OASP Library
The Office of Academic Success Programs (OASP) study aids library opened in 2005. The library is open from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. The library is located in room Lanier 251 in the OASP suite.
- The OASP Study Aids Collection
- What You Need To Know About the OASP Library
- Making Wise Use Of Study Aids
The OASP Study Aids Collection
View the online catalog's list of materials that are part of the study aids collection. You can sort the list by author, title, or date.
What You Need To Know About the OASP Library
- Items may be checked out only by currently enrolled TTU law students.
- During classes, two items may be checked out for 48 hours except items checked out on Friday are due at 8:00 am on Monday.
- During exam periods, one item may be checked out for 24 hours.
- You must check out items by using the circulation computer in the OASP library.
- You must return items only to the law library circulation desk. Do not return them to OASP.
- The collection includes materials for courses in all three years.
- The OASP collection is for short-term loan only. You should purchase your own copy of any study aid that you want to use regularly and have readily available.
- The collection currently includes the following series: Examples and Explanations; Understanding Law; Concepts and Insights; Introduction to; Lexis-Nexis Q&A; CrunchTime; Glannon Guides; Law in a Flash; some hornbooks; some Nutshells; some Student Guides; some commercial outlines; some books on law school success; some books on legal writing and research.
- Copies of handouts and templates produced by OASP are in the library wall pockets.
- Please do not write or highlight in any books that you borrow from the OASP materials.
- Remember that OASP library materials, like all law library materials, are covered by the Honor Code tenets.
- If you have suggestions for additional series or volumes for the OASP library, please e-mail Dr. Jarmon.
Making Wise Use Of Study Aids
You need to be a wise user of study aid materials. The following tips can assist you in making appropriate use of study aids while you are in law school.
- Study aids are not substitutes for doing your own work and learning critical legal skills. Study aids should complement your own processing and learning of the information.
- Use study aids to increase your long-term memory through deeper understanding of the material and application of the material to practice questions.
- Remember that study aids may not match your professor's emphases in a course or the topics that s/he will cover. You need to learn your professor's course and not a study aid's view of a course.
- Study aids should be chosen to match your learning preferences whenever possible.
- Remember that your professors (and tutors for 1Ls) are "study aids on legs" who are willing to answer questions and help you gain a deeper understanding of your courses.
- Study aids should be chosen to match the specific purposes or tasks that you need to accomplish:
- Previewing a topic
- Summarizing a topic
- Providing authoritative commentary
- Clarifying a topic
- Visualizing a topic
- Explaining a topic
- Memorizing of rules, definitions, etc.
- Testing for recognition
- Testing for recall
- Testing for application
- Commercial study aids may:
- Use different "buzzwords" or phrases than your professor
- Use different steps of analysis than your professor
- Have totally wrong information
- Have outdated information
- Have wrong answers to practice questions
- Follow a different casebook than your class is using
- Vary in reputation for accuracy
- Making your own study aids may be more conducive to your learning preferences and/or your professor's course;
- Flashcards for learning rules, steps of analysis, terms of art, etc.
- Mnemonics to increase memorization
- Outlines for each course
- Flowcharts, tables, diagrams, etc. to visualize information
- Your own hypotheticals for quizzing on rules and elements of rules
- Your own fact patterns or multiple choice questions for practice
- Audiotapes of your outline, practice questions, etc.
- Questions to ask before choosing a study aid:
- Does the item match the purpose for which you plan to use it?
- Does the item's content match your professor's course?
- Has your professor or an upper-division law student recommended the item to you?
- Does the item encourage you to learn skills or to avoid your own work?
- Does the item match your learning preferences?
- Do you have the latest edition of the study aid?
- Have there been significant legal changes since the book was published?
- Is the study aid produced for a national or Texas audience?
- What reputation does the study aid have for being accurate?