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Shepard's™ Public Access Guidelines

Shepards Use

The Wise Law Library offers Shepards on one public access computer.  The computer is the left most computer terminal on the counter located near the Reference Desk.

1. The computer is available on a first come, first served basis for a period of 30 minutes.
2. If no one is waiting to use the computer, a patron may continue using Shepards for more than 30 minutes.
3. If another patron is waiting, the first patron may continue using the computer:
   * for the remainder of their 30 minutes, or
   * for a further 5 minutes in order to close their research.

Printing

Printing costs 10 cents per page, or 19 cents for a double-sided page. For more information about printing go to the Student Print Services (SPS) webpage.

Connecting from outside the law building

You appear to be [ off campus. If you are a CU affiliate, please activate your VPN connection.]

Most databases are available to CU affiliates from off campus. The first step to using databases from off-campus is to activate the CU VPN client on your computer. [why?]

Some databases are only available to law school affiliates, so you will need to visit the law library if you are not a law student or faculty/staff member. Non-law users will not be able to use these databases from outside of the law building.

A few databases need an institutional password to login - contact the Reference Desk (303-492-3522) for details.

Finally, a few databases are only available by personal password to law affiliates.