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Home > Libraries > Law > Collections & Resources > Core Collections

Core Collections

The Charles B. Sears Law Library contains 300,000 bound volumes and over 221,000 volumes in microform covering a wide variety of materials on law and law-related subjects. Included in the Federal, New York, and State Core Collections are basic legal research tools: court reporters and digests, session laws and codes, rules and regulations, attorney general reports, jurisdictional encyclopedias and citators.

The collection can be visualized by floors:

  • 2nd Floor [ MAP ]
    • Federal and New York Core Collections
    • Reference
    • Reserve
    • Special Collections
    • Looseleaf Services


  • 3rd Floor [ MAP ]
    • State Core Collections
    • Rare Book Collection
    • General Collection (Library of Congress A-J)
    • General Collection (Library of Congress KF1-KF199, KFA-KFZ)


  • 4th Floor [ MAP ]
    • General Collection (Library of Congress KF200-KF9999, KG-KJ, L-Z)
    • Foreign Law


  • 5th Floor [ MAP ]
    • Koren AV Center: Audiovisual and Microform Collections
    • United Nations Documents


  • 6th Floor [ MAP ]
    • General Collection (Library of Congress K31 to KE, KK-KZ)
    • N.Y. Legislative Documents
    • International Law Collection
    • Superceded Collections


  • 7th Floor [ MAP ]
    The 7th floor is a designated quiet study area. Access is limited to the law school community (students/faculty/staff) by swipe card only. If you are not affiliated with the law school and require access to materials on the 7th floor, please see a reference librarian or circulation staff member on the 2nd floor for assistance.
    • Oversize
    • Library of Congress K1-K30

See Also: The Charles B. Sears Law Library's Special Collections


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