The collection of the Law Library is arranged on open shelves, distributed across three floors. The books are classified by subject categories and the journals, alphabetically by title.
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Upper level
- Law: general (categories A to G)
Reference works, Sources of law, Law: general, Philosophy of law, Sociology of law and Legal history
- OO&R-collection (categories H to L and CIDOR)
Private law, International private law, Tax law, Social law en CIDOR (Business law)
Ground floor
- SteR-collection (categories M to Z)
Constitutional law, Administrative law, Criminal law and Criminology, Migration law, Mixed functional legal areas, European law and International law
- Current years of the journal collection
Lower level
- EDC: Official publications of the European Union
- Dutch parliamentary documents
- Theses
- Bound volumes of the journal collection
In general, you can borrow books from Radboud University Nijmegen libraries. Exceptions to this are valuable works, reference work, journals, loose-leafs etc. You can recognize these books by the red stripe through the shelf mark.
The Law Library is responsible for the formation of the collection of digital and print sources. In addition, the library provides courses and workshops, develops e-learning tools, advises and guides individual students and researchers in the field of legal research of sources.
Our services include:
- Defining search strategies. For example: selecting the most relevant search terms;
- Advising on which databases can be used for researching literature, case law, treaties, legislation and legislative history;
- Advising on which databases are suitable for researching Dutch law, European Law and International Law. This includes selecting databases with regard to other jurisdictions and comparative law;
- Searching the various databases in a structured way;
- Evaluating, selecting and citing of legal literature and legal sources.
From Monday to Friday from 8:30 – 17:00 hrs you are welcome in the library!
The library will be open again on Monday 5 January 2025