LibGuides: About the Law Library: Quick Guide to Remote Resources

West Academic Early Ebook Access

West Academic Early Ebook Access
Access to West Academic and Foundation Press casebooks adopted for U Akron classes for the first two weeks of school. You must create an account.

West Academic Early Ebook Access Instructions

Remotely Available Study Aids

Ebook Study Aids are available on three platforms:

Aspen Learning Library This link opens in a new window
Accessible to Law Students, Faculty and Staff only. Aspen Learning Library (fka Wolters Kluwer Study Aid Library) contains study aids in Ebook form, including Emanuel Law Outlines, Examples and Explanations, Glannon Guides, Emanuel Crunchtime, Academic Success, Casenote Legal Briefs, Inside Series, Friedman’s Series and Jumpstart Series. Includes short videos on fundamental concepts of law and audio lectures. For off-campus access, access via the VPN or log in with your UANet Id and Password.
Spaced Repetition This link opens in a new window
Access for Law Students, Faculty and Staff Only. Online Emanuel Law in a Flash flashcards for quizzing yourself on black letter law and reviewing hypotheticals. Sign up here with your U Akron email address (scroll to the bottom). Includes Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional law, Contracts, Corporations, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Environmental Law, Evidence, Federal Income Tax, Professional Responsibility, Property, Secured Transactions, Torts, Wills & Trusts.
PLUS make your own flashcards and see cards made by others.
West Academic Study Aids Online This link opens in a new window
Available to Law students, faculty and staff only. 24/7 access to more than 470 study aids in ebook format. Includes Gilbert Law Summaries, Sum and Substance titles, Black Letter Outlines and High Court Case Summaries. Includes audio, video and interactive multiple choice quizzes.
University of Akron users do not need to create an account to access, but may want to create an account to save your highlights and notes, save favorites and see your recently viewed titles.
Instructions

If your UANet ID does not contain numbers, contact the law library for your Aspen Library Card Number.

More information:

Remotely Available Databases

Law Databases
Access databases purchased by the library from the Law Databases page. The Law Databases page is linked from the Law Library homepage. Almost all of these databases are available remotely.
Remote Authentication
Some databases will require you to log in remotely with your UANet Id. Your UANet Id is what is before the @ in your email address.

Zipsearch

ZipSearch searches everything in the University of Akron Law Library Catalog (books, ebooks) PLUS searches within databases of articles. If you want, after you run the search you can set the filters to pick up even more results from: OHIOLINK, PLUS searches Worldcat (library catalogs from all over the world).

Ohiolink - Click on the blue Ohiolink tab below to only search Ohiolink libraries