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Law Center - Paralegal Studies - Library Resources: Overview of Collection

This LibGuide is created for the development of the collection material for the paralegal program.

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Library Liaison Contact Information

Sylvie Daubar-San Juan

Wolfson Campus Library

sdaubars@mdc.edu

Learning Resources: https://www.mdc.edu/learning-resources/

This LibGuide was created by Adria Leal and is maintained by Sylvie Daubar-San Juan.

Overview of Library Liaison Approach

Scales and gavel

 

Photo by Sora Shimazaki

Professor Mercedes Pino, Ed.D., Chair of the Law Center at MDC

Library liaisons work closely with the Discipline to make sure that the faculty are given the opportunity to select materials and services that best fit the needs of the curriculum.  

Overview of the Law Collection

Two students reviewing a law book in a library

At Miami Dade College, the paralegal students and faculty have access to:

  • Hundreds of  eBooks in the field of law and paralegal studies
  • Databases with relevant content
  • Thousands of Reference and Circulating print titles
  • An information literacy program that includes embedded librarians and tutors 

Each tab within this guide provides an overview of the paralegal resources available to the MDC community with information about various types of material and formats that make up the current collection and resources.  Working with the library liaison, faculty within the discipline now have the information they need to create an up-to-date instructional program. 

Libraries are rapidly changing environments.  For this reason, an overview is provided for each type of information collected by the College so that faculty can make the most informed choice about what resources to use in the classroom.

Regardless of the format, information in the following subjects are collected to support the students:

  • paralegal
  • legal research
  • law
  • legal studies

Searching the Library stacks

 

The MDC Libraries use the Library of Congress classification system to catalog and organize the library books. The Library of Congress Classification system is widely used in academic libraries around the world.  

K is the call number range for law

K--Law in General

      K 85-89-- Legal Research (General)

KF 1-9827-- Law of the US (Federal) 

KF 320-- Paralegal Studies

KFF-- Florida Law