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Law - LLB and other law degrees (1st Year Support): Library Services

Research assistance, subject guides and useful library resources for first year law students, compiled by the Faculty of Law librarians

Library Services

Take a Tour of the Law UJ Library 

Library Video's

You can access the library video's: 

Lean Library is a Library Access browser plug-in that allows you access to academic articles, books and other electronic resources, licensed by the UJ Library. If you start your search on Google or Google Scholar, the plugin will automatically link you to the full-text library resources. You will be prompted to sign in with your UJ credentials, when you reach an e-resource the library has access to.

Click here to access the Faculty of Law Exam papers

Why previous exam papers?

  • Previous year question papers serve as a valuable self-assessment tool to measure the progress of your exam preparation
  • Practicing previous year question papers can also increase your confidence
  • Practice makes perfect

                                  

The printing services are outsourced by Konica Minolta.

  • You can print from any library computer. After you have selected to print, wait for the print popup message to appear to type in your student number and Ulink password.
  • Release your print job at the Konica Minolta printing station, using your student card. 
  • The staff at the Konica Minolta stations will gladly assist you.

                         

ICL is a service through which material held by one UJ campus Library is sent to another UJ campus library for the patron’s convenience.​

Office hours and Contact details

Auckland Park Kingsway

Auckland Park Bunting

Auckland park FADA

Doornfontein

Soweto

Sydney Dhlamini

Keeve Thlabane

Moses Makola

Pheeha Mogoai

Duduzile Chulu

Phone: (011) 559-2678

Phone: (011) 559-1376

Phone: (011) 559-1086​

Phone: (011) 559-6752

Phone: (011) 559-5666

Office hours:
07:30 to 16:30
Monday to Friday

Office hours:
07:30 to 16:30
Monday to Friday

​Office hours:
07:30 to 16:30
Monday to Friday

Office hours:
07:30 to 16:30
Monday to Friday

Office hours:
07:30 to 16:30
Monday to Friday

The Interlibrary Loans department provides a service to researchers by obtaining material not owned by the University of Johannesburg libraries. The material is obtained from libraries in South Africa and abroad. The Interlibrary Loans department also supplies documents to other libraries and institutions in South Africa and overseas.

Request via the Internet only: Please fill in all the fields when you request a book or journal article online. You can use the online ILL request system at this link: https://ujlink.uj.ac.za/screens/ill_home.html, as we do not accept any other means of requesting ILL (for auditor purposes). No ILL requests will be processed without the necessary information regarding your student/staff number, address, etc.​​​​​

According to an agreement between Higher Education Institutions in South Africa, staff as well as Masters & PhD students can obtain membership to other University Libraries in order to access resources not available in their own University libraries. This type of membership to another University Library is only valid till the end of each academic year and must be renewed annually.
To apply for such membership:

  • complete a Letter of Introduction application form and submit to the relevant Subject Librarian. CHELSA Memorandum of Understanding- Sharing of Services.
  • ensure that you have no overdue items or outstanding fines at UJ Libraries
  • you will be informed as soon as the Letter is ready and a copy of the letter will be sent to the selected library
  • take your copy of the Letter with to the selected library
  • adhere to all the rules and regulations of that library

UJ IR is the University of Johannesburg’s Open Access Institutional Repository. The IR collects and maintains intellectual scholarship such as published journal articles (pre-print and post-print), conference papers and proceedings, data sets, reports, theses and dissertations in a free and open environment.

​Search UJ IR: UJ IR collections & communities

Submit thesis or dissertation:

Submit Research output on OROSS: Submit research articles

UJ DR is the University of Johannesburg’s Open Access Data Repository. Our data repository collects Research data/Raw data/Datasets, which are data in whatever formats or form collected, observed, generated, created and obtained during the entire course of a research project.

Search UJ DR: UJ Research Data

Submit your Dataset guides:

The UJ Library has a well-established Bindery where hard (craft) binding is done to professional standards.

The Bindery offers binding services to UJ students, staff, academic departments and faculties as well as private clients. You will find the Bindery Tariffs here

                                      

 

 

History of the press

UJ Press was established in October 2020 under the auspices of the UJ Library. The press started publishing Open Access journals on the Open Journal System (OJS). In October 2021, the Press set up an Open Monograph Press (OMP) and started publishing books in print, electronic and audio formats. 

Publications

UJ Press publish titles in all disciplines including issues surrounding 4IR and the UN SDGs. The Press also publish co-publications with international publishers, translated titles, digital scholarship including video and audio scholarly outputs and Open Access textbooks. Lastly, it will publish data sets, 3D assets and other digital formats with their publications

Need Help!!

 

Need help from the UJ Law Library? Click on this link: UJ Law Library Help

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