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.

A student studies under the fish mobile on the 3rd floor, by the Reports and Digests.

MacMillan Law Library Selected Collection Statistics

All statistics as of 8/31 of the year indicated

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022
Print titles 95,105 97,192 98,463 99,673 101,940
Microform titles 31,194 31,194 31,192 31,192 31,179
Electronic titles (owned) 72,256 73,393 74,896 77,360 78,645

Electronic titles (subscibed)

 192,026 214,207 235,711 253,592 273,888
Other non-book titles 819 1,019 1,054 1,057 1,058
Total Titles 391,400 417,005 441,316 462,874 485,652
Volumes (excluding microforms) 242,523 245,965 247,627 250,402 254,286
Volume-equivalent microforms 63,574 63,574 63,578 63,574 63,572
Total volumes and volume equivalents 306,097 309,539 311,205 313,976 317,858

Collection Spotlights:
Ga. Law, King & Spalding Room, 3rd Floor 1,998 2,086 2,122 2,093 1,410
Special Collection/Rare Books 1,709 1,942 2,140 2,147 2,151
Study Aids 654 660 664 687 687
DVD/Blu-Ray 1,027 1,067 1,106 1,108 1,111
Legal Leisure 347 260 227 274 283