Collections of the MacMillan Law Library

The Law Library’s Mission Statement emphasizes that the role of the Library is “to support the teaching, research and service missions of the Law School and of Emory University.” The Law Library’s core collections are maintained to enable us to fulfill this goal. We hold an extensive print and electronic collection of resources integral to any academic law library, including both primary and secondary legal materials, as well as a wide variety of special and rare materials, study aids, and leisure materials. See details about our collections below.

See a complete list of our Electronic Resources, or search Library Search, the Emory online catalog, for specific resources in the Law Library.

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MacMillan Law Library Selected Collection Statistics

All statistics as of 8/31 of the year indicated

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023
Print titles 97,192 98,463 99,673 101,940 103,257
Microform titles 31,194 31,192 31,192 31,179 31,178
Electronic titles (owned) 73,393 74,896 77,360 78,645 80,031

Electronic titles (subscibed)

 214,207 235,711 253,592 273,888 291,838
Other non-book titles 1,019 1,054 1,057 1,058 1,058
Total Titles 417,005 441,316 462,874 485,652 507,362
Volumes (excluding microforms) 245,965 247,627 250,402 254,286 258,771
Volume-equivalent microforms 63,574 63,578 63,574 63,572 63,572
Total volumes and volume equivalents 309,539 311,205 313,976 317,858 322,343

Collection Spotlights:
Ga. Law, King & Spalding Room, 3rd Floor 2,086 2,122 2,093 1,410 1,419
Special Collection/Rare Books 1,942 2,140 2,147 2,151 2,152
Study Aids 660 664 687 687 693
DVD/Blu-Ray 1,067 1,106 1,108 1,111 1,135
Legal Leisure 260 227 274 283 252