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Study Aids

Name and Description	Who May Use the Resource?	How Do You Access the Resource?
CALI CALI stands for the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction. It is a non-profit organization. Most law schools in the country are CALI members.CALI provides online tools, lessons, and other learning resources on nearly all legal subjects. In addition to lessons on traditional legal topics, CALI also contains lessons on Law School Success topics such as note-taking, case briefs, exams, and grit.	Restricted to Duquesne Kline faculty and students.	You must register for an individual account. You will need an authorization code to set up the account. To obtain the CALI Student Authorization Code please login to DORI. The authorization code is available under the School of Law Resources on the lower left side of the screen. To find the School of Law Resources, select "Student" from the Go To options at the top right side of the screen, then select the "Academics" tab. Once you have the authorization code, you can register for an individual password using your "duq.edu" email address.
Lexis Digital Library on OverDrive Users can check out ebook versions of various study aids, including titles from the Mastering, Understanding, and Questions & Answers series. More than one user can have a book checked out at the same time. Users can read, bookmark, annotate, cut-and-paste, and highlight borrowed materials. The checkout period for OverDrive books is two weeks after which time the item will expire; however, you will be able to check it out again. If you have used the OverDrive Read software, your annotations and highlights will still be available under your “History & Notes” section in OverDrive. Users may check out a maximum of 10 items at any one time. Getting Started Guide Training and Support Page	Restricted to Duquesne Kline faculty, staff, and students.	To check out materials in OverDrive, you will need your MULTIPASS.
Quimbee Quimbee is a study aid that provides written and short-video case briefs, video lessons by subject, flashcards, outlines, and sample multiple-choice and essay questions.	Restricted to Duquesne Kline faculty and students.	You need to create an individual account. Law students and faculty members need to email lawlibrary@duq.edu to sign up for an account. Please use your "duq.edu" email address.

Quimbee is a study aid that provides written and short-video case briefs, video lessons by subject, flashcards, outlines, and sample multiple-choice and essay questions. You need to create an individual account to use this resource. Law students and faculty members can request an account by emailing lawlibrary@duq.edu. Please use your "duq.edu" email address.

A link to Quimbee's website can be found on the Duquesne Kline Law Library's website under "Study Aids."

CALI stands for the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction. It is a non-profit organization. Most law schools in the country are CALI members.CALI provides online tools, lessons, and other learning resources on nearly all legal subjects. As a member school, all Duquesne Law students have access to CALI and can create an account at www.cali.org. A link to CALI's website and information on how to register for an account can be found on the Duquesne Kline Law Library website under "Study Aids."

To obtain the CALI Student Authorization Code please login to DORI. The authorization code is available under the School of Law Resources on the lower left side of the screen. To find the School of Law Resources, select "Student" from the Go To options at the top right side of the screen, then select the "Academics" tab.

Once you have the authorization code, you can register for an individual password using your "duq.edu" email address.

Tips

In addition to lessons on traditional legal topics, CALI also contains lessons on Law School Success topics such as note-taking, case briefs, exams, and grit.
Try using the Subject Outline view to get the best sense of what lessons are available on a topic.
Under the Dashboard tab, you can find a link for Lesson Runs. This shows you all the CALI Lessons that you have run during the current semester, a link to resume the Lesson unless it is marked as complete, your score if any, and your professor's name if you ran the Lesson via LessonLink. If your professor's name is listed, then he or she should have received a copy of your score.
Most of the study resources on CALI are interactive tutorials. However, they have some podcasts on limited topics including contracts, payment systems, secured transactions, and academic success.
CALI lessons are interactive, meaning that students get individualized questions. If you miss a question, you might get additional questions on that topic to make sure that you master it. Therefore, the "circle" at the top of the screen may not close completely for some students.

Please contact lawlibrary@duq.edu if you have any questions.

Through the OverDrive ebook platform, users can check out ebook versions of various study aids, including titles from the Mastering, Understanding, and Questions & Answers series. Users can read, bookmark, annotate, cut-and-paste, and highlight borrowed materials. Access is restricted to current Duquesne Kline School of Law faculty, staff, and students.

Access Information:

To checkout materials in OverDrive, you will need to login with your MULTIPASS.

Tips:

The checkout period for OverDrive books is two weeks after which time the item will expire; however, you will be able to check it out again. If you have used the OverDrive Read software, your annotations and highlights will still be available under your “History & Notes” section in OverDrive.
Users may check out a maximum of 10 items at any one time.

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Please search the library catalog to locate print study aids. We collect nutshells as well as the Mastering, Understanding, and Examples and Explanations series, among others.