LibGuides: Online Guide for Law Students: Books

Find Books

The most efficient way to locate legal print books and ebooks is by searching the Library homepage. Simply select Books from the pull-down menu and Enter search terms in the search box, then click on the magnifying glass icon as shown below:

You will then see the result page. We can select Held by library to limit results to print books, or select Full Text Online to limit results to e-books:

Accessing e-Books

To read an e-book, click on the link under View It and sign in using your OnePass password. Note that depending on the publisher's policies, you may or may not be allowed to download e-books in PDF format.

Locating Print Books

For print books, check under Location Items to see if there is an available copy for loan. Click on Locate to check the location of the book by Call Number range. You can borrow the book using our self-checkout machines or at the service counter.

If you prefer to pick up the print books in the Legal Resources Centre, follow the steps in Inter-Branch Book Delivery.

If you need to borrow print books from other UGC-funded libraries, refer to the steps in HKALL.

Inter-Branch Book Delivery

If you need to pick up books (excluding Course Reserves) from libraries on the main campus, you can do so by following the steps below:

Find the book you need using LibrarySearch.
Log in to your account using your Login ID and Password.
Click on the Request link.
Select the Legal Resources Centre as the Pickup Location.
Click on the REQUEST button to complete the process.

You will receive a notification email once the book is ready for pick-up at the LRC, which typically takes 2-4 working days. You can also check the progress of your requested book(s) through My Library Record.

HKALL (Hong Kong Academic Library Link)

You can request books that are unavailable at CUHK from other UGC-funded libraries and pick them up at the Legal Resources Centre (LRC) with the steps below:

Find the book you need using LibrarySearch. You can make a HKALL request only if the book is currently unavailable at the CUHK Library.
Select HKALL from the puu-down menu, and then conduct a search again.
Click on the book title to open the record.
Log in to your account using your Login ID and Password.
Click on the HKALL Request link.
Select the Legal Resources Centre as the Pickup Location.
Click on the REQUEST button to complete the process.

You will receive a notification email once the book is ready for pick-up at the LRC, which typically takes 3-5 working days. You can also check the progress of your requested book(s) through My Library Record.

Frequently Used e-Books

To facilitate online learning, we created an ebooks list with different law subjects on our new Reading List platform for easy access to those ebooks. You can access the list using your OnePass password.

New Books