes. The microforms collection includes significant sets of Congressional, Supreme Court, and United Nations documents. Many U.S. government documents—including the Congressional Record and the Federal Register—are provided for public use through the library’s status as a selective federal depository. The library actively promotes computer applications in support of the curriculum, the first-year research and writing program, and other student and faculty research activities. Internet resources, including the official mirror sites for the International Court of Justice and the International Labour Organization, and the growing Legal Research Encyclopedia, serve legal information needs at Cornell and around the world.