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Registered Users

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Document Delivery Services
- Rush and Same Day Services
- Off-Hour Services
Interlibrary Loan Service
Special Services
- Book Retrieval & Hold
- Citation Verification
Delivery Methods
- Web Delivery (see below)
Fee Schedule

Document Delivery Services

You may request copies of UCLA Law Library materials and copies of materials from any other library on campus. Only one copy of copyrighted material per user may be supplied. Normal turnaround time for filling requests (exclusive of delivery time where applicable) is 24 hours.

Rush and Same Day Services

For an additional charge, UCLAW Express will process orders on a rush basis. Rush orders for Law Library materials will be held at the service point, faxed or delivered via the Web within two hours of receiving the request (turnaround time for rush orders for non-Law Library materials is three hours). In addition, UCLAW Express offers a same day option: for an intermediate fee, requests placed before noon will be processed by 5 p.m. the same day.

Off-Hour Services

During the Academic year, UCLAW Express will photocopy Law Library materials during evening and weekend hours. Please consult the hours page for availability of this service.

Interlibrary Loan Service

UCLAW Express also offers interlibrary loans of circulating Law Library materials to registered users. Interlibrary loans will be sent through first class mail on the same day the order is received. Express mailing (recommended) is available for billing to your own express mail account. The advantage of using this service over our hold service is that you need not come in person to pick up the book. Borrowers are responsible for materials until they are returned to the Law Library. Overdue and unreturned books are subject to late fees and replacement charges outlined in the Fee Schedule. Please note that it is not necessary to possess a current UCLA Library Card in order to make use of this service.

Special Services

Book Retrieval & Hold

We also provide a "book retrieval & hold" service. We will retrieve materials from the Law Library Stacks and place them on hold at the Circulation Desk within two hours. Please be aware that when using this "hold" service, circulating materials can only be checked out by users who possess a valid UCLA library card and present it in person when picking up materials. For information on obtaining a UCLA Library card visit the "Library Cards" Web page.

Citation Verification

If you have the name and author of an article, case name or name of an act, but not the citation, UCLAW Express can attempt to locate citations for both legal and non-legal materials for additional fees. UCLAW Express cannot provide research services (i.e., compilations of subject bibliographies for articles, cases or statutes).

Delivery Methods

WEB DELIVERY: For the copy services listed above, you may now request delivery of journal articles, cases, and book chapters via the Web for no additional charge (and materials delivered via the Web are not subject to sales tax). Here's how it works:

Articles are scanned, converted into Acrobat PDF format and stored on a library server.
You are notified by e-mail when your article is available.
Simply open the URL provided in the body of the e-mail to read, print, and/or download your document.

Other delivery methods include:

Hold at Law Library (no additional charge)
Express Mail (Charged to addressee's account)
U.S. Mail ($1.00 per item--this is not recommended as we cannot guarantee delivery date. U.S. mail must first go through UCLA campus mail which adds additional time to the delivery).
Fax transmission (for photocopies only; not subject to sales tax)