Print Collections


About the Core Collection
The Great Library currently holds over 120,000 volumes. The core of the collection consists of statutes and law reports from Canada and other common law jurisdictions. Supplementing this is a wide selection of secondary sources in the form of government documents, textbooks, practice materials, CLE (Continuing Legal Education) programs, loose-leaf services and law journals.

Collection Development Policy

Law Journals and Periodicals
AdvoCAT, the Great Library's online catalogue, contains records and holdings information for more than 1,100 law journals and periodicals. An A to Z list of titles is available below.

Rare Book Collection
The Rare Book Collection is a small but interesting collection of old and rare law books, including Canadian pre-confederation statutes, early Upper Canada imprints, and English nominate reports, yearbooks, abridgments and treatises. View rare book catalogue records for a selection of items in the Rare Book Collection.

Riddell Canadian Library
The Riddell Canadian Library is a storehouse of information on local history, political life, religion, government, and the development of law in Canada, particularly in Ontario.