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Resources for Adjunct Faculty: Textbooks & Materials

This guide created for law school adjunct faculty offers information regarding school policies, calendars and textbook information, information for recording classes and other computing services and also includes law school and campus-provided services.

Guide to Course Materials Highlighting Affordable Materials

The Law Library encourages professors to consider cost to students as a factor when selecting course materials. The following guide offers suggestions: https://libguides.law.villanova.edu/AffordableCourseMaterialsforFaculty. Adjunct faculty should contact the adjunct library liaison, Robert Hegadorn for more information.

Teaching Support / Textbooks

Database Access at Villanova Law - Most law library databases listed below are available via IP authentication, except where otherwise noted. Databases are available off-campus to law school faculty, staff, and students. You may access these databases through our secure proxy server by logging in with your main campus email username and password (do not include vuad\ before your username). Some databases require separate passwords such as Lexis, Westlaw, Bloomberg and others.  For more information go to: Law Databases

Go to Teaching Support for Custom Course Subject Guides; Textbook examination copies and a list of publishers; Copyright Permission Services; and Creating Direct Links to Documents in an online database.

TEXTBOOK ADOPTION: You will receive an email from the Villanova bookstore requesting your textbook selection. Use the BN link provided to enter your selection.   

If you have any questions, please email Jennnifer Waring <jwaring@bncollege.com, Kelly Nguyen knguyen@bncollege.com, or Brooke Raup braup@villanova.edu. Please submit your book orders by July 15. 

Law School Publisher Guide

Textbook & Law School Publisher Information for Faculty

This page is intended for faculty and administrative support staff interested in reviewing law textbook online catalogs and ordering exam copies. The Adjunct Faculty liaison is Robert Hegadorn, please feel free to contact him directly for assistance.

Coursepacks

COURSEPACK: If you are not using a textbook and are interest in supplying material in a Coursepack, please download the form below and follow the instructions to have the material prepared by our Graphic Services department.  Students will use their Wildcard to purchase the Coursepack and will pick it up from the Law Library.

The Law Library can assist in obtaining permissions and fee information for copyrighted materials. To more information, please contact Amy Spare.

Teaching Handbooks

Search for additional teaching handbooks and advice for students on exams and study the law here.