Law Library Core Collections
In addition to the Law Library’s extensive online collection of legal databases and books, we also hold 300,000 bound volumes and over 221,000 volumes in microform covering a wide variety of materials on law and law-related subjects.
For assistance in using any of our collections, please visit our Circulation & Service Desk, which is located near the 2nd floor entrance. Additional reference assistance is available via email and chat.
Please keep in mind that access to the 5th, 6th, and 7th floors is limited to Law School faculty, staff, and JD, LLM and JSD students. Your UB ID will be needed to access these floors.
Where is my title located?
NOTE: Call numbers may exist in multiple collections, and thus be housed in different locations. For example, CORE and LAWR COLLECTIONS are located on Floor 2 and GENERAL COLLECTIONS are located on Floor 3. So be sure to check COLLECTION location first!
| Call Number | Subject Covered | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Library of Congress Call Numbers | ||
| A through J | See Library of Congress Subject Outline | Floor 3 |
| H | Social Sciences | Floor 3 |
| J | Political Science | Floor 3 |
| K1-30 | Law Reviews and Journals | Floor 7 |
| K31-9999 | Law (General) | Floor 3 |
| KB-KE | See Library of Congress Subject Outline | Floor 3 |
| KD | United Kingdom. Ireland | Floor 3 |
| KE | Canada | Floor 3 |
| KF 1 - KF 7680 | United States | Floor 3 |
| KF 48 - KF 135 and KF 6285 C67 | Federal Core Collection | Floor 2 |
| KF 7682 - KF 9999 | United States | Floor 6 |
| KFA-KFZ (inc. some KFI & KFN) | United States: States - General Collection | Floor 6 |
| KFI | LAWR Collection | Floor 2 |
| KFN | New York State Core Collection | Floor 2 |
| KG-KZ | See Library of Congress Subject Outline | Floor 6 |
| KG | Latin America | Floor 6 |
| KH | South America | Floor 6 |
| KJ | Europe | Floor 6 |
| KK - KKZ | Europe | Floor 6 |
| KL - KP | Asia and Eurasia | Floor 6 |
| KQ - KT | Africa | Floor 6 |
| KU - KW | Pacific Area | Floor 6 |
| KZ | Law of nations | Floor 6 |
| L through Z | See Library of Congress Subject Outline | Floor 6 |
| Floor 2 |
|---|
| Archives & Special Collections, Law |
| Audio Visual Collection, Koren/AV |
| Berman Collection |
| Circulation Desk Collection |
| Federal Core Collection |
| Federal Reporters & Digests |
| Haas Collection |
| LAWR Collection |
| Leisure Collection |
| New York Alcove |
| New York Core Collection |
| New York Nominatives |
| New York Reporters & Digests |
| McKinney's & CLS |
| O’Brian Papers, John Lord |
| Reference and Reference Desk Collections |
| Reserve Collection |
| Special Collections, Law |
| Success Collection |
| Floor 3 |
| General Book Collection |
| Regional Reporters and Digests |
| Floor 4 |
| Floor closed for construction (as of June 2017) |
| Floor 5 |
| Microforms, Law |
| Study Aids Collection |
| Textbook Collection |
| United Nations Alcove and United Nations Microforms |
| Floor 6 |
| General Book Collection, including New York General Collection |
| Superseded Collection |
| Floor 7 |
| Law Reviews and Journals |
| Martindale-Hubbell Law Directories |
| NYCRR Superseded Collection |
| Oversize Collection |