In the catalogue

To search the catalog, you must be in possession of bibliographic references. Beforehand you must perform a search by subject/matter in the legal databases available at the library (Jura, Strada lex, Jurisquare).

1°) Enter one or more terms (title word, author,...) in the search bar of the Catalogue of the libraries of the University of Namur. Feel free to use quotation marks for less noise.

2°) You get a list of results sorted by relevance. These can then be filtered using facets. If you select several values within a facet, the "OR" operator is applied EXCEPT for the "Author" and "Subject" facets, which apply the "AND" operator to refine the search.

• Select only physical resources or online resources

• Document types: sort by number of occurrences.

  Book, text encompasses both books in paper and electronic format.

  Periodical encompasses both journals in paper and electronic format.

  Electronic resourceincludes only electronic references

  Other types of documents available: memoir, comic strip, video, thesis, maps and atlases, score, sound document, editorial collection, article, object...

Please note, Open Access references in the UCL Institutional Directory are also included in the catalog>adding new document types: conference paper, working paper, contribution to a collective work, report, preprint, patent...

• Author: authors are classified by number of occurrences with a limit of 50.

• Library:

  "UNamur-Droit": includes all documents available at the CRIDS law library and documentation center. Sublocations: "Library" or "CRIDS" or "VS" include some of our collections.

• Language: sorted by number of occurrences.
• Year of publication
• Source : gives you the provenance of a record (depending on the type of document, librarians encode references in different tools)
  • Catalog = Physical resources
  • Dial.pr = UCL institutional repository
  • Dial.ebook = Electronic book
  • KBeserial = Electronic periodical
  • KBdatabase = Database

Tip: if you don't want to see Open Access references from the UCL institutional repository, you can deselect "Dial.pr".

• Status: Available, on loan, at the lending desk, in transit...

Beware, there's a Bug for the statuses "at the lending desk" and "in transit": filters by libraries and institutions don't work.

3°) To obtain detailed information about a document (such as storage rating, location...), you need to click on the TITLE from the results list. The detailed view contains information under different tabs:

• Obtain:Displays library copies with location, shelfmark, copy category (borrowable, non-borrowable, to consult on site) and status (available, return expected on+date, on order, out of inventory,...).
• Description: Contains detailed bibliographic information about the document.

Notes

1°) This new system is under development and certain functionalities will be added progressively (export of a list of results, facet by year,....)

2°) Be attentive to the location, this must start with UNamur-Droit (Bibliothèque/CRIDS/VS), otherwise the work is available in another campus library.

3°) For journals, you can also consult the alphabetical list of journals.

4°) A mention of availability accompanied by a "Green" or "Red" colored dot appears in the list of results.

• Available + Green lozenge means that the work is on the shelves and appears both on borrowable, non-borrowable, for on-site consultation and for electronic resources.
• Not available + Red dot: appears for borrowed works, works on order, missing from inventory, binding and cataloguing.

Beware, "Not available" also appears on some periodical records. This is a malfunction. Periodicals cannot be borrowed and are therefore always available for consultation.

5°) Other mentions visible on the detailed screen of a record:

• A consultation sur place means that the work is not in direct access and must be requested at the reception desk.
• Lending not authorized means that the work must be consulted in the library.
• On order means that the work has been ordered and has not yet been received.
• Missing inventory means that the work has disappeared.
• On-line
• At the bindery means that the work is momentarily unavailable following repair by a bookbinder.

In the library

Most books in the law library are available for direct access, with the exception of those at the counter. The latter are marked "Réserve" at the shelf mark and have "A consultation sur place".

The current year's magazines are arranged on the display racks in alphabetical order by title. The latest issue is fronted. To consult the other issues of the current year, simply lift the inclined board! Previous years are arranged in the different sections of the library.

Maps of the different sections are available under document location.

Two possibilities:

• either by consulting the alphabetical list of journals available at the Law Library, last column "Online access".
• or by searching the computerized catalog of the libraries of the University of Namur.

In the catalog

Ebook records are distinguished by the presence of the [electronic resource book, text] below the book's cover.

To get the full text quickly, you need to click on the Book title and then click on database name + right mouse button "open in new tab".

To get ebooks directly from the catalog, you need to use the "Show only online resources" filter.

In the databases