Best Practice: Rely on text of article from online database.
Examples: Lexis, Westlaw, ProQuest Historical New York Times with Index
Law Library Policy: Interlibrary loan requests will not be filled for articles that are available through databases in any format (HTML or PDF).
Best Practice: Rely on PDF versions of articles from online databases or website of the journal or publisher.
Rely on version of articles for which pagination designation is provided.
Examples: Hein Online, Index to Legal Periodicals, Legal Source, Legal Trac
Law Library Policy: Interlibrary loan requests will not be filled for tables of contents.
Best Practice: Rely on journal's website.
Law Library Policy: Interlibrary loan requests will not be filled for articles from online-only journals.
Best Practice: If the source is available electronically from the publisher in any format, rely on the source from the publisher.
Example: Oxford Scholarship Online
Law Library Policy: Interlibrary loan requests will not be filled for print resources if a source is available in either PDF or HTML format directly from the publisher.
Best Practice: Any type of document from government agency websites, local, state or federal, domestic or foreign.
Law Library Policy: Interlibrary loan requests will not be filled for documents that are available on the government agency's official website or otherwise found online and designated as official and/or authenticate by the issuing agency or government.
Best Practice: Issuing organization's website or online documents designated as official and/or authentic by the issuing organization or tribunal
Example: International Court of Justice
Law Library Policy: Interlibrary loan requests will not be filled for documents that are available on the organization's or tribunal's website or otherwise found online and designated as official and/or authentic by the issuing organization or tribunal.