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Technology for Attorneys

Computers for Legal Research

The Library has installed a limited number of legal research computers near reference for general public access. Resources such as Westlaw Patron Access and HeinOnline are available, as well as selected CCH and ProQuest Databases. Please ask a reference librarian for assistance in using these resources.

Please be aware that we no longer have public-access printers, so results need to be saved to email or a USB drive.

Scanning

The Law Library does not have any printers available for public patrons. The Law Library provides document scanners, which allow the option of saving a document as a PDF to save and print at home, for use by the BYU Law school community and for use by public patrons who are scanning library materials. If you need an on campus printing option, BYU has several Print Centers or Printer Kiosks across campus. 

The Y App can help you find the closest pharos printer. The Print and Mail website provides more information about these options. 

The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. The person using the equipment is liable for any infringement.

Please note that scanning all or even a substantial portion of a book in order to avoid purchasing a copy is not a Fair Use (see § 107(4)).

Scanned PDFs may be saved to USB flash drives, uploaded to cloud-based systems like your own Google Drive, Box, or Dropbox account, or emailed using web-based accounts such as Yahoo or Gmail.

Scanner Locations

The Law Library currently has:

  • two KIC Bookeye open-face scanners (the newer one near the Reference Desk and the older one in the Reserve Room);
  • four flatbed book scanners (2 near the Reference Desk on the 2nd floor, 1 in the Reserve Room, and 1 on the 3rd floor near the Rex E. Lee room); and
  • two multi-page feed scanners (1 near the wall that at the end of the table has the reference co-op printer and another on the 3rd floor near the Rex E. Lee room).

Employees at the Circulation and Reference are trained and ready to assist anyone in the BYU Law community who needs help with scanning and anyone from the public who needs help scanning library materials.

Microform

Copies of documents on microform can be made as digital scans on the public computer in the Microform area (first floor). Patrons may email those scans on that computer to themselves.

Printing

BYU Pharos/Open Access/ExpressPrint Printers

BYU students use the BYU Pharos/Open Access/ExpressPrint printing system with their BYU ID cards.

Patrons who are not BYU students may use the Pharos/Open Access/ExpressPrint system to print with a courtesy card. Courtesy cards are free when you add money to the card. You can add any amount you would like. You can get a courtesy card at the Circulation Desk. You may always deposit more money onto your reusable courtesy card. There are several ways funds can be added to Courtesy Cards.

There is a color printer in the law school for student and community use. This printer is a BYU Campus Pharos/Open Access/ExpressPrint printer (named BYU Campus Public Color), and it works like the other BYU Pharos/Open Access/ExpressPrint printers across campus. It is on the third floor of the law library near the Rex E. Lee room. There is actually a BYU Campus Public Color printer and a BYU Campus Public B&W printer there. There is also a BYU Campus Public B&W printer (but not a color printer) in the following additional location: on the second floor (the ground floor) of the law library by the reference desk.

Anyone can print from one of the public computers in the law library on the second floor (the ground floor).

To print to one of the Pharos/Open Access/ExpressPrint printers from your own computer, you must download the BYU Pharos Printer drive.

  1. Go to software.byu.edu.
  2. If prompted, enter your BYU net ID and password.
  3. Under the “Vendors” heading, click the “Pharos” link.
  4. Click the “Download Now” button that corresponds with your computer’s operating system.
  5. Click the plus sign button that corresponds with your computer’s operating system.
  6. Click “Continue” to download the program.
  7. Once the printer drive is downloaded to your computer, the BYU Campus Public Color printer will be available in your print dialogue box when selecting a printer. (The BYU Campus Public B&W printer will also be available.)

To print to the BYU Campus Public Color printer or the BYU Campus Public B&W printer from a law library computer or your own computer that has the BYU Pharos Printer drive:

  1. From the File menu of your document, select Print.
  2. From the drop-down menu on the Print dialogue box, select BYU Campus Public Color to print all the pages in your document on a color printer, or select BYU Campus Public B&W to print all the pages in your document on a black and white printer. Click “Ok.”
  3. A window will pop up asking your net ID and a name for the print job; enter the number on your courtesy card as the net ID and give it any name you want and click “Print.” Your print job is then sent to a print queue that you can access from any printing release station on campus.
  4. To print in color at the law school, go to the third floor of the law library near the Rex E. Lee room. There is actually a BYU Campus Public Color printer and a BYU Campus Public B&W printer there.
  5. Swipe your courtesy card at the printing release station, and follow the instructions on the screen in order to select and print your job.

Please note:

  • These two BYU public printers, and the cost associated with printing to them, are in no way affiliated or connected with the BYU Law Co-Op printing.
  • When you download the BYU Pharos Printer drive, you will be downloading both the BYU Campus Public Color printer and the BYU Campus Public B&W printer.
  • The cost of one sheet from the color printer, regardless of whether it actually has color on it, is $0.15.
  • The cost of one sheet from the black and white printer is $0.07.
  • The BYU Campus Public Color printer and the BYU Campus Public B&W printer share a screen at the printing release station on the third floor of the law library. This screen is used to swipe your courtesy card and select the job(s) to print. However, the BYU Campus Public Color printer and the BYU Campus Public B&W printer are two separate printers. Because there is no way to select between the two printers from the printing release station, your document will print from the printer you selected on your computer. The cost for that document will depend on the printer you chose from your computer, not on whether it has color. (For example, if you print a black and white document on the BYU Campus Public Color printer, you will be charged $0.15 per page. There are no refunds for mistakes.)
  • Double-sided printing is considered the same as printing two pages and is charged accordingly.
  • When you swipe your courtesy card at the printing release station and subsequently select a job to print, the cost is automatically deducted from the money on your courtesy card.