Resources

Library Online Catalogue  

The visibility of the library collection has greatly increased by connecting the Library’s online catalogue to the Rijeka University Union Catalog. In this way, the Library’s collection is more visible and more accessible to a larger number of users.

Databases 

Due to the continuous and rapid development of information and communication technology and the demands of its users, librarians pay a lot of attention to acquiring electronic sources of information. Users have access to a large number of databases, such as: Web of Science, Scopus, HeinOnline, Cambridge, Oxford Univeristy Press, EMERALD, JSTOR, Hrčak (Croatian Portal of Scientific Journals), Hrvatska znanstvena bibliografija (Croatian Scientific Bibliography) – Crosbi, etc.

Repository University of Rijeka, Faculty of Law  

Digital repository gathers, permanently stores and allows open access to digital versions of scientific research, intellectual and creative property of an institution, its employees and students. The repository stores students’ M.A. and B.A. theses, dissertations, pre-print papers, scientific and professional papers, research data, books, teaching materials, images, video and audio files, presentations and digitized material.

Discovery Service, University of Rijeka

The University has enabled the search of all library catalogues of University constituents and available databases through a unique common interface, the so-called Discovery Service (EDS), which enables users to search from one place the Common Catalogue and all connected online catalogues of every library within the University, to search databases that the University subscribes to, to search the Croatian Portal of Scientific Journals, and other online, free-access scientific sources, all from one place.

European Documentation Centre

In 2014, the Library became the European Documentation Centre (EDC) and a part of the Europe Direct information network for EU member states. European Documentation Centres are established at academic institutions or research institutes in EU member states at the request of the host institution, with the aim of providing support to the study and education in the field of EU policies and law. The availability of scientific and professional texts in the field of the European Documentation Centre will enable professional and academic community, and the wider audience, free access to information and sources related to the European Union and its policies.

European documentation centre

In 2014, the Library became the European Documentation Centre (EDC) and in consequence a part of the information network Europe Direct in Member States of the European Union. European Documentation Centers are founded at academic institutions or research institutes in Member States of the European Union upon request of the host institution, for the purpose of providing support in learning and education in the fields of Europan Union politics and law. In close cooperation with the Faculty staff, within EDC’s activities the librarian conduct various educational programmes (e.g. workshops for students about legal databases; organization of the Citizen dialogue; printing manuals and other educational and promotional materials; acquirement of books and other documents). In that way, they ensure and allow free access to information and sources about the European Union and its policies to the professional, scientific and wider public. 

Users
EDC Services are intended for scientific and research community at the University, but also for all other interested parties. Free public access to various sources of information in printed and electronic form is provided at the Faculty of Law Library.

Services
EDC at the Faculty of Law, University of Rijeka enables visitors the use of 12 computers within the Faculty Library reading room. Visitors can also use laptops and tablet devices in the reading room. In addition to the computers in the Faculty Library visitors are able to use 15 computers at the Faculty’s computer lab as well as 16 computers in the computer lab at the Inter-university Center of Excellence in Opatija. 

Location
University of Rijeka, Faculty of Law Library.

Jean Monnet Inter-University Centre of Excellence Opatija(Inter-University Centre of Excellence Opatijaorganizes and implementslifelong learning programs that include seminars, workshops and various training programs intended for judges, lawyers, domestic and foreign doctoral students, and postdoctoral fellow students in the field of European integration and related fields with emphasis on interdisciplinary approach).t).

Information Services

Book loans
 
Finding books for loan
Search the Library Catalogue for material that is available for loan.
Rules for loans to Faculty of Law University of the Rijeka (in Croatian).

Researcher book loans
The permanently employed researchers (faculty staff), part-time lecturers and PhD students (scientific/academic staff) may loan books from Faculty of Law Library.
They also may use the material on-site and may photocopy material.

Inter-library loan, in Croatia and abroad
The Library also uses interlibrary lending service to acquire needed library materials as one of the ways of obtaining literature that is not available in the Library. Interlibrary lending is realised with libraries in Croatia, primarily with the University Library in Rijeka and the National and University Library in Zagreb, but also with libraries abroad, primarily those at the faculties of law in Southeast Europe, and so on.
Material can be ordered through the library by email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Copying and printing in the reading room of the Faculty Library
 
Copies/Scanning
Copy cards/print cards can be purchased at the Information desk in the reading room, see Price list (in croatian). 
Photocopiers are located in the reading room near the Information desk. The scan documents can be sent to an e-mail address as a PDF file.
The library's photocopiers may only be used to copy documents for private use according to the book of rules of photocopying. 
 
Visually impaired students
The University Counselling Centre has given the Library, as a constituent with the largest number of blind and visually impaired students, specialised equipment for students with visual impairments that was obtained through the Tempus project Education for Equal Opportunities at Croatian Universities, the aim of which is to ensure equal opportunities for students with disabilities in the Croatian higher education system. The equipment is located in the Library and it makes reading and using teaching materials easier to visually impaired and blind students.

