Law Library Services for Journals: Cite-Checking / Source-Gathering

For requesting material through the Law Library Catalog, use the Journal acronym in the 'username' field. Check with your Managing Editor for the account password to use in the UM ID # field or Alternate ID field to log in.

MLR (mlr.epe@umich.edu)
JLR (kremera@umich.edu) * This needs to be changed to a group email. Email Jessica with the new email ASAP.
MJIL (mjilsourcegathering@umich.edu)
MJGL (mgrassi@umich.edu) * This needs to be changed to a group email. Email Jessica with the new email ASAP.
MJRL (mjrlexecbd@umich.edu)
MTLR (mtlr-library-notices@umich.edu)
MJEAL (shanthic@umich.edu) * This needs to be changed to a group email. Email Jessica with the new email ASAP.
MBELR (no email on file) * This needs to be changed to a group email. Email Jessica with the new email ASAP.
 

For requesting material through Interlibrary Loan (ILL), use the Journal acronym below in the username field. Check with your Managing Editor for the account password. 

MLR (mlr.epe@umich.edu) 
JLR (mjlr@umich.edu)
MJIL (mjilsourcegathering@umich.edu)
MJGL (carleybr@umich.edu) * This needs to be changed to a group email. Email Jessica with the new email ASAP.
MJRL (mjrlexecbd@umich.edu)
MTLR (mich.tech.law.rev@umich.edu)
MJEAL (shanthic@umich.edu) * This needs to be changed to a group email. Email Jessica with the new email ASAP.
MBELR (narcus@umich.edu) * This needs to be changed to a group email. Email Jessica with the new email ASAP.

If you need to change the password on one of the above accounts, have the Managing Editor of the Journal contact Jessica (hanesjl@umich.edu). 

Get This will pull books from the University Libraries for you to pick up!

After finding an item in the U-M Library Catalog Search that is available at one of the 27 University Libraries, you can select "Get This" from the record to have the item pulled and held for pick-up. If it is located at a distant campus library, you can also have the book delivered to the Hatcher Graduate Library which is across the street. 

Set Up a Journal Proxy Account

1. You must first get a proxy card from the Hatcher North Circulation Desk. See "Campus Library Proxy Cards" to the right for more information. 
2. Then you must create a "friend" account for the Journal through the University of Michigan. You will need a non-UM email address to do so (Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, etc.). The email address you provide becomes your University Library Journal patron record username. You can select and change your password. 
3. Email the Graduate Library Circulation staff (circservices@umich.edu) when the friend account is set up, so Hatcher Circulation can connect your University Library Journal proxy card patron record and your Journal friend account. 

Troubleshooting a Journal Friend Account

1. To update the editor name or email on the account, you can email the Graduate Library Circulation staff (circservices@umich.edu).
2. If your account 'expires' or you have another problem, email email circservices@umich.edu with the barcode found on the back of the proxy card to have the account reinstated and updated.

Returning Books

When you have finished using an item, you can return it to the Hatcher Graduate Library Circulation Desk, regardless of which campus library it is from. 

* The Law Library cannot be held responsible for overdue or lost books. Mind the due dates for items borrowed from the University Library system.

Electronic Items

If requesting an item from the University Library that is ELECTRONIC, this is the one time when you will need to use your personal UM library account.

Because the Journal "friend" account is not linked to a specific person, it cannot access electronic resources.

Requesting Scans from the University Library

Use the Journal Proxy Account to request scans of materials in the University Library. 

If you get an error message, try using a different browser to login to the account. (You will need to make sure you're not using a browser in which you're logged in to any University services through your personal account.)

Use your Journal Account when requesting material from the Law Library Catalog or through the Law Library Interlibrary Loan (ILL) system.
 

• Log in to the Law Library Catalog to request Law Library books (and/or have pages scanned).
  • Physical material will be delivered to the Journal shelf behind the Information Desk.
  • If the item you need is in closed reserve and cannot be requested through the catalog, you can take the item from reserve yourself for a short time using your personal account--just make sure you return the item on time!
     
• Log in to the U-M Library Catalog to use "Get This" and have books in the U-M Library catalog pulled from other campus libraries and held for you to pick up at the Hatcher Graduate Library.  The Kresge Business Library Catalog only has electronic resources, some of which can be used by Law Students.
   
• Log in to the Law Library's Interlibrary Loan to obtain books and articles not available on the U of M campus.


• For more information about Finding and Retrieving Materials on Campus, including books, articles, and newspapers, check out this research guide: http://libguides.law.umich.edu/libraries

To extract footnotes from a Word file for easier source-gathering / cite-checking.

1. Save a copy of the file that you will use.
    
2. Make sure the footnotes are actually formatted or styled as footnotes.  If they are not, this process will not work.
    
3. Under the References tab > in the Footnotes/Endnotes section click the small arrow in the bottom right corner.

4. In the pop up box, there will be a "convert" button that you can click to convert all footnotes to endnotes at once.   (If this button is greyed out, then the footnotes are not formatted for styled correctly as footnotes.)
    
5. If you want to maintain 1,2,3... number formatting, before you click convert, select “Endnotes:” and set the endnote style in the pop up box. (the default is likely i, ii, iii…)
    

6. Once you have set the Endnote style, change the radio button selection back to “Footnotes:” and click Convert.
    
7. Another pop up box will appear asking you to verify that you want to convert all Footnotes to Endnotes. Click Ok. Close the Footnote and Endnote popup box.
    
8. You should now see all of the Footnotes as Endnotes at the end of the document.

Once you have all the footnotes as endnotes at the end of the document, you can extract them from here by copying/pasting into another file and working from that. 

The Library provides access to the Bluebook online for Journal members.  Contact your Managing or Production Editor for login information.

The Law Library has a school-wide subscription to the online version of the Chicago Manual of Style which may be useful to you during cite-checking.