Highlights of the Paterno Library Law Collection

The Law Collection has been developed to support the curriculum and research endeavors of Penn State students and faculty. Since the collection does not support a law school or practicing attorneys, some users may notice that some practice-related materials are not present. Otherwise, the following types of resources will be found.

• General Legal Reference Materials: Legal dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other sources are available in the Legal Alcove in the Social Sciences Library on the 2nd Floor of Paterno Library
• Law Journals: law reviews, law association journals and other law related periodicals under current subscription are found in the Social Sciences Library Current Periodicals Area, 2nd Floor, Paterno Library
  See also Legal Periodicals and News for more information about law journal holdings in the Penn State Libraries.
• U.S. Federal Statutes
  • United States Statutes at Large (Stat)
    Call number: KF50.A3, Legal Alcove, Social Sciences Library, 2nd Floor Paterno Library
    also available online via the Government Printing Office.
  • United States Code (USC)
    Call number: KF62.A1, Legal Alcove, Social Sciences Library, 2nd Floor Paterno Library
    Also available online via the Government Printing Office.
  • United States Code Annotated (USCA)
    Call number: KF62.A35 Legal Alcove, Social Sciences Library, 2nd Floor Paterno Library
    also available online with a Penn State Access Account via Westlaw Campus.
  • U.S. Code Collection (Legal Information Institute, Cornell University Law School)
• Pennsylvania Statutes
  • Laws of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
    Call number: KFP25.A3, Legal Alcove, Social Sciences Library, 2nd Floor Central Paterno Library
    Also available online, Legislative Reference Bureau, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
  • Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes, Annotated
    Call number: KFP30.P8 Legal Alcove, Social Sciences Library, 2nd Floor Paterno Library
• Statutes of Other States
• New Jersey Statutes Annotated
  Call number: KFN1830.A48, 3rd Floor Paterno Library Stacks
• New Jersey Session Law Service
  Call number: KFN1830.A482, 3rd Floor Paterno Library Stacks
• McKinney's Consolidated Laws of New York, Annotated
  Call number: KFN5030.N4, 3rd Floor Paterno Library Stacks
• McKinney's Session Laws of New York
  Call number: KFN5025.A3N4, 3rd Floor Paterno Library Stacks
• State Legal Resources on the Web (FindLaw, Internet Legal Resources)
• U.S. Federal Regulations
  • Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
    Call number: KF70.A3 Legal Alcove, Social Sciences Library, 2nd Floor Paterno Library
    Also available online via the Government Printing Office.
  • Federal Register (FR)
    Call number: KF70.A2 Legal Alcove, Social Sciences Library, 2nd Floor Paterno Library
    Also available online from 1994 via the Government Printing Office.
• Pennsylvania Regulations
  • Pennsylvania Code
    Call number: KFP31.P45 Legal Alcove, Social Sciences Library, 2nd Floor Paterno Library
    Also available online.
  • Pennsylvania Bulletin
    Call number: KFP31.P452 Legal Alcove, Social Sciences Library, 2nd Floor Paterno Library
    Also available online.
• National Reporter System/American Digest System:
  • Quick Guide to Regional Reporters, Digests and Citators
  • QuickGuide to Federal Reporters, Digests and Citators
• United States Supreme Court materials
  • U.S. Supreme Court Resources at Paterno Library
  • Links to U.S. Supreme Court Opinions on the Internet