IT facilities available to students
There are six computers available to students at the reading room in the Library.
Accessing the Faculty network / Wireless network - Laptops can be connected to the Faculty network via the wireless network or cables. If you have problems with the wireless network, it is possible to get help (ask at the Information Desk in the library).
For saving documents use a USB key.

Interlibrary loan

For acquiring literature that is not available, the service of inter-library loan is widely used. You can borrow books from any local library and from libraries abroad. In addition to books, photocopies of the articles can be ordered. The library also offer you the online service of inter-library loan of books SUBITO service, in order to make access to international sources (books and articles) available to its users, especially the scientific-teaching staff, as well as the delivery of documents with as little intermediariesas quickly, simply and cheaply as possible. If you need a book or article from another library please send us email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

About the Library

The library was founded in 1976, and in 2003, after the expansion of the Faculty building, it was moved into new spaces and divided in three parts: the reading room, the storage, and the offices for the library staff. There are 48 seats in the reading room for work and study.
The library procures different types of library materials, that is, library materials, serial publications, and databases. The library has 40 980 titles of library materials and 108 foreign print journals and 136 national print journals. Library also has old library materials that consist of four valuable collections: Senj Archdiocese Collection, Ružić Collection, Academician Luje Margetić Collection, Petar Simonetti Collection.

One of the main principles in the work of the Library is ensuring accessibility to library materials, which is why special emphasis is put on the speed, availability, and quality of sources of information for its end users, who can access the online catalogue of the Library and online catalogues of other libraries. The online catalogue enables search by author, title, subject, words from the title, UDC or keyword, ISBN, ISSN, and ISMN. Crolist is connected to the Croatian library network it is free, easily accessible, and the cooperation with other libraries is at a satisfactory level. In the online catalogue of the Faculty’ Library, end users can also check the number of volumes of a certain title and whether the book is out and until when.

The visibility of the library collection has greatly increased by connecting the Library’s online catalogue to the Rijeka University Union Catalog. In this way, the Library’s collection is more visible and more accessible to a larger number of users.

Due to the continuous and rapid development of information and communication technology and the demands of its users, librarians pay a lot of attention to acquiring electronic sources of information. Users have access to a large number of databases, such as: Web of Science, Current Contents, Scopus, ScienceDirect, Ebsco, EMERALD, JSTOR, Hrčak (Croatian Portal of Scientific Journals), Hrvatska znanstvena bibliografija (Croatian Scientific Bibliography) – Crosbi, etc. Besides being familiar with bibliographic, citation, and full-text databases important for scientific research, users also need to use, as primary sources in the study of law, various legal databases, legislation databases, and case law databases. Because of this, the Faculty has acquired access to a large number of legal databases: Westlaw, Beck online, HeinOnline, EUR-Lex, Iusinfo and Croatian Supreme Court database, etc. These databases are indispensable for the scientific work of the Faculty’s teaching staff and students, who find them valuable in their work. These databases contain full-text articles, official documents, case law of a number of countries, and users tend to use them very often because they can obtain necessary information fast and at one location, without the need for searching other webpages.

Taking into account the challenges that law scholars face when deciding where to have their papers published, including the indicators of quality of journals and the importance of international visibility, the Library provides training in the field of research information, open science, valuation of research, etc. In this regard, a Guide for Publishing in the European Research Area has been made. Similarly, the Library offers support to scientific and developmental research of the higher education and research community in accordance with the needs of that community. Its services contribute to scientific research, improve the quality of the system of research communication, promote the importance of judgement and valuation of research, follow and record the entire publishing activity of the Faculty, conduct bibliometric and other metric research and services of editing user profiles of the teaching staff, maintain and adminster the bibliography of the scientific-teaching staff and ensure access to digital educational materials.

The Library has excellent cooperation with other legal and similar libraries in Croatian and the region. This cooperation is achieved through interlibrary lending, exchange, and gifts of legal books, annual regional meetings of legal librarians, presentations at conferences, and so on. 

Information literacy programme

The information literacy programs have become a necessary part of every higher education libraries work, since the competencies and skills encompassed by information literacy programs become a precondition for successful learning. Information literacy within the field of law is based on large number of specific aspects, even unique ones with regards to other scientific fields. Library practice has shown that there is a need for developing information literacy in the field of law. Therefore, in cooperation with lecturers and assistants, the Faculty organises and carries out different programmes for developing information literacy, such as workshop and lectures, intended for students in different years of study and in different courses. In cooperation with the teaching staff, such training is carried out at the first year of Integrated Study of Law and Administrative Studies in the course “Legal Writing”, as well as at the third year of Integrated Study of Law as part of the research seminar “European Law II”. The Library has also organised lectures for the University’s teaching and library staff on legal databases. 

 

What is Proxy Server

When you are not at the Faculty you can search the databases through the Proxy server. Log in via Proxy with yours AAI@EduHr. AAI@EduHr is the Authentication and Authorisation Infrastructure of science and higher education in Croatia. Enter your AAI@EduHr username and the password that accompanies your username. On the Main page via Proxy server you can find the list of databases that are available for searching.

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