Barry University School of Law Library: Study Aids

Study Aids

Study Aid Locations

Print editions of study aids are available on the 3rd floor in the general collection and on reserve at the Circulation Desk. Older editions check out for 30 days and those on reserve are available to check out for 4 hours. 

Online editions are available from Aspen, Lexis, Spaced Repetition, and West Academic. Students have unlimited access through the library's digital collections.

Online Study Aid Collections

Access to each of the four study aid collections is available through the links below. More information about the collections, including series titles, additional features, and access can be found in the Collections at a Glance box (right). Guides to the collections are also available (right) to help users navigate the resources. When creating your personal account for Study Aid Collections, always use your Barry student email.

Aspen Learning Library

Online collections include: CrunchTime series, Emanuel Law Outlines, Examples & Explanations series, Glannon Guides, Bar Review, and more. Use Chrome or Firefox browsers when accessing the collections.

Access:

• On campus: You may be prompted to login with your Barry credentials, which is your school email address and the password used to login to your student email, Canvas, etc. If you are taken directly to the Aspen Learning Library, the text "You are logged into Barry University" should be displayed near the top of the page. 
• Off campus: In order to access your account through remote login, you must have a personalized account. To create a personalized account, login to the institution from a web browser while on campus – you cannot create a personalized account from any app. Click “Register” and create your username and password. 
  • View the document below for instructions about creating your personal account.
  • Please contact lawacq@barry.edu if you experience any login issues. 

• Reset your Aspen account password. If you previously created an Aspen account and don’t remember your password, select “Forgot Password”  and you will receive an email with the password reset link. The reset password email might be getting stuck in quarantine.  Check your quarantine at https://security.microsoft.com/quarantine  and you can release it there. 

Bar Review Collection: Graduates have access to the Aspen Learning Library's bar resources. For access, please contact the library at lawreferencelibrarians@barry.edu.

Emanuel Law in a Flash (Spaced Repetition)

Flash card collections include: Civil Procedure, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Evidence, Torts, and more. 

Access:

• View the PDF below for instructions on how to set up your personal account. 
• Please use your Barry email to register. 

Lexis Digital Library

Online collections include: Mastering series, Questions & Answers (Q&A) series, Skills & Values, Understanding series, and Understanding titles in audio format

Access:

• Login with your Barry credentials. Your username is the beginning of your Barry email before @law.barry.edu and the password is the same used to login to your student email, Canvas, etc. 
  • Example: If your Barry email is first.last@law.barry.edu, your username is first.last
• PLEASE NOTE: The Lexis Digital Library and LexisNexis (research database) use different login credentials.
• Use BarryLawSchool if you are prompted for a library code.

West Academic Study Aids

Online collections include: Acing series, Black Letter Outlines, Concepts and Insights, Concise Hornbook series, Hornbooks, Nutshells, Short & Happy Guides, Sum & Substance Audio series, and more.

Access: 

• To create a personal account, use the West Academic PDF user guide located at User Guides Box box (right) and follow the instructions.
• Login with your Barry credentials. Your username is you Barry email and the password is the same used to login to your student email, Canvas, etc. 

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Report an Electronic Resource Issue

Contact

Please contact lawacq@barry.edu if you experience any login issues with an online study aid collection. Be sure to include which resource you are unable to access, along with screenshots of any error messages you encounter.

You will receive a response from a librarian, who may ask for additional information regarding your issue. You may also request to set up a virtual meeting with a librarian, during which you may be asked to share your screen as we look into the issue.

Please note that if you report an issue outside of the department's regular hours, you will not receive a response until the library reopens the following day/week. 

Tips

There are also a few steps you can take to see if the login issue will resolve itself:

• If you are remote, login to go.barry.edu before accessing the library's website. Choose Law Library from the menu title.
• Be sure your Barry password has not recently expired. If so, reset: https://www.barry.edu/password/
• The reset password email might be getting stuck in quarantine.  Check your quarantine at https://security.microsoft.com/quarantine and you can release it there.
• When creating your personal account for Study Aid Collections, always use your Barry student email.
• Use Chrome or Firefox browsers when accessing the collections. Microsoft Edge is not compatible with many of the library's resources. 
• Clear your browser’s cookies/cache and attempt to login again.

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