North Carolina Material

A core collection of primary North Carolina materials are shelved on Wiggins Main and Basement levels. In addition, the complete collection of North Carolina materials can be located on Wiggins Main level. These include treatises on North Carolina law, practice materials, CLE publications among other works. Treatises on North Carolina law are cataloged and classified, and are kept with the main treatise collection or on Reserve.

Reference Collection

The Law Library Reference Collection includes legal directories, legal dictionaries, specialized indexes, almanacs, general encyclopedias, biographical information, subject bibliographies, and specialized indexes. Reference volumes are shelved beside the Circulation Desk and must be used in the library.

Reserve Collection

Reserve books are shelved directly behind the Circulation Desk. Included in the Reserve Collection are the latest editions of hornbooks, treatises, nutshells, and other frequently used materials. In addition, a current set of North Carolina General Statutes is kept on Reserve. The library does not keep copies of casebooks, textbooks, or commercial outlines on Reserve.

Reserve materials may be checked out for Library use only and have a two-hour time limit. An overdue fine of twenty-five cents per hour is charged for overdue Reserve materials. During the course of a semester, professors will place law review articles or cases on Reserve. If a professor frequently places material on Reserve, a notebook is created to store these materials. The notebooks may be checked out as any other Reserve book. In the event a professor places only a few articles or cases on Reserve, copies of these materials will be kept in the Reserve file, and may be checked out for use within the Library. In addition to the traditional Reserve materials, bar review outlines are available at the Circulation Desk. Also available are flash cards for most of the required substantive courses.

Copies of previous North Carolina Bar Exams dating from 1986 to the present are kept on Reserve and are compiled in notebooks that may be checked out for use in the Library. Also available are the Annual Compilation of Bar Examinations dating from 1972 to the present. Included in the compilations are copies of bar exams from states other than North Carolina.

Tax Collection

A basic research collection of looseleaf services, newsletters, government documents and other materials have been housed together on the ground floor of Wiggins Library. The Collection is shelved in the area to the right of the Circulation Desk. Materials with the Library of Congress classification numbers KF 6260 through KF 6500 will be located in this area. Materials in the Tax Collection do not circulate.

Professional Ethics

The Library holds all basic sources needed to research the ABA Code of Professional Responsibility, the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct, and the North Carolina Rules of Professional Conduct. Annotated versions of the Code and published opinions are on Reserve.

Magazines and Newspapers

A small collection of current general interest newspapers and magazines are located in the foyer that connects Kivett and Wiggins Libraries. Back issues of popular newspapers and magazines are not kept by the Law Library but are available in Carrie Rich Memorial Library.

Media Collection

The Library's Media Collection is housed in the Reserve Collection. The Media Collection contains Sum & Substance tapes and CDs that correspond with first-year law courses and selected upper-class courses. A maximum of two tapes or CDs can be checked out at one time. There is a two-hour limit per tape or CD for tapes or CDs checked out during the day. Tapes and CDs may be checked out overnight. The tapes or CDs may be signed out one hour before the Library closes at night and must be returned one hour after the Library opens in the morning.

Microform Collection

The Microform Room is located in basement of Kivett Hall. A microform reader/printer is located in this room. The Library has an extensive collection of microforms. In the microform collection, Library users will find the Code of Federal Regulations, the Federal Register, United States Supreme Court Briefs and Records, 4th Circuit Court of Appeals Briefs and Records, North Carolina Supreme Court Briefs and Records, government publications, early state reports, early English reports, and numerous other types of materials. In addition, the collection includes bar journals from over two-thirds of the states. The Library's holdings begin with the 1985 issues of each journal.