Matthew McGovern
Reference Librarian
Legal Research Instructor
Office: Law Library Rm 158
Tel: 610-519-3893
Fax: 610-519-7033
Email: mcgovern@law.villanova.edu |
Contact Matt with Questions About:- Lexis, Westlaw and Bloomberg Law, including suggestions or questions
about training & the printers in the Lower Level of the Library - Clinic-related research and reference questions
- General research and reference questions
Special Areas of Interest:- Tax Law
- Immigration Law
- Health Law
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Matt currently serves as the main point of contact for Lexis and Westlaw issues. He also teaches
Introduction to Legal Research and guest lectures in the
Advanced Legal Research class as well as the
Federal Tax Clinic and the
Farmworkers Legal Aid Clinic courses. Matt joined the Villanova Law Library in 2007, after working as a library intern at the University of Pennsylvania’s Law and Engineering libraries. Before pursuing a career in librarianship, Matt was a staff pharmacist at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. He also practiced law with the Maryland Attorney General’s Office where he represented the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Matt holds a J.D. from the University of Maryland and an M.S. in Library and Information Science from Drexel University.
