The University of Texas at Austin

The Media Center

The 4th floor Media Center houses the Law Library's research collections in microform, audio and video cassette, and DVD formats. Most of the media can be accessed using technology in the Media Center; videos and DVDs can be viewed in the Gavel Room adjacent to the Media Center, or in the LPOP viewing area on the 2nd floor.

Media center map


A small sample of the over 76,000 titles in the Media Collection:

Microform –

Foreign and International
  UN materials (part of the Readex Index) European Union materials
  UK cases (English, Scottish, and Irish Law Reports)  
     
American Legal Information
  Congressional bills U.S. committee prints
  CIS congressional documents Oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court
  U.S. Supreme Court records and briefs Texas Supreme Court records and briefs
  State session laws from all U.S. states Bar exams from many U.S. states
  U.S. Serial Set IRS tax documents (Letter Rulings, etc.)
  New York Court of Appeals records and briefs U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit
     
Newspapers (General and Legal)
  New York Times (1970 – 1998) Washington Post (1990 – 1998)
  Chicago Daily Law Bulletin (1990 - ) Legal Times (1979 - )
  National Law Journal (1978 - ) New York Law Journal (1976 - )
  Wall Street Journal (1977 - ) Los Angles Daily Journal (1980 - )
     
Special Collections
  Papers of Justice Louis Brandeis Papers of Justice Felix Frankfurter
  Papers of Roscoe Pound Nineteenth century legal treatises
  ACLU records and publications Papers of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
  Amnesty International annual reports with country dossiers  

Audiocassettes -

  Conference recordings from Texas CLE Conference recordings from AALS

Videocassettes -

  Erwin Younger Legal research educational videos
  Presidential biographical documentaries Biographies of the founding fathers
  Conference recordings of CLE programs Conference recordings of ALI Meetings
  Nomination / confirmation hearings of Supreme Court Justices (starting with Justice Blackmun)
  Historical videos (including topics such as Watergate, civil rights efforts, and Waco)