Faculty Resources

Library Services for Faculty

• Faculty Services Guide:  Find information on these services and more...
  • Document Delivery
  • Faculty Office Checkout
  • Routing Materials
  • New Book Display
  • Faculty Publications Display
  • Faculty Purchase Requests
  • Legal Research Instruction
  • Customized Course Research Guides
• Course Reserves
• Interlibrary Loan
• Library Proxy Service for Faculty 
• New at the Law Library!

Research Resources & Services

• Current Awareness
  • Current Index to Legal Periodicals  (CILP and SmartCILP)
  • HeinOnline eTOC Alerts
  • Social Science Electronic Publishing (SSRN): To subscribe to an SSRN Network and receive email alerts, contact the Law Library at library@pennstatelaw.edu 
• Research Tools & Resources
• Penn State Law eLibrary
• ScholarSphere
• Research Assistant Liaison Service and Training
• Online Legal Writing Center 
• Citation Information & Guides
  • BlueBook Resources 
  • ALWD Citation Manual Resources
  • Chicago Manual of Style
  • Other Citation and Writing Guides
  • Citation and Journal Metrics

Using the Law Library

• Hours 
  • Penn State Law & SIA faculty are permitted 24 hour access via swipe card after public hours. 
• Borrow & Renew
• My Library Account
• User Guidelines
• Textbook Acquisition Policy

Law Database Passwords

• Bloomberg Law
• CALI
• Lexis
• Westlaw