Legal research foundation (Library of Law College Dehradun)

A student of law who aspires to be a lawyer and not merely pass law examinations must learn to use legal materials. He should be proficient in acquiring the habit of first hand work among sources. Along with knowledge of law reports and statute books, a law student should be familiar with the library as a whole with its paraphernalia of catalogues and books of reference.

The library of Law College Dehradun was elevated to the status of Legal Research Centre in 2008. It was inaugurated by Justice Mr. M.M. Ghildiyal then a judge of Uttarakhand High Court. The wide library resources offer the students an open access to book and journals. The scholars are assisted by research staff to locate literature and information pertaining to their areas of research, general reference, and current awareness. The research center has computerized catalogue and welcomes not only its own students to access but also Ph.D. students of different universities to use information resources.

Library staff encourages the students to make maximum utilization of available resources. Since the Law College campus is Wi-Fi enabled campus our students have easy access to information directly from computerized data base.
Objective of Research Centre To provide effective information not only about law but also about other disciplines. To make reference books. Text books, notes etc available for further source of effective learning.

Library

The study of Law is a gigantic exercise. Library forms an essential part of the pursuit of law academics in Law College Dehradun; library has been planned and developed by a team of qualified library staff. The ground floor of Academic block has been devoted to the library resource with all the state-of the-art facilities, Wi-Fi connection, CD ROMs, and vast collection of Volumes covering a wide range of subjects of Law, Political Science, Sociology, History and English, Reference Books, back volumes of Journals AIR and Legal periodicals.

On line legal research through ‘Manupatra’

College has subscribed for corporate plan of Manupatra. Being in Wi-Fi campus the students may access to Manupatra by sitting in any corner of the college campus.
 

Print Collection

The Library is well stocked having excellent collection of text and reference books on Law and other subjects. Library subscribes National/International journals, reports and periodicals on Law. It has a rare collection of All India Reporter since 1914, Indian Bar Review, Supreme Court Cases, Supreme Law Today, Criminal Law Journal, Journal of Indian Law Institute, Indian Journal of International Law, Company Law Cases, Lucknow Law Times, Uttaranchal Cases, Dehradun Law Review etc.

Library Automation

Library is well arranged. All operations of the library are automated with the help of library software LIBSYS. On-line Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) to the users for database search.

Library Services

• Circulation services
• Reference services
• Referral services
• News paper clipping
• Selective Dissemination of Information
• Current Awareness Services
• Photocopying facility