How do I check out materials from the Law Library?

To check out materials from the Law Library, you will need your NSU ID card. If you do not have you NSU ID Card, you will need to provide another form of identification to the clerk at Circulation. Once you have provided your NSU ID CARD / Form of Identification, the materials will be checked out to your account and the books will be desensitized. Items that are LIBRARY USE ONLY cannot be used outside of the library. Reserve items from behind the Circulation Desk check out for three-hour periods. Items listed as NON CIRCULATING within our system cannot be checked-out, however you are free to use them within the library.

How do I renew a library book online?

To renew a library book online, you will need to access your patron account, via NOVACAT.

• To login to your account, visit https://novacat.nova.edu/patroninfo.
• Enter your Last Name, and your University ID Number within the fields provided.

Your University ID number is the N# assigned to you by NSU. Once you have filled in the required information, click on the SUBMIT button. If you do not know you University ID click here.

 The following screen will display your account. In the bottom left corner will be a message stating how many items you currently have checked-out. Click on this text to view the items on your account. Your record will expand, and a complete list of the items currently checked-out to you will appear below. To the right of each entry will be a check box. Click on the check box associated with the item you wish to renew, then click on the RENEW SELECTED ITEMS button. If you are renewing all materials currently checked out to you, simply click on the RENEW ALL button. Once you click on RENEW, the page will refresh, and the new due date for the materials you renewed will display within the status column within your account record.

I am receiving an error message when I try to renew an item. Why can’t I renew the item?

If the item you are trying to renew has been checked out or renewed recently, the message TOO SOON TO RENEW will appear within the status column of the item record, along with the original due date. You will not be able to renew the item if the item has been renewed recently. Materials that cannot be renewed online must be renewed at the Circulation Desk at the Shepard Broad Law Library